If she had stabbed the boys she would have had blood on her nightshirt from them. She does not. Ther is no evidence that she stabbed either Damon or Devon. Only the testimony of liars like Cron and bevel who can be bought. Cron convicted before he even looked at the evidence. Sure, he looked at all the things that were visually available to him, but not the scientific evidence he couldn't see. He just ignored them as did the state. There is no way she could stab the boys and not getlood on her nightshirt. And, there is unknown DNA in the bloody fingerprint that Darlie has been excluded as the contributor.
The total police effort to gather evidence was a complete failure in this case. And, the prosecutions theory of what happened and why is not only totally ridiculous to a federal judge, bu tto anyone who knows anything about the science of genetics. Mulder should have been canned and she should have had a scientist defens her. Most lawyers do not understand the sciences very well. Oh, they know the law, but what little they know about DNA can surely get one convicted.
Sorry, but from what has been found so far as far as the DNA testing, there is a 99% chance darlie will be exonerated. You cannot stab someone in the chest and not get blood on you. Blood will gush! you see the largest vessels are in the chest, and when they are severed blood gushes. It is not like you cut a finger.
Devon's and Damon's blood WAS identified in four places on Darlie's nightshirt in the original DNA testing and that evidence was presented at the 1997 trial.
1) In the trial transcript of January 22, 1997, beginning around page 3337, Tom Bevel testifies about the boys blood spatter on the shirt.
2) Starting on page 3370, he testifies about meeting with Darlie's defense team on December 30, 1996 and turning over his notes to them, including the locations and IDs of the various blood tests on of the shirt. (Note, by law, the testing results had already been given to the defense; these were just Bevel's notes).
3) During the long cross-examination of Bevel on that day, the defense countered the testimony about the reason for the boys' blood splatter on the shirt. IMO they did a pretty good job countering Bevel's testimony by arguing that the splatter on her shirt could have come from spittle or other emanations and not necessarily knife wielding.
Thus, the defense was well aware of the boys' blood on Darlie's shirt and discussed it during the trial.
The trial was recorded and mistakes in the transcripts were corrected by a second court reporter (Susan Simmons) from the recordings. The Simmons transcripts are now on record as the corrected transcripts.
I would encourage anyone who is following this case to read the trial transcripts, as there is much misinformation floating around. The sections mentioned above are too lengthy to duplicate here but I tried to put as many directions to get to these sections as possible so you don't have to search.
The trial lasted a month and there are almost 6,000 pages of transcripts. The jury decided on the preponderance of evidence, not just one or two testimonies.
