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<DIV>This is not a slam at Bruce personally, whom I know is very conscientious
about his job.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>However, I have observed several murder/other felony case trials and
read about numerous others.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>There is a huge variability in the quality of defense defendants get.
Those with money who can hire the best-track-record attorneys and crack
investigative personnel have a much greater chance at a favorable verdict
than those who have as a an attorney a public defender with a large
caseload and little or no investigative resources. For example, the O.J.
Simpson case.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Hence, I suspect there are at some lower income defendants who have been
wrongly convicted and would not have been convicted given an adequate
defense. I am unable to guess the percentage. Perhaps someone with
expertise in this area can point out some studies.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Here are two problems that I have personally seen and have been disgusted
by:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>1. LE officers sometimes make up their mind early in the
game about who is guilty. They then tend to gather evidence to support
that view; they tend to ignore, suppress, or even destroy evidence that is not
consistent with their view.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>2. Egregious perjury by some LE officers and other
witnesses motivated by their belief that the defendant is guilty tip the scale
toward gross injustice.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I have had many discussions with people in the justice system whom I think
highly of. They all agree that perjury is a very serious problem [I am not
speaking of erroneous initial perceptions or memory failures]. The worse
part of it is the difficulty in persuading PAs/DAs to prosecute even the most
egregious cases of perjury. Until this changes, the justice system will
continue to be much less effective and respected.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>Wayne A. Fox<BR>1009 Karen Lane<BR>PO Box 9421<BR>Moscow, ID
83843</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>(208) 882-7975<BR><A
href="mailto:waf@moscow.com">waf@moscow.com</A><BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=starbliss@gmail.com href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com">Ted Moffett</A>
</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=jeanlivingston@turbonet.com
href="mailto:jeanlivingston@turbonet.com">Bruce and Jean Livingston</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 24, 2007 2:11 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] DNA exoneration reaches 200;questions remain
for justice system</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Bruce et. al.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--dnaexonerations-20423apr23,0,1071686.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork ">http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--dnaexonerations-20423apr23,0,1071686.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I guess this is some kind of milestone...But not all these cases are death
penalty cases. But the question is obvious: if this many are
exonerated by DNA, how many on death row or imprisoned for other crimes are
innocent who do not have DNA available to prove or disprove their innocence?
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Likely a much larger number!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The price we must pay for a justice system, or a justice system in need of
radical improvement?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I won't even start...</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Ted Moffett<BR><BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 4/23/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Bruce and
Jean Livingston</B> <<A
href="mailto:jeanlivingston@turbonet.com">jeanlivingston@turbonet.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>We confronted two high profile cases in the last
couple of weeks, first, a declaration of innocence in the Duke Lacrosse case
in NC, and second, the apparent innocence of Rauland Grube in
a murder case from southeastern Idaho, on which I posted several days
ago. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Now appears this series of editorials from of all
places, Texas. The Dallas Morning News editorial staff reversed its
100 year stance in favor of the death penalty. In so doing, it made many
of the best arguments for reconsidering our willingness to retain the
death penalty. </FONT><FONT face=Arial>The editorial pieces are
thoughtful and worthy of all citizens' review, especially in states like
Idaho that continue to have the death penalty.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I thought you might be
interested in these recent Dallas Morning News editorials.<SPAN>
</SPAN>The Morning News is historically one of the most conservative
major-city newspapers in the country, although it moderated somewhat when
the "liberal" competition folded. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-toy_01edi.ART.State.Edition1.43b925d.html"
target=_blank>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-toy_01edi.ART.State.Edition1.43b925d.html</A></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
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<P><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-deathmonday2_16edi.ART.State.Edition1.42d305b.html"
target=_blank>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-deathmonday2_16edi.ART.State.Edition1.42d305b.html</A></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-deathmonday1_16edi.ART.State.Edition1.42d1ffd.html"
target=_blank>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-deathmonday1_16edi.ART.State.Edition1.42d1ffd.html</A></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The explanation about the Dallas Morning News' editorial
slant is from my sister-in-law, who resides there, reads the paper regularly,
and forwarded me the above links.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Bruce Livingston</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=black size=3><SPAN
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