Scott is Innocent

[marlene]

Really? Amber always had a frown on... and people who are always frowning aren't very good company and aren't very good looking.

Where did and how many times did you see this because I never did?

Hipcheck, I don't recall seeing her smile? except in the nude photos . . .

Can you post some pics of her smiling?

You could say that she just had a serious look on her face, but the way some people form serious looks makes them look like they're frowning.

But, I don't see how Scott could stomach talking to her on the phone after Laci's disappearance - it was all about Amber! It's evident to me that Scott was guilt-ridden over having the affair and guilt-ridden that the affair caused Amber such publicity (although IMO, I think Amber was reveling in the attention), and that's why he stuck it out with her.

If he had been guilt-ridden of killing Laci, I doubt very much that he would have risked talking on the phone to someone that publicly said she was assisting the police.

[JackIsBack]

Really? Amber always had a frown on... and people who are always frowning aren't very good company and aren't very good looking.

Where did and how many times did you see this because I never did?

Really... just Google "Amber Frey" like I did below and have a look... not very many images with any sort of smile, and if she was smiling, it wasn't very big and didn't look very real.

http://images.google.com/images?client= ... =en&tab=wi

[marlene]

Really? Amber always had a frown on... and people who are always frowning aren't very good company and aren't very good looking.

Where did and how many times did you see this because I never did?

Really... just Google "Amber Frey" like I did below and have a look... not very many images with any sort of smile, and if she was smiling, it wasn't very big and didn't look very real.

http://images.google.com/images?client= ... =en&tab=wi

You are so right, Jack, Amber does not look like a happy woman. But why should she be? After all, every effort at a long-term relationship just goes down the drain -- that's just fact, not being mean. I actually feel sorry for the woman -- this last marriage didn't last either, she couldn't manager her finances well enough to keep her new home, she has kids with different fathers (being single parent is bad enough without having to deal with multiple dads).

I think the psychiatrists who spent so much time analyzing Scott would have put their skills to better use donating their time to help Amber get a grip on life.

[Hipcheck]

Really... just Google "Amber Frey" like I did below and have a look... not very many images with any sort of smile, and if she was smiling, it wasn't very big and didn't look very real.

http://images.google.com/images?client= ... =en&tab=wi

Most of the pictures of Amber are during the trial and there was nothing to smile about during that period of her life.

I do see some pictures where she is smiling but don't see any where she has a frown on her face.

[marlene]

Really... just Google "Amber Frey" like I did below and have a look... not very many images with any sort of smile, and if she was smiling, it wasn't very big and didn't look very real.

http://images.google.com/images?client= ... =en&tab=wi

Most of the pictures of Amber are during the trial and there was nothing to smile about during that period of her life.

I do see some pictures where she is smiling but don't see any where she has a frown on her face.

why wasn't it a time to be happy? She had a new husband, a new baby, a successful part in bringing a murderer to justice, a book deal on the horizon, and a whole lot of positive limelight.

Now, I would understand your point if she were an unpopular witness giving the public something they didn't want to hear -- but quite the contrary, the public was reveling in the tapes and defending her virtue (tongue in cheek) on talk shows and forums all across America (and some parts of the world). She was a national heroine.

Of course, she didn't get top billing from Distaso, who didn't name her as THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT. But, he's a noboby anyway.

[JackIsBack]

I do see some pictures where she is smiling but don't see any where she has a frown on her face.

Wow... I guess we have a different interoperation of frowning.... but I never thought Amber was pretty and happy and always saw her as frumpy and sad... someone I wouldn't want to be around. Laci on the other hand was always full of life and happy... someone that draws people in.

[Hipcheck]

Of course, she didn't get top billing from Distaso, who didn't name her as THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT. But, he's a noboby anyway.

You think Distaso is a nobdoy? Isn't Mr. Distaso now a judge? That tells me he is far from being a nobody.

Rick Distaso or should I say Judge Distaso was a excellent prosecutor and I'm sure he is an excellent judge now.

[marlene]

Of course, she didn't get top billing from Distaso, who didn't name her as THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT. But, he's a noboby anyway.

You think Distaso is a nobdoy? Isn't Mr. Distaso now a judge? That tells me he is far from being a nobody.

Rick Distaso or should I say Judge Distaso was a excellent prosecutor and I'm sure he is an excellent judge now.

Hipcheck, pay attention to the smileys -- they are there for a purpose.

As far as your assessement of Distaso's prosecutorial skills, we'll see how accurate that is when the CA Supreme Court rules on the appeal.

[jane]

Hipcheck, did you know that Brocchini is no longer a detective and hasn't been for a few years. He's now a patrol sergeant in the 5th platoon. Can you explain the significance of this? Is it a demotion? Isn't it unusual for detectives to be reassigned to patrol?

[JackIsBack]

You think Distaso is a nobdoy? Isn't Mr. Distaso now a judge? That tells me he is far from being a nobody.

Rick Distaso or should I say Judge Distaso was a excellent prosecutor and I'm sure he is an excellent judge now.

Well.... prosecutors have a weird or screwed up point system... they are so worried about their conviction rates and also many of them take any theory the police throw at them and run with it. Many also boast about being so good that they can "even convince a jury that an innocent man did it" and many have even boasted about doing just that.

Just read this interview - I recommend reading the whole article.... source: http://www.reason.com/news/show/125596.html
but a did cut out a copy of more shocking stuff.

reason magazine: You talk about the mindset of winning convictions at all costs. The legendary law-and-order Dallas prosecutor Henry Wade, who held the job you now hold for many, many years, embodied that philosophy. He’s known to have actually boasted about convicting innocent people—that convincing a jury to put an innocent man in jail proved his prowess as a prosecutor.

Watkins: Oh yeah, it was a badge of honor at the time—to knowingly convict someone that wasn’t guilty. It’s widely known among defense attorneys and prosecutors from that era. We had to come in clean out all the remnants of that older way of thinking.

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reason magazine: What possible arguments could they make against freeing innocent people?

Watkins: Initially, their argument was that it’s not the role of a prosecutor to look for bad convictions—that that’s the role of a defense attorney. But that didn’t work very well for them. And it’s wrong. Both the criminal code of the state of Texas and the American Bar Association’s code clearly state that the job of a prosecutor is to seek justice. That means if a person is guilty, you try to convict him. If he’s not, you don’t. And if you have reason to believe someone has been wrongly convicted, you have a responsibility to fix that.