To: 68skylark
She doesn't have to, but the city that he was wrongly convicted in has (and will continue to) pay out the butt.
This article doesn't even touch the whole case about this former Marine.
He was screwed over royally both times he went to court, and it took an act of God (practicly) to get the case re-examined using DNA. The gubmint didn't want to...
Now you know why..
6 posted on
09/05/2003 2:16:37 PM PDT by
cavtrooper21
(The only thing criminals will get from me is a .45 bullet or cold steel... Their choice.)
To: cavtrooper21
Making government pay isn't enough. Prosecutors and police need to be held personally acountable in such case. What does beat cop or assistant DA care if city has to pay money? It isn't from their paycheck.
8 posted on
09/05/2003 2:21:17 PM PDT by
Alter Kaker
(Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one’s nose.-Heine)
To: cavtrooper21
Let me also say I hope the "witnesses" in this case feel contrite about their role in robbing this Marine of 9 years of his life. You seem to know a little about this case -- is it possible that Mr. Bloodsworth is a minority? I only ask because I've heard that eyewitness testimony is especially inaccurate in cases where the "witnesses" are a different race than the perp. Otherwise, I don't know how all these witnesses could have been so wrong in this case.
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