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Hi Kathy,
Confessions may actually be the one kind of evidence worse than eyewitness
testimony for determining guilt or innocence. Case in point: the
confession of Jesse Misskelly of the West Memphis 3, a retarded boy who
thought he was excusing himself from the murders that created a wave of
satanic hysteria that gripped the town. Jesse had to be prompted over and
over to get the story right (e.g. the times had to go from the morning, to
noon, to early afternoon, to late afternoon). There was the more flippant
"confession" of Damien Echols to two cheerleaders ("yeah, I did it") if it
happened. Echols continued to show his sarcasm and contempt for the
proceeding and is sitting on death row. The three convicted are almost
certainly innocent.
I don't know if Mrs. Noe is guilty or not of murdering her children but
there is a hardening consensus of guilt that has nothing to do with the
state of the evidence IMO. It is part of a new wave of hysteria that says
SIDS infants are murdered. No doubt some have been but it is foolish to
deny the syndrome and to level accusations needlessly.
People are convicted of crimes because guilt is assumed. Just the way it
is, Kathy. The au pair case is the most recent example I know of. The best
experts available, who tesified for the defense, have been labeled
charlatans and paid liars, ivory tower types who know nothing of the real
world. They wrote the book on shaken baby syndrome. And once again we have
the supposed confession that wasn't.
>Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>Hi Mike and All :)
>
>The one thing everyone should remember is though the links given are
>quite interesting, not everyone has web access so they can't read the
>pages that are being used for reference for this conversation, thus some
>have no idea what is being discussed, I suggest maybe a short
>description be offered in layman's terms of what this is :)
>
>I don't think people were quick to jump on the bandwagon of convicting
>anyone due to the number of children killed, this women confessed to the
>murders, her husband tried to come out with an excuse on why she
>confessed and why people should forget about the confession, it seems
>some here have decided to forget the confession.
>
>IMHO to use her case and circumstances as a possible way of enlightening
>people to mitochondria is not a example I personally would do,
>especially since she confessed to the murders, it would seem much better
>for all concerned to use a actual case of someone who was/is affected by
>this instead of a confessed killer.
>
>Mike wrote:
>
>> Actually, I just want to see the truth come out in the Noe's case. Whether
>> that leads to murder *or* a medical explanation, or even both. The support
>> that I offered to the folks in Philly, came after I heard of the interest
>> in the case by Dr. Robert Naviaux (founder of the MMDC at UCSD, and also
>> assistant professor of internal medicine at UCSD) and Angie Longenecker
>> (clinical nurse coordinator), both of the Mitochondrial and Metabolic
>> Disease Center at the University of California, San Diego.
>>
>> I'd hate to see someone convicted of a crime just because folks *think*
>> that they did it.
>--
>Kathy E
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>isn't looking too good for you either"
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Best, Terry
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