I have to agree with you here. My guess is even though there is supposed boxes of evidence, my guess is it consists of a whole lot of nothing very solid.
There has no doubt been a lot of time invested but just not a lot of results. It does seem like the only significant things LE had going for them was relying on people testifying against each other.
And relying on the infamous video that has not surfaced.
I do think the case may still be salvagable but they had better re-enter into that plea deal they backed out of. And make sure they give Dylan a good enough deal for him to tell all he knows. That seems like the only thing they really have unless they can somehow tie the skull to someone being present with the skull.
I cant hold anything against this new DA because I suspect he was shocked to look at all the evidence and find nothing he can work with. Its all so very sad because Holly deserved much better than this fiasco. I am keeping my hopes up the case is salvagable and they do prosecute the right people. She needs justice and it had better be the right people.
I suspect that they don't have anything other than people testifying against each other, and that is the problem - those people apparently have not provided good evidence and likely are easily impeachable as a result. That means that their testimony will not stand in court, and if there is nothing other than that then there is no case.
I think that the TBI and the previous DA were expecting to find physical evidence as a result of their witness testimony that would corroborate what the witnesses were saying, but did not. In that sort of situation if they have committed by charging and indicting him, they are on stampede to the edge of the cliff, and Stowe apparently does not want to be the one charging over the edge of that cliff.
As for re-entering the deal they gave DA, that won't help them because the reason they pulled out in the first place presumably was because what he told them was not backed up by physical evidence and is therefore worthless.
I think for Stow the problem is that on one hand if he drops the case and walks away, the public fallout will spell the end of his political career. But I also suspect that he has had a good look at all the shenanigans that have gone on in trying to make a case and realized that if he presses forward he faces a very real risk of disbarment. So he is in a tough situation, one which he can't really talk about publically. For him IMO it is a sort of lose-lose scenario where he is the fall guy.
But all of that stuff was supposed to have been done, or at least be ready to be done before he took office. The DA's office and LE have a staff who were supposed to be handling all of that, but obviously they didn't. He is just the boss, he depends on his subordinates doing their job, particularly if they were supposed to have done their job before he took office. What did you expect him to do? He can't use magic, and if his staff were not ready there is not a whole lot he could have done to change that. He can rant and rave at them, and that is apparently what he did, but it doesn't change the fact that they were not ready.
I do blame him, and I don't trust him or his ability to perform at all.
It has been one missed deadline after another since he took office. Then his lack of readiness leads to a dustup with TBI (imo trying to get them to take the fall for his failure to do his job). Now he decides he better hand the job to someone else.
I see this as one stall tactic after another, frankly. Does he even have a case? I wonder. The judge jumps down his throat and puts him on a serious deadline, and it looks to me like he lacks anything coherent, so he tries to buy time by throwing a monkey wrench into the case and putting someone else in charge.
I'm concerned his bungling and bull-xxxx is going to prevent any chance to convict the guilty. I don't know if he has the right guys, or if he has any real evidence, but I see no legal pro here handling their business. Holly deserves better.
He wanted that job and he became fully responsible for everything in that office the day he walked in the door. Even if his staff hadn't done a lick of work until the day he walked in the door, he should have known how to address that, too. I presume that are certain rules for what you do if you walk into a case and find out your predecessor has done NOTHING to move discovery along. And I'm pretty sure it's not "just wait until the next scheduled court date and let the Judge find out then."
Well, imo the citizens of Decatur County displayed their opinions of the good ole boy network in their county as well as the judicial district at the ballot box. The only reason that the Director of the TBI is hanging around is simply because it is an appointed position by Governor Haslam, imo..
So my vote is for the outsider; District Attorney Matt Stowe. Imo, he is fighting for Justice for Holly Bobo, her family, and the entire TN community.. and will get it..
Well, imo the citizens of Decatur County displayed their opinions of the good ole boy network in their county as well as the judicial district at the ballot box. The only reason that the Director of the TBI is hanging around is simply because it is an appointed position by Governor Haslam, imo..
So my vote is for the outsider; District Attorney Matt Stowe. Imo, he is fighting for Justice for Holly Bobo, her family, and the entire TN community.. and will get it..
It is not correct to say that he has done nothing. He did dismiss the charges against one the P brothers and declined to indict the other (yes, I know he made a lot of hoopla about reinstating them at a later time, but that probably isn't going to happen). He did charge DA with rape (and that is probably the only charge that is going to court, since it is based on DA's statements apparently, and does not require corroboration as a result).
Regarding the rest of them, that is where I think he has a problem, since I think they were arrested and indicted based on the allegations of DA and SA, with the expectation of forensic evidence being recovered later as a result of what they claimed that would corroborate their allegations. That probably did not happen, so he really has no case on the main charges. It is that dilemma, what to do now that the deadline to put up has arrived. Bluster won't work anymore and there will be fallout no matter what he does. Based on what we know so far there is nothing to suggest that the two currently sitting in jail have anything to do with what happened to Holly outside of what DA and SA claimed. My guess is that he knows that if discovery is handed over, that will be the end of the case, and that is why his office is stalling doing so. It is hard to imagine what other reason they could have for their behavior over the last week or so.
Honestly, while I understand the problem for him personally, it does not reflect well on him at all. I think it is a lack of leadership. He can't make the hard decisions. If you have the evidence then take it to trial and do everything properly, give discovery to the defense - if your case is strong it won't make any difference if they get it so why stall? If you don't have the evidence, then do the honorable thing and dismiss the charges. Playing politics and games stalling for time hoping something will come up is not how the justice system is supposed to work.
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