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I didnt recall that Dr. Rodrigues stated that he was co-founder of Body Farm??..IF indeed he did that under oath affidavit..then I dont blame DOD stepping foreward and making a stink..Can you imagine the repercussion for them if one of their "Expert Chemists" called to testify in the future is found to have perjured himself??..Yikes:crazy:
It's in this link at about the 5:20 mark:
http://www.wftv.com/video/28280973/index.html
Rough Transcript:
JB: Are you a Co-founder of the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility at the University of Tennessee?
Dr. R: Yes I am.
JB: Is that also known as the Body Farm?
Dr. R: Correct
JB: How did that get started? How did you start that?
Dr. R: That was, uh, actually, uh, the idea of Dr. William Bass who was my chief mentor and professor at the, uh, University of Tennessee. We were, uh, in his office one day discussing about times since death (talks more of how they were wondering how to study it and Bass says they need to actually study the decomposition process...I didn't get all the words..but then he goes on to say:
Dr.R: He (Dr. Bass) recruited me to actually build the decomposition facility and start the first research.
JB: And you put up the fences?
Dr. R: I put up the fences, help lay the concrete, brought in the first bodies and began to conduct the very first experiments.
And then there is this article afterwards:
http://www.examiner.com/us-headlines-in-national/hln-host-asks-if-defense-witness-casey-anthony-trial-is-guilty-of-perjury
Jane Velez-Mitchell spoke about new information surrounding the credentials of Dr. William Rodriguez that she obtained from Jean Casarez, before asking Danette Myers to weigh in, All right. Now guess what? Our Jean Casarez spoke to the head of media relations at the Body Farm, and she was told Mr. Rodriguez was not a co-founder and went on to say, "We don`t know why he said he was a co-founder on the stand.
Jane Velez-Mitchell continued, Danette Myers, you`re the Los Angeles assistant district attorney who prosecuted the Lindsay Lohan case, and so you`re a tough prosecutor. Should this witness be investigated as to whether or not he committed perjury? Can you hear, Danette?
Due to technical difficulty, Danette Myers was unable to hear the question but Attorney Jeff Brown heard and answered, Yes, absolutely. I think the judge is going to investigate this, and the question is going to become, you know, what is it that Baez knew and when did he know it?
Jeff Brown continued, You know, the judge has had a problem with Baez, because he`s not following the rules of evidence. He`s not following the rules of criminal procedure. And more importantly, he`s not following this judge`s very orders that were plain -- in plain English, in black and white, months ahead of time.
So not only is the judge going to probably investigate this, but I`m telling you right now: the Florida bar will have a case opened after this case. And the judge is the one that`s going to start that. He`s going to file his complaint with the Florida bar. They`ll be looking into a lot of this.
Dr. William Rodriguez stated that he was a co-founder of the Body Farm, located at the Forensic Anthropology Center at the University of Tennessee. http://web.utk.edu/~fac/faculty.html There is no mention of Dr. William Rodriguez as a co-founder at the sites faculty page.
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