I really need to stay away from reading the latest about the California Governator and his prison budgets… cuz, it really pisses me off! In a way, I really wanna know what is going on with our money, but then when I find out, I just get upset because its jacked and there seems to be little anyone can do to relieve popular hysteria that is allowing the large prison unions to suck us all dry.

The California Parole system is broken, but it is broken for a good reason, to line the pockets of the correction system unions with 6 figure salaries, people who would only be qualified to work at Jack-in-the-crack without them. I mean, you need tons of people to get tons in overtime and they make sure getting tons of people is no problem. Civil rights? hell, they got trumped by 100k+ salaries to idiots who flunked out of pre-school.

Seriously, the California prison system is one of the largest on the planet with the highest rate of paperwork and parole violators on the planet to match. The Governator just asked for billions more to build more California prisons so California can hire more cousins as guards and give people prison time on their parking tickets so more guards can buy those gas guzzling Hummers they seem to love. Hell, almost makes you wish you were related to a California prison guard, no need for education or even 1/2 a braincell, they take care of their own, ya know.

There is a family I know, if it wasn’t for the correction officer union they would all be on welfare and there is over a dozen of em. They make me sick, always saying how great it is to be able to vote for your own raises and be able to hire all your friends and family. Yep, they claim they vote on whether to get a raise or not… ahh, let me think about that one… “I vote not. California is in a budget crisis ya know… my new Maseratti can wait! DUHHH!”

The sad fact is that the California parole board makes it very hard for parolees to NOT get violated. Getting pulled over for a traffic ticket may get you a year and 3 years of parole no matter what the original sentence, is mandatory. Many people do more time on violations than the original offense, keeping the union fat and happy.

Many parolees are forced into crazy restrictions, even though they are now “free”. I just saw a story about a block of houses in the ghetto. It seems that the parole officers are FORCING the parolees to live there. Once there, they are not allowed to get back to work and are made to file for welfare, whether they want to or not. The welfare is to pay for the housing and the fleet of BMW’s (and all the gold teeth) the cousin, sorry, I mean the home owner wants.

They stack bunk beds 10 deep in the bedrooms and force the “free” men to stay there and pay rent with the welfare money that gets sent directly to the cousin, sorry, the homeowner. If the men have a home and a job to go to and actually leave… well, it’s a violation and another year in prison.

I talked to this kid, he was about 21, he told me he refused to go on welfare, he said he had a wife and child to take care of and if he did the welfare, they would take it out of HER paychecks from work (his wife), he was actually allowed to work (after many complaint letters) and tried to work but the job was 50 miles away from house and it took 2 hours on a bus to get to work. He said they refused to allow him to live closer to his job, seems it was just too much paperwork. Anyway, he is now back in prison because he was late coming back twice… 2 to 3 hours late… Once because of the bus and once because his boss needed some overtime. His wife and child? well, seems their home is now in foreclosure because she just can not pay all the bills alone. Child support? she gets none because “cousin” takes the welfare check. He needs a few more 140″ flat panel plasma tv’s, to give as gifts to the union members that set him up, fat, collecting welfare checks for 30 fools living in his 3 bedroom house. All thanks to the Governator and the State of California!

Here is a quote regarding this issue..

Whoa! Take a deep breath for a minute. I happen to be a Correctional Officer in a state institution that holds about 7200 inmates. I must say (and I am a progressive) that you don’t want these men back on the streets. Many can barely read, don’t have a work ethich other than selling dope, and are prone to violence. God knows what people are capable of doing while under the influence. Be careful what you pray for, you just may get it…

Funny how “ethic” is mis-spelled above from the original quote. That attitude sums us the California budget crisis in regards to the bloated prison population. “God forbid that someone who can not read, be taught how to read, hey, they would then be able to read the paperwork, point out the mis-spellings and maybe some other bullshit being spread on taxpayers.

Just throw them into the bottomless hole where they belong and do everything possible to keep them there for years after the original sentence was completed, drain dry the struggling taxpaying families, schools and social programs to lock up as many people as possible for as long as possible “. Speaking about being prone to violence… I saw some news piece some time back about the Coecoran prison guards who were setting up prison fights to the death for the sake of their own entertainment and gambling… Does that qualify as violent? Criminal sentencing needs to stay where it belongs, with the justice system, NOT the labor unions and their kin.
Unrealistic parole rules set as a blanket, regardless of the individual situation is insane. What is sick ass shit is that the only reason they make it impossible for the parolee’s to get back into society, work and family is to make sure the prisons stay FULL. Without full prisons, there would be no need for tons of overtime! It sickens me that every other state wants parolees to get to work and become self-sufficient while California forces them into insane conditions, all set up to bring them back into prison for the 3 years! WTF Taxpayers? We need school books NOT welfare for parolees that are not allowed to work.

Crazy thing is, that 21 year old kid also said that he tried smoking crack at the house for the first time ever(he was not into drugs, he went to prison over a stupid drunken brawl). He said everyone is so bored that all there is left to do is dope. Thats great, my 28% of income tax is going into starting some kids drug problem and keeping up the neighborhood’s crack house. GO GO Governator!

wanna know more about the governator Arnie and the california budget due to intentional prison overcrowding to make a few rich? read this article about how much money California may waste as our school children lack the funds needed for things like…. books

This sums it all up, comment from another article about needing billions more yearly to build more prisons..

I find California’s prison system to be a “MONEY PIT”. And until they revise the Sentensing process and Parole System and get these parts out of the hands of the Prison Unions their will never be an answer. California has turned the Fox Loose in the Hen house.

Bro, the Union’s foxes seem to have penned up not just the hens, but every rooster, turkey and pigeon for their pluckings.

Making money hand over fist and still taking..

People need to be more educated in the real reason why more prison are being build. I college student and my research has been on the Prison Industrial Compex. PRISONS ARE THE NEW SLAVE TRADE. Fortune 500 and multi-billion dollar corporations such as McDonalds, Microsoft, Boeing, Sprint, Compaq, Toys R Us, and Revlon and Victoria ’s Secret use prison labor for packing, telemarketing, and manufacturing. Hattery, Angela and Smith, Earl. (2006) The prison industrial complex. Sociation Today, 4 (2).

Yesterday, something horrible happened in a high school. 3 boys were accused of drugging and raping 3 girls in a park, a public restroom until stopped by on lookers. Because of a few very very bad eggs 1000’s of other boys get the same punishments for never even having committed a crime.

News like that causes hysteria and panic, the lawmakers trying to boost popularity make harsher laws to treat the good, bad and every one in between in the same manner as the worst offender.

You see, you can’t get a whole bunch of tax money over a few bad eggs, but you can get it in truck loads if you scare the public into believing it’s an epidemic.

Read this letter and think twice before judging or voting on more money towards tracking these perverts of society. (BTW, less than 15% of the registry is even considered serious or violent but all get the same treatment from the serial rapist/murderer(.0001%) to the high school sweetheart). If you don’t believe me, it’s public and you can count how many for yourself.

I was born 22 years ago to a middle class family. We lived in the suburbs, my dad a carpenter and my mom waited tables part time. We had money for most things, not rich, but able to afford yearly vacations and such.

Growing up, I was never the cool or popular kid. I was shy I guess. I got bullied a bit in school as most kids do at some point or another. In Jr. High, the girls never liked me, I was a bit geeky I guess. I loved math and science and that wasn’t the coolest thing to be into.

In high school, my luck with girls didn’t improve much until my senior year when I met a girl who thought I was great. I thought she was incredible, funny, brilliant and HOT. We dated all through my last year of school, I was a senior and she was a freshman. That did not matter, we had a great time together.

I graduated and she went into the next grade. It was summer. I applied at a few colleges to study law and she was so proud of me. The school I chose was only a few hours away so we could see each other on weekends.

We had never had sex, but discussed it, she wasn’t ready and I was not gonna push her. One summer night we ended up at the beach, we dismissed the “close at dusk” signs and went anyway. We were caught making out and charged with trespassing. It was kinda awkward but funny. Her parents picked her up from the station and I was just allowed to leave with a ticket being an adult now.

About a month later, my parents (who I live with) got a call asking me to come into the station for an interview, I did. The police asked me what we were doing on the beach. I told them it was a date, we thought it was romantic. They asked me if I knew her age. I said of course, we had been dating for a year now. We met in high school , 2 semesters back. They asked if we had sex. I replied “is that your business? but no, we haven’t yet. They wanted to know what we had done and I told them we kissed and played around a bit, but that is all.

To make a long story short, I got charged with child molestation and spent the next 6 months in jail. I am now a registered sex offender and my college education is but a dream. I am not allowed to live at home with my family because I have a younger brother who is 13. I am classified a violent predator, a child molester and my photo is on the sex offender website. My parents have now become separated over this and how much money has been spent on making sure I am not homeless since I can not get a job nor live at home. My college scholarships were revoked over this and my parents took out a loan for my college tuition that they still have to pay interest on.

My little brother keeps running away and if I even go near him to talk to him, I can go to prison for 3 to 7 years. My now ex girlfriend is over 18 and has become addicted to meth. I have not seen her in years but I hear this from others. My life is over, I can never have a family since I can never be around kids and what woman would want me now anyways, jobless, homeless and a status of violent child predator? Another law in my state is getting passed that says registered offenders can not live within a few miles of a school or park. There is one of each in every community so I have no idea where to go. Like most in my situation I will go where they would like us to be, in prison.

The difference between you and this sorry fool, he got caught doing what every teen does.

The laws in many states say that a 3 year age difference, even when both are juveniles is a “sexual predatory” offense and molestation with life long consequences. So why do most schools open the door by being 4 to 5 year schools? Do they expect high schoolers to alienate themselves from junior classes? WTF? sick ass unjust shit.

I wish that boy luck, but I know he will never get any luck nor justice. The witch hunt for the high (state dollars) paying predator incarcerations continues. Especially now since marijuana is becoming legal in many states and the 2 to 5 year jail sentences for possession are but a memory of money lost to corrections unions… the money has to come from somewhere … and there are tons of teens. The few horrific crimes in recent years also put them into the “public safety above all” clause allowing a persons rights to fly out a speeding cop cars window. Basic human rights, living in a home, privacy(address not published unless crime involved violence), having family, kids and FREEDOM. Do you smell that, I do, Our  Beloved Constitution Burning.

on to the more absurd….

So I just did this thing about some of the absurdity that surrounds sex offender registry laws in the U.S and decided to figure out some twisted shit … can’t say I got to far in figuring out what the hell politicians are thinking and Why the hell the public buys this BS.

So there are plenty of accounts of consensual teenage sex, drunken behaviors(indecent exposure, mooning, ass grabbing), spanking your kids, and many other non-serious crimes that are lumped in with the violent rapists and serial molesters under the sex registration legislation that have yet to prevent a single sex crime, but have caused 1000’s of vigilante crimes against families..

There is a couple in a southern state that may now lose their child because the father is a “sex offender”. Seems that a 16 YO girl had a relationship with her 19 or 20 YO boyfriend. The mom got upset over something, not the age difference, something else and called police. He was arrested, went to prison and added to the registry. When he got out of prison, the girl (girlfriend/victim of said crime) is 18 and they get married and have a child. She is the victim and he is the perpetrator… ironic, isn’t it, too bad these two high school sweethearts do not live happily ever after.

They moved into a new house and were forced to move out due to harassment by neighbors who never even knew any details other than he is a “sex predator according to the internet”. The police got involved and a question was raised that convicted sex offenders are not allowed to be near children, even his own son. I mean… you never know, his tastes may in fact change from girls 3 years younger than him to baby boys in a flip of a switch in his head…. right? Yep, thats popular belief based on the misconception that the US justice system is in fact just and if you are in the registry you must have raped a small child a few times over. Only Sickos are registered, teens and non-serious stuff are not… right? ahh, NO! See, everyone from stupid kids, teen sweethearts, drunk ass grabbers, mooners, breast flashing girls, and in some states… fathers who spank the child are in the registry and you automatically become a homosexual pedophile, regardless of the original crime. Yep, the cute chick who flashed her boobs while drunk at a party becomes a “homo pedophile violent predator” if arrested for indecent exposure…. For LIFE!

Anyway, having heard many stories of children removed from sex offender parents who never did anything wrong towards their child, i wanted to figure out were the State felt these children would be safe from the sex crazed parent.

I found a lady in the same state who fosters children for the state when the parent is a sex offender and loses his/her custodial rights because people in the registry lose the right to have children, regardless of original crime, depending on the state. Here is her story in a nutshell….

She is an angel, Mother Teresa, reincarnated. She accepts money from the state to care for and house as many as 7 children of sex offenders at any given time. It is her cause and she has bought a house from the money she has made as well.

She has done this for some time and her husband loves it. They are so caring. She has been married for 20 years to her husband and their own children are all grown, btw… she is 35 and her husband 46, oldest kid is 20. Say what? wait… doesn’t that mean she was 12 and he was 23 when they started dating? Isn’t that child molestation?

So the couple whose kids got taken away for a 3 year difference in age gets placed with a couple with an 11 year difference, and grown children that prove that she was maybe 14 during conception and he was 26? But it’s all good because he is NOT a registered sex offender and therefore its fine. Her mom never called the cops on the relationship, even though she probably should have for a grown man dating her 12 YO daughter.

Can I get a thumbs up for foster care in the US and legislative hypocrisies! Yep, the children are now safe from child molesters!

a small note, I looked at prisoner visitation policy in CA… it goes as so. Adults must have ID to visit inmates. Wives of inmates with children, where the wife is not yet 18 can use a school ID. huh? Not 18 yet with a child? does that not make a PROVEN sex crime? Nah… no one got arrested so it’s a wholesome relationship.

ohh, this will be a long one because this issue aggravates me like none other..

For starters… just about every senior in high school who has dated a freshman or junior, the kid in college who is still dating his high school sweetheart, any dumb college kid who flashed or mooned anyone. the 12 year old kid who as a joke pulled down their younger siblings pants and laughed. the wrongfully accused and any man going through a bitter divorce with a vengeful wife. Anyway… 99.5% of the population

So know who is a registered sex offender? Anyone who was unlucky enough to have been caught and someone lying about the age is no excuse…..everyone should be able to tell the difference between 17 and 18! period.

think it could not possible be true? read on.

Los Angeles, CA–”When Ricky was 16, he went to a teen club and met a girl named Amanda, who said she was the same age. They hit it off and were eventually having sex. At the time Ricky thought it was a pretty normal high school romance.

“Two years later, Ricky is a registered sex offender, and his life is destroyed. “Amanda turned out to be 13. Ricky was arrested, tried as an adult, and pleaded guilty to the charge of lascivious acts with a child, which is a class D felony in Iowa. It is not disputed that the sex was consensual, but intercourse with a 13-year-old is illegal in Iowa.“Ricky was sentenced to two years probation and 10 years on the Iowa online sex offender registry. Ricky and his family have since moved to Oklahoma, where he will remain on the state’s public registry for life.“Being labeled a sex offender has completely changed Ricky’s life, leading him to be kicked out of high school, thrown out of parks, taunted by neighbors, harassed by strangers, and unable to live within 2,000 feet of a school, day-care center or park. He is prohibited from going to the movies or mall with friends because it would require crossing state borders, which he cannot do without permission from his probation officer. One of Ricky’s neighbors called the cops on him, yelled and cursed at him, and videotaped him every time he stepped outside, Ricky said.

“‘It affects you in every way,’ he said. ‘You’re scared to go out places. You’re on the Internet, so everybody sees your picture.’”

A 17 YO kid went to summer camp, sent there by his parents, he meets a girl at camp who tells him she is 16, they have a summer romance. Her parents find out, tell the kid she is only 13(he did not know, they are in the same teen summer camp together) he is now a registered sex offender for life. He is not allowed to return back to his school nor finish high school, he can never go to college or get a real job. Most likely he will spend 15 years in prison on registry violations before he is 40 and will be forced to move countless times as states add more and more places he no longer can live near.

A black man 40 years ago(then a teen) was wrongly arrested for “molesting” a white girl. He is railroaded by the white police and forced to plead guilty. 40 years later, the registry is retroactive he finds himself in prison for 5 years, as an old man for registry violations because the southern state he lives in says that registered sex offenders can not live within 1/2 mile of schools, parks, bus stops, swimming pools, churches, etc. leaving 1 hotel in the state that no one can afford daily or under a bridge. This man committed no crime other then the one 40 years back and was evicted out of his lifelong home because the state says he can not live there. Being homeless is not an excuse to not register an address and is 3 to 10 in prison as a violent felony in most states.

A 20 year old college kid at spring break moons a group of girls with his buddies, gets arrested for indecent exposure. one of the girls has her 16 YO sister with her in the crowd. He is a sex offender for life. 20 years later, now 40, married with kids and having committed no crime the police come to his home, arrest him for a week lapse in registration, seems the Read the rest of this entry »

Here is more on the story of Jason, an Orange County man who was beaten to death by sheriffs in the OC jail. Sheriffs have denied the charge but today the family presented evidence that he was killed by blunt trauma to the head. The orange county sheriffs department has already been taking heat all last year over the Mike Carona and the OC sheriffs corruption investigations under OC Sheriff Michael Carona.

Lawyer: O.C. Inmate Died From Blows To His Head

SANTA ANA, Calif. An inmate who died April 1 after a jailhouse struggle with Orange County sheriff’s deputies was killed by traumatic blows to his head, an attorney for the man’s father said in remarks reported Wednesday.

Sheriff’s officials had previously said that deputies used a stun gun on Jason Jesus Gomez, 35, at the Intake Release Center in Santa Ana, but gave no indication that Gomez sustained head wounds.

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Can you say a few more problems in the justice system? well yes… Looks that that fool proof bite mark evidence, maybe absolute crap indeed and foolish to use since it may mean nothing other than the biter had some teeth, in this case, the bites were shown to not even be made by a human but by some fish.  

When will juries figure out that “PAID” experts that claim bite marks are like finger prints without DNA to back it up really have no clue and are just on there for a paycheck!

in a nutshell…

The dentist considered himself an authority on forensic odontology and had taken the stand at numerous trials as a paid expert for the prosecution.

On the strength of West’s testimony and little else, a jury in 1995 convicted Kennedy Brewer of raping and murdering the 3-year-old girl and sentenced him to death.

So the paid “so called” expert could not tell that the bites were not even human when paid by prosecutors to convict an innocent man. How do these assholes sleep at night?

MACON, Mississippi (AP) — At a small-town courthouse in one of rural Mississippi’s poorest counties, Dr. Michael West swore under oath that a dead girl had bite marks all over her body and that they were made by the two front teeth of the man charged with murdering her.

Annie Brewer, right, hugs son Kennedy Brewer moments after a circuit court judge exonerated him.

Such testimony had become commonplace for West. The dentist considered himself an authority on forensic odontology and had taken the stand at numerous trials as a paid expert for the prosecution.

On the strength of West’s testimony and little else, a jury in 1995 convicted Kennedy Brewer of raping and murdering the 3-year-old girl and sentenced him to death.

Three years earlier, West gave similar testimony in a nearly identical rape-and-murder case involving another 3-year-old girl from the same town. West testified there were bite marks on the victim’s wrist and they were made by Levon Brooks. Brooks, too, was found guilty and was sentenced to life in prison.

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I watch Dateline and many other shows and documentaries that many times have episodes about people trying to free the innocent in prisons.

Many times I just gotta say WTF? Is the job of the justice system to learn the truth or is it merely to convict someone to satisfy the masses and propel the careers and reputations of attorneys and judges… Unfortunately, many times its the later.

Todays episode was about Clarence Elkins. In 1998 Elkin’s mother-in-law was killed and niece raped. The girl was at grandma’s house. The 6 year old niece saw the rapist and killer. After being raped and beaten the little girl ran to the next door neighbors home, a woman answered, the little girl stood bloody and beaten at the door and asked for help, the neighbor told the child to wait on the door step and went back in for 1/2 hour, after 1/2 hour she drove the little girl home. Now if a beaten, raped child runs to your door would you not just call 911? Who makes her wait for a 1/2 hour then drives her home?

The litttle girl told police that the killer looked like Uncle Clarence so police arrested Uncle Clarence for rape and murder even though he had an alibi (his wife). Clarence Elkins was convicted on the testimony of a very traumatized 6 year old. Some DNA was tested but proved inconclusive with the tests at the time.

The wife of Clarence Elkins set out to prove his innocence. Melinda Elkins lost her job, her home and her family since they KNEW Clarence did it. Melinda began her own investigation and looked for suspects trying to collect DNA. She later found out that to retest the DNA was extremely expensive 20k-40k per test and the state told her she was on her own.

Melinda did some research on the neighbors and found out that the house the girl ran to after the rape/murder was that of a man who just got out of prison and was in prison for child rape and child molestation. Basically, Grandma lived next door to a child sex offender and the police and prosecution did not even know it or care to investigate the neighbors. They also did not think it strange that the neighbor left a raped, beaten 6 year old outside covered in blood, for 1/2 hour never calling police and finally just put the bloody girl in a car and drove her away.

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I have always believed there is a huge amount of injustice and corruption in our court system. Too much attention and weight is given to media coverage with people being tried by the papers before the jury is even chosen, the so called “expert” witnesses that are paid well for the service. Those two things together steal life from the innocent and keep killers on the loose.

Experts in any field, should not be compensated for their testimony. Media should be more responsible for the imagery they portray of the accused. But we know things do not work that way. “Monster on trial” sells more papers than a “man on trial” and experts get paid well to make the weakest of evidence look scientific and indisputable… It’s all a great show.

Last night, watching the Discovery channel they showed the case of the “snaggletooth” killer. The reason he is called that is because he has crooked teeth. His teeth and the grotesque and ugly images associated with his nickname ultimately got him convicted and sentenced to death. The snaggletooth killer, Mr. Ray Krone had a front tooth that was pushed out as did a bite mark on the victim. Do you hear the toot toot of the train coming yet?

Early one morning over a decade ago, a bartender was closing up the bar for the night . Everyone left and she was alone. The following morning, the bar’s owner found the dead body of Kim Ancona, on the men’s bathroom floor.

There were no witnesses and very little evidence to go on. The only evidence was a bite mark on the victim, a size 10.5 converse shoe print on the floor and 2 black hairs.

In looking for suspects, the police found out that Kim may have been attracted to a patron at the bar by the name of Ray Krone. His name was found in her phone book and the investigation quickly centered on him. Ray Krone had no criminal record, no relationship with Kim other than he knew her from the bar, was not pursuing her romantically nor had any motive to kill her. Ray also had an alibi, his roommate confirmed that Ray was home that night.

After confirming that Ray, just like the killer had a pushed out front tooth, the police arrested him for the murder of Kim. The papers dubbed him the “snaggletooth” killer, that bought Ray a one way Amtrak ticket through the American justice system. Poor Ray was pigeon holed into a stereotype for having crooked teeth. I wonder had he not been called the “snaggletooth” killer, would he ever been convicted. That animalistic name and imagery of a mangled, ugly person already may have convicted Ray before trial ever began. Ray Krone is just a man, but “snaggletooth killer” is a demon. In fact, so many things went wrong here that it’s hard to even know where to start.

So lets start with the facts. The shoe print found at the scene was the wrong size, Ray wore 9.5 shoes not 10.5 and Ray had long light hair not short black hair like the 2 hairs found. The 2 hairs found came from a man of non-white descent.

With all this evidence that did not match, an alibi, and no motive, how was he convicted? For one, what jury would ever want to set free the monster known as the “snaggletooth killer” and the prosecution got the states expert in dentistry, Dr. Raymond Rawson to testify. Dr. Rawson convinced the Jury that bite marks are like fingerprints and can identify the killer just like a good print can. Dr. Rawson put on a great show with slides, overlays, bells and whistles to show how Ray Crone was unquestionably the person that bit Kim.

The jury believed the Doctor and dismissed the other evidence completely. Ray Krone was sentenced to die for being the “snaggletooth” killer, convicted by a name and a bite mark.

On appeal, The defence brought in 3 dental experts, all of whom disagreed with Dr. Rawson’s opinion. In fact all three agreed that the killer seemed to have a gap between his front teeth and Ray Krone did not. But, the prosecution and the dental expert Dr. Rawson again convinced the jury that Ray did in fact bite Kim. Ray, again was found guilty.

One of the dentists that disagreed with Dr. Rawson claims he later talked to Rawson about the case, urging him to take another look at the bite and check out the missing gap. The dentist claims that Rawson actually admitted to him that he may be wrong, but was in to deep to go back on it now. In too deep? A man’s life is at stake here. How is a pro expert’s career more important than a life? well, for Dr. Rawson it was. Dr. Rawson did not want to admit he made a mistake nor turn down the jobs that came with being a well known expert and a man that could get a conviction.

Here is were Ray Krone got lucky. In the decade Krone spent in Prison, laws changed and DNA techniques were improved. His family got the state to allow them to re-examine the old evidence, the blood and saliva found at the scene. The saliva was inconclusive, but in the re-examination a small drop of blood was found on Kim’s pants. The drop that may have been disregarded as being hers since there was so much of Kim’s blood at the murder. The DNA excluded Ray.

In another lucky break, the DNA was run through the state’s computer and came up with a match. A sex offender that was currently in prison that lived directly behind the bar at that time. The man wore size 9.5 shoes and had short black hair. So it’s looking up for Ray now.

When they went down to question the new suspect, he, by another stroke of sheer luck, admitted that he had an alcoholic blackout that night and remembers nothing except that he was covered with blood the following morning.

After 10 years Mr. Krone was set free. Ray Krone lost a decade of his life to bad publicity and a corrupt expert witness who was willing to lie to promote his career on a famous case. Of course, what made the case famous was the media invention of a monster called “snaggletooth”.

Stories such as this are found too frequently. Last week I saw anther one about an expert that literally planted evidence at the scene to make her look like more of an expert.

Ray Krone got very lucky, how many others were not? The “real” snaggletooth killer also got lucky here. He was never investigated and got many extra years to do what he liked best, raping and brutalizing woman. The prosecution in their fervor to get a conviction at any cost helped a sex offender stay free, or at least free ’till some “good” investigation work got him busted for his crimes.

So whats the point here? Expert Witness should not be an occupation. The state should not be using professional witnesses that they know will try to get a conviction for them regardless of evidence. Just like jurors, experts should be called into court to do a civic duty so they do not care about reputation, conviction rate and how much they can charge next time if they get the conviction. The jury needs honest expert opinions, not “paid for” ones.

Can you imagine if the jury system worked like the expert system? hmm.