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Johnson vigil is Oct. 17
A prayer vigil for murder victim Donna Ogletree Johnson will be held Sunday, Oct. 17 from 4-6 p.m. at the Lamar County courthouse.
Also, just so you all know, the reward money is not accessible by the family at all. I know that there have been questions previously posted by individuals who questioned that the money was used to build the library. But again, the family has no control over this money at all.
Maybe the FBI can set up a satellite office here while they clean house.
They are on a roll, I hear....with a Federal Judge being busted in GA for loving up on a hooker and drugging it up with her AND lets not forget them taking down 89 cops in Puerto Rico for protecting drug sales.
WHO YA GONNA CALL?!?!
Hint: It ain't ghostbusters!
Anyway, you continue to present your opinions here as facts, tolley, when they are still simply your opinion. And I agree with the above poster.
I have read some stupid sentences in my life and written plenty........but what in the Hell does that stupid sentence mean?
Puh-lease. Ever been to court before?
So the next time someone says they saw you in crack town, but it wasn't really you, just a car that looked like yours, don't try top defend yourself, because you would then be going against circumstantial evidence.
Regardless, any decent attorney would blow a pile of circumstantial evidence up, especially in a murder trial. Now, if there is some real proof, then I'll be all for it, but without proof, theres nothing you can or should do. Innocent people should not be put through prosecution because of this type of assumption, or "circumstantial" evidence.
Wouldn't that be the same as profiling?
Scaredy cat. BOOOOO!
Juries aren't stupid even though some people wish they were.
Many, many cases have been built and successfully prosecuted on circumstantial evidence. This one could be, too. The key is to layer circumstance on top of circumstance on top of circumstance, so that the jury understands the odds of that particular chain of circumstances occurring, in that particular order, given a particular set of circumstances, are astronomical, outside the scenario presented.
I've heard it described in many ways. If you flip a coin, the chances of getting "heads" is 1/2, but to get "heads" five times in a row, the likelihood is 1/32 and that's where you only have two possible outcomes.
Another way to describe it- anybody can easily tear in half a page from a phone book, but put twenty pages together and very few people can tear that in half. Like plywood, the more layers, the stronger the integrity of the structure.
A murder conviction based on circumstantial evidence is not nearly unprecedented. It takes time, effort and passionate dedication to the cause. Donna is worth that.
Like NST, I haven't been privy to the file, but what's been provided in the press is more than compelling. I'd like to see something that takes it in a different direction- if it exists!
The trial of Scott Peterson for the murders of his wife Laci and their unborn child Conner is a classic example of a prosecution based on circumstantial evidence, rather than direct evidence.
Circumstantial evidence is evidence which may allow a judge or jury to deduce a certain fact from other facts which can be proven. In some cases, there can be some evidence that can not be proven directly, such as with an eye-witness.
In these cases, the prosecution will attempt to provide evidence of the circumstances from which the jury can logically deduct, or reasonably infer, the fact that cannot be proven directly. The prosecutor believes the fact can be proven by the evidence of the circumstances or "circumstantial" evidence.
In other words, in these cases it is up to the prosecutors to show through a set of circumstances that their theory of what took place is the only logical deduction -- that the circumstances can be explained by no other theory.
Very sensitive subject Mr. Davis?
Hmmm...Were you in the area 7-16-84?
WD
cryin' out for justice..one tear at a time!
Look here for some background.
Dead? Find her murderer.
Lived here all my life, don't know you and don't care to either!
I'm still trying to get information that may tie him to Lamar Co. Also the sketch of the person of interest looks incredibly like him. Sounds far fetched, but there are just too many similarities to ignore. Maybe he had help down here? I've forwarded what little info I had, never got a response. (hellooooo Walter??)
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If you do not make that call, you should be so ashamed of yourself. To give hope to loved ones who have been hurting for 26 years, to give relief to a person who may be considered as suspect, falsely. To make Walter look as if he would ignore such an informing call, after he has done SO much. If you call and it solves the crime, I hope you get the balance of any reward money. If you do not call, I hope you suffer as this family has in some form or fashion.
I did send it to the HG since I don't care much for the local law enforcement. Figured Walter had good contacts and knew who to forward it to. Although Walter needed to be reminded and understandably so because he " seen so much stuff on this case it starts to run together."
Which to me is a good thing. It hopefully means he is receiving a lot of tips. The person I mentioned was ruled out as a suspect, but that will not deter me from forwarding any information in the future. (Just with a little more discretion) Hopefully somebody WILL send Walter the information needed to end this ordeal.
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The trial of Scott Peterson for the murders of his wife Laci and their unborn child Conner is a classic example of a prosecution based almost solely on circumstantial evidence, rather than direct evidence.
Circumstantial evidence is evidence which may allow a judge or jury to deduce a certain fact from other facts which can be proven. In some cases, there can be some evidence that can not be proven directly, such as with an eye-witness.
In these cases, the prosecution will attempt to provide evidence of the circumstances from which the jury can logically deduct, or reasonably infer, the fact that cannot be proven directly. The prosecutor believes the fact can be proven by the evidence of the circumstances or "circumstantial" evidence.
In other words, in these cases it is up to the prosecutors to show through a set of circumstances that their theory of what took place is the only logical deduction -- that the circumstances can be explained by no other theory.
Conversely, in circumstantial evidence cases, it is the job of the defense to show that the same circumstances could be explained by an alternative theory. In order to avoid a conviction, all a defense attorney has to do is put enough doubt into one juror's mind that the prosecution's explanation of the circumstances is flawed.
You're typing above your intelligence yet again, yet you apparently don't realize it. How amusing.
What The Focus? (No acronym here)
So don't rock thee boat, help row.
Y'all didn't ask about Miss Helen. In the meantime, Go to Helen Waite!
Hashit Owwt
I always thought that her disappearance was sketchy to say the least, being that she had a very young daughter. She was also going through a divorce too. I believe that her vehicle was later found at the airport. In cases like this it's always the husband/partner that is suspected... How is Helen's
All this knowledge is insignificant to District Attorney Richard Milam, for he is "the fairest of them all."
Amazing how time flies and flies time...isn't it?
The original "Body Farm" is the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility located a few miles from downtown off of Alcoa Highway in Knoxville, Tennessee, behind the University of Tennessee Medical Center. Anthropologist Dr. William M. Bass became head of the university's anthropology department in 1971, and as official state forensic anthropologist for Tennessee he was frequently consulted in police cases involving decomposed human remains. Since no facilities existed that specifically studied decomposition, in 1981 he opened the department's first body farm.[1]
It consists of a 2.5-acre (10,000 m2) wooded plot, surrounded by a razor wire fence. At any one time there will be a number of bodies placed in different settings throughout the facility and left to decompose. The bodies are exposed in a number of ways in order to provide insights into decomposition under varying conditions. Detailed observations and records of the decomposition process are kept, including the sequence and speed of decomposition and the effects of insect activity.
Bodies are obtained from various sources. Some have lain unclaimed at the medical examiner's office, while over 300 people have voluntarily donated their bodies to the Body Farm. Approximately 120 bodies are donated to the facility every year.[2] Perhaps the most famous person to donate his body for study was the anthropologist Grover Krantz, as described by his colleague David Hunt at the Smithsonian.[3]
The University of Tennessee Body Farm is also used in the training of law enforcement officers in scene-of-crime skills and techniques.[4]
Does the family have to hire an attorney to look into the fund or does the bank have to hire the attorney?
Waller, surprisingly said, "no comment."
WTF is really going on here?!?
Secondary, maybe people who "Pledged" some money have since withdrawn or aren't around anymore.
Sure are a lot of assumptive, emotionally charged people making a lot of insinuations around here. Good thing is, when the unfortunate instance happens that people like y'all get in a position of power, you don't last long before being removed from that power.
However as a public servant, he should understand what happened and be ready to answer, so long as it doesn't compromise an open case, jeopardize someone's safety or infringe on an HR matter. If so, he should refuse to answer and state why he can't. A simple, "No comment" is not acceptable.
Your comment about who gets into "a position of power" and how and why they hold it is interesting...
I thought so too.
Like jimmy carter, roy barnes, buice, obama (think he'll be re-elected?)
Things have a way of working out when decent people finally get fed up enough to get off their asses and vote.
You never wrote my email to pass something by me.
It is obvious that you wouldn't bother taking the extra steps to post your name on these things if you didn't desire recognition and the associated attention.
Suggestion Walter: Substitute the automatic wording entry of “anonymous” to “no-balls” or “too scared to identify”. The identity can still remain hidden but at least the character will be properly portrayed.
Thank you for your assistance.