Cannibal Cop Conviction Overturned
Click here for reuse options!A federal judge has overturned the conviction of a former New York City police officer accused of plotting to kidnap, kill and eat young women.
Judge Paul Gardephe ruled late Monday that there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction of Gilberto Valle, the New York Times reported. Valle, who could have faced life in prison, was acquitted of kidnapping conspiracy charges, the most serious count he faced.
He was convicted in March 2013 and had not yet been sentenced.
A jury concluded he wasn’t just fantasizing when he conversed online with others he had never met about killing and cooking his wife and others in a cannibalism plot.
“The evidentiary record is such that it is more likely than not the case that all of Valle’s internet communications about kidnapping are fantasy role-play,” Gardephe said in his 118-page opinion.
The judge planned a hearing Tuesday on the status of case; Valle has been in jailed since his arrest in 2012.
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David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.
* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.
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Anomaly 100 July 1st, 2014 at 09:12
Maybe he can get his jerb back with the NYPD.
Anomaly 100 July 1st, 2014 at 09:12
Maybe he can get his jerb back with the NYPD.
Carla Akins July 1st, 2014 at 10:21
As scary as he is, and no matter how much I would like to see him locked up – the conviction is wrong. We do not lock people up for something they might do in this country (or at least we shouldn’t). I find the thought of imprisoning people for their thoughts a very scary one.
Carla Akins July 1st, 2014 at 10:21
As scary as he is, and no matter how much I would like to see him locked up – the conviction is wrong. We do not lock people up for something they might do in this country (or at least we shouldn’t). I find the thought of imprisoning people for their thoughts a very scary one.
Billy Jackson July 1st, 2014 at 10:30
Can a federal judge overturn George Zimmerman’s acquittal?
I know the answer, but it’s nice to dream.
Billy Jackson July 1st, 2014 at 10:30
Can a federal judge overturn George Zimmerman’s acquittal?
I know the answer, but it’s nice to dream.