Chris Tapp; Idaho; Participants in rally - attended by Carol Dodge, mother of Angie Dodge, the murder victim, and Tapp's mother, Vera discuss how to apply pressure to free him..."Carol Dodge took the stage at the end of the rally, saying the same thing. She spent three years pounding the streets for clues after Angie was killed, she said. She has fought to have new DNA tested and often encountered resistance. Carol Dodge urged police and prosecutors to “do the right thing” — to let Tapp out and turn their investigative efforts to finding the man who left semen, hair and skin cells at the scene. She said she won’t let up the pressure until the man who killed her daughter is found. “(Police) thought, ‘If we just make an arrest, Carol will go away,’” she said. “Twenty years later, I’m still here.”
STORY: "Free Tapp rally draws 70," by reporter Bryan Clark, published by the Post Register on May 17, 2016.
Heavey’s group has produced several reports suggesting that Tapp was
psychologically coerced into confessing by being threatened with the
death penalty and being offered the promise of immunity in return for
cooperation. Much of the presentation focused on a video affidavit
Heavey filed in a recent appeal, which alleges that prosecutors didn’t
turn over three pieces of exculpatory evidence in the case. ..One woman from the audience asked what the public could do to exert pressure on police and prosecutors. “Speak out and tell the truth,” Heavey said. “As long as they’re
sitting around defending the Chris Tapp conviction, they’ll have
blinders on.” Carol Dodge took the stage at the end of the rally,
saying the same thing. She spent three years pounding the streets for
clues after Angie was killed, she said. She has fought to have new DNA
tested and often encountered resistance. Carol Dodge urged police and prosecutors to “do the right thing” — to
let Tapp out and turn their investigative efforts to finding the man
who left semen, hair and skin cells at the scene. She said she won’t let
up the pressure until the man who killed her daughter is found. “(Police) thought, ‘If we just make an arrest, Carol will go away,’” she said. “Twenty years later, I’m still here.”"
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Two Blogs Now: The Charles Smith Blog; The Selfless Warriors Blog: I created the Charles Smith Blog in 2007 after I retired from The Toronto Star to permit me to keep digging into the story of the flawed pathologist and the harm he had done to so many innocent parents and caregivers, and to Ontario’s criminal justice system. Since then it has taken new directions, including examinations of other flawed pathologists, flawed pathology, and flawed science and technology which has marred the quality of justice in courtrooms around the world. The heart of the Blog is my approach to following cases which raise issues in all of these areas - especially those involving the death penalty. I have dedicated 'The Selfless Warrior Blog’ (soon to appear) to those exceptional individuals who have been ripped out of their ordinary lives by their inability to stand by in the face of a glaring miscarriage of justice. They are my ’Selfless Warriors.’ Enjoy!
