{"id":128153,"date":"2022-07-23T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=128153"},"modified":"2022-07-22T21:13:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T01:13:05","slug":"jarheads-killers-trial-finally-starting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=128153","title":{"rendered":"‘Jarheads’ killer’s trial finally starting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The long-delayed trial of Volodymr Zhukovskyy, 26, the truck driver who allegedly crossed the center line on Rte. 2 in New Hampshire and killed 7 members of the Jarheads motorcycle club, is finally starting. Jury selection has been completed and the trial should start Tuesday. Zhukovskyy (see, it wasn’t a typo) has been in jail since his arrest 3 years ago.<\/p>\n

The trial, delayed because of the pandemic and defense problems with finding a crash reconstruction expert, is expected to begin Tuesday and last for several weeks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Marine Times<\/a><\/p>\n

Translation: we couldn’t find a crash expert who could spin it our way.<\/p>\n

The defense will allege that some of the motorcycle riders tested positive for alcohol and that the first biker hit was legally drunk. The prosecution will show that the truck driver admitted taking taken both heroin and cocaine that morning but thought he was sober enough to drive* when he allegedly crossed the center line and ran into the group.<\/p>\n

* The famed “but I’m feeling much better<\/em> now” defense.<\/p>\n

Federal investigators said Zhukovskyy, who was returning from delivering vehicles for a Massachusetts transport company, regularly used drugs. After the crash, Zhukovskyy told police he had used both heroin and cocaine that morning, but that he felt \u201cfine and okay to drive\u201d later that day.<\/p>\n

His lawyers, who declined to issue any pretrial statements, are expected to shift the blame to the bikers.<\/p>\n

They have argued an independent analysis from March 2020 showed one of the motorcyclists who died was drunk and was the one who hit the truck and caused the crash. Federal investigators found that some of the bikers and passengers were impaired by alcohol, but that it wasn\u2019t the reason for the crash.<\/p>\n

The National Transportation Safety Board approved a report in December 2020 that concluded that Zhukovskyy\u2019s impairment from the drugs was the \u201cprobable cause\u201d for him crossing the center line on the highway and sparking the fiery crash.<\/p>\n

Zhukovskyy\u2019s lawyers unsuccessfully tried to get him a bail hearing so he could be released from jail pending his trial. The state Supreme Court denied the request.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Kudos to New Hampshire for denying bail: defense lawyers said since Zhukovskyy was sober in pre-trial confinement he should get out of jail. That argument might fly in San Francisco, but staying sober when you’re already locked up is not a great achievement.<\/p>\n

Good thing I missed jury selection, I’d be pulling for that “fair trial followed by a first-rate hanging” option.<\/p>\n

Hat tip to Jeff LPH !<\/p>\n

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