PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Are prosecutors and police trying to hide something by blocking DNA testing of crime scene evidence? There are so many red flags in Rodney Reed’s case. Why the rush to execute him now?"
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TWEET: "Texas
plans to execute Rodney Reed on November 20th. Prosecutors and lawyers
for the state have repeatedly blocked DNA testing on several items found
at the crime scene. In other words, they want to execute Rodney. If
prosecutors are confident that Rodney is guilty, then why block DNA
testing? Maybe it’s because there was another suspect who failed
multiple polygraph tests but was never thoroughly investigated. That man
went on to do prison time for other crimes against women. The
alternative suspect, Jimmy Fennell, was Stacey Stites’s fiancé. He
failed the polygraph on this question: “Did you strangle Stacey?” He was
never thoroughly investigated after failing the test. Why? It might
have something to do with his role as a local police officer. A
Dallas-area police officer has come forward with a chilling story. At a
police training session in 1995, Jimmy Fennell said he would strangle
his girlfriend with a belt (no fingerprints) if he ever caught her
cheating. Stacey Stites was strangled with her own belt in 1996. In
2007, Jimmy Fennell raped a woman he had detained while on-duty as a
police officer in Georgetown, Texas. He put a gun against her head and
told her that he would hunt her down and kill her if she reported the
rape. He was arrested, convicted, and sentenced to 10 years. Are
prosecutors and police trying to hide something by blocking DNA testing
of crime scene evidence? There are so many red flags in Rodney Reed’s
case. Why the rush to execute him now?" Read on Twitter
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1168707885808988167.html
PETITION: To stop the execution of Rodney Reed:
https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-execution-of-rodney-reed
Read Wikipedia post on Helen Prejean at the link below. "Prejean wrote a second book, The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions (2004). She tells of two men, Dobie Gillis Williams and Joseph O'Dell, whom she accompanied to their executions. She believes that both men were innocent of the crimes for which they were convicted. The book also examines the recent history of death penalty decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States and the record of George W. Bush as Governor of Texas. In 1998, Prejean was given the Pacem in Terris Award, named after a 1963 encyclical letter by Pope John XXIII that calls on all people of good will to secure peace among all nations. Pacem in terris is Latin for "Peace on Earth." Prejean now bases her work at the death Penalty Discourse Network in New Orleans. She gives talks about the issues across the United States and around the world. She and her sister Mary Ann Antrobus have also been deeply involved at a center in Nicaragua called Friends of Batahola."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Prejean
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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;
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1168707885808988167.html
PETITION: To stop the execution of Rodney Reed:
https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-execution-of-rodney-reed
Read Wikipedia post on Helen Prejean at the link below. "Prejean wrote a second book, The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions (2004). She tells of two men, Dobie Gillis Williams and Joseph O'Dell, whom she accompanied to their executions. She believes that both men were innocent of the crimes for which they were convicted. The book also examines the recent history of death penalty decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States and the record of George W. Bush as Governor of Texas. In 1998, Prejean was given the Pacem in Terris Award, named after a 1963 encyclical letter by Pope John XXIII that calls on all people of good will to secure peace among all nations. Pacem in terris is Latin for "Peace on Earth." Prejean now bases her work at the death Penalty Discourse Network in New Orleans. She gives talks about the issues across the United States and around the world. She and her sister Mary Ann Antrobus have also been deeply involved at a center in Nicaragua called Friends of Batahola."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Prejean
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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;
