ATHENS, Ga. - The case against an Augusta correctional facility escapee who was charged with attacking a female jogger on a popular park has not gone to trial two years after the attack.
Gary Gaylord Ford hasn't been to Clarke County Superior Court since he pleaded not guilty to an eight-county indictment in April 2008.
Athens Police Lt. David Leedahl says it's not uncommon for a case to go a few years before trial and that prosecutors may be waiting on more lab results.
Authorities say the 39-year-old escaped from the Augusta Transitional Center in February 2008 and fled to Athens, where he attacked the 21-year-old jogger. They say he also robbed a convenience store owner of $500.
He is being held without bond as prosecutors build their case.
if you dont like it, go to law school and become a prosecutor or a judge yourself (if you have it in you, which i doubt. it is so much easier to just read stories and make outrageous comments on a website than to try to correct a perceived flaw in the system.
Zippy who would want to become one of the slimmyiest, lowest form of human being in America? I takes a special person to be a member of the legal profession, someone with absolutely no concern for anything but themselves. That is unless you want to convert to politician and of course you must be a doctor or lawyer to do that.
Disssman- You got it. Almost 500 years ago, Old Billy Shakespeare said, "Let's begin by killing all the lawyers" Can't remember which play it was. I am sure there are some good, decent lawyers out there, but I have never met one.
Justus, how would you fix the judicial system?
Another, by releasing Charles Walker. That's where all the bitterness and venom comes from. He loathes prosecutors. Wonder why?
If they release Walker he'll be Augusta's next Mayor. Remember Ed McIntyre! Maybe he can get some of those basements on the streets downtown either filled or a house built over them.
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