Chris Tapp: False confession case: (False confession series: (Part two); Idaho Innocence Project hopes for full exoneration at a 'status conference' with prosecutors set for tomorrow. (Monday July 1, 2019)..."Tapp was freed in 2016, but is still waiting for his name to be cleared. On May 16, the Idaho Falls Police Department held a press conference to announce that Brian Dripps confessed to stabbing Angie Dodge on his own in 1996. Mr. Dripps is also a match to the DNA evidence in the case, including semen and a pubic hair recovered from the victim’s body."

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This Blog is interested in false confessions because of the disturbing number of exonerations in the USA, Canada and multiple other jurisdictions throughout the world, where, in the absence of incriminating forensic evidence the conviction is based on self-incrimination – and because of the growing body of  scientific research showing how vulnerable suspects   are to widely used interrogation methods  such as  the notorious ‘Reid Technique.’"

Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog;

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QUOTE OF THE DAY: "When asked by the press if Christopher Tapp was owed an apology, Chief Johnson announced that : “Chris Tapp is another very important part of this case that deserves its day in the sunlight, and we will do that…that day will be in a couple weeks and we’ll do that, whatever is right in a couple of weeks. We need a little more time to dot i’s and cross t’s.” It has now been almost six weeks and our hope that Chris will have his promised day of sunlight."

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PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Tapp has been an IIP client since 2007. He was convicted of the 1996 rape and murder of Angie Dodge. Over the years several DNA tests have all excluded Tapp, and provided police with the profile of an unknown man. Tapp was freed in 2016, but is still waiting for his name to be cleared. On May 16, the Idaho Falls Police Department held a press conference to announce that Brian Dripps confessed to stabbing Angie Dodge on his own in 1996. Mr. Dripps is also a match to the DNA evidence in the case, including semen and a pubic hair recovered from the victim’s body."

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RELEASE: Idaho Innocence Project calls for full exoneration at  'status conference" set for today (Monday June 30) in the hope "the prosecutor will take this opportunity to address what is now a tortuously long process of exoneration." (Release dated 27 June, 2019."

GIST: The Idaho Innocence Project (IIP) is pleased to announce that Christopher Tapp will be in court on Monday, July 1 for a status conference. We are hoping that the prosecutor will take this opportunity to address what is now a tortuously long process of exoneration. Tapp has been an IIP client since 2007. He was convicted of the 1996 rape and murder of Angie Dodge. Over the years several DNA tests have all excluded Tapp, and provided police with the profile of an unknown man. Tapp was freed in 2016, but is still waiting for his name to be cleared. On May 16, the Idaho Falls Police Department held a press conference to announce that Brian Dripps confessed to stabbing Angie Dodge on his own in 1996. Mr. Dripps is also a match to the DNA evidence in the case, including semen and a pubic hair recovered from the victim’s body. The Idaho Falls Police chief Bryce Johnson credited the work of new DNA testing by Parabon NanoLabs and forensic genealogist CeCe More for the breakthrough. When asked by the press if Christopher Tapp was owed an apology, Chief Johnson announced that : “Chris Tapp is another very important part of this case that deserves its day in the sunlight, and we will do that…that day will be in a couple weeks and we’ll do that, whatever is right in a couple of weeks. We need a little more time to dot i’s and cross t’s.” It has now been almost six weeks and our hope that Chris will have his promised day of sunlight. Mr. Tapp is currently represented by lead attorney John Thomas (Bonneville County Public Defender), Jennifer Cummins (IIP), Peter Neufeld and Vanessa Potkin (The Innocence Project). He has also been represented in post-conviction by former IIP lawyers, Richard Visser and Jared Hoskins, and Dennis Benjamin (Nevin, Benjamin, McKay and Bartlett LLP). The status conference is public and will begin at 11 a.m. Monday in the Bonneville County Courthouse."

The entire release can be read at:
https://www.eastidahonews.com/2019/06/hearing-scheduled-for-chris-tapp-idaho-innocence-project-calls-for-full-exoneration/

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BACKGROUND:  See previous post of this Blog: "Chris Tapp: Idaho: (False confession case): Bulletin: Momentous Development: After 20 years in prison for the murder of Angie Dodge, he is to be freed today under a negotiated deal (subject to approval of a judge) - in spite   of a conviction widely attributed to a coerced, false  confession - and Angie Dodge's mother's belief that he is innocent..."Tapp was convicted because he confessed. But in recent years a slew of reports from false confession experts, geneticists, polygraph experts and former FBI supervisory special agents have concluded that Tapp’s confession was false, that the details were fed to him by police and that he was coerced with threats of the gas chamber if he didn’t cooperate."  Reporter Bryan Clark; Idaho Statesman; March 21, 2017.

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. 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/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com.  Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog;