Comments on: Nine MSU Football Players Charged With Assault http://www.spartan-football.com/blog/nine-msu-football-players-charged-with-assault Michigan State Football Blog | Spartan Football News | Spartan Football Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:55:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Jeremy Exell http://www.spartan-football.com/blog/nine-msu-football-players-charged-with-assault/comment-page-1#comment-266 Jeremy Exell Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:29:22 +0000 http://www.spartan-football.com/?p=1422#comment-266 This whole thing is dissapointing. I expected stuff like this under John L. and Bobby Williams but not Coach D. This whole thing is dissapointing. I expected stuff like this under John L. and Bobby Williams but not Coach D.

]]> By: witless chum http://www.spartan-football.com/blog/nine-msu-football-players-charged-with-assault/comment-page-1#comment-265 witless chum Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:31:37 +0000 http://www.spartan-football.com/?p=1422#comment-265 I'm not a lawyer, so fair warning, but I do know from covering courts for a newspaper that prosecutors will charge the most they think they can get away with. Then, they can drop some in exchage for a guilty plea. The whole "oh, we didn't hit anyone, we were just there" thing might still be compatable, because assault can just be threatening someone, as we were talking about at The Only Colors, while battery is hitting someone. I’m not a lawyer, so fair warning, but I do know from covering courts for a newspaper that prosecutors will charge the most they think they can get away with. Then, they can drop some in exchage for a guilty plea.

The whole “oh, we didn’t hit anyone, we were just there” thing might still be compatable, because assault can just be threatening someone, as we were talking about at The Only Colors, while battery is hitting someone.

]]> By: Doug Ditmar http://www.spartan-football.com/blog/nine-msu-football-players-charged-with-assault/comment-page-1#comment-264 Doug Ditmar Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:09:16 +0000 http://www.spartan-football.com/?p=1422#comment-264 Very disappointing. I have nothing more to say. Very disappointing. I have nothing more to say.

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