Westerfield's Death-Row Letters

San Diego Union Tribune ^ | May 3, 2003 | Alex Roth

[Amore]

I see others beat me to it in commenting on where DW got his wild theories. I was going to ask what his nome de plume here on Free Republic was!

[UCANSEE2]

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[brneyedgirl]

Thanks for the ping. What an interesting read!

[UCANSEE2]

There are those that read this, and believe exactly what Pfingst and Alex Roth want you to believe.

Then there are those that have investigated the case and the evidence and the testimonies very closely, and know that Westerfield didn't do it.

The question I have, is who was hiding what? What was so important to conceal, that convinced police to ignore evidence?

Police were convinced there had been a break-in/burglary/kidnapping, due to the evidence they saw.

Later on when they couldn't find trace evidence from their main suspect (DW) in the VD house to support that, they changed it over to homocide and ignored/destroyed evidence of burglary and ignored testing the stains on the stairwell, the sidewalk, the garage, that appeared to be blood.

And no one finds that weird?

[TomB]

"... Westerfield offered to lead police to the second-grader's body in exchange for escaping the death penalty. It is the first time former District Attorney Paul Pfingst has commented publicly on the aborted plea bargain."

Just thought I'd amplify this a bit.

I was just watching the beginning of O'Rielly's show tonite and his "talking points" memo was about this issue. Of course, the first person I thought of was you Kim, but, of course, I also see you beat me to it. Also, of course, I notice a DEAFENING silence from the Westerfield defenders.

Have any of them crawled out of the woodwork to defend him?

[Freedom2specul8]

I haven't heard from anyone who thinks he's innocent,framed and/or not guilty Tom. I saw that part of O'reilly too. Sounds like the plea bargain was absolutely true! brenda vandam was on msnbc this morning, supporting the notion that there should be laws to convict people who unborn children during a crime.. (I think that's the gist of it)

[Freedom2specul8]

"Then there are those that have investigated the case and the evidence and the testimonies very closely, and know that Westerfield didn't do it."

I see..only YOU have investigated it. OK.

[Freedom2specul8]

I just saw ucansee2's posts. The only way they'll believe it is if DW says it's true..MAYBE.

[Cate]

Westerfield is so full of bs. He claims that the detectives set him up? Bull... I have cops in the family and they don't have enough hours in the day to work on the legit cases they have, much less make up ones. He murdered that little girl and that is the end of it. Trying to cast blame on the police is an age old tactic to prove innocence. To be fair, there have been bad cops, but in this case, they were the good guys. My theory is that the cops do not use their bullets nearly enough.

[Cate]

Oh, and maybe his writing privleges should be suspended. What a wanker. He has more 'rights' than we do out here in the working world.

[bvw]

What exactly did former DA Pfingst have to say?

[EllaMinnow]

I'm glad Pfingst admitted to the plea negotiations. I remember when we were told it wasn't true because no one would put their name to the story, it was just a "police department source."

And now we're told only to believe the words from a killer. Unreal.

[bvw]

Did you notice how Westerfield was guilty of grevious missspellings, too? Clearly, that should be noted at a retrial. Guilty, guilty, guitly, eh?

[TomB]

What exactly did former DA Pfingst have to say?

"Westerfield offered to lead police to the second-grader's body in exchange for escaping the death penalty"

[Rider on the Rain]

I notice a DEAFENING silence from the Westerfield defenders. Have any of them crawled out of the woodwork to defend him?

I suspect most of his defenders are democrats. His guilt is obvious, still, there is something about this case, and I can't quite put my finger on it, that bothers me. As one would say in German: "Irgend was stimmt nicht."

[bvw]

That's a transcript quote or a reporter's notes? And despite waht all you all wish to read into it, it isn't much of a claim, without a clear description of exactly what Westerfield did offer. What you seem to have is Pfingst's impression, his wanna-be of what, if anything, was offered.

Oh, and it really, really DOES add to the importance and truthfulness of it that you bolded and enlarged it, doesn't it now?

[sinkspur]

And despite waht all you all wish to read into it, it isn't much of a claim, without a clear description of exactly what Westerfield did offer. What you seem to have is Pfingst's impression, his wanna-be of what, if anything, was offered.

Impression? Westerfield's attorneys made the offer to Pfingst, and Pfingst repeated the offer (made by Westerfield's attorneys) on O'Reilly.

It's not an "impression"; no, Westerfield is dead to rights.

He'll get no new trial, and will die an old man on California's death row.

[Freedom2specul8]

Hi Stranger..so what exactly is your stance? Are you waiting until all the appeals run out before you decide if he's guilty or not? Or do you think he's innocent or what?

[Freedom2specul8]

Hi Stranger..so what exactly is your stance? Are you waiting until all the appeals run out before you decide if he's guilty or not? Or do you think he's innocent or what?