Evidence against former astronaut tossed (AP)

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Evidence against former astronaut tossed

By TRAVIS REED, Associated Press Writer
58 minutes ago

ORLANDO, Fla. - A judge agreed Friday to toss much
of the evidence against a former astronaut accused of
making a diaper-assisted, 1,000-mile drive to confront
a woman vying for the affections of the same space
shuttle pilot.

Investigators took advantage of 44-year-old Lisa Nowak,
who had not slept for more than 24 hours, coercing her
into giving information in a lengthy arrest interview,
Orange County Circuit Judge Marc L. Lubet said.

Lubet granted a defense motion to throw out comments
she made during the six-hour interview and items seized
during a search of her BMW, including maps to alleged
victim Colleen Shipman's home, large garbage bags,
latex gloves and some soiled toddler-sized diapers.

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The ruling was a big win for the defense. But evidence
from a duffel bag Nowak was carrying — a steel mallet,
buck knife, BB gun resembling a real 9mm handgun, gloves
and six feet of rubber tubing — remains in the case.

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[TahitiNut]

1. Fascinating development. (Dropped like a stone under the weight of GD idiocy.)

Nowak has been tried, convicted, and pilloried in the tabloid press. Shameful.