Earlier today, newsok released the original police interview with Joe Mixon and his lawyers. Mixon’s lawyer, Kevin Finlay, entered an Alford plea later which in essence, is a legal mechanism which allowed Mixon to proclaim his innocence without ever having to go before a judge or jury, plus the enormous benefit of not having to go through a brutal cross examination by the DA. Additionally, some in the media termed this as a sworn deposition. This was not a deposition, but rather a police interrogation. A sworn deposition carries all relevant penalties of perjury–so it might have been a stretch for Mixon to maintain ‘It felt like a man hit me’ during a sworn deposition.
And Justice for All anyone?
If you want to view that video it’s on newsok. I will not put it on my blog for the very simple reason Mixon was never cross examined in a normal legal process and the veracity of anything Mixon and his lawyer maintained never went under the scrutiny of a cross exam by the state.
Instead, I think I’ll go with actor Mickey Rourke’s take on the Mixon situation.
I’ve always loved Mickey Rourke with Diner and The Wrestler being my two favorite films of his. Maybe Boren and OU compliance should have allowed Mickey Rourke to handle all of this and they wouldn’t be in the middle of a public relations disaster twenty-six months later which makes OU look like the Little Rogue Sisters of Art Briles.