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United States: A Wiccan man facing trial for murder has been denied bail after a prosecutor claimed that his religion is to blame, apparently confusing Wicca with some of the more loony Christian cults:
Prosecutors at Legette's bond hearing said Legette is a Wiccan and that Wiccans don't believe the government can dispense justice.
Back in the real world, the charges stem from what looks like a tediously traditional argument over a woman, athough one wonders whether the rest of the prosecutors' case will be fantasy as well.
Richland prosecutors claim Wiccan beliefs led to murder - WIStv, 25th September 2004.
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1: Posted by: Silverstar | September 26, 2004 10:45 AM
Murderers are usually not granted bail, whatever their religion. And boy am I tired of explaining the difference between Wiccan and Pagan.
2: Posted by: Silverstar | September 26, 2004 10:55 AM
OOOOPS!!! I missed the point that the prosecutor, who probably knows diddly about Wicca or Paganism, thinks we believe that the government can't dispense justice. I thought that was a fundie belief, and that's why they kill abortion doctors.
3: Posted by: Feòrag | September 26, 2004 11:25 AM
We don't usually grant bail to people accused of murder either, but what annoyed me was the cynical use of lies about religion to make sure of it. Still, if that sort of rubbish comes up during the trial, then he either has a strong chance of being found not guilty (if the jury assumes that the rest of the evidence presented is a true as this claim), or a rock solid grounds for appeal.
And if he is guilty, and gets off because of this, maybe prosecutors will learn that irrelevant 'evidence' means they are less likely to win their case in the long run and start concentrating on proper evidence.
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