Sunday, June 22, 2008
ICV2 gets it wrong concerning the Michael George murder case
Comic book retailing news site ICv2 posted an article yesterday about the sentencing of Pittsburgh Comicon organizer and comic book retailer Michael George.
They make a rather huge factual error:
With no witnesses, physical evidence, or confession (see “Greed, Sex, and Power”), the prosecutors basically convicted George on motive (a $130,000 insurance police), opportunity (by casting doubt on alibi), and his behavior after his wife’s death (he reportedly hit on a woman at his wife’s funeral). This sensational cold case trial gained nationwide attention as the result of a feature on NBC’s Dateline.
No witnesses? The reason doubt was cast on his alibi is because the prosecution had a witness that put Michael George on the scene at around the time of Barbara’s murder. Michael Renaud testified that he called the comic book shop at around the time of the murder and spoke to Michael George on the phone.
To say that there were not witnesses is really kind of silly. It makes me think that whoever wrote the article over ICv2 never watched the Dateline feature they referred to.
It looks likes he’s pooping his pants in that picture.
That’s nothing Schooly. Did you see Dateline when the verdict was announced? He broke down crying and even put his head in his lawyer’s lap. It was weird, especially considering the fact people testified that he displayed NO emotion when his wife was killed.
Was his lawyer a hot bitch? That might explain part of it.