Former JonBenet murder suspect cleared on child porn charges

[The Straight Story]

Former JonBenet murder suspect cleared on child porn charges

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Former JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect John Mark Karr was cleared of child pornography charges after prosecutors said they did not have enough evidence to go ahead with a trial, reports said.

Prosecutors at the Sonoma Supreme Court in northern California said the charges would have to be dropped after they decided they could not prove the 41-year-old had used a computer pivotal to the case, several media outlets reported.

"I don't think this case should have ever been brought, based on the evidence," Karr's attorney Rob Amparan told reporters after the hearing. "I feel tired, relieved, happy for my client and for justice."

Karr, who earned worldwide media attention in August after he dramatically confessed to the 1996 murder six-year-old beauty queen Ramsey, had been accused of possessing child porn in charges that dated back to 2001.

He was sent to California to face the five-year-old charges after DNA tests in Colorado ruled him out as a suspect in the Ramsey case following his much-publicised extradition from Thailand.

But the child-porn case had been riddled with problems since court proceedings began.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061005/ts_alt_afp/uscrimekarr_061005232011

[roguevalley]

1. Gawd. He should be watched. He'll do something awful.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. dropped the charges...?

really? :sarcasm:


2,372 hours of distraction on MSM. hmmmmm...

[Duer 157099]

3. Am I the only one who thinks he's a misfired Manchurian Candidate?

It's all so bizarre, that's all I can come up with.

[kangaroo77]

4. This is evidence this case was used to distract from Wiretapping ruling

This non-case developed at the same time that a federal judge declared wiretapping without warrants illegal and called Bush "a king".
Remember?

They might have succeeded in distracting enough people and softening the blow from the wiretapping bad news.

[Rockstone]

5. Another Rove Manchurian

Like John Mohammad and the Amish shooter...

Nahh - that's too crazy... :yoiks: