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Did Stephen King Invent Janet Reno?
The Laissez Faire City Times through zolatimes.com ^ | April 17, 2000 | Jim Peron

Posted on 08/17/2002 10:15:40 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl

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1 posted on 08/17/2002 10:15:40 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
If she didn't exist, someone like Stephen King or Clive Barker would have to invent her.
2 posted on 08/17/2002 10:28:28 AM PDT by Commander8
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
I thought this sounded familiar. Frontline did a story on it, here's a letter from the jurors to Ms. Reno:

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May 9, 1991
Honorable Janet Reno
State Attorney
1351 NW 12 street
Miami, Florida 33125

Dear State Attorney Reno,

We, being the jurors of the Bobby Finje case, are writing this letter in an attempt to clarify and explain our verdict. In order to understand the reasoning of our verdict one must appreciate the enormous stress and pressure we experienced from being placed in such a position. Listening and absorbing the hundreds of hours of testimony over the fifteen extensive weeks of this trial, only magnified this stressful and pressure built situation.

One must understand that is was not our desire nor our wish to be jurors in this trial. However, as concerned citizens we acted accordingly by our acceptance of this duty. A duty that, regardless of what verdict we rendered, would be without appreciation and from which extensive criticism would result.

His Honor's instructions as we began to deliberate, clearly stated that we are to presumed the defendant's innocence up to and until the State has proved otherwise beyond and to the exclusion of a reasonable doubt. It was our keeping with these instructions that led us to our verdict.

A number of factors that were raised throughout this trial provided the defense with a window of opportunity through which they passed a measurable cloud of reasonable doubt. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the failure of the police to video tape the questioning of the defendant on the day he was arrested. The failure to have a stenographer record and have the defendant sign a written confession. The clearly leading and suggestive questioning on the part of both child psychologist while interviewing the two children involved. The rape treatment center's handling of the two children and having those findings disputed by a defense expert.

Furthermore, the contradictory testimony on the part of the children themselves also raised reasonable doubt. There was a high degree of improbability of certain allegations raised against the defendant. For instance, alleging that he drove a child to the American Foreign Legion Hall, when no representative of that facility saw the defendant on the premises. And the fact that no adult ever saw the defendant drive a car, a task that he claims he has yet to attempt.

Other allegations have the defendant taking children were their were witches and in which he dressed as a clown. Again, no one ever saw anyone dressed as a witch nor the defendant as a clown. Further allegations of have a baby being killed and a cat's neck being broken were unfounded.

It is important to note that though we believed something did happen to the two children in question, what and by whom was not certain beyond and to the exclusion of a reasonable doubt. And since, as stated earlier, our task was not to prove the defendant's innocence but rather his guilt beyond such a doubt, we had no choice, in following the instructions of his Honor, but to return with a verdict of not guilty.

Furthermore, we subscribed to the notion that there may have been more to this case than we were allowed to see and here. However, no other charges, to our knowledge and at the time of our deliberations, had been filed. As such, our verdict could not be based upon our suspicions but solely upon the facts in evidence as we were allowed to review. However, we encourage the State's Attorney's Office to pursue with an appropriate investigation and file additional charges as deemed appropriate.

We further would like to express our sincere empathy towards the parents of the two children involved in this case. As being understandably disappointed with the verdict, we can only hope that if they are to blame anyone they blame the faulty system currently in place in the handling of such cases and not with we the jury.

It is our hope that this case will lay the foundation upon which a set of policies and guidelines are built. So that when cases of abuse, especially child abuse, are alleged, the programs in place will allow for appropriate questioning and investigation by the police, physicians and child psychologist so as to drastically reduce the chances of conflicting testimony and charges of contamination that can and will raise reasonable doubt.

We understand that a portion of the general public view our verdict as wrong. Understand that we were not privies to all information concerning this case. Furthermore, the general public received its' information from the press in the form of a one minute opinionated nightly news segment. We, on the other hand, based our verdict on the law, and after listening to and reviewing the hours upon hours of testimony on a daily basis for almost four months. Consequently, our verdict stands.

Sincerely,
We The Jurors
State of Florida vs. Bobby Finje

3 posted on 08/17/2002 10:39:37 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Here's a link to the entire story from Frontline.

The Child Terror The Bobby Fijnje Case

We must stop Reno the Terrorist!!!!!!!!!

4 posted on 08/17/2002 10:43:32 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
But Wait! There's more, a different case.

From a Washington Post article

In 1984, Frank Fuster was living in the Miami suburbs with a new wife and his 5-year-old son. Then the couple was charged with sexually abusing more than 20 children who attended their unlicensed home day-care center. Fuster, who had prior convictions for manslaughter and child molestation, was branded a "monster" by parents and the local media, and was convicted and sentenced to 165 years in prison. [snip]

FRONTLINE's "Did Daddy Do It?" airing Thursday, April 25, at 9 p.m. EDT on PBS (check local listings), reveals new evidence that questions the seemingly ironclad case against him. It also includes new allegations by Fuster's former wife that Reno personally participated in a campaign to break her down psychologically in order to force her to testify falsely against her husband. [snip]

5 posted on 08/17/2002 10:53:11 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Is it written in the rules somewhere that one must be evil to be a liberal? They all certainly seem to meet that requirement!
6 posted on 08/17/2002 11:03:10 AM PDT by BillaryBeGone
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
A little more:

frontline: the child terror

Reno for Guv? Recall *this*

Elian! Elian! Elian! Elian! Elian! Elian! Elian! and yes, even more, Elian!

How Joe Gersten was framed

Reno Orders CIA-Drug Report Secret

7 posted on 08/17/2002 11:08:20 AM PDT by backhoe
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To: BigWaveBetty
Thanks for the links, Betty. I've been e-mailing the state's newspapers. They know about Janet's past. They know about the history of the state's child welfare program, how bloated and out-of-control it is, they know about the policies Janet supports that redefine and weaken families while giving the state even more control....they even know that California, NY and other state's child welfare programs are an even bigger mess....and that our increase in population, migrant help and warm climate all contribute to runaways which make up the largest number of missing children and that divorced parents falsely accusing a spouse or kidnapping a child is a growing problem. They even know that Janet Reno wrote Florida's "no-fault" divorce laws...the biggest hurt of all. They know.

We may have to take to the streets to inform Floridians.

8 posted on 08/17/2002 11:42:42 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl
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I suspect Janet Reno is seriously mentally ill. She seems to be pissed (technical term) at the world because of her lesbianism.

Since she cannot stand the thought of the act which leads to bearing children, she harbours a deep hatred of the young.
Especially males.

She probably fantasizes about schemes to destroy children and will act in fact whenever the opportunity arises.

Her past actions bear this out.

Any disagreements, folks?

9 posted on 08/17/2002 12:04:44 PM PDT by lawdude
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No,Stephen King did not invent Janet Reno, however they could be brother and sister.NOTICE THE UGLY RESEMBLENCE!
10 posted on 08/17/2002 2:38:26 PM PDT by INSENSITIVE GUY
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
No,Stephen King did not invent Janet Reno, however they could be brother and sister.NOTICE THE UGLY RESEMBLENCE!
11 posted on 08/17/2002 2:39:07 PM PDT by INSENSITIVE GUY
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To: backhoe
Thanks for the links, backhoe. This current DNC-press campaign is really low...even for them. Janet's history of exploiting abused children for personal gain is sick enough, but the state (and national) press is as guilty for doing her dirty work.

One more thread, plus check out the original link for some good background on UNESCO, etc., and the history of the left's efforts to undermine our families and put "the village" - ahead of family and God:
In Loco Parentis (Reno's "family values" for Floridians?)

12 posted on 08/17/2002 4:43:30 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Thanks... FWIW, my 84 year old Mom started ( deliberately ) mis-pronouncing Hillery's "village" as "vile-age" some years ago...
14 posted on 08/17/2002 5:05:25 PM PDT by backhoe
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To: Commander8
If she didn't exist, someone like Stephen King or Clive Barker would have to invent her.

I think Clive Barker already did invent her. Did you see "Rawhead Rex"?

15 posted on 08/17/2002 6:59:49 PM PDT by Twodees
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To: lawdude
Any disagreements, folks?

None. (Perfect analysis!)

16 posted on 08/17/2002 7:02:38 PM PDT by Revolting cat!
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To: INSENSITIVE GUY
I agree Stephen King is not good looking but he is not nearly as ugly as Reno!
17 posted on 08/17/2002 7:05:41 PM PDT by RipSawyer
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
imagine a world with reno as governor and hillary as president. if that doesn't put the fear of God in you, nothing will.
18 posted on 08/17/2002 7:09:14 PM PDT by ASDFGHJK
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To: backhoe
FWIW, my 84 year old Mom started ( deliberately ) mis-pronouncing Hillery's "village" as "vile-age" some years ago...

God bless her. (^:

Our #1 Jeb promoter and ray of sunshine, summer, wrote the best response to this DNC-press lynching:
Where the FL Story of Jeb's New DCF Chief Should Have Appeared: "The Weekly World News" , summer takes on the world. (^:

19 posted on 08/17/2002 7:16:43 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
I don't know that it was King, specifically, who created her. I have heard, however, that Stephen King invented high school.
20 posted on 08/17/2002 7:19:09 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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