First trial in Sean Taylor killing to begin April 16

RIP Sean...seems like just yesterday we were chillin on the patio at the U between classes...

I hope they bring the hammer down on them. Every time I saw one of our various free safeties (Atogwe, Moore, Doughty, or Landry back when he played fs) miss a play over the past 4 years, I think of ST.

I wonder if they will press for the death penalty?

I wonder if they will press for the death penalty?


You can't get the death penalty unless it was a planned murder. This wasn't a planned murder, Sean wasn't even supposed to be home that night so the death penalty is out of the question. I believe in a life for a life though. These sacks of shit aren't going to be worth a damn to society any longer and we really could use the extra space.

I know the main charge to these alleged criminals and murders is murder which has no statute of limitations. But some of the lesser charges like robbery has a limit. Below is the state of Florida Statute of limitations:


Offense Designation Time Limitation
3rd Degree Felony 3 years
2nd Degree Felony 3 years
1st Degree Felony 4 years
Life Felony None
Capital Felony None


That's for being charged, not being tried. They were charged LOOOONG ago so the stuff you've posted is moot.

Two words. Due ... process...

I was thinking Justice.....System

but yours works too. I bet had ST's murderer murdered some Animals in cold blood, he would already be in jail...


I'm sorry for the above rant but it sickens me to see this stuff. People taking so dang long to go to trial when it is obvious they are guilty.

I hope he gets the death penalty. ST was a great player and he was a young guy with a young family, it all got taken away too fast.

I wonder if they will press for the death penalty?

At the moment, the DA is pressing for a conviction...

Juries are unpredictable but here is a judicial certainty:


If this guy on trial is found not guilty, he will not get the death penalty.


First things first...

4 years = due process?
Michael Jackson died June 25th, 2009 and his negligent doctor has been tried, convicted and sentenced.

Yes that is due process.

It is not as if these folks have never been in a court room before this. There have been premilinary proceedings and a judge has overseen all of them and led to this court date. What has happened from the time of apprehension and indictment until today is what is known in the US as "due process".

It is rarely swift and not always efficient, but the entire concept of US jurisprudence with regard to criminal matters is built on due process.

As of this moment, this defendant is INNOCENT in this matter. The upcoming trial may change that status, but until that trial happens the young man is innocent.

Yes that is due process.

It is not as if these folks have never been in a court room before this. There have been premilinary proceedings and a judge has overseen all of them and led to this court date. What has happened from the time of apprehension and indictment until today is what is known in the US as "due process".

It is rarely swift and not always efficient, but the entire concept of US jurisprudence with regard to criminal matters is built on due process.

As of this moment, this defendant is INNOCENT in this matter. The upcoming trial may change that status, but until that trial happens the young man is innocent.

But due process requires the notion of a "fair and speedy trial." How is this "speedy"?

But due process requires the notion of a "fair and speedy trial." How is this "speedy"?

The defendant here was indicted "speedily" and since then he and his representatives have been in front of the court with pleadings for things like access to proseuction evidence (discovery) and the like. That means the legal process has been done at a sufficient pace to match the concept of a "speedy trial".

That would likely not be the case if the defendant had been arrested 4 years ago and put in a dungeon somewhere and on April 16 2012 he would see the light of day and the inside of a court room for the first time.

The other adjective you used was "fair". The defendant has to have a fair trial too and probably a "fair" trial is a tad more important than a "speedy" trial.