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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Out-of-town police story Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 10:18 am
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	By NICK MADIGAN HOUSTON, Feb. 14 — A jury sentenced Dr. Clara Harris to 20 years in prison today for attacking and killing her husband with her car in a hotel parking lot near where they were wed 11 years ago on St. Valentine's Day. (New York Times)<p>***Another inexplicable example of a not-very-interesting local police story creeping into the national news file, in the week that mankind's most compelling questions about the origin of the universe were answered.****<p>HOUSTON -- A woman who ran over her husband with her Mercedes after catching him with his mistress was convicted of murder today in a real-life Texas soap opera in which she claimed it was a tragic accident. (AP)<p>***And, needless to say, it was not a "real-life Texas soap opera," whatever that is.***<p>[ February 15, 2003: Message edited by: blanp ]</p>
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Bakelite	Post subject: Re: Out-of-town police story Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 12:39 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 231 Location: Bellevue, WA	This story had legs only because there was associated video that the TV entertainment shows (some call them "news") could show over and over.
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rumymommy	Post subject: Re: Out-of-town police story Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 4:57 pm
Joined: Tue Aug 06, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 138	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by blanp: Another inexplicable example of a not-very-interesting local police story creeping into the national news file, in the week that mankind's most compelling questions about the origin of the universe were answered. [ February 15, 2003: Message edited by: blanp ][/QB]<hr></blockquote><p> Blanp, have you ever considered editing/writing for a science magazine?
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Guest	Post subject: Re: Out-of-town police story Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 5:33 pm
	I wonder if the O.J. Simpson case was another "not-very-interesting local police story creeping into the national news file" ....
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: Out-of-town police story Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 5:37 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Jim Thomsen: I wonder if the O.J. Simpson case was another "not-very-interesting local police story creeping into the national news file" ....<hr></blockquote><p>The Simpson story is the template for the phenomenon, of course.
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Guest	Post subject: Re: Out-of-town police story Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 5:45 pm
	Also: Lizzie Borden, Sam Sheppard, John Brown, Nat Turner, Bruno Hauptmann, Andrea Yates, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, Benedict Arnold, Guy Fawkes, Joan of Arc and Jesus Christ -- all, at least in their origins, local/regional law enforcement issues -- of debatable interest (?)<p>And just wait until the Phil Spector case becomes the "Crime of The New Century," and a parade of has-been pop-music stars start parading nightly onto "Larry King Live" for a fresh transfusion of 15 minutes ....
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: Out-of-town police story Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 6:10 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	No, the Simpson case is the template for how such things are "covered" these days. I see no potential for Clara Harris to rival John Brown.
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