http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/03/isaac-turnbaugh_n_917477.html
April 12, 2002 Declan Lyons was shot and killed outside of the restaurant he worked at. About a month after the shooting, Isaac Turnbaugh, Lyon’s co-worker and good friend, went to a party and allegedly told multiple friends that he shot Lyons. A friend told Turnbaugh’s mother and she contacted the police. Turnbaugh denied killing Lyons when police questioned him. After police arrested him, Turnbaugh was diagnosed with a serious mental illness. In court, Turnbaugh’s lawyer argued that someone who consumed mushrooms then confessed to multiple things like shooting Lyons and being responsible for 9/11 could not be held seriously. April 6, 2004 after five hours of deliberation, jurors acquitted Turnbaugh of murder.
This was a very tough case for the police. It took one month before they had leads on Lyon’s shooting. When Turnbaugh became a suspect police could not find any motive for him killing Lyons. Everyone at their work (Lyons and Turnbaugh) said the two were really good friends and there was no strain in the friendship.
About nine years later Turnbaugh contacted the police and confessed to the murdering Lyons. There was nothing the police could do, because Turnbaugh is protected from being tried twice for the same crime under the double jeopardy clause (Fifth Amendment). Some believe he confessed due to his mental illness and he is having some sort of relapse. Others think he really is guilty of committing this crime because he gave details that matched the case. Authorities still believe Turnbaugh killed Lyons, but they cannot do anything about it because the Fifth Amendment bars them from doing so.
The Framers created the double jeopardy clause so American citizens will not be tried for the same offense twice. This is a blessing and a curse. On one hand if someone is innocent they will not be tried for the same crime more than once, even if the prosecutors do not like the outcome. On the other hand, if someone is acquitted of an offense and later admits he/she did in fact commit the crime there is nothing the authorities can do about it.
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ReplyDeletethe ballistics the fbi submitted said the caliber was a 22. metal found on the bullet casing is only found on 22 caliber bullets.there is physical evidence and 7 eyewitnesses that put Isaac in a different location at the time of the murder.it only took the jury three and a half hours to acquit. just wasn't some long drawn-out case of did he do it the evidence is clear there's no way he could have. do yourself some justice and look at the evidence in the cases you're writing about.
ReplyDeleteI did my research. One of my sources are listed. No need to be a dick about it.
ReplyDeleteLook at the evidence. Did you ever look at any evidence? How about the video taped evidence that wasn't submited? No you took a quote from a biased source. If you had looked at the evidence you would never have written this story. rumors and bad reportingwhat's the reason my brother end up in this mess to begin with. the FBI ballistics report sad the only gun that has that metal composition in the bullet was a 22 caliber... Isaac was in Middlesex at the dump at the time of the murder... There's a receipt with the date and time on it that proves that... The state's case was based on circumstantial evidence and the only evidence that was solid that they had pointed two 2 Wood Chuck hunters that we're seen 45 minutes with a.22 caliber gun across the road from flatbread before the murdered. this is all documented and in the files. it's dicks like you writing uneducated Bull that has hurt my family. Bill was right Isaac and my family have had to live with this injustice the rest of our lives. So do the people who alowes it to happen...
ReplyDeleteBad grammar. Voice text. and I didn't feel like taking the time to correct it,just like you didn't feel like taking the time to write your article. people have a right to come to their own opinion but they should really look at the evidence.
ReplyDeleteI think about the victims family every day. I wish they had justice. This is a sadness that every one who this tragedy has touched has to live with.
ReplyDeleteGood luck and best wishes.
Zach