JBR:
JonBenet Ramsey related article in Daily Camera alleges once again that the Grand Jury actually voted to indict each of the Ramseys but that DA Hunter, doubtful he could get a conviction against either one, refused to sign the indictment. Colorado law requiring both the Foreman of the Grand Jury and the Prosecutor to sign a True Bill of Indictment.
There were tabloid inspired rumors of this right from the start and even now I'm not convinced it actually happened. The indictment, if it existed, was for child neglect not murder or torture. Four year statute of limitations.
Most of the Grand Jurors are refusing to speak and it seems some are only speaking if their identity is not revealed. The indictment, if indeed it ever existed, seems to have been born of frustration and hopelessness, and not based on any specific actions or inactions by the Ramseys.
It still seems strange that the parents would have been indicted by the grand jury when the jury failed to call either of the parents as witnesses.
Scott Shapiro is, of course, magnifying this out of all proportion and claiming that the possible indictment for child neglect is a complete repudiation of Lou Smit and his theories and complete acceptance of the theories of that incompetent motor mouth from the BPD.
Showing posts with label Jury Duty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jury Duty. Show all posts
Monday, January 28, 2013
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Ryan Ferguson: Jurors still absolutely certain.
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2011/may/01/ferguson-jury-rethink-decision
Although some jurors are doubtful it seems many of those country bumpkins still think that their interpretation of Charles Erickson's facial expression during a brief glance at the trial of Ryan Ferguson constitutes sufficient evidence on which to base a verdict of guilty. The interrogators provided all the facts about the crime to schizophrenic junkie, Chuck Erickson, but the jurors believed Erickson's clearly bogus confession of a slightly built 17 year old Ryan Ferguson attacking a 300 pound ex-football player and winning a long, drawn-out fight but sustaining no bruises during the encounter. No forensic evidence linked Ryan Ferguson to the crime. Considerable evidence pointed towards the co-worker.
Police never treated the last known person to see the victim, Kent Heitholt, alive even though that coworker is a large and powerful man with police training in unarmed combat. The police never viewed him or noted any bruises on him after the crime, since they thought a telephone call was adequate. The police never seemed worried about his ever changing stories about which car he drove and where he parked it. The police never compared the lug nuts on the coworkers car with the dents on the victims skull.
Chuck Erickson dreamed about the killing and the police latched onto a willing confessor despite the absurdity of the situation. It wasn't as if the cops had never learned basic interrogation techniques. It wasn't as if the DA didn't know how to evaluate evidence. This was no glitch in the system. It was all intentional.
ADDENDUM: AG, running true to form, files responsive pleading at end of final day allowed. http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2011/may/03/state-files-response-to-ferguson-appeal
Although some jurors are doubtful it seems many of those country bumpkins still think that their interpretation of Charles Erickson's facial expression during a brief glance at the trial of Ryan Ferguson constitutes sufficient evidence on which to base a verdict of guilty. The interrogators provided all the facts about the crime to schizophrenic junkie, Chuck Erickson, but the jurors believed Erickson's clearly bogus confession of a slightly built 17 year old Ryan Ferguson attacking a 300 pound ex-football player and winning a long, drawn-out fight but sustaining no bruises during the encounter. No forensic evidence linked Ryan Ferguson to the crime. Considerable evidence pointed towards the co-worker.
Police never treated the last known person to see the victim, Kent Heitholt, alive even though that coworker is a large and powerful man with police training in unarmed combat. The police never viewed him or noted any bruises on him after the crime, since they thought a telephone call was adequate. The police never seemed worried about his ever changing stories about which car he drove and where he parked it. The police never compared the lug nuts on the coworkers car with the dents on the victims skull.
Chuck Erickson dreamed about the killing and the police latched onto a willing confessor despite the absurdity of the situation. It wasn't as if the cops had never learned basic interrogation techniques. It wasn't as if the DA didn't know how to evaluate evidence. This was no glitch in the system. It was all intentional.
ADDENDUM: AG, running true to form, files responsive pleading at end of final day allowed. http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2011/may/03/state-files-response-to-ferguson-appeal
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Kick them when they are down.
Ryan Ferguson's Habeas Corpus petition was filed recently and in addition to assertions about invalid testimony there were direct accusations that co-worker Boyd was in fact guilty of the crime.
This has resulted in such comments as: But to now drag Michael Boyd into the tarnishing, destructive spotlight of suspicion in a slaying more than five years after the fact smacks of desperation and flailing, tossing anything against the wall that might stick.
It should be known however that he was the last person known to have seen the victim. He is a big strong man and much more likely to attack the hulking victim than a slightly built youth of seventeen. He is likely to be more able to attack without warning since the victim would not be on guard and might well have his back turned to his assailant. Boyd lied several times about the vehicle he was using that night and where he parked it. He also appears to have altered the paperwork on the vehicle after the crime and to have subsequently disposed of the vehicle.
Although the injuries were alleged by the prosecution to be the result of a tire iron the petition suggests the cranial injuries were not the result of an implement being wielded against the victim but were instead the result of the victim's head being repeated struck against the wheel hub of the co-worker's car.
48Hours will be airing an updated story in March.
This has resulted in such comments as: But to now drag Michael Boyd into the tarnishing, destructive spotlight of suspicion in a slaying more than five years after the fact smacks of desperation and flailing, tossing anything against the wall that might stick.
It should be known however that he was the last person known to have seen the victim. He is a big strong man and much more likely to attack the hulking victim than a slightly built youth of seventeen. He is likely to be more able to attack without warning since the victim would not be on guard and might well have his back turned to his assailant. Boyd lied several times about the vehicle he was using that night and where he parked it. He also appears to have altered the paperwork on the vehicle after the crime and to have subsequently disposed of the vehicle.
Although the injuries were alleged by the prosecution to be the result of a tire iron the petition suggests the cranial injuries were not the result of an implement being wielded against the victim but were instead the result of the victim's head being repeated struck against the wheel hub of the co-worker's car.
48Hours will be airing an updated story in March.
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