Friday, October 21, 2011

I can't believe the things that passed as evidence for crimes before advances in DNA. Here's a case from rural Canada of a man who spent 23 years behind bars for a rape/murder he never committed. People who were at the same house party of the wrongly accused drifter said he was acting strangely the day after the crime. He was a strange dude. Of course he was acting strangely!

This was the same type of stuff Stephen Diver's coworkers were saying about him after his wife was found murdered. It was eventually proven through DNA evidence that her murder was the result of the Bike Path Killer. If I was on a jury, I don't think I could ever convict someone based on witness testimony alone.



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  1. 'SUNDOWN IN THE PARIS OF THE PRAIRIES--WHEAT KINGS HAVE ALL THEIR TREASURES BURIED--ALL YOU HEAR ARE THE RUSTY BREEZES--PUSHING AROUND THE WEATHER VANE JESUS' .......Wheat Kings by the TRAGICLY HIP Tells the story of DAVID Milgard ...'LATE BREAKING STORY ON THE CBC--A NATION WISPERS WE ALWAYS KNEW HE'D GO FREE'.... Great song

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  2. thanks for the info. people down here in Buffalo love the Tragically Hip. I felt bad for Milgard's mother. she seems like such a nice woman, and to have to go through this for her son.

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