Post by Anja on Jun 12, 2006 10:27:12 GMT -5
'Time doesn't heal the wounds'
Another one-sided story on the Routier case ...
Re: "Time doesn't heal the wounds - Rowlett: A decade later, officers
reflect on Darlie Routier's fatal stabbing of her 2 young sons," June 4
Metro.
I am disappointed, but not surprised, that The Dallas Morning News again
printed a one-sided story on the Darlie Lynn Routier case that showed such
blatant disregard for the facts.
Your feeble excuse that Darlie did not respond to your interview request
shows how out of touch you are with her case history. Had she responded,
Judge Robert Francis would have sent her back to Gatesville to punish her
and her family.
What this case makes clear is the callous disregard the courts, police,
prosecutors and media have for victims of violent crime. They are relevant
only when they advocate the death of another human being, whether or not
that person is guilty.
Your advocacy of a moratorium on the death penalty in Texas rings hollow
when The News is such an integral part of the problems plaguing the
state's criminal justice system.
David K. Kirkpatrick, Dallas
********
... that disregards facts authorities can't answer
Nowhere in Ian McCann's "unbiased" reporting did he mention some salient
facts regarding the vaunted Rowlett Police Department and its
investigation:
2 official investigators had to plead to the Fifth Amendment regarding
their attempted entrapment of family members. Officers took "mental" notes
and not written ones. Even the crack homicide investigator conveniently
forgot to tape his interview with Ms. Routier. Evidence was stuffed into
paper bags with no thought to possible transfers or contamination. A
bloody sock, found 75 yards away, was almost overlooked and remains
unexplained. A bloody fingerprint belongs to no one.
There are significantly more questions than the police or prosecutors have
answers for, but it appears their interest is not in seeing justice done,
only in keeping score - and, for Mr. McCann, maintaining his "good ol'
boy" status with the Rowlett police.
Phil Klitgaard, Lewisville
****************
If it's you, which 'expert' do you want on case?
Rowlett police Lt. David Nabors dismisses findings regarding unidentified
bloody fingerprints found in the Routier home because they were made by a
forensic anthropologist, not a "crime-scene expert."
Forensic anthropology requires a doctorate in physical/biological
anthropology. Certification by the American Board of Forensic
Anthropologists requires a Ph.D. and three years of professional
internship. A "crime-scene expert" requires no such qualifications.
If you or a family member were involved in a crime involving scientific
evidence, who would you prefer to study and render judgment on it?
David R. Moffatt, Eveleth, Minn.
(source: Letters to the Editor, Dallas Morning News)
Another one-sided story on the Routier case ...
Re: "Time doesn't heal the wounds - Rowlett: A decade later, officers
reflect on Darlie Routier's fatal stabbing of her 2 young sons," June 4
Metro.
I am disappointed, but not surprised, that The Dallas Morning News again
printed a one-sided story on the Darlie Lynn Routier case that showed such
blatant disregard for the facts.
Your feeble excuse that Darlie did not respond to your interview request
shows how out of touch you are with her case history. Had she responded,
Judge Robert Francis would have sent her back to Gatesville to punish her
and her family.
What this case makes clear is the callous disregard the courts, police,
prosecutors and media have for victims of violent crime. They are relevant
only when they advocate the death of another human being, whether or not
that person is guilty.
Your advocacy of a moratorium on the death penalty in Texas rings hollow
when The News is such an integral part of the problems plaguing the
state's criminal justice system.
David K. Kirkpatrick, Dallas
********
... that disregards facts authorities can't answer
Nowhere in Ian McCann's "unbiased" reporting did he mention some salient
facts regarding the vaunted Rowlett Police Department and its
investigation:
2 official investigators had to plead to the Fifth Amendment regarding
their attempted entrapment of family members. Officers took "mental" notes
and not written ones. Even the crack homicide investigator conveniently
forgot to tape his interview with Ms. Routier. Evidence was stuffed into
paper bags with no thought to possible transfers or contamination. A
bloody sock, found 75 yards away, was almost overlooked and remains
unexplained. A bloody fingerprint belongs to no one.
There are significantly more questions than the police or prosecutors have
answers for, but it appears their interest is not in seeing justice done,
only in keeping score - and, for Mr. McCann, maintaining his "good ol'
boy" status with the Rowlett police.
Phil Klitgaard, Lewisville
****************
If it's you, which 'expert' do you want on case?
Rowlett police Lt. David Nabors dismisses findings regarding unidentified
bloody fingerprints found in the Routier home because they were made by a
forensic anthropologist, not a "crime-scene expert."
Forensic anthropology requires a doctorate in physical/biological
anthropology. Certification by the American Board of Forensic
Anthropologists requires a Ph.D. and three years of professional
internship. A "crime-scene expert" requires no such qualifications.
If you or a family member were involved in a crime involving scientific
evidence, who would you prefer to study and render judgment on it?
David R. Moffatt, Eveleth, Minn.
(source: Letters to the Editor, Dallas Morning News)