Random Friday Morning Thoughts

And the defense attorneys were right: He was released on parole six days later. Still a genius move that caught the D.A. completely off guard . (Here's a very deep dive on the case from Slate.)

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• Regarding Cowboys' kicker Brandon Aubrey who is sitting on a jury in criminal trial in Tarrant County, one faithful reader pointed out that one of the defense lawyers, Robert Keating, graduated from Decatur High School in 1988.
• Side note: In looking at other parts of the Tarrant County "trial board", I saw three not guilty verdicts this week. One of them in a murder case. 
  
  
  
• If I ever get convicted of anything, I hope Netflix does a documentary so I can ultimately be set free. 
  
  
  
  
• The fact that the Menendez brothers appeared in then background of a basketball card photo taken after the murders is one of the all time strange factoids about the case. 
  
  
  
• The Wall Street Journal has a revelation which should come as no surprise at all.
  
  
  
• The amount of money that DPS troopers have been paid as overtime as part of this is insane. 
  
  
  
• Israel continues its random bombings.
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Our Wise County Judge, J.D. Clark, has released a new single today.  (Spotify link.)
• Trump rallies:
• Last night. It's such a strange strategy to bad mouth America.
  
  
  
• Just incredible. (From the Turning Point rally two days ago.)
  
  
  
  
• Kamala Harris rallies: Beyonce today. Springsteen last night.
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
•  Rupert Murdoch's paper endorses Trump today. No surprise.
  
  
  
• Flashback:
  
  
  
• The "very private" Dak Prescott continues to beat me down. He has a photographer at his engagement proposal, splashes it on Instagram last week, and now gives interviews about it. All while earning $60 million a year as a season collapses around him.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• If you are a high school football fan, you won't believe the ending of an overtime game last night at The Star. Video.
• Time which has passed since the Wise County Sheriff's Office, despite having a full male DNA profile, has failed to solve the murder of Lauren Whitener in her home at Lake Bridgeport: 5 years and 112 days.