STORY: "Lawyer in David Camm's first murder trial says ex-prosecutor lied about Charles Boney's sweatshirt," by reporter Grace Schneider, published by the Courier-Journal on Friday October 4, 2013. (Connect with the link below for possible further reports on today's testimony);
GIST: "The lawyer who represented David Camm in his first trial alleged
Friday morning that former Floyd County Prosecutor Stan Faith lied to
him when he asked whether anyone was identified through DNA as the owner
of a gray sweatshirt found at the murder scene. Michael
McDaniel, speaking on the stand without the jury present for Camm’s
third trial, said Faith also told him erroneously that there was no
database of prison nicknames to help identify the sweatshirt’s owner.
McDaniel said he later learned there was such a database. He
recalled that when he asked Faith if DNA found inside the prison-issued
sweatshirt’s collar had turned up any “identifiers” for inmates or
other offenders, Faith told him no matches had turned up. McDaniel said
he later found there had been a positive identification, but the
information was not shared with him. The
sweatshirt belonged to Charles Boney, 44, who was convicted of murder
and conspiracy in the slayings in 2006 and is serving a 225-year
sentence. His prison nickname, “Backbone,” was written on the shirt. When reached by phone Friday afternoon, Faith denied McDaniel’s allegations. “Mr. McDaniel’s statement is inaccurate, unfounded and unwarranted. And he knows it,” Faith said.........McDaniel was called by Camm’s defense team to testify to the allegations involving Faith. The
defense has asserted repeatedly during the current trial that Faith
focused on Camm as the killer and purposely hid evidence that could have
exonerated Camm.
The entire post can be found at:
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20131004/NEWS02/310040073/Lawyer-David-Camm-s-first-murder-trial-says-ex-prosecutor-lied-about-Charles-Boney-s-sweatshirt
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PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
Dear Reader. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog. We are following this case.
I have added a search box for content in this blog which now encompasses several thousand posts. The search box is located near the bottom of the screen just above the list of links. I am confident that this powerful search tool provided by "Blogger" will help our readers and myself get more out of the site.
The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
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