I’m behind and trying to catch up, read a post awhile back about how the prosecution lied when they agreed to meet deadlines because they then turned around and didn’t meet them. Tried to go back and find the post to respond and couldn’t find it. Anyway, imo that’s a bold statement and huge leap not to mention there’s zero proof/evidence that the prosecution lied. Lying is willful/deliberate/intentional, purpose of which is to deceive/mislead. Having said that, let’s not forget what Judge L stated in one of his rulings, in part, (paraphrased) the prosecution missteps/missing deadlines was
unintentional, meaning quite obviously imo, not willful/not done intentionally, in other words, not due to prosecution lies/lying.
IMO something unplanned/unforeseen went awry/amiss for the prosecution somewhere during the preparation/organization of the voluminous evidence/overall prep of case against BM. Whether it was due to mismanagement, inexperience, someone on the team dropping the ball, administrative mistakes, office understaffed and working on too many cases at once, delays and backlogs due to COVID etc., etc. It could’ve been due to any of those things and/or combination of some or all of those things, we’ll probably never know. We are not privy to what all went on behind closed doors of the prosecutor’s office therefore, we do not know exactly what happened just that whatever it was that caused the missteps/missing deadlines to happen, was unintentional and personally, I’m not going to blame LS solely nor any one individual prosecutor on the team for the missteps occurring unless or until more details of exactly what went on behind closed doors so to speak to cause the disorganization and missteps is expounded upon/released to the public, which probably will never happen so again, we’ll likely never know.
Sadly the Judge decided to penalize/sanction the prosecution heavily for their unintentional missteps by eliminating most expert witness testimony which imo was excessively harsh and not at all fair to the victim Suzanne or interests of justice. But it is what it is, Judge L ruled the way he did and imposed harsh sanctions, the sanctions weren’t appealed, and prosecution’s motion to dismiss without prejudice was (thankfully) granted by Judge L. Had the prosecution not motioned for dismissal and case proceeded to trial without their crucial experts’ testimony, higher chance BM would have been acquitted never able to be tried again due to double jeopardy. So yeah, it definitely could be worse. Again, it’s disappointing, frustrating and very unfortunate the prosecution missteps happened, but they did for whatever reason and there’s no going back now, only forward. At least they get a second chance at successfully prosecuting the case and bringing justice for Suzanne and so at this point, I can only hope lessons were learned and they come back stronger, better organized and more confident next time.
I just hope ‘next time’ happens sooner than later for lots of reasons including, the longer he roams free, chance of someone else possibly getting hurt by scary Barry. Eek, perish the thought!!
IMO the only liar in this case is BM (well ok, and IE) and there is an abundance, mountain of evidence proving that he lied from day one and continued to lie throughout the investigation.
Further, unintentional prosecutorial missteps does not change the evidence that three agencies of LE amassed over a year-long, imo very thorough investigation and which totality thereof proves that BM is not only a shameless liar, worse- an evil killer that decided to snuff out a beautiful, bright light aka Suzanne, because he thought he could, would get away with it and imo feels totally justified in doing so. He’s a monster and needs to pay for what he did. Having said that, I continue to have patience and faith that there will be justice for Suzanne some day hopefully in the not too distant future. And with that in mind and along the same vein, seems a good time to re-post Sheriff Spezze’s statement after the case was dismissed w/o prejudice:
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The Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office maintains its commitment to this case and will continue to work tirelessly to find the body of Suzanne Morphew.”
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While we are disappointed in the delay of the proceedings, we remain unwavering in our commitment to this investigation and the ultimate prosecution of Mr. Morphew.”
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I stand behind the strong work of the investigators within the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office and the many law enforcement agencies involved and the strong case we have built.”
“Above all else, we remain dedicated to seeking justice for Suzanne and her family.”
Chaffee County Sheriff John Spezze made a public statement following Judge Ramsey Lama’s dismissal of all charges without prejudice against 54 year old Barry Lee Morphew.
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