PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I've seen a lot of disturbing tactics over the years in both civil and criminal cases, but the defence tactic of proving a juror's private life and communications in a bid to obtain a new trial certainly takes the proverbial cake. Defendant Donald Trump's ugly public disparagement of a key court staffer in his on-going New York civil business trial is right up there as well - as is the Georgia case in which D.A. Fani Willis has seen fit to seek increased protections after Trump supporters posted personal details about the grand jury that indicted the formed president, leading to threats and harassment. Kudos to Kowalski Family lawyer Greg Anderson for reminding us that jurors need to be appreciated for the important job they have in our society - and for condemning those who, like Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, will unleash their lawyers on to jurors, in an effort to advance the hospital's selfish, corporate interests. In my respectful view, based on the horrific mountain of evidence against the hospital produced in court - and the revelations made in Netflix's 'Taking care of Maya' documentary series - Johns Hopkins should have settled the action - rather than contesting the allegations - and should have ordered a public review of all the circumstances of the case, so as to insure the public that such disastrous errors and misconduct will never happen to the children in their care (and their families) again. One last bit of unsolicited advice. They should also abandon talk of appeal and fire their lawyers.
Harold Levy: publisher. The Charles Smith Blog."
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PORTION OF INTERVIEW: "I am Greg Anderson: Maya Kowalski's attorney. Well of course, I knew we'd win. I thought that the juror did an absolutely superb job, but I'm extremely disappointed it went this far. It was horrible to put that juror through what he's been through. I think that it's not good for our system for people to feel as though they give their time as a citizen for something like this, and just getting grilled and things exposed about their past - not that there was anything bad about the juror at all - but I'm just saying if the defence had been given the ability in any way, they would have never stopped digging. The would have have stopped appealing the onion with the jurors - and that's just not the way the system is supposed to operate. And it's pretty horrific how far it went. I think that the Court was being extremely cautious. He's a very wise judge - and he knows we objected to it. But I think he wanted to make sure in a case this high profile, every single issue, every single point that the defence was trying to make about there being something wrong with this trial,was put to bed."
The entire interview can be accessed at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zxNSLu8wLk
| PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue/resource. 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; |
SEE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL CASES (OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL USA) THAT I AM FOLLOWING ON THIS BLOG, AT THE LINK BELOW: HL
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/120008354894645705/47049136857587929
PRE-FINAL WORD: ‘We … can be bamboozled by junk science,’ Stephen Goudge tells Guelph audience;
(February 13, 2015): Guelph Mercury;
FINAL WORD: (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases): "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices.
Lawyer Radha Natarajan;
Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;
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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions. They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!
Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;
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YET ANOTHER FINAL WORD:
David Hammond, one of Broadwater's attorneys who sought his exoneration, told the Syracuse Post-Standard, "Sprinkle some junk science onto a faulty identification, and it's the perfect recipe for a wrongful conviction.
