I know many of you hate Bill O'Reilly but I caught the beginning of his show tonight when he was trying to get answers on why the parents of this infant hasn't been charged yet. It breaks my heart to think of the pain this tiny baby endured! I understand the need for caution in the investigation but come on, it's been over a year!!!!
O'Reilly's reporter tried to question the DA and she wouldn't comment.

Authorities Mum on Probe into Baby Jason Midyette's Death - The Crime library

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For the most part, I think O'Reilly's a prick. He does, however, have a knack for bringing things like this to the public eye...

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I saw the segment.

The lady is utterly incompetent (she screwed up the JonBenet Ramsey case in her district with the initial evidence screwups that may have fingered the child's parents and/or sibling and recklessly brought back the imposter killer Carr from Thailand to big embarassment) and/or intimidated given who the perpetrators are (basically the megamillionaire 'Big Cheese' that own and run much of Boulder). I'm glad he shines the flashlight on her and keeps doing so.

And I agree with Steve that O'Reilly does indeed do a good job exposing shady, incompetent and unduly lenient judges and prosecutors; however, I wish he would take the big spin out of his alleged 'no spin zone' by always calling such people typical examples of the 'SPs' (social progressives) without foundation and with group labelling and only going after people allegedly on the left instead of making it a noble bipartisan agenda to weed out the losers of the system.

For example, he claims that she is a 'typical SP' but never established that with evidence about her directly, and even if she was an SP, nobody represents everyone else of a political leaning. I'm sure there are plenty of incompetent, shady and unduly harsh on the conservative side that he could also investigate that also need exposure, with the careful reminder of the simple truth that they still do not speak for all conservatives.

They were arrested yesterday.

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Thanks for the update. Hopefully, they'll be found guilty on ALL counts and then given the max on each one.

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I heard that. It is a good thing, and far overdue!

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Actually, I would prefer to see them found guilty of the offenses they actually committed. I don't know the details of the case, but it's not unusual for a prosecutor to "throw the book" at someone in a case like this, and assign charges that are, at best, weak. It gives them leverage in case any plea-bargaining takes place...

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Sayeth John Drake - 10/13/08: "OK, you're right, I admit to LYING"

I think he uses the phrase secular progressive because not only can he generalize to make it look like organized action and make people feel like he is warning them about a big conspiracy but he also gets to use the word secular which makes it seems like godlessness is the cause.

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Now I will post about the case. One thing that bothers me is that I can't really make a comment on this case without knowing all the facts. Sure we know what the show wanted to include in the segment but we do not really know the whole story and haven't heard anything from the defense side. Couldn't it be possible that their isn't enough evidence to take this to trial or that maybe other evidence not reported on suggests that somebody else did this? If they did it then of course they should be sent to jail forever but the article doesn't really say anything other than the specifics of the injuries.

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I don't watch Bill O'Reilly but it's only because I don't have cable and don't watch much TV. Sounds like he did a public service with this story.

A couple of things strike me about Miranda's update. (Thanks Miranda)

1. That's one HELL of a bond to post for a couple of druggy nobodies. I'm curious to know where they found an attorney - which I suspect they already have, and who posted bond. Basically, I don't think these are a couple of druggy nobodies.

2. They must surrender their passports? They had passports?! My passport expired ages ago. Just another indication that they either had connections or were affluent themselves.

Last, I'm a little irritated with the reporter from the original link. They said the father, Alex Midyette had had a prior brush with the law but details were not available. For $8.00 we could go find out if he had violations, for another $6.50, we could find out if he'd ever been "booked" (fingerprinted etc...) for any crime. On-line! If you're not going to find out what it was, don't bother to mention it. Lame ass reporting if you ask me.

As for the crime, I can't get past wanting to go back in time and save the baby from whatever monster(s) did this. Breaks my heart.

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They were arrested...BUT NOT FOR MURDER!!!
They are only charged with child abuse...could this incompetent prosecutor possibly fubar a case beyond this??

Wow, good point. I hadn't even noticed.

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Platitudes like the one you offer are no different - and no less incorrect - than the jackass part-time Christian who says, "I'm going to heaven because I'm nice to people." It so misses the point.~Impugn

I heard on the radio this morning that both murder and abuse charges were filed. I haven't bothered to find a link...

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If so, then thank Fox News for it...the only network that has dug deep into this community that lives outside of the rules of the rest of the nation.
Money talks in this town like nowhere else.

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