Proctor testified during the trial that he texted Courtney, “Hopefully she kills herself.”
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At the end of the day, a beloved police officer and honorable man was killed.
The Prosecution believes its an open and shut case, and the defense knows this, too.
Let’s be completely fair to Courtney and Elizabeth Proctor.
And Courtney is, of course correct.
We all say things we regret once in a while.
According to the emails I get from Barstool’s legal team, I do that pretty regularly.
Or rooting for her to suicide herself to your sister.
But sticks and stones,amirite?
To repeat, we all say regrettable things.
We can all handle the sailor talk in private texts messages, as unprofessional and biased as they are.
What needs to be addressed is the lead investigator and the homeowner being so aggressively incurious about one another.
No one under Proctor’s direction bothered to knock on the door on Fairview Road.
But not until then.
Which brings us to the much more relevant matter.
And that is the continued asskicking the defense has been suffering in federal court.
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Last summer, Reads first trial ended in a mistrial.
The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is DENIED, Saylor wrote.
And I think we all default to the same reference when we hear “double jeopardy.
Probably a very expensive one at that.
And it’s led nowhere.
By all accounts, the FBI is no longer pursuing it.
Every motion in US District Court has been rejected like JusticeVictor Wembanyamais presiding.
(OK, that’s enough of the metaphors.)
The good news is Proctor is still on the witness list.
So if nothing else, the reboot of the first trial won’t be boring.
