Michael George Conviction Fallout News

* This editorial at ComicMix by Mike Gold suggests that there's already a formal campaign to keep people from attending the Pittsburgh Comicon that retailer Michael George founded -- the same Michael George convicted Monday of the 1990 murder of his then-wife Barbara. Gold argues that the event has a charitable role and a role in helping support George's current wife Renee, and that she's not guilty of anything.

* I e-mailed Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Executive Director Charles Brownstein to see if the CBLDF -- which was a beneficiary of the con's fund-raising efforts -- would alter its plans to attend the Pittsburgh. He said no. "We plan to send a staffer to administrate the quick sketch event. We won't be setting up a booth, nor have we for the last few years." Brownstein further stated that the decision on whether to send someone or whether or not to set-up was purely financial, and the trial outcome did not have a bearing on it.

* multiple articles indicate that George will be sentenced April 22. There will be at least one push by defense attorney to have the conviction set aside that one imagine will be heard before then.

* this article in the Johnstown (PA) Tribune-Democrat gathers reaction from Renee George and people in the area that George has lived and worked for more than 15 years.
 
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