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Also NO WHERE in any reports does it say that it was wrote off as self defense.
Idiolize who you want! But don't set there and throw information about it being ruled "justified" or self defense because that is B.S.
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"Joseph Sweeting and Reginald Oakley had hoped the jury would find they acted in self defense. It took only 5 hours for the unanamous veridct acquitting them of all charges. Oakely hugged his lawyer. Sweeting put his head down on the defense table."
http://www.artclu.com/crew/bfoley/la...&story=10&pg=1
You won't find it in any official reports, because the jury isn't required to provide a specific reason for acquittal (as far as I know). Oakley and Sweeting went in there using self-defense as the reasoning for their actions. Given that they were acquitted unanimously, it would make sense to believe that the jury bought into that without any doubt otherwise, even though the jury doesn't have to say one way or another. Put another way, why ELSE would the jury have ruled acquittal?
To be honest, I hadn't seen the number of stabs specifically stated anyways, but stabbing someone 12-18 times - does that part really matter? If you are in what you deem a life or death situation, are you going to count how many times you stab someone? Or are you going to stab them until you feel safe or unthreatened? You're not gonna be there thinking "I've stabbed them 8 times now, I can do it a few more times before it looks bad", you're thinking "Holy shit - I need to keep stabbing this person until I am damn well sure they are dead"
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It is an ongoing issue with Ray Lewis and the Ravens will be a better team with out him, just as they were through half the season this year.
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Totally false. This season, they were 5-1 with Ray Lewis (9-1 including playoffs) and 5-5 without him. You can look at defensive stats before he got hurt and after he got hurt, but then the defense played even better upon his return. Ultimately, a win is a win is a win, and the team record tells that story.