The William Poole case continues to unfold, and it has been covered effectively by Zero Intelligence
Pool has plead not-guilty and his public defender, Brian Barker, has filed to have the charges against him dismissed and have him released from prison. Poole was originally charged with second-degree felony terroristic threatening but this was reduced to a misdemeanor charge of criminal attempt to commit terroristic threatening.
“Apart from the legal arguments, the notion of an ‘attempt to threaten’ is an absurdity,” Barker writes. “As a practical matter, how does a person attempt to make a threat? The mere concept is nonsense.”
Barker filed a second dismissal motion claiming the statute is unconstitutionally vague. A third motion filed requests that Poole’s bond be reduced from the current $75,000 as this is an unreasonably high amount for a misdemeanor charge.
Sounds to me like the public defender is doing his job well.
Previous Stories
- March 8, 2005: Time to Speak Out for Persecuted Writers… In America?
- March 14, 2005: William Poole is a Persecuted Writer
- March 29, 2005: Zombies or No: Why the Poole Case is Still Important
- March 31, 2005: Why the Poole Case is Still Important II
- April 12, 2005: William Poole Update
- July 22, 2005: William Poole Indicted on Misdemeanor, not Felony
…Hmm… Do you think I should just create a category for William Poole in my archives and be done with it?
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