Posted on 09/26/2005 1:31:30 PM PDT by joeclarke
ping
wow.
I just hate this part and it happens all the time. There's nothing worse in our system than crooked prosecuters - such BS!
DNA can be used to absolve suspects as well as convict them.
Not unique.
Jack Carroll of Renssaler County, NY (across the Hudson from Albany) appears to have been falsely accused of sexual abuse and railroaded by an overzealous D.A., one Patricia "Trish" DeAngelis.
His first conviction was thrown out due to prosecutorial misconduct on Ms. DeAngelis' part. (She has been found guilty of prosecutorial misconduct in several other cases.)
He was then offered a plea to misdemeanor sexual assault. He turned it down, wanting to clear his name.
At the second trial (according to Carroll) the same witnesses (one, a nurse, was the girlfriend of the arresting officer) told the same lies, and he was convicted.
He's doing ten years hard time because he refused to plead guilty to a crime he most likely did not commit.
His trials (literal and metaphorical) were chronicled by columnist Carl Strock of Schenectady's "Daily Gazette."
http://www.dailygazette.com/
FYI Ms. DeAngelis is now running for Judge.
The cops/law WILL hang an innocent person whom they are well aware is probably entirely innocent. Just to close a case.
Not exactly the most reliable source for the sample. At the very least, the prosecutors should test using a sample with a better chain of custody.
Further evidence that cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your stealth.
19 witnesses for an alibi, the wrong DNA and the accuser admits she lied and the judge won't budge...
There should be no appeal...The judge should be ruled incompetent to judge and removed from her job...And then be sued for every thing she owns and given to the prisoner who no doubt is soon to be released...
I used to think that D.A.'s were honorable until I witnessed them up close & personal in action - they are outright LIARs & will promote perjury and any obstruction of justice they can lay their hands on to get a win in a case. Utterly reprehensible IMO.
I must say, it is a good thing this guy was not put to death. One of the reasons I no longer am a big supporter of capital punishment.
It's too bad that the DA won't have to serve time for a false imprisonment charge.
"DNA tests on crime scene samples excluded him." And 19 (Oh! No! 19!)witnesses.
That should be enough right there. let him out........
So when does "the prosecution"s trial begin? Whoever participated in that "coaching" should get the death penalty, right along with the guy who actually raped the 6 year old.
Ok, so swab the new defendant's mouth...
I support capital punishment, but there has to be either clear irrefutable evidence of guilt or an uncoerced confession.
"The judge should be ruled incompetent to judge and removed from her job...And then be sued for every thing she owns and given to the prisoner who no doubt is soon to be released..."
I like it. Too bad it can't happen. Really.
On the other hand, the guy in prison for this rape and murder is not a DNA match for the crime. That in-and-of itself should be enough to clear him, or at least get him a new trial (and the trial should be paid for by the prosecuting attorney...although I know there is no provision in the law for that).
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