And a man executed? You can't undo that shit, no amount of money can make that right for his family.
Also, 1215, you were reading me? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 3:52 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > actually....that's not strong enough. What's particularly appalling here is > that this isn't one or two isolated unfortunate injustices. It's systemic > indifference to actual justice. Institutionalized apathy, eating people > alive. For *decades.* > > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > amazing, isn't it. Totally arbitrary incarceration for twelve years, and > > people are actually trying to defend it because no laws were broken. > > Supposedly. How could that possibly not break a law? I mean...isn't his > > exactly what they were talking about in 1215? > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:30 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Jesus, it gets worse and worse, and of course the governments lawyers > take > >> no responsibility in informing the defendants. > >> > >> Christ. > >> > >> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > Convicted defendants left uninformed of forensic flaws found by > Justice > >> > Dept.By Spencer S. > >> > Hsu< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/spencer-s-hsu/2011/03/02/ABJ7xmP_page.html> > >> > , Monday, April 16, 6:54 PM > >> > > >> > Justice Department officials have known for years that flawed forensic > >> > work< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/investigating-flaws-in-forensics/2012/04/16/gIQAMSDSMT_gallery.html > >> > > > >> > might > >> > have led to the > >> > convictions< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/fbi-crime-lab-case-reviews > >> > > > >> > of > >> > potentially innocent people, but prosecutors failed to notify > >> defendants or > >> > their attorneys even in many cases they knew were troubled. > >> > > >> > Officials started reviewing the cases in the > >> > 1990s< > >> > > >> > http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/F%20Disk/FBI/FBI%20Whitehurst%20Frederick/Item%2007.pdf > >> > > > >> > after > >> > reports that sloppy work by examiners at the FBI lab was producing > >> > unreliable forensic > >> > evidence< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/forensic-analysis-methods > >> > > > >> > in > >> > court trials. Instead of releasing those findings, they made them > >> available > >> > only to the prosecutors in the affected cases, according to documents > >> and > >> > interviews with dozens of officials. > >> > > >> > 98< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/convicted-defendants-left-uninformed-of-forensic-flaws-found-by-justice-dept/2012/04/16/gIQAWTcgMT_allComments.html#comments > >> > > > >> > > >> > Comments< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/convicted-defendants-left-uninformed-of-forensic-flaws-found-by-justice-dept/2012/04/16/gIQAWTcgMT_allComments.html#comments > >> > > > >> > > >> > - Weigh In< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/convicted-defendants-left-uninformed-of-forensic-flaws-found-by-justice-dept/2012/04/16/gIQAWTcgMT_story.html?wpisrc=al_national&sub=AR#weighIn > >> > > > >> > - Corrections?< > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/interactivity/corrections/> > >> > > >> > Personal Post< > >> > > >> > http://personalpost.washingtonpost.com/c?add_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fcrime%2Fconvicted-defendants-left-uninformed-of-forensic-flaws-found-by-justice-dept%2F2012%2F04%2F16%2FgIQAWTcgMT_story.html > >> > > > >> > > >> > Gallery > >> > < > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/investigating-flaws-in-forensics/2012/04/16/gIQAMSDSMT_gallery.html > >> > >< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/investigating-flaws-in-forensics/2012/04/16/gIQAMSDSMT_gallery.html > >> > > > >> > > >> > A Washington Post investigation reveals that officials have known for > >> > decades that flaws in forensic techniques have led to the convictions > of > >> > innocent people, raising the question: How many more are > >> > there?< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/investigating-flaws-in-forensics/2012/04/16/gIQAMSDSMT_gallery.html > >> > > > >> > > >> > How accurate is forensic > >> > analysis?< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/forensic-analysis-methods/ > >> > > > >> > > >> > Learn more about the reliability of each type of forensic analysis. > >> > DNA< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/forensic-analysis-methods/?tab=0 > >> > > > >> > Fingerprint< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/forensic-analysis-methods/?tab=1 > >> > > > >> > Handwriting< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/forensic-analysis-methods/?tab=2 > >> > > > >> > Polygraph< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/forensic-analysis-methods/?tab=3 > >> > > > >> > Firearm evidence< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/forensic-analysis-methods/?tab=4 > >> > > > >> > Hair and > >> > fiber< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/forensic-analysis-methods/?tab=5 > >> > > > >> > Pattern and impression< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/forensic-analysis-methods/?tab=6 > >> > > > >> > Bullet lead composition< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/forensic-analysis-methods/?tab=7 > >> > > > >> > > >> > Independent scientists critique suspect forensic > >> > work< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/fbi-crime-lab-case-reviews/ > >> > > > >> > > >> > Select a name below to see case reviews > >> > > >> > - Benjamin Boyle< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/fbi-crime-lab-case-reviews/documents/?d=284108-r0136 > >> > > > >> > - Donald Gates< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/fbi-crime-lab-case-reviews/documents/?d=284039-r0030 > >> > > > >> > - John Huffington< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/fbi-crime-lab-case-reviews/documents/?d=284089-r0104 > >> > > > >> > - Newton Labert< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/fbi-crime-lab-case-reviews/documents/?d=284028-r0016 > >> > > > >> > - Full list of 137 cases identified by the > >> > Post< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/fbi-crime-lab-case-reviews/ > >> > > > >> > > >> > *Convictions linked to suspect forensics* > >> > > >> > Interactive database of > >> > defendants< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/local/fbi-crime-lab-case-reviews/ > >> > > > >> > > >> > In addition, the Justice Department reviewed only a limited number of > >> cases > >> > and focused on the work of one scientist at the FBI lab, despite > >> warnings > >> > that problems were far more widespread and could affect potentially > >> > thousands of cases in federal, state and local courts. > >> > > >> > As a result, hundreds of defendants nationwide remain in prison or on > >> > parole for crimes that might merit exoneration, a retrial or a > >> retesting of > >> > evidence using DNA because FBI hair and fiber experts may have > >> > misidentified them as suspects. > >> > > >> > In one Texas case, Benjamin Herbert Boyle was executed in 1997, more > >> than a > >> > year after the Justice Department began its review. Boyle would not > have > >> > been eligible for the death penalty without the FBIs flawed work, > >> > according to a prosecutors memo. > >> > > >> > The case of a Maryland man serving a life sentence for a 1981 double > >> > killing is another in which federal and local law enforcement > officials > >> > knew of forensic problems but never told the defendant. Attorneys for > >> the > >> > man, John Norman Huffington, say they learned of potentially > exculpatory > >> > Justice Department findings from The Washington Post. They are > seeking a > >> > new trial. > >> > > >> > Justice Department officials said that they met their legal and > >> > constitutional obligations when they learned of specific errors, that > >> they > >> > alerted prosecutors and were not required to inform defendants > directly. > >> > > >> > The review was performed by a task force created during an inspector > >> > generals investigation of > >> > misconduct<http://www.justice.gov/oig/special/9704a/> at > >> > the FBI crime lab in the 1990s. The inquiry took nine years, ending in > >> > 2004, records show, but the findings were never made public. > >> > > >> > In the discipline of hair and fiber analysis, only the work of FBI > >> Special > >> > Agent Michael P. Malone was questioned. Even though Justice Department > >> and > >> > FBI officials knew that the discipline had weaknesses and that the lab > >> > lacked protocols and learned that examiners matches were often > >> wrong > >> > they kept their reviews limited to Malone. > >> > > >> > But two cases in D.C. Superior Court show the inadequacy of the > >> > governments response. > >> > > >> > Santae A. Tribble< > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/2012/04/16/gIQAbndgMT_story.html > >> > >, > >> > now 51, was convicted of killing a taxi driver in 1978, and Kirk L. > >> Odom, > >> > now 49, was convicted of a sexual assault in 1981. > >> > > >> > Key evidence at each of their trials came from separate FBI experts > >> not > >> > Malone who swore that their scientific analysis proved with near > >> > certainty that Tribbles and Odoms hair was at the respective crime > >> > scenes. > >> > > >> > But DNA testing this year on the hair and on other old evidence > >> virtually > >> > eliminates Tribble as a suspect and completely clears Odom. Both men > >> have > >> > completed their sentences and are on lifelong parole. They are now > >> seeking > >> > exoneration in the courts in the hopes of getting on with their lives. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/convicted-defendants-left-uninformed-of-forensic-flaws-found-by-justice-dept/2012/04/16/gIQAWTcgMT_story.html?wpisrc=al_nati > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349925 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
