As my dad told me many times growing up as a self-focused teen, if you think the whole world is out of sorts when dealing with you, then maybe the problem is you.
This story's source, interestingly, is generally a District Attorney official, not a TBI guy. From the story, we hear the following:
* Kirby was in the room, so his account is first-hand.
* Stowe leveled accusations that TBI had "compromised the case" and that "TBI, at the very least, was leaking information and covering up evidence."
* In the meeting, Stowe said he "trusted no one in the room..."
* So Gwyn said the TBI (whom Stowe said he didn't trust) would no longer work the 24th District that Stowe was in charge of.
* The day the story broke, Stowe sat down for an interview with [a] local television station, and Kirby says bluntly: "Stowe was not truthful in the interview. He said he never asked TBI to leave his district..."
* When the events happened, Gwyn - in backing out of the case and taking TBI's help from the district after Stowe's meltdown - went to Mrs Bobo to explain to her what had happened, and Kirby says she said she "was going to (destroy) Matt Stowe. She wanted him off the case and the TBI back on the case."
* Stowe also demanded that the special prosecutor on loan from Memphis District Attorney Amy Weirich be taken off the Bobo case. That prompted Weirich's response that they were leaving the case and wouldn't help anymore as long as Stowe had anything to do with it.
As I have noted repeatedly here, it's a completely different world when working cases as a DA or as a defense attorney. It's not a simple matter of changing sides and arguments - the DA has specific processes and protocols that he must follow (and that the failure to do so can be used by the defense) with no such onus on a defense atty.
This feels like Stowe, as a long time defense attorney, skated into the job with the sense that he knows all and can do the same sort of "take it as it comes" approach as you can get by with as a defense atty. That isn't what the job requires, however, and I simply don't think Stowe is professional enough to get the job done for the 24th.
Most maddening - his incompetence is killing the chance for Justice for Holly. He owes the family and the county/district a huge apology and a massive change, but I doubt it will happen. From here, he still seems to be looking for people to blame, rather than doing the work and doing it right.
Even now. The fact that he is ducking interviews, to this day, and refusing to comment even though he's an elected official that should answer to the people, says a lot about who he is and what he's about. I am so unimpressed.
This story's source, interestingly, is generally a District Attorney official, not a TBI guy. From the story, we hear the following:
* Kirby was in the room, so his account is first-hand.
* Stowe leveled accusations that TBI had "compromised the case" and that "TBI, at the very least, was leaking information and covering up evidence."
* In the meeting, Stowe said he "trusted no one in the room..."
* So Gwyn said the TBI (whom Stowe said he didn't trust) would no longer work the 24th District that Stowe was in charge of.
* The day the story broke, Stowe sat down for an interview with [a] local television station, and Kirby says bluntly: "Stowe was not truthful in the interview. He said he never asked TBI to leave his district..."
* When the events happened, Gwyn - in backing out of the case and taking TBI's help from the district after Stowe's meltdown - went to Mrs Bobo to explain to her what had happened, and Kirby says she said she "was going to (destroy) Matt Stowe. She wanted him off the case and the TBI back on the case."
* Stowe also demanded that the special prosecutor on loan from Memphis District Attorney Amy Weirich be taken off the Bobo case. That prompted Weirich's response that they were leaving the case and wouldn't help anymore as long as Stowe had anything to do with it.
As I have noted repeatedly here, it's a completely different world when working cases as a DA or as a defense attorney. It's not a simple matter of changing sides and arguments - the DA has specific processes and protocols that he must follow (and that the failure to do so can be used by the defense) with no such onus on a defense atty.
This feels like Stowe, as a long time defense attorney, skated into the job with the sense that he knows all and can do the same sort of "take it as it comes" approach as you can get by with as a defense atty. That isn't what the job requires, however, and I simply don't think Stowe is professional enough to get the job done for the 24th.
Most maddening - his incompetence is killing the chance for Justice for Holly. He owes the family and the county/district a huge apology and a massive change, but I doubt it will happen. From here, he still seems to be looking for people to blame, rather than doing the work and doing it right.
Even now. The fact that he is ducking interviews, to this day, and refusing to comment even though he's an elected official that should answer to the people, says a lot about who he is and what he's about. I am so unimpressed.
lease: Holly deserves better than this !
