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Monday, January 12, 2009

Microsoft Dumping 15,000 Employees...

   which is about 17% of the workforce.

   Microsoft employs about 90,000 people worldwide and the word is that 15,000 of those workers will be given their pink slips on January 15,2009, one week before Microsoft's Q2 earnings report comes out.

   The rumor is that MSN division will take the blunt of the layoffs and it is also being said that larger staff cuts are possible in Microsoft EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa).

The Channel Wire

    A Wednesday report on MSNBC.com said the software company is more likely to reduce its employee rolls through attrition, hiring freezes and non-renewal of contract employees, even though the story cited a blog post last week that Microsoft was preparing to cut as many as 15,000 jobs.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Arizona Boy Not Competent For Trial...

  according to his lawyers.

     Attorney Benjamin Brewer says that an expert who evaluated the boy says that the boy couldn't be restored to competency in the time allotted by law.  This expert of one who was chosen by the defense. It'll be interesting to see if the expert on the prosecutions side came up with the same conclusion, if the results are ever released to the public before trial.

The boy's competency is at the core of the case.
The issue likely will be discussed at a hearing on a motion Brewer filed to suppress a police interview with the boy or during a competency hearing that could take place in January.
"That will be the biggest decision that will be made, for sure," he said.
If a judge finds the boy is incompetent and unable to be restored to competency within 240 days, the case could be dropped with prejudice, meaning it could not be refiled.
Prosecutors are worried the boy never will get the treatment he needs and the victims never will see justice if that determination is made.
If the boy is found fit to stand trial, Apache County Superior Court Judge Michael Roca will hear arguments in a bench trial that attorneys say could wrap up by midyear.

  Attorney Brewer doesn't believe that the prosecution has a strong case against the child. The defense is asking Judge Roca to suppress evidence found at the home including " weapon, spent cartridges, blood samples, photographs and forensic material."   That would pretty much kill the prosecutions case, don't you think?

  I would note that gunshot residue was found on the boys clothing when he was taken into custody on November 5th,08.

   Dallas News

Lead, barium and antimony, known to be associated with gunshot residue, were found on a pair of pants and a long-sleeved shirt taken by police after the Nov. 5 shootings, according to the report released by prosecutors Monday.

Whether the boy came into contact with a gun hasn't been a question in the case. The boy admitted to police that he fired at least two shots at each of the men, and defense attorneys say there's no question the boy was in the home with a recently fired weapon.

In an interview with police, the boy told investigators he could have walked into some "smoke" that was trapped in the hallway of the St. Johns home where the two men were shot and got some gunshot residue on his clothing as a result.

  I'm beginning to think that this boy is a liar, not incompetent. After all of the changes in his stories to the police, he has guilty written all over his face and he should be prosecuted for those 2 murders which he has committed.