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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDefense pointing to Gary Condit in Chandra Levy case
https://www.yahoo.com/news/defense-pointing-gary-condit-chandra-levy-case-195955532.html?nhp=1WASHINGTON (AP) Defense attorneys for a man convicted of killing former Washington intern Chandra Levy are making clear that at his second trial they plan to offer jurors evidence pointing to a different one-time suspect in the case: former California Congressman Gary Condit.
Levy's 2001 disappearance created a national sensation after the 24-year-old Modesto, California, native was romantically linked with Condit, a Democrat. He was at one time the primary suspect in the case but eventually ruled out by police. Defense attorneys argued in a motion filed Wednesday, however, that Condit was "a main suspect" and had a "powerful" and "obvious" motive to kill Levy and or cover up her death.
"Mr. Condit was fully aware of the cost he could pay if his affair with Ms. Levy became public. He therefore had an obvious motive to kill Ms. Levy in order to keep the relationship secret, and an equally powerful motive to cover-up the circumstances of her death if she died while she was with him either through his intentional conduct or otherwise," the defense wrote.
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Prosecutors said they believe the jury's verdict was correct but the "passage of time and the unique circumstances of this case" had made opposing a new trial more difficult. The trial is now scheduled for October.
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Defense pointing to Gary Condit in Chandra Levy case (Original Post)
WhiteTara
May 2016
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WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)1. He's been my guy for it.
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)2. It's obvious the affair was not that secret...
her death brought out that 'secret'...the motive was to reveal their 'secret' affair?
He'd have been better off NOT killing her...investigations and all...
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)3. I would do the same thing if I was the dude's defense attorney,
and hope that one or more jurors had seen enough movies to believe that a powerful congressman could commit murder and frame a patsy for the killing. And who knows, maybe it's true.