Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Interesting Defense: Too Fat To Kill


I must say it is an interesting defense. (full story)
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TRENTON, N.J. - A Florida man accused of killing his son-in-law in New Jersey is arguing that he was unable to commit the crime because he was too fat.
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When Edward Ates takes the stand in his defense Wednesday, he's expected to tell jurors he wouldn't have had the energy needed to climb and descend the staircase where prosecutors say the killer was perched when he shot Paul Duncsak, a 40-year-old pharmaceutical executive, in 2006.
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An attorney for Ates claims that in 2006, the 62-year-old stood 5 feet 8 and tipped the scales at 285 pounds, and that he was in such bad physical shape that he couldn't have pulled off the shooting or the fast getaway the killer made.