Peruvian Appeals Panel Considers Joran van der Sloot’s Murder Confession of Stefany Flores

Joran Van der Sloot, You are not in Aruba anymore …

Let’s hope JUSTICE in Peru is not the same as in Aruba … when a criminal confesses, it is a confession! Not in Aruba, when a criminal confesses, they let him go.

Suspected murderer Joran Van der Sloot and his attorney continue their smoke and mirror legal games as they have appealed the appeal to throw out the “little Dutch” boy’s confession. A panel of Peruvian judges is reviewing Van der Sloot’s original appeal to have his confession upheld.

A panel of Peruvian judges is considering whether to uphold the confession of Joran van der Sloot, who is accused of killing a 21-year-old woman.

The three-judge appellate panel is expected to hand down a decision in about a week.

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SC Mom Amanda Raegan Smith Gets 8 Years for Murdering her Son Devon Epps with Alford Plea

Eight years and time served for killing your own child … are you friggin kidding?

What the hell is up with South Carolina these days? Have DA’s heard that there should be time attached to the crime? File the following under the WTF category. I am not sure which is more criminal, the murder by Amanda Smith or the acceptance of the Alford plea and the pathetic sentencing. In the end, Amanda Smith basically got a away with murder and a slap on the wrist.

Devon Epps

In November 2007 Devon Epps was murdered. His mother Amanda Raegan Smith claimed that a knife weilding carjacker got into the car and smothered her son. Of course the story sounded like complete BS at the time as why would the carjacker have killed the child and not the mom as well. Scared Monkeys reported the story at the time as follows:

The events of Devon Epps, if one is to believe them as described by Devon’s mother Amanda Reagan Smith as to what she told investigators:

• Amanda and Devon Epps were stopped at Jacobs Road and Interstate 85 that Sunday night when a scruffy-looking white man carrying a knife ordered the mother from her car.
• Investigators said the woman told them the man forced the woman’s son into the back seat of the car and ordered the woman to drive around.
• Amanda was able to get out of the car but when she did, the suspect locked the doors and that’s when he got into the back of the car
• The man locked himself in the car with Devon. Then  he smothered the boy, holding a pillow over the child’s face.
• Devon Epps was taken to a hospital, where he was declared deceased. Amanda Reagan Smith was injured as well.
• She was treated and released from the hospital that night.
• The woman had non-life threatening injuries, deputies said.

Does this sound believable or like the many similar cases where a family members entire family is murdered yet they survive virtually unscathed? The story certainly sounds suspect.

The story did turn out to be utter rubbish and Amanda Raegan Smith was arrested and charged in the death of her 7 year old son Devon Epps. Almost 3 years later,Amanda Raegan Smith entered an Alford plea  and the judge found her guilty of both involuntary manslaughter and obstruction of justice. Amanda Smith will serve as many years in prison for the murder of her son as Devon lived on this earth. Greenville, SC … is that justice?

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Daily Commentary – Friday, July 30th, 2010 – The Case for The System … Are Murderers & Child Molesters Getting away with Crimes or does the System Work?

• Dana on whether the current justice system is worth preserving. What will happen in the cases of Drew Peterson, Kyron Horman, Joran Van der Sloot, Casey Anthony, etc.

Daily Commentary – Thursday, July 29th, 2010 – Early Release for Linsday Lohan

• It sounds like, due to prison overcrowding, she won’t do much time.

The Dana Pretzer Show On Scared Monkeys Radio – Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 – Special Guests: Carmen Mercer, Jim Moret & Robin Sax

LISTEN TO THE DANA PRETZER SHOW ON SCARED MONKEYS RADIO

Tonight Dana welcomes special guests:

• Carmen Mercer from the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps discussing the Arizona Immigration Law, illegal immigration and border security.
• Correspondent Jim Moret from Inside Edition Chief  along with NBC News Analyst Robin Sax  discussing Jim’s new book “The Last Day Of My Life” and all the high profile cases in the news today

 The Dana Pretzer Show On Scared Monkeys Radio – Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 – Special Guests: Clint Van Zandt , Pat Brown and Robin Sax Discussing Kyron Horman, Barefoot Bandit and much more … [52:27m]: | Download