From Our Gang, Treasure of Sierra Madre, In Cold Blood, Electroglide in Blue, Baretta to murder suspect, Robert Blake led a hell of a life. Dead at 89.
Robert Blake, Baretta dead at 89.
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DWalt
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I was sort of happy when he skated on the murder charge, although he probably did it. As I remember he did lose a civil suit.
Loved Baretta as a kid, but then I liked OJ as a Bill and in the Naked Gun movies. Not so much either one of them in their later years after their infamous notoriety. R.I.P. Bonny Lee Bakley.
twodog max
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Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
31FordA
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Robert Blake's appearances on Carson were usually pretty wild. He was not a boring guy. Besides movies and "Baretta" he also had his own TV show in the 1980's, "Helltown", where he played an inner city priest.
I always liked his alibi for the murder, he had gone back to the restaurant to retrieve his .38 that he left on the table and while he was gone the shooting happened. As I recall the murder weapon was supposed to be a P-38, the star witness was a hit man Blake allegedly hired to do the murder, and the trial featured an all star cast of celebrities with a motive to see the victim whacked.
I always liked his alibi for the murder, he had gone back to the restaurant to retrieve his .38 that he left on the table and while he was gone the shooting happened. As I recall the murder weapon was supposed to be a P-38, the star witness was a hit man Blake allegedly hired to do the murder, and the trial featured an all star cast of celebrities with a motive to see the victim whacked.
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Wyatt Burp
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Those civil court cases are double jeopardy as far as I'm concerned. According to the law, O.J. Simpson didn't murder anyone. But he WAS convicted of violating two people's civil rights by stabbing them to death.
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From Wiki:
In 2012, Time magazine called Electra Glide in Blue "A neglected cult-classic that could have only come from (or have been made in) the early '70s" and said: "It's a quirky but unforgettable movie—part character study, part examination of an emerging youth culture—featuring some outstanding camerawork from future Oscar-winning cinematographer Conrad Hall."
I hope Robert's daughter Rose finds peace.
In 2012, Time magazine called Electra Glide in Blue "A neglected cult-classic that could have only come from (or have been made in) the early '70s" and said: "It's a quirky but unforgettable movie—part character study, part examination of an emerging youth culture—featuring some outstanding camerawork from future Oscar-winning cinematographer Conrad Hall."
I hope Robert's daughter Rose finds peace.
LVSteve
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Just goes to show how laws differ in different countries. In the UK any attempt to raise a civil case like that would be taken over and promptly discontinued by the Crown Prosecution Service (or whatever it's called these days).
However, the UK DID introduce double jeopardy for serious crimes to allow new evidence gathered by improved forensic methods to be heard in court. A number of such cases have been successful resulting in the jailing of several murderers and rapists. I don't think "statute of limitations" is something that applies in the UK when it comes to serious crime.
Not double jeopardy because two different burdens of proof. The acquittal in the criminal case doesn't mean he didn't do it, it just means the state didn't prove he did it beyond a reasonabe doubt. Whereas in the civil suit plaintiffs only had to prove the wrongful death by a preponderance of the evdidence. Double jeopardy only prevents criminal prosecution for the same offense more than once, by the "same sovereign." No application to civil suits, in which a person may be found liable, but isn't "convicted" of anything.
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I just remember thinking it would have been cooler if Blake's wife had been shot with a Beretta.
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His death comes as quite a surprise to me because I didn't realize he was still alive.
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OP, you left out Little Beaver from the old Red Rider series.
A very talented actor and a very troubled man. I hope he's at peace now.
Double jeopardy is about the government prosecuting and punishing you twice for criminal misconduct. Civil procedure is about property forfeiture and is a remedial civil sanction, and not a punitive criminal punishment.
Grayfox
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When I think of Robert Blake I always remember seeing Electra-glide In Blue in a quonset hut theater at Ore' Grande base camp on White Sands Missile Range back in 1973. It was a pretty good movie. 
