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Worthy challenges grand jury pool composition

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Walter Geiger

in Crime

Tuesday, November 17. 2009

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Judge Tommy Wilson heard testimony on several motions filed by embattled Morehouse police chief Vernon Worthy Nov. 12 in Lamar superior court.

Worthy was accompanied by no less than six attorneys and a statistician/demographer/jury consultant who addressed implied bias in the composition of the county grand and traverse jury pools.

For more on this story, see the 11.17.09 print/e-edition of The Herald-Gazette.

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#1 Anonymous on 11/17/09 at 08:00 PM [Reply]

Does this mean race card?

#2 Anonymous on 11/17/09 at 08:33 PM [Reply]

Throwing in the race card and trying to use all these fancy law terms but I'm not buying all of this BS.

#3 Anonymous on 11/17/09 at 08:44 PM [Reply]

Toto is the beeg man in Atlanta, but here is a different story entirely.

He knows what is coming and is trying every hat trick available in hopes something will stick and save his greasy butt.

#4 GM on 11/17/09 at 09:21 PM [Reply]

All these magic tricks are crazy. When it's all over and done with it will still come down to the same thing. Both sides of the story will be told and the court will have to make a decision. Get on with it! Get it over with!

#5 yoyo on 11/18/09 at 08:34 AM [Reply]

like everything else in america today a white person can't say anything bad about a black person.

#6 Anonymous on 11/18/09 at 08:37 AM [Reply]

Let him waste all his money on fancy lawyers and other 'experts'. I just hope that he doesn't get the jury pool changed to all his black friends so that he can get off. What he did was wrong. So what that he's a law enforcement officer. He was not on duty, not in his jurisdiction, and not acting in an official capacity at the time. According to GA law someone's life had to be in immediate danger to justify his actions. Hunting on private property doen't qualify. I hope that after all this hooplah he gets what he deserves. Unfortunately he's one of those kind that will drag out appeals from now till the end of the world.

#7 Anonymous on 11/18/09 at 09:14 AM [Reply]

That might be true #4 but as soon as it's over, the rules and the outcome are subject to change. Look what happened with the former municipal judge here. He's out and free from all of the things done in his little crime spree. Good people convict and then our judges set them free. I wouldn't be surprised to see HA sue for back pay. As for this Worthy cat, the judge in his case should grab this case and proceed...wink at him and assure him that all of it will be overturned soon anyway.

#8 dogboy on 11/18/09 at 10:01 AM [Reply]

I do not know whether Worthy is guilty or not, but he is certainly correct in his claim that there are problems with our grand jury selection process. The same people are called again and again, sometimes more than once a year. It would be a shame if the failure of our judicial officials to do this correctly allows a guilty person to go free.

#9 willber on 11/18/09 at 10:38 AM [Reply]

he's gonna walk.he knows the good ol boy network is back in place,and who to deal with.this is all just a bunch of show-boating,and a waste of tax payers money.

#10 Imajean Jellybean on 11/18/09 at 12:34 PM [Reply]

This thing will never be tried impartially on either side. The best thing that could happen would be for it to be moved to a town way off where nobody knows either of them for the sake of the jury and judge. It's just a waste of time and money at this point all the way around . . .

#11 Anonymous on 11/18/09 at 02:06 PM [Reply]

Ill take the race card for 500 Alex.

#12 Misunderstanging on 11/19/09 at 07:19 AM [Reply]

I believe this case is simple. There was a misunderstanding. I do not believe the chief intended to harm to the young man or that the young man intended to harm the chief. Some times when property lines are not marked, people can end up on the wrong side of the line and not realize it. Save the taxpayers some money by shaking hands, have lunch or dinner and call it a day.

#12.1 anon on 11/19/09 at 08:49 AM [Reply]

Even if the man thought he was on the right property, forcing someone to the ground with a loaded gun pointed at them sounds like a little more than a handshaking "misunderstanding" to me!

#12.2 Anonymous on 11/20/09 at 07:45 PM [Reply]

yea i would turn you down and that idiot Obama down on his dinner and a hand shake he tried to smooth over with the cop and professor.

#12.2.1 Anonymous on 11/20/09 at 08:35 PM [Reply]

I pick Obama over war-criminal Bush any day..at least the majority was able to vote for the president this time. No supreme court ruling was needed..lol.

#12.2.1.1 Dana on 11/20/09 at 09:57 PM [Reply]

Psalm 109:8 "LET HIS DAYS BE FEW; AND LET ANOTHER TAKE HIS PLACE OF LEADERSHIP."

Let us all pray!

#12.2.1.1.1 Anonymous on 11/23/09 at 08:01 AM [Reply]

We do not pray to change Gods mind, we pray to change ours.

#13 Anonymous on 11/20/09 at 07:37 PM [Reply]

Instead of paying all the lawyers, give it to the kid and call it even

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