Posted on 08/17/2006 1:41:53 PM PDT by Arec Barrwin
Legal analyst: Break in Ramsey case could be hoax
DENVER (KUSA) - 9NEWS legal analyst Scott Robinson believes there are still too many questions about the suspect, John Mark Karr, to feel confident about conviction.
“In this particular case when you have an uncorroborated confession, I think it’s good to be cynical and to be skeptical,” Robinson said. “The suspect seems to be ducking questions about his connection to the Ramsey family… how the little girl came to be in the basement with him in the first place.”
Robinson believes one thing is clear, however. This is the biggest development in the case so far.
“This is either the break that we have all been waiting for, or the biggest hoax that’s ever been perpetrated in the JonBenet Ramsey case, a case that has had its share of wacky people involved in it.”
However, DNA evidence could make this an open and shut case in a very short period of time.
“If they can tie [Karr] to the Ramsey home, or to any of the physical evidence at the scene… the case is pretty much done and over,” Robinson said.
“These days you can get a presumptive DNA test done in a day if you have good tissue and certainly a definitive result in a week. So we will know pretty soon if there is a DNA match,” Robinson explained after being asked how long it might take to get this evidence evaluated.
The problem Robinson is concerned with is what happens if the DNA evidence is inconclusive.
“His father says this is a young man who became obsessed with the case and wrote about it for a college paper. That sets the stage for a potential defense that [Karr] didn’t commit the crime, he’s just obsessed with it.”
Will the various issues with compromised evidence and crime scene have a major impact on the outcome of the case? Robinson believes it may help the prosecution as much as it could help the defense.
“That’s a sword that cuts both ways. For those advocating his guilt, perhaps that’s why his DNA was not found at the scene, because the scene was hopelessly compromised in the first few moments of the investigation.”
When asked if he believed the day of an arrest would ever arrive, he responded with conviction.
“Never! Ever! It’s an extraordinary development,” Robinson said. “What we are looking at here is either: the biggest break ever in the JonBenet Ramsey case, or the biggest hoax since the young girl’s body was found in the basement.”
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Not only is the case looking sketchier, but the press is really going to be hacked off if this guy turns out to be a just an incredibly stupid nut job. They (the press) have already made this guy into a major killer. Why, they've even made sure to use his first, middle, and last name. You know you're in deep doo-doo when the press always refers to you by all three names (example: Lee Harvey Oswald).
You also change the person administring the test.
He is not being held for any crime committed in Thailand. He does have an arrest warrent open in CA. He was detained at the request of CO LE ... and deemed an undesirable person as a result of open warrents.
but he has committed no crimes in Thailand.
Guilty or not, this guy is a nut.
I stand corrected. I guess this guy's just nutz then.
Mebbe you could also make the person who is taking the test, if he is male, wear a dress or something.
parsy, who hangs around DU too much.
Like I said B4, I wanna see the DNA results.
Sarcasm will get you nowhere
bump
Why in the world would you have faith is this junk? I really don't understand. They can kepp changing questions and questioners until they get the results they want.
I was just kind of fooling around, but now that I think about it. . .I could like move to San Francisco and apply for a government grant to Study the Effects of Crossdressing on Polygraph Examinations. Wouldn't be surprised if I got a few hundred thou.
parsy, who tries to think outside the box.
That is your opinion. I feel that its an important tool in law enforcement. You are not going to change my opinion, and I am not going to change yours. Its a vicious circle.
To me, you are still in the box.
Lets agree that we disagree on this subject.
The latest is that the Thai Official who reported that Karr said he had "drugged and had sex with Jon Benet" didn't ACTUALLY hear it himself..he heard it from someone else, FGS..
So with this little game of "gossip" we don't know for sure if Karr even said he "drugged and had sex with her"???..
If he didn't say it, it sort of changes the picture...alot.
sw
Which subject, crossdressing, polygraphs, or government grants?
parsy, the confused.
About the polygraphs. The sarcasm is ruining the discussion of the subject. So I am ending it.
sw
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