A chat room helped Westerfield prosecutors

San Diego Union Tribune ^ | 12/12/02 | Alex Roth

[Jaded]

Nothing new, nothing surprising.

[Jaded]

Thought we could use a new thread about now.

He called Feldman "a very good attorney." Citing ethics guidelines, Dusek wouldn't comment on a report in the Union-Tribune that Westerfield's lawyers had been trying in February to broker a plea whereby their client would reveal the location of the girl's body in exchange for a life sentence rather than the death penalty.

That is way too funny. If it were really true he would have confirmed it.

"He promised a vigorous defense," Dusek said of Feldman. "He did not say his guy was innocent."

Actually this is what Feldman said on 6/4 in the first afternoon session:

13 THE SCIENCE, THE SCIENCE IS GOING TO COME TO MR.
14 WESTERFIELD'S RESCUE, BECAUSE THE CRIME SCENE -- I'M SORRY, THE
15 RECOVERY SITE, LAW ENFORCEMENT COLLECTED UP AS MUCH AS IT COULD,
16 AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THE RESULTS. AND WHEN YOU HEAR THOSE
17 RESULTS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE CONVINCED BEYOND ANY DOUBT THAT IT
18 WAS IMPOSSIBLE, IMPOSSIBLE FOR DAVID WESTERFIELD TO HAVE DUMPED
19 DANIELLE VAN DAM IN THAT LOCATION. THE EVIDENCE WILL SHOW
20 BEYOND DOUBT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO HAVE PLACED HER THERE.
21 THEIR EVIDENCE.
22 SO WE HAVE DOUBTS. WE HAVE DOUBTS AS TO CAUSE OF
23 DEATH. WE HAVE DOUBTS AS TO THE IDENTITY OF DANIELLE VAN DAM'S
24 KILLER. WE HAVE DOUBTS AS TO WHO LEFT HER WHERE SHE RESIDED,
25 WHERE SHE REMAINED, AND WE HAVE DOUBTS AS TO WHO TOOK HER.
26 THANK YOU.

[spectre]

Thanks Jaded.

Dusek received alot of help from the Chat Rooms, is my guess.

The blurb about the marks on her arm were highly misleading. He knows darn well what else they could have been. He should have been honest and started with DW breaking up metal objects trying to dig himself out of the sand, where they were absolutely positive he had buried Danielle.

Other than than...Dusek leaves me ill.

sw

[itsahoot]

Thanks for the new thread. Has anyone yet shown definate proof that westerfield was negotiation with the prosecutors over the location of the body? I have seen nothing but a convenient leak, purporting to be fact.

[cyncooper]

That is way too funny. If it were really true he would have confirmed it.

Did you notice--Feldman hasn't denied the plea dealings in the works. Dusek cannot therefore confirm them as it would be unethical. You may argue that Dusek wishes to be coy about the story to keep it alive, however, if the story were untrue there is nothing to stop Feldman and the other attorneys from setting the record straight.

And as your transcript excerpts show, Dusek is correct. Feldman never said his client was innocent. He argued that DW couldn't have dumped the body (charming) and urged the jury that there were doubts.

[cyncooper]

The van Dams and Gloria Allred spoke of it after the aborted sentencing hearing for Westerfield. I'm sure after the story came out the DA confirmed it to them.

[cyncooper]

At the start of the trial, just after the prosecution had finished its opening statements, Westerfield was being led down a hallway when he turned to a bailiff and said, "They may as well send me to (San) Quentin right now."

This may be old news to you, but I find it interesting. Quite interesting.

[cyncooper]

During the penalty phase of the case, when Westerfield's lawyers called friends and family members to the witness stand in an effort to save their client's life, Westerfield looked at his lawyers with a confused expression on his face when one woman approached the stand.

"Who's that?" he asked.

"It's your aunt," his lawyers informed him.

Hmmm, blueberry aunt?

[Jaded]

Actually, it was Jameson's forum and chat. It was confirmed that both sides had people trolling the internet. Prosecution had someone over on Jam's trying to, well, you know the drill. The reaction was much the same as it was here for those who wouldn't fall in line. Go figure.

The mole over there stated at the beginning of March that pedophilia WAS NOT the motive. That it supposedly revolved around the party that night. Even the plant couldn't begin to explain how DW pulled it off with any of the timelines given. Essentially he used the same logic as Dusek "we don't know how, but that doesn't matter because we don't have to prove it".

Doncha jus' luv the system?

[Jaded]

And? Do the words "IMPOSSIBLE, IMPOSSIBLE FOR DAVID WESTERFIELD TO HAVE DUMPED" many any thing to you? What part of that says he did it?

Besides, your boy Jeff did his big production about Danielle being raped with out a shred of evidence.

[Jaded]

The Van Dams ORIGINALLY said it wasn't true. The DA also said they would have to check with the family before proceeding with a plea.

[BARLF]

That statement really, really, proves DW guilty!

Who's that?" he asked. "It's your aunt," his lawyers informed him.

Unless it's taped,straight from DW's mouth, I don't believe anything the prosecution puts out about what DW said. Remember the statesments contributed to DW while riding in the desert with Ott & Keyser? Never taped, but put out for public consumption as the truth. All these little tidbits prove nothing about Dw's guilt or innocence.

The bugs don't lie but the jurors believe they do. Yeah.......

[EllaMinnow]

The van Dams originally said THEY DIDN'T KNOW - not that it wasn't true.

As you say - "The DA also said they would have to check with the family before proceeding with a plea."
This only adds credence to the theory that it was the defense pleading for a plea bargain...

[EllaMinnow]

If it isn't Basshole.

[Jaded]

Here's a picture for ya. I promise you'll like it.

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[EllaMinnow]

I don't do fansites, J. That's your thing, not mine.