Yet Gottlieb spins out a pack of lies that will be examined by 100s or thousands or even millions of people. He had to know it would not work. I could see a rookie like Himan thinking he could get away with this, but an experienced investigator? It is shocking.
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His thought process could've been affected by Desperation! Remember Gottlieb had personally signed one of the affadavits submitted for court approval, where he swore that the Medical Records obtained by Supoena revealed that the woman had injuries consistent with being sexually assaulted ANALLY and Vaginally.
So his goose was partially (or already) cooked. How can one man change the fact that Duke Computer system and the custodians of their records had already provided information that the Medical Records weren't given to Police until 4/5?
Better yet, how can one man change the fact that the Medical records don't say what he said in an official sworn affidavit in order to garner court approval?
He can't change those things, it's impossible, but the next best thing is to create a scenario that would support what he had officially sworn to in affidavits.
So, with this is mind, it's a much smaller leap for him to modify his notes. What authority is going to pursue Gottlieb? Nifong? The corrupt DPD?
I suspect this isn't the first time someone's been railroaded in Durham - by the same crew.
No one is coming to town to see that Durham follows the law.
DC is a good example. Their mayor was on Video doing Coke, and he had a very corrupt citywide system that was heavily criticized. What did the people of DC do? They relelected Mayor Barry and later he was convicted of other charges and he still hold elected office in D.C.
Let's see:
1. You hit on Gottlieb's error. He should have left one of those descriptions to include a 260 to 270 lbs person and just say she did not get one of the IDs right. The reason he didn't probably is they are going to claim the various police misheard how many people she claimed raped her. You can not claim every inconsistency was due to someone mis-hearing or mis-understanding Mangum.
2. Himan may find that if he testifies like this he won't need a job anytime soon as he will be in federal prison. That is the wild card out there. There may be enough for federal perjury charges right now.
3. Sure they probably railroaded what they thought were bad guys before. Maybe they were bad guys. They have bitten off something different this time.