John Karr Confesses, But Claims It Was "Merely" A Kidnapping That Went Awry, Because He "Loved" JonBenet

O.J. Simpson was quoted as saying, "Hey, you're preaching to the choir."

Is this a preview of his coming defense?

Lt. Gen. Suwat Tumrongsiskul said U.S. authorities informed Thai police on Aug. 11 that an arrest warrant had been issued for Karr on charges of premeditated murder. The warrant was sent to Thai police on Wednesday.

At the press conference, Suwat said Karr insisted after his arrest that his crime was not first-degree murder. "He said it was second- degree murder. He said it was unintentional. He said he was in love with the child. She was a pageant queen," Suwat said.

How does the defendant plead?

-- She was a pageant queen, your honor.

What?

-- Pageant queen. She looked really cute as a cowgirl.

That's not a proper pleading. It's either "guilty" or "not guilty."

-- All right: I plead guilty-- to loving a pageant queen.

You're not charged with loving anybody. You're charged with killing a six year old girl in a kidnapping case, which, by the felony murder rule, is a murder, accidental or not.

-- Okay, okay. Not guilty, by reason of adorableness.

Buddy, you're going to have a rough time in prison. I just want to warn you for that. You might want to start working out, maybe taking Tae Bo lessons.

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Seriously, imagine the Job-like trevails of the Ramseys. To not only have a daughter murdered in your home, discoverng the body yourself, but then to be strongly suspected by an entire nation of killing her.

That is truly one of the worst things I've ever heard.

posted by Ace at 09:31 AM

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