tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post357688251825331838..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Prosecutor to testify over withheld informant dealsGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-60364040188615566402015-10-22T09:50:56.215-05:002015-10-22T09:50:56.215-05:00Although no one has ever made the connection befor...Although no one has ever made the connection before, a forensic scientist is kinda like a snitch. Forensic analysts produce reports almost exclusively for the Prosecution.<br /><br />Forensic analysts (willingly or ignorantly) omit scientific information, exaggerate inculpatory findings, or present false information favorable to the prosecution. In return, the forensic analysts receives a paycheck, a promotion, or pay raise (or at least avoids constructive termination and harassment from their supervisors).<br /><br />Many crime labs will claim "independence" from the Prosecution's Office, but the relationship is often harmonious (much like a snitch and the Prosecution's Office).<br /><br />The Innocence Project has suggested that at least 15% of wrongful convictions included fraudulent snitch testimony. Upwards of 45% of wrongful convictions included fraudulent or misleading forensic testimony.<br /><br />So there are similarities. Except forensic scientists do it while wearing a white coat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-90344779965443330382015-10-21T15:59:50.866-05:002015-10-21T15:59:50.866-05:00What happened in the Kerry Cook case is a good exa...What happened in the Kerry Cook case is a good example of how this type of thing can be harmful in more ways than one. That jailhouse snitch was facing a murder charge and they gave him a sweetheart deal for manslaughter. He got out of jail and killed again. They used a killer to convict an innocent man, and the killer was freed so that he could kill again. That's what happens when you put winning above all else. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-343698619222791672015-10-21T12:13:08.154-05:002015-10-21T12:13:08.154-05:00Jailhouse snitches have the moral character of gra...Jailhouse snitches have the moral character of grave robbers. When facing serious time, a jailhouse snitch will lie on his/her own mother. D.A.s entice jailhouse rats by offering leniency, such as reducing the charge to a lesser crime. If all else fails, a d.a. can always lay out thirty pieces of silver.<br /><br />Michael W. Jewell<br />President, Texas CUREAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com