tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post4601138977499098611..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Congratulations to Richard Miles, Dallas' latest non-DNA exonereeGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-14614867206439018772012-02-23T17:52:25.059-06:002012-02-23T17:52:25.059-06:00A. The hand washings were performed by the detect...A. The hand washings were performed by the detective AFTER Richard Miles had been handcuffed and placed in the back of the police car. Found on his palms (and not on the back of his hands), the GSR was no doubt a secondary transfer from the car seat (left there by a previous gun shooter). A real scientist would have tested the car seat for GSR, too. (Officers take note. This is a good way to plant evidence on your perp!)<br /><br />B. The 1995 SWIFS report should have stated "negative" for GSR, as the levels were below SWIFS standards. The analyst disregarded protocols. Advances in the science surrounding GSR detection can't be used as an excuse for recanted testimony.<br /><br />C. The analyst should have never spoken of the hands of the suspect, because the analyst did not take the washing from the hands. She should have only testified to the scientific results.<br /><br />This is such shoddy forensics. No wonder Dallas has so many exonerations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-39370949571117587242012-02-23T15:03:05.378-06:002012-02-23T15:03:05.378-06:00The DA that Mike told the truth about was Patricia...The DA that Mike told the truth about was Patricia Hogue. I commend him for "outing" her unethical hide.. As for Bradley, he hired a Dallas DA that was fired for brady violations (and he knew that when he hired him). Cu-Ray-Zee!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-47258849620953754322012-02-22T00:00:08.098-06:002012-02-22T00:00:08.098-06:00Dear Mr. Miles, congratulations! On behalf of the...Dear Mr. Miles, congratulations! On behalf of the taxpayers & voters of Texas, please accept our deepest apologies for allowing police & prosecuctorial misconduct to run rampant.<br /><br />Please consider telling the media storm to come that you are mad as hell at those that failed to properly defend you at trial, those that withheld evidence, those that enabled it & those that just went along with it. <br /><br />If we continue to say we hold no ill feelings and forgive everyone, the voters & taxpayers will never understand what role they play in each & every false arrest and subsequent wrongful conviction. Simply paying into a Fund that pays for misconduct without attempting to eradicate it is wrong. We must be taught a lesson in order to prevent history from constantly repeating itself.<br /><br />I challenge you to invest 75% of your time in your self, family & love-ones. With 25% going towards educating the public about your personal experience. Your personal time & family time will keep you safely grounded while the other will help you heal.<br /><br />In closing, we'll keep you in our thoughts & prayers & look forward to your full recovery. Thanks.Thomas R. Griffithhttp://www.projectnotguilty.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-35988728530590035772012-02-21T09:47:28.995-06:002012-02-21T09:47:28.995-06:00I for one applaud Mr. Watkins, I committed a crime...I for one applaud Mr. Watkins, I committed a crime in 1971 and I did the time. (10 yrs TDC) I never had a problem with the DA because I was guilty. I salute your honest attempt at holding people responsible in a legitimate manner. Texas could use a few more people in the legal system who really care that a person is guilty and not just convenient.The Homeless Cowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004267716709384953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-55856063419878509882012-02-21T01:57:55.802-06:002012-02-21T01:57:55.802-06:00Is it safe to assume that there has been a retro-a...Is it safe to assume that there has been a retro-analysis of all cases handled by the Prosecutor-in-question for Brady Violations?<br /><br />Is it safe to assume that there has been a retro-analysis of all cases where the forensic analyst-in-question provided a lab report and testimony? For how many past cases would she now recant her testimony?<br /><br />Is it safe to assume that there has been a retro-analysis of all cases handled by other analysts she trained?<br /><br />I'll safely assume -- no.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-450423036074194942012-02-21T00:50:02.576-06:002012-02-21T00:50:02.576-06:00this has gone on so long and so much. I think it&#...this has gone on so long and so much. I think it's long past time to make it a capital crime with mandatiory exectuion on the steps of the courthouse in which you failed to turn over the information.<br /><br />I'm sure we'd only have to shoot 2 or 3 cops and 4-5 da' before it MIGHT sink in we are DEAD SERIOUS about this!rodsmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-25348843832932412812012-02-20T16:38:38.618-06:002012-02-20T16:38:38.618-06:00"Applicant should also be granted relief, ind..."Applicant should also be granted relief, independently, on the ground of flawed forensic testimony."<br />Is this going to be a reoccurring theme, forensic analysts recanting scientific testimony from decades ago?<br /><br />To Craig Watkins - you have several prosecutorial misconduct cases to pursue, and now your forensic analysts are questioning their own science.<br /><br />Better get moving on correcting these if you want the public to believe that you are a man of your word and "smart on crime".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-14395491214478486562012-02-20T14:55:41.028-06:002012-02-20T14:55:41.028-06:00"prosecutorial misconduct - particularly with..."prosecutorial misconduct - particularly withholding exculpatory evidence ... may be the quickest route to exoneration."<br /><br />It's a good thing so many prosecutors were willing to play along with this line of defense by consistently withholding so much exculpatory evidence that the law required them to turn over.Ryan Paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12171317748419259984noreply@blogger.com