tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919795066018685690.post7896984101611202461..comments2019-12-17T08:50:46.789-08:00Comments on ProsecutorialRant: The West Memphis ThreeProsecutorialRanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03198814717587117441noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919795066018685690.post-51586782185710787272012-03-13T16:53:32.556-07:002012-03-13T16:53:32.556-07:00Sorry J, I had not checked back. Please feel free...Sorry J, I had not checked back. Please feel free to email me: brucematzkin@sbcglobal.netBruce Matzkinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919795066018685690.post-19720952657691272982012-02-29T12:54:39.958-08:002012-02-29T12:54:39.958-08:00Bruce, I am very interested in the efforts to exon...Bruce, I am very interested in the efforts to exonerate and push the prosecutors.Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919795066018685690.post-21866368399687646192012-02-15T13:31:40.371-08:002012-02-15T13:31:40.371-08:00J. Gomez, "What you said!"
Damien Echols...J. Gomez, "What you said!"<br />Damien Echols has been regularly saying in interviews that there will not be closure to this tragedy until three things: (1) complete exoneration, (2) the real killer is in jail, and (3) the CORRUPTION IS EXPOSED. I am not sure what there is to be done about the police involved, but as for the prosecutors and judge, as you say, "Their reputations are the only currency that we can seek." And unless/until their conduct is scrutinized in the context of a formal disciplinary proceeding (and for Sen. Burnett, perhaps an impeachment), supported by documentable misconduct (of which it seems there is much), there will be no deterrent against abuse by too-young, too-inexperienced, over-ambitious, unprincipled prosecutors willing to wield their power when their discretion cannot rightly be exercised. If you are interested in efforts towards such accountability for the WM3 prosecutors, you should get in touch.Bruce Matzkinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919795066018685690.post-82528925065330774642012-02-03T07:14:58.377-08:002012-02-03T07:14:58.377-08:00People may post anonymously or under any pseudonym...People may post anonymously or under any pseudonym they choose whether they agree with me or not.ProsecutorialRanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03198814717587117441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919795066018685690.post-53163132437526069722012-02-03T02:02:55.479-08:002012-02-03T02:02:55.479-08:00check out callahan8k.com to get the facts and the ...check out callahan8k.com to get the facts and the reasons behind the majority knowing they're guilty. <br />We could be referred to as "anonymous masses" if that suits you better - too many of us out here to name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919795066018685690.post-91909036341309431402012-02-03T01:59:30.744-08:002012-02-03T01:59:30.744-08:00Thank you for saying it so well. I agree with you ...Thank you for saying it so well. I agree with you and so many others about their guilt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919795066018685690.post-72593132684961390232012-02-03T00:56:19.586-08:002012-02-03T00:56:19.586-08:00Anyone who cannot understand why a man sitting on ...Anyone who cannot understand why a man sitting on death row would enter into an Allford plea instead of banking on the likelihood that he will get a second trial, in short order, and have it be fair after already being unfairly convicted ... well, you're just dumb. What they did is very imperfect. However, I recall watching what the actual judge who presided over that Allford Plead hearing had to say to the spectators after the parties to the trial left the courtroom. He practically said that he understood that the WM3 were not guilty when he stated that there had been 2 tragedies ... the death of the 3 young boys and the conviction of the WM3.<br /><br />I cannot say what to think about the Terry Hobbs evidence and what it all might mean. However, I can only pray that a new, more modern, and intellectually honest prosecutor would come along and take up the challenge to objectively look at the evidence that seems to continue to emerge. And ... if there is going to be any justice in Arkansas, take up the case and prosecute Terry Hobbs if there is sufficient evidence to prove he is the guilty party. This is the ONLY way that justice will be done for the 3 victims of this brutal murder and consequently vindication for the WM3 who have given up all rights to hold the state accountable for their wrongful imprisonment. The state can now convict the true murderer without any fear of financial repercussions from the WM3. The only people that have anything to lose are the original law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judge that allowed themselves to deviate from the practice of blind justice. Their reputations are the only currency that we can seek. But, perhaps that is the most valuable in the grand-scheme of life.J. Gomez / Saratoga, CAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919795066018685690.post-47474138959494967702012-02-02T20:10:04.010-08:002012-02-02T20:10:04.010-08:00I wonder if the last poster is unembarrassed enoug...I wonder if the last poster is unembarrassed enough to reveal his/her true name... or even to provide any rational explanation for their assertion (other than that two juries said so, which voids the true question of whether they were WRONGFULLY convicted). I doubt it.Bruce Matzkinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919795066018685690.post-68821049198398161402012-02-02T19:10:17.155-08:002012-02-02T19:10:17.155-08:00I've watched a video too. They're guilty. ...I've watched a video too. They're guilty. Have a nice day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919795066018685690.post-71353734898721393782012-02-02T16:36:35.232-08:002012-02-02T16:36:35.232-08:00I've always found this case fascinating. Grea...I've always found this case fascinating. Great article!Erin Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919795066018685690.post-69131216303647508902012-02-02T13:38:01.122-08:002012-02-02T13:38:01.122-08:00Thank you for your attention to this case. They ma...Thank you for your attention to this case. They may be afraid to admit to their mistake because it might involve admitting to not one but numerous mistakes they made which should be a criminal act of itself. The fact that the court limited the testimony of an expert witness with a PhD because he could discount the state's theory & help the defendant but allowing the state's witness with a mail order degree unlimited testimony shows the predjudice of the court. In the Miskelly trial Dr. Richard Ofshe, (professor of sociology; expert testimony on police interrogation)was limited to the point of not being very useful as the defense witness. In the Echols/Baldwin trial Dale Griffis with his mail order degree was allowed unlimited testimony as the state's witness. Yes, that "good ole boy" legal system got away with it for 18 yrs. but it's time for them to be accountable. Unfortunately for Mr. Ellington, he was not involved with this until now but has a huge decision to make. Does he right the wrong of the "good ole boys" or find reason to back them? Hopefully he will do what Homer Cummings did. Mr. Cummings stood for justice & even though it was political suicide on the local/state level,he became the US Attorney General under Roosevelt. <br /><br />I also would like to thank you you for opening my eyes to Homer Cummings from your previous blog. I believe all law schools need a new chapter on Ethics & he should be the example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919795066018685690.post-22967709317408784422012-02-02T07:19:54.181-08:002012-02-02T07:19:54.181-08:00The West Memphis 3 did admit that there was eviden...The West Memphis 3 did admit that there was evidence sufficent to again condemn them. However, it was the same evidence that convicted them in the first place. The chances are they would be convicted again. They had no other choice than Alford... the prosecutor was looking that that dollar sign and that being the best interest of the pocket book of Arkansas. That why he would think that Arkansas would rather execute an innocent man than to retry him. <br />Next, in pointing to the innocence...it is reported that Damien stomped a dying dog to death... a Great Dane in a trailer park in West Memphis or somewhere not specified. No such dog was missing. No such rotting carcas was reported stinking to high heaven and Damien was not sent home from school for wearing entrails around his neck. Little girls reported him say he killed the children and was scoping out new victims. Yet, they were not intimidated, did not report this story to any ballcoaches who could protect the children, and Damien was not escorted away. They were not frightened at all. They remained and enjoyed the games. And, to date, nobody has ever been identified as to who Damien made the statements to when those faces should have been well known. It was a witch trial very much akin to The Crucible. Plus, add in all those Jessie confessions. They go along with what the police knew. As they discovered more, then the confessions changed to add that in. You and I, in reading the news accounts could have well been brought in and given the same "confessions". So goes with the knife theory that was invented to account for the wounds that were now debunked as bites and claw marks from predation by Arkansas wildlife... including alligator snapping turtles which the prosecution claims do not bite on humans. The lady who said she observed them at some kind of witch orgy admitted she lied. Evidence shows that the jail snitch lied. <br />Then we have left the video deposition of Mr. Hobbs, new evidence of confessions added to the one made to his girlfriend which he didn't deny. He does not deny his DNA at the scene but excuses it. And, the DNA at the scene of his friend with whom he spent that day is not denied but the same excuse is given even though this man never even knew two of the boys and only saw them that day from his window. Evidence is now given that he was the last person seen with those boys that day, too. The video of the Pasdar lawsuit is very informative and should never be passed off as not important to this case.<br />This case reeks of Good Ole Boys gone bad... as if they ever were bad and excuses their behavior now as what Arkansas voters would be proud to stand behind as representing something they would themselves do and approve of. <br />Our founding fathers knew this could happen. That is the beauty, not only of the Alford, but of the whole appeals system. Not only can two juries get it wrong on the local level, our founding Dads claimed, but they can get it wrong clear up to our supreme Supreme Court of the nation. They can get it wrong, local, state, federal, and some believe even the Supreme can still get it wrong and it stand for years that way.<br />The good and moral thing to do is to finally set these boys free and clear their good names. West Memphis didn't like them. History doesn't like whole generations of the youth. Johnny Cash wrote about them in What is Truth. Yet, these generations of weird children who wear their hair differently, dress differently, and listen to foul music to our ears have made us the fine nation we are today. They are the ones who have gone to war in our names and died for our freedom. These three and the other three if allowed to have lived, could well have made our country better just like those other generations if they had the chance that was taken from them. Already these are making it better just by the lessons we can learn from the case itself and their plans for their own futures.<br /> We might has well let the wheels of justice righted start turning and get that part over with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com