Hey Missy - I am open to a healthy discussion. AND I would be the first to own up IF it was proven that Darlie is innocent. I am not afraid of admitting that I am wrong when discovered. All I am saying is that there was no proof whatsoever of an intruder entering that home on 6/6/96. NO footprints or fingerprints and no DNA. I am all for testing the pubic hair. Do I believe it will prove her innocence, NO. But go ahead and test it.
Please do not take my posts as though you are not welcome. This is a debate. It would be so boring here if everyone agreed with each other. What kind of debate would be left?
Like I said before I am interested in your proof of her innocence.
ok here goes.....these are the reasons that I believe she is innocent or at least evidence that I have researched that points out some interesting issues:
1. The transcripts (which I have read) when Sandra Halsey was transcribing failed to complete transcripts on time, despite being granted extensions,claimed to the Dallas Morning News she nearly had a breakdown during the preperation of the transcripts. those transcripts had to be reconstructed by Susan Simmons by audiotapes. Even though these were accepted by Judge Francis, it was deemed that the originals were seriously flawed,and as a result Ms. Halsey was stripped of her certification by the Court Reporters Certification Board. Even though the reconstructed ones were accepted the Court of Criminal Appeals found that there were 2 volumes overlooked. So I question at least that partial of the transcripts due to the inconsistancies. The prosecuter's say that it was accurate and valid, but Ms. Routiers attorneys claim that it was illegal and no one can vouch for the completeness of the audiotapes. Ms. Halsey admitted to falsifying records to hide her mistakes, which there were 10's of thousands reported errors in the transcript(other then typos).The court refused to prosecute her despite that the state paid her 30,000 for the the transcript and then she even sold several copies to the media. Her behavior delayed the appeal for nearly 2 years and resulted in 6 hearings that were unnecessary.
2. There also is no evidence to prove that the bloody fingerprints belong to Darlie, Darren, or the boys. There was the one on the living room table, where the murders occured, 2 separate prints from the utility room door, none of which have been DNA tested and proven to be Darlie's or darren's. This is one piece of evidence that Darlie has requested to be tested several times and Judge Francis has denied, denied,denied. Why? That is a key piece of evidence that very well puts an intruder at the crime scene.
3. I understand that the pubic hairs and the other limb hairs that were found very well could have been transferred in another way, but where none of these hairs match any of the Routier's that also puts someone else in the house that night. It certainly can't be excluded. Again another piece of evidence that has been requested by darlie to be tested and it has also been denied. Anything that could be tested should be due to the fact that now a days there are definitley more sophisticated tests. So why keep denying the tests? It could shed some light on her guilt or innocence.
4. The crime scene was severely contaminated and I say this because it states that crime scene protocol was disregarded, at least 20 paramedics and police officers trampled all through the house before it was secured, Key evidence was moved, blood was stepped on all over the place,multiple bloody items were rolled up and placed in the same bags and the blood was still wet, which could tamper with testing and come out with results that show blood from either Darlie or the children on items that it may never have been on in the first place or "mixed" blood that may never have been mixed until put into the bags still wet, bloody towels were left behind, the vacuum cleaner WAS moved all over the place, and the pillow Darlie was lying on disappeared and reappeared throughout the collection of the crime scene photos. The reason this is so important is because the whereabouts of these items that were moved around were also used against Darlie for "staging the crime scene".
5. The case of the "missing" knife....there was only one knife recovered which we all know was the one from the kitchen, but the DR's that performed the autopsies(Janice Townsend-Parchman & Joni McClain) testified that the large butcher knife "could have" inflicted the wounds on both boys, but what they failed to say was that Devon's blood was NOT found on this knife. That sets up reasonable doubt that there was more thenone knife used and to me that also puts an intruder at the scene and would explain how the screen was cut from the OUTSIDE not the inside and why there was only the one knife found....someone must have taken it with them.
6.Key evidence was withheld from the jury......there were approx. 1,000 photos taken and the defense only had access to about 400. Why not show them all? Something that the prosecutor didn't want the jury to see? The prosecution claims this isn't true, but it still is a fact that the jury never saw the photos of darlies extensive wounds and bruising.
7. I do have a theory about the issue that comes up about why the boys died and she was left alive....she was knocked out for who knows how long and so IMO the intruder could have thought that Darlie was already dead. It's pretty simple, but I see that come up a lot in other posts.
8.The timeline is impossible because according to the states own "expert" witness Damon was still alive when the paramedics got there and said that he couldn't have lived any longer then 9 minutes, the 911 call lasted for 5 min. 44 sec., Darlie was on the phone the whole time, then the paramedics were delayed by the cops for 2 minutes while the house was being inspected before they were allowed to come in which gave Darlie 1 min. and 16 sec. to inflict her wounds,stage the crime scene, plant the sock with the blood and the saliva on it 75 yards away from the house. Seems like she would have pulled something out of Houdini's book in order to do that!
9. In may of 2000, Charles Linch, which was the states key expert witness was committed to a mental hospital and heavily medicated because he was a danger to himself and others. This info was kept from the jury and the defense team. Mr Linch has stated that he performed work on this case that he was NOT qualified to do. To me that means that his credibility is pretty much shot.
10. All family members were listed as a witness and the rule was invoked. That means that no one but Darlie was in the courtroom to assist the attorney's on how to rebut false testimony. The attorney's never knew what was false until after the trial was over and the family reviewed the transcripts.....the interpretation of the gravesite, Darren being in the front yard when the first cop arrived when he was in the house the whole time(it's on the 911 tape)so who was the man that was able to fool the cops in to thinking that was Darren?, the nurses testimony( about the bruising), most of the witnesses were never called for the sole purpose to restrict the jury from hearing testimony that would have assisted the defense.
11. Investigator Jimmy Patterson should not have been assigned to this case because his son was a potential suspect. His son owned a car that matched neighbors descriptions and he was also a defendant in a drug related drive by shooting, which he was convicted for. Another murder was commited in the same neighborhood in the same week, but this info was NOT given to the media and the case was sealed until recent times and is still unsolved. There was also no follow up on what the neighbors stated or what darlie stated when there were witnesses that saw a man and the car that matched the description fleeing the scene....who knows if it was the investigators son or not....point is it was never followed up on and it wasn't just Darlie that gave the description.
I could go on and on, but here are some of the reasons I believe Darlie is innocent. I think that there is a lot of evidence that shows that it is not an open and shut case.....there is a hell of a lot of doubt and for me it points to her innocence.[/QUOTE]
Oh I am very disappointed. You haven't even touched on the evidence that proves Darlie is the killer. All this nonsense has been refuted long ago.
Still waiting for that dna test that exonerates MacDonald.
