tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520292699168365999.post6980777715206341491..comments2023-11-02T07:51:48.535-04:00Comments on Page Two by LieStoppers: Nifonged in Fort Collins: Timothy MastersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520292699168365999.post-66061263820571231982013-04-17T08:43:32.134-04:002013-04-17T08:43:32.134-04:00tramadol 50 mg tramadol withdrawal - tramadol with...<a href="http://www.mfg.com/usa/tramadolonline/#14762" rel="nofollow">tramadol 50 mg</a> tramadol withdrawal - tramadol withdrawal timeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520292699168365999.post-57894804966568168592008-11-29T23:05:00.000-05:002008-11-29T23:05:00.000-05:00Prosecutorial misconduct ... I've caught prosecuto...Prosecutorial misconduct ... I've caught prosecutors more than once concealing exculpatory evidence and then lying to courts about it.<BR/><BR/>There is NO effective penalty when a prosecutor is caught doing this.<BR/><BR/>The two scoundrels who railroaded this guy are now freaking JUDGES !!!<BR/><BR/>THINK ABOUT THAT !!!<BR/><BR/>They should be doing his prison time, every day of it.<BR/><BR/>But when the judges are too often former prosecutors, the very same folks who concealed evidence and railroaded someone just a few years before, they take a kindly view of crooked prosecutors who appear before them.<BR/><BR/>I know of a judge in Memphis who concealed exculpatory evidence in a hoax child molestation case, the Georgian Hills Daycare case in the 1980s. <BR/><BR/>She went unpunished. She retained the support of our dirtbag DA.<BR/><BR/>That chief prosecutor bitch is now a judge.<BR/><BR/>There should be NO penalty too heavy for prosecutors and police who DELIBERATELY abuse their authority and withhold evidence of an accused person's innocence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520292699168365999.post-33275959222322806982007-07-13T12:55:00.000-04:002007-07-13T12:55:00.000-04:00Thanks for an update on the case. I watched the Ca...Thanks for an update on the case. I watched the Case Files episode on A&E and was astonished he was found guilty. I mean drawings=murder? Especially specious was that prosecutors claim that the knife drawing through paper was a vagina...laughable. The defense attorney seemed incompetent as well- asserting that his main argument was that to believe he was guilty you had to buy into a 15 year old kid outsmarting the police- how about just arguing REASONABLE DOUBT. It was all over this case.alexanderpinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13000119245135044796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520292699168365999.post-62890971293850470882007-07-11T16:01:00.000-04:002007-07-11T16:01:00.000-04:009:15, you mention that Masters "was arrested based...9:15, you mention that Masters "was arrested based on what was reported to be DNA evidemce that linked him to the crime." However, according to the article, there was no such DNA evidence, neither DNA of the victim on Masters nor DNA of Masters on the suspect.<BR/><BR/>Rumors abound and as a private citizen you can hardly be expected to check out the veracity of every rumor you hear. However, when your own idea of what did and didn't happen is founded on rumors and information that can be shown to be false, it's a very unwise idea to try and second-guess those who have actually looked into the matter closely. It is not simply defense attorneys who think there was reason to investigate a connection between Hammond and the murder of Hettrick, nor was it simply the editors of a regional newspaper, "mainstream" publication or not. According to the article, court documents show that several police detectives took the possibility very seriously, the same possibility you call "preposterous". Perhaps, instead of spinning theories that border on the defamatory about the article being "planted", you should consider deferring to people who know more about the facts of the case than you do.<BR/><BR/>As a side note, I find your claim that "[Hammond's] suicide was the honorable thing to do" rather curious. You are not Dr. Hammond, of course, so you don't actually know whether his suicide had anything to do with honor or just a desire to avoid shame. The two are not the same thing. Certainly what he did to his female guests was not honorable; it doesn't exactly make the conclusion "his suicide was honorable" inescapable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520292699168365999.post-86668388389684144202007-07-11T12:20:00.000-04:002007-07-11T12:20:00.000-04:00Long before we ever heard of Nifong this kind of s...Long before we ever heard of Nifong this kind of stuff went on. Prosecutors would screw people and nothing ever happens to them. And quite often like in this case they get promoted to judges. Sometimes wrongful convictions get overturned and the DA's just won't let it go. Like in the case of Evan Zimmerman. While in prison he suffered a stroke. Near the end of his retrial the prosecutor decided to drop the case since he couldn't win it. Zimmerman tried to sue the city of Eau Claire for wrongful conviction, but a judge dismissed the lawsuit. He recently died at the age of 61 from cancer. It just doesn't seem fair that this man had to spend his last few years on Earth in prison and in court rooms for something he never did. Zimmerman and Masters are just 2 name in a long line of people that have been screwed by the system. It has happened to people of all colors. And it will continue to happen, as long as DA's and judges are not held accountable for their actions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520292699168365999.post-4274243131545913392007-07-11T10:07:00.000-04:002007-07-11T10:07:00.000-04:009:15: Thank you for your comments. With regard t...9:15: <BR/><BR/>Thank you for your comments. <BR/><BR/>With regard to your concerns about positioning the Hettrick murder in the same vein as the Nifong/Mangum Hoax, I think it is fair to point out that what the post intends is not to place the murder in any context whatsoever but rather to place the prosecutor's alleged misconduct in the same vein as what we witnessed in the prosecution of the Hoax. <BR/><BR/>What caught my attention with the story that we highlight here is the quote by the former DA who defends the withholding of evidence as within the discretion of the prosecutors. At issue in the Nifong/Mangum Hoax was, in part, that same mentality. <BR/><BR/>The idea that prosecutors should or could be allowed to judge what evidence may or may not be exculpatory is troubling. At the very least it is imprudent, at worst it is unethical if not illegal. I'd hate to think that we'd be encouraged to overlook or condone prosecutorial misconduct simply because the prosecutors had the right suspect. In Nifong's defense, many of the haters argued, and continue to argue, that the ends (targeting their preferred objects of hate) justified his means. We cannot take the same approach and doubt that our credibility will take a hit from championing just means in prosecution.<BR/><BR/>Given the description of Gilmore's in court statement which contradicts the withheld evidence, it would appear that not only did the prosecutors decide to withhold the evidence, but also that they decided to present a case that, in part, was contradicted by the evidence they withheld. <BR/><BR/>Without additional information, we cannot, and do not intend at this point to, offer an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of Master's. The relevant issue, for us at least at this point, is how the prosecutors acted and whether the young man has been Nifonged. <BR/><BR/>There appears to be no question that evidence was withheld. Both sides agree that it was. The question, as was one of the questions in the Nifong/Mangum Hoax, is whether or not prosecutors are entitled to withhold evidence from the defendant that hurts the State's case. <BR/><BR/>Our view, of course, is that it is not. It is in that vein that we intend to place this prosecution, not the murder. <BR/><BR/>Innocent or not, Master's appears to have been Nifonged by the prosecutors' decision to hide a confession and other evidence that pointed away from Masters and towards other suspects. Regardless of what other merits the defense attorneys' arguments may have, this misconduct alone rates inclusion in the "Nifonged in" series. <BR/><BR/>PhilipLieStoppershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04227113254050319132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520292699168365999.post-32614114466030405762007-07-11T09:15:00.000-04:002007-07-11T09:15:00.000-04:00Interesting.I live in Fort Collins. The field wher...Interesting.<BR/><BR/>I live in Fort Collins. The field where Peggy Hettrick's body was found is 1/4 mile from my house. I worked at the same company as her brother. At the time, there were strong rumors that a teenager who lived near that field was the leading suspect.<BR/><BR/>Later, he was arrested based on what was reported to be DNA evidemce that linked him to the crime. It confirmed what many locals believed to have happened over the years.<BR/><BR/>Is it possible that he was framed?I suppose so. <BR/><BR/>But the introduction of the Dr. Hammond suicide as relevant to this case is preposterous. Dr. Hammond's home was 100 yards away from mine. His crime was secretly videotaping babysitters in the bathroom of his home. His suicide was the honorable thing to do. And while his home is very close to where the Hettrick body was discovered, a large irrigation ditch betwen the two sites would have made it extremely difficult for him.<BR/><BR/>Seeing someone trying to connect the two events makes me very suspicious that this whole thing is nothing but a cheap lawyer's trick to get a case re-opened for their client. And the FOrt Collins Weekly is not a mainstream publication, leading me to believe that the defense team actually planted the article in hopes it might stick.<BR/><BR/>I am all for justice. And I think Liestoppers has done a remarkable job covering the Duke lacrosse frame. I am concerned that Liestoppers credibility might take a hit by positioning the Hettr4ick murder in the same vein.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com