-Caveat Lector-
> So you are now contending that Johnson was INNOCENT? That
> would be the only application for this "revealing" article
> to this situation. Incredible! There were
> eyewitnesses--the sheriff's wife was shot in front of her
> own daughter and a room full of women setting up for a
> social event. But I am sure you know best. It's too bad
> White could not get Johnny Cochran for Johnson, isn't
it.
> The man charged with this shooting of not one but four
> sheriff's and deputies and one of their wives had adequate
> counsel and there were a number of eyewitnesses. He did
not
> shoot them all at one place. One he only wounded and he
> listened to the wounded sheriff groaning until it got on
his
> nerves and he went outside and shot him repeatedly in the
> head again. Hardly self-defense. He shot the wife because
> he could not locate her husband after driving all around
> looking for him. That sounds premeditated. But you are
> most likely right as usual~~Johnson didn't even do it!
> Amelia
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Samantha L." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 9:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [CTRL] Ronnie White's Dissents was
> ....Ashcroft-The Artful Dodger
>
>
> > -Caveat Lector-
> >
> > In a message dated 2/1/01 8:40:43 PM Central Standard
> Time,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >
> > > The criminal was represented by a multi-partnered law
> firm with prior
> > > experience in capitol cases and an excellent
reputation.
> >
> > In an attempt to find more details about the Johnson
> case, I came across
> > another interesting case where Ronnie White dissented
> (along with another
> > justice). It is quite revealing.
> >
> >
>
http://venus.soci.niu.edu/~archives/ABOLISH/rick-halperin/ap
> r00/0204.html
> > (one of several articles on page)
> >
> > This editorial is the 4th in a week long series by Bill
> Freivogel of
> > the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on executing the innocent in
> Missouri.
> >
> > Coffee with a dead man
> >
> > DEATH ROW
> >
> > Robert Morgan had coffee with his friend Leonard Walters
> on Thursday
> > morning, Feb. 20, 1997. Later that day Mr. Morgan saw
Mr.
> Walters
> > standing next to his car.
> >
> > What happened that winter day wouldn't matter except
that
> Leonard Walters
> > and his wife, Lena, were supposed to be dead. Missouri
> plans to execute
> > Dannie Wolfe for murdering the Camden County couple
> shortly before Mr.
> > Walters and Mr. Morgan were having coffee.
> >
> > Despite the discrepancy, the Missouri Supreme Court
> recently affirmed
> > Wolfe's death sentence. Judges Michael A. Wolff and
Ronnie
> White
> > dissented, saying there was "substantial doubt" about
> Wolfe's guilt.
> >
> > The case has many telltale signs of the 13 wrongful
> convictions
> > discovered in Illinois -- no physical evidence, police
and
> prosecutorial
> > irregularities, a self-interested witness and a
jailhouse
> snitch. Not a
> > drop of blood was found on Wolfe's clothes though he
> allegedly shot Mr.
> > and Mrs. Walters at point-blank range.
> >
> > The story actually began the night before Mr. Morgan and
> Mr. Walters met
> > for coffee. That evening, at a pool hall, Jessica Cox
met
> Wolfe, a house
> > painter with a 20-year criminal record. Ms. Cox ended up
> at Wolfe's motel.
> >
> > Ms. Cox's fiance testified she called him at 7 a.m. He
> checked the time
> > on his Caller ID. She said she had been kidnapped, was
at
> the hospital
> > for tests and that the kidnapper had been arrested. The
> fiance and most
> > of town quickly figured out the story was false. Ms. Cox
> admitted
> > involvement in the Walters murders. She made a deal to
> testify against
> > Wolfe in return for immunity. Police did not record her
> first statement
> > and erased another, which is irregular police conduct.
> >
> > At the trial, Ms. Cox testified she and Wolfe had left
the
> motel around
> > 4:30 a.m., going to buy the Walterses' Cadillac. On a
test
> drive, Wolfe
> > shot Mr. Walters in the head from behind. Then Wolfe
went
> into the house,
> > murdered Mrs. Walters and emerged carrying a large safe.
> >
> > But Mr. Morgan was having coffee with Mr. Walters at
about
> the same time
> > and saw him again, later that day. This suggests the
> murder occurred a
> > day later, which is more consistent with autopsy
results.
> Ms. Cox also
> > testified she called her fiance from the hospital around
> 9:30 a.m., two
> > and one-half hours after he got the call. Moreover, she
> had said in a
> > pretrial statement that "they" -- not he -- carried the
> safe out of the
> > house. That pronoun is significant because a roommate
> filed an affidavit
> > saying Ms. Cox had told her that 2 men, Brian and Eric,
> had committed
> > the murder. The roommate did not show up at trial and
the
> judge denied a
> > recess to find her.
> >
> > The judge also kept from the jury evidence impeaching
Ms.
> Cox. Ten years
> > before the trial, when Ms. Cox was about 12, her false
> claim of having
> > been kidnapped caused a man to be arrested.
> >
> > The other witness against Wolfe was a jailhouse informer
> who cut a deal.
> > The prosecution violated court rules by failing for six
> months to
> > disclose the informer as a witness. When the defense
found
> out, it
> > discovered another prisoner who said a man named "Terry"
> had planned to
> > rob Mr. and Mrs. Walters. Terry and Ms. Cox were seen
> together near the
> > time of the murders. The judge excluded mention of
Terry.
> >
> > The state Supreme Court said it had to view the evidence
> in the light
> > most favorable to the jury's verdict. Judge Wolff, in
> dissent, said the
> > court should look at all the evidence, not just the
> evidence supporting
> > the verdict. If the court finds the evidence weak, it
> should reverse the
> > death penalty. "This review is not just for the
defendant,
> it is for
> > ourselves," he wrote. "The honorable reputation of our
> legal system is
> > tarnished by ordering the execution of those who may not
> be guilty."
> >
> > (source: Editorial, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
> >
> > Rick Halperin
> > AI-Texas
> > --------
> >
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