Talk:Craig Coley

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I've accepted as a procedural matter this because the established editor that created it put it in mainspace herself, but it was deleted because it was still in AfC. Clearing it from AfC solves that problem. Anyone concerned about notability or one event can take to AfD. Given the 40 year timeframe involved with various steps, I don't see this as one event. Legacypac (talk) 22:51, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Evidence destroy
In the current article: "After Coley lost his final appeal to his conviction, the judge ordered all evidence to be destroyed.[8]" Holy shit, is it really true? Could somebody check? I mean, how is it possible in a real country, if you destroy all evidence then you'll basically loss the chance for a fair trial, appeal. We are speaking about murder case, it is not stoling a bar of chocolate. 91.83.0.147 (talk) 11:06, 25 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Yes, this is true. After his sentence in 1980 he appealed and eventually exhausted all his appeals. Since the case was closed the court ordered the evidence destroyed. This is not uncommon. He had all the evidence to prove his guilt and a jury convicted him based on the evidence. Of course this article doesn’t share the real evidence from 1978. There was a towel with the victim’s blood on it found in Coley’s apartment and he had defense wounds on his body including a cut on his lip. Read all the evidence before believing one side. It’s all here in this blog: https://rdjustice.home.blog/ 73.90.192.79 (talk) 10:52, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Correct Name
The man's name is Craig Richard Coley, per the article itself. He is referenced in the media as Craig Coley. The article should be renamed to "Craig Richard Coley", with redirects from "Craig Coley" and "Richard Coley" (and/or a disambiguation page, as appropriate). 2600:1700:BD50:9070:3C6D:35ED:10F8:C6C0 (talk) 17:43, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Agreed, although "Craig Coley" is a more common and natural title than the full name of "Craig Richard Coley", per WP:COMMONNAME. I have moved the article accordingly. --Animalparty! (talk) 18:21, 5 May 2019 (UTC)