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New Hampshire Republican candidate suspends campaign after his 1989 murder conviction revealed (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 78 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Republican Mark Edgington, 53, told the New Hampshire Bulletin last week that he had hoped voters would look past his 1989 second-degree murder conviction, but that it becoming public had caused him and his family distress.

What

He maintains his innocence and told the Bulletin that he was hiding in the motel bathroom during the killing was carried out by a friend.

Great leader he would be

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Who among us hasn't hidden in a motel bathroom while their friend murdered the manager outside? I ask you! When brought to justice, where I was innocent, I instead pled 'no contest' as an innocent person would. I'll paraphrase my Lord and savior Jesus Christ when I say 'Let ye who hasn't been convicted of murder cast the first stone'!" -Edgington probably

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Innocent people plead guilty or no contest to charges all the time, tbh. I think what's crazy is running for office as a member of the party famous for its calls of "law and order" after spending eight years in the big house at the hands of the "law." You might think that would clue you in that maybe the legal system is not all it's cracked up to be.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Eight years in the clink? The slammer? The hoosegow?

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean, the first part is fucked up too, y'all just normalised it - as if falsely pleading guilty falls under telling the truth.

And all for the sake of the system itself to function normally or by direct & intentional design, to make professionals (judges, lawyers, etc) appear more successful by some counting metric.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No contest isn't "I'm guilty", it's more like "I choose not to fight this". It isn't inherently dishonest by itself.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

I said 'falsely pleading guiltily', not 'choosing to not contest'.

[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's so funny how Republicans love to stir up the moral outrage of the community. Meanwhile they disproportionately seem to have murderers, rapists and child molesters in their ranks.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's so funny how Republicans love to stir up the moral outrage of the community. Meanwhile they disproportionately ~~seem to have~~ absolutely without a doubt have been proven to have murderers, rapists and child molesters in their ranks.

Fixed that right up for ya.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Because their system lets them get away with it. Ask Bob Menendez what it's like to be a grifter on the other team.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

You're not kidding...

There's only one thing the gop loves more than LOUD projection and that's abusing kids. The party of the grand ol' pedophiles

  • NOTE: I'm reaching the character limit on Reddit posts, so here's a website with a list of about 1000 of these republican shit stains on humanity.
[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Well yeah when you believe space babysitters can forgive you for everything shitty you do there's no need to not be shitty. Just apologize and you're good.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"When you vote for me, you get a pair of hands around the throat of the New Hampshire government!"- Murderin" Mike

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wow. Even for the GOP, which has no problems with con men, thieves, rapists, and child molesters in their ranks, a convicted murderer is quite an achievement.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

im always saying how no matter where they are I can't see them being possibly able to sink lower but they always find a way.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

They learned how to drill from big oil

[–] 242@lemmy.cafe 18 points 1 month ago

Imagine having this kind of skeleton in your closet but people have largely forgotten it and you decide to tempt fate by running for public office. What in the dumbass is this? This is next level hubris.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

The deeper you dig, the darker it gets

We'll never find our way back home

My high school playlist has just been smacking so hard with reality right now and it sucks.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 month ago

“When I embarked on this, I expected fair, respectful treatment by the press and my party, and to serve my constituents,” Edgington said. “[The reporting] is causing me mental stress and affecting my family relations. I don’t need this.”

I'm sympathetic that people get rolled over by prosecutors getting them to plead to things they didn't do to minimize charges. I'm not sympathetic to this guy crying about mental stress when his party is filled with grievance and seeks to weaponize it against marginalized people as its primary platform. Tough shit, asshole.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

Just ONE conviction, then?

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Wait ... What!! Really!!?

^^^ hot takes indeed, but really, what else is there to say? State of our democracy ... something something something ...

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Republican Mark Edgington, 53, told the New Hampshire Bulletin last week that he had hoped voters would look past his 1989 second-degree murder conviction, but that it becoming public had caused him and his family distress.

“When I embarked on this, I expected fair, respectful treatment by the press and my party, and to serve my constituents,” Edgington said.

Edgington was 18 years old when he pleaded “no contest” in Florida to a second-degree murder charge in connection with the beating and strangulation death of a motel manager.

He maintains his innocence and told the Bulletin that he was hiding in the motel bathroom during the killing was carried out by a friend.

“I am disappointed to see members of our party pander to the liberal media and feign outrage without giving the candidate the dignity of so much as a phone call,” Osborne told the Bulletin.

On Friday, the New Hampshire Republican Party issued a statement endorsing Edgington’s opponents.

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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 1 month ago

the gall. pander to the media.