Robert Roberson: Texas: From our "Wouldn't that be great?' department; Lawmaker John Bucy has introduced legislation to eliminate the death penalty in the state as Texas prepares to kill convicted child killer Robert Roberson, Gina Martinez reports in the Mirror, noting that, ""Roberson has gained bipartisan support from lawmakers and medical experts who say he was convicted on faulty evidence of “shaken baby syndrome.”…Roberson has gained bipartisan support from lawmakers and medical experts who say he was convicted on faulty evidence of “shaken baby syndrome,” which refers to a serious brain injury caused when a child’s head is hurt through shaking or some other violent impact, like being slammed against a wall or thrown on the floor."

PASSAGE OF THE DAY:  "I feel like I've gotten more engaged with this Robert Roberson case and wanted to make sure that we're continuing this conversation about the lack of humanity tied to the death penalty," Bucy said. Texas has executed nearly 600 people since 1982, according to Texas Coalition to Abolish The Death Penalty executive director Kristin Houle Cuellar.

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STORY: "Texas lawmaker proposes to abolish death penalty in bid to stop 'shaken baby syndrome' execution," by Reporter Gina Martinez, published by The Mirror, on November 25, 2024.  Gina Martinez has a keen interest in American politics and crime reporting. She has previously worked as a Breaking News Reporter for Time Magazine, DailyMail, and CBS News.

SUB-HEADING: "Roberson has gained bipartisan support from lawmakers and medical experts who say he was convicted on faulty evidence of “shaken baby syndrome.”

PHOTO CAPTION: "The bill comes after the Texas Supreme Court allowed the state to schedule a new execution date for inmate Robert Roberson, whose initial execution was delayed last month."

GIST: "A Texas lawmaker has introduced legislation to eliminate the death penalty in the state as Texas prepares to kill convicted child killer Robert Roberson.

Democrat state Rep. John Bucy III filed the bill for the upcoming legislative session. "I think I've been opposed to the death penalty my whole life as I've thought about its use, and should it exist in our society," Bucy said, according to Fox 7.

"Financially, if you just want to look at it economically, we spend more money to execute than to keep someone in prison, so it's really a lose-lose situation with a high risk stake if we get it wrong," he continued. The bill comes after the Texas Supreme Court allowed the state to schedule a new execution date for inmate Robert Roberson, whose initial execution was delayed last month, Fox News reported.

Roberson was sentenced to death in 2003 for killing his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis. He would be the first person in the US to be executed over a conviction tied to “shaken baby syndrome,” a diagnosis that has been questioned by some medical experts. His lawyers say Nikki actually died from other health issues such as pneumonia and that new evidence proves his innocence.

Roberson was scheduled to be put to death on Oct. 17 before the state Supreme Court issued a stay to delay his execution shortly before it was set to take place. A new execution date for Roberson has not been set, but it is certain to proceed unless Republican Gov. Greg Abbott grants a 30-day reprieve.

Abbott did not move to do so before Roberson’s original execution date and his office challenged the subpoena tactic used by lawmakers, accusing them of overstepping their power. The state’s all-Republican high court agreed, ruling that “under these circumstances the committee’s authority to compel testimony does not include the power to override the scheduled legal process leading to an execution,” wrote Republican Justice Evan Young, issuing the opinion of the court.

Roberson has gained bipartisan support from lawmakers and medical experts who say he was convicted on faulty evidence of “shaken baby syndrome,” which refers to a serious brain injury caused when a child’s head is hurt through shaking or some other violent impact, like being slammed against a wall or thrown on the floor.

"I feel like I've gotten more engaged with this Robert Roberson case and wanted to make sure that we're continuing this conversation about the lack of humanity tied to the death penalty," Bucy said. Texas has executed nearly 600 people since 1982, according to Texas Coalition to Abolish The Death Penalty executive director Kristin Houle Cuellar.

"Which is far more than any other state in the nation," Houle Cuellar told Fox 7. "We have quite a reputation when it comes to the use of the death penalty in Texas."

Houle Cuellar said that there have been fewer death sentences in the state in the last decade, which she partially attributes to the introduction in 2005 of life without parole.

"Prosecutors have used that discretion in opting not to seek the death penalty," Houle Cuellar said. "Even in about 30 percent of the cases that they've taken to trial where they've sought the death penalty, jurors have rejected it."

Since 2007, multiple Texas lawmakers have unsuccessfully sought to abolish the death penalty. But Bucy says there is now enough momentum regarding the issue to reintroduce legislation to eliminate the practice.

"While it's an uphill battle to end the death penalty in Texas, we've seen the number of executions go down," he said. "I think sentiment is changing, and I also think as we see these specific cases come to life, and we start learning the specific stories, people are going to get more and more concerned about the possibility of getting it wrong."

The entire story can be read at: 

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/texas-lawmaker-proposes-abolish-death-824931

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.

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  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!
  
  
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Nicola Gobbo: Australia: Confidential Police Informant from hell. (Worse So far!) Although it's hard to imagine 'worse'. A lawyer, she ratted on her alleged underworld clients as a registered police informant - until it all came tumbling down:. The Networked Knowledge Media Report zeroes in on The Australian story by Lily McCaffrey headed, "Get Tony: ' Gobbo (the lawyer) and the cops joined at the hip in plan to bring down Mokbe (the client)…'Victoria Police and barrister-turned-police informer Nicola Gobbo engaged in a “joint criminal enterprise” to pervert the course of justice in order to bring down Melbourne underworld figure Tony Mokbel, a Supreme Court judge has held. In her finding of facts, judge Elizabeth Fullerton also held that former Victorian director of public prosecutions John Champion breached his duties by failing to disclose to Mokbel that his barrister, Ms Gobbo, had been secretly informing against him to police. Mokbel, who is serving 26 years in prison, is appealing following the Lawyer X scandal revealed Ms Gobbo’s double life as an informer."

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: What do confidential police informants - jailhouse and otherwise -  have to do with forensic science? (I'm glad you asked). Investigative  Reporter Pamela Colloff give us  a clue when she writes - at the link below -  "I’ve wanted to write about jailhouse informants for a long time because they often appear in troubled cases in which the other evidence is weak." That's my experience as  well as a criminal lawyer and an observer of criminal justice. Given the reality that jurors - thanks to the CSI effect - are becoming more and more insistent on the need for there to be forensic evidence, it is becoming more and more common for police to rely on shady tactics such as use of police snitches, staging lineups, coercing, inducing, or creating false confessions out of thin air, procuring false eyewitness testimony or concealing exculpatory evidence. 

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PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Ms Gobbo fed police information about Mokbel while acting as his lawyer, including when he absconded to Greece and upon his return to stand trial. Mokbel argues that the conduct of Ms Gobbo and Victoria Police meant his extradition and subsequent prosecution were “fundamentally flawed” and is seeking to have his convictions overturned.

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PASSAGE TWO OF THE DAY: "Justice Fullerton’s findings were also scathing of Victoria Police and former chief commissioner Simon Overland. “I was unable to conceive of how or why it was not obvious to officers in senior command, including Mr Overland, that there were obvious legal risks … in registering and using her [Ms Gobbo] as an informer against her current clients,” she said. “There is every likelihood that Victoria Police would have been advised against registering her as an informer at all, so great were the legal and ethical risks in doing so.” Justice Fullerton said that, on the balance of probabilities, she was satisfied the elements of a joint criminal enterprise to pervert the course of justice were made out and four members of Victoria Police participated with Ms Gobbo to achieve an unlawful objective. “Mr Gobbo’s registration was itself improper, in the sense that it was contrary to the acceptable standards of behaviour to which police officers are expected to adhere,” she said."

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PASSAGE THREE OF THE DAY: "Justice Fullerton said she did not accept that concerns for Ms Gobbo’s safety justified repeated failures by police to discharge obligations to disclose  Ms Gobbo’s role as an informer to the court and Mokbel. Justice Fullerton said Ms Gobbo’s primary motivation for becoming an informer was to “work hand in glove” with police to ensure Mokbel was prosecuted and convicted. “On repeated occasions, she spoke in derogatory terms about him, and his conduct in her view as a career criminal and her desire to be rid of him as her client,” Justice Fullerton said. But she said for many years before this, Ms Gobbo was “apparently enjoying the benefits” of the profile she was acquiring with Mokbel as her primary client, and that there was also likely a “psychological” dimension to Ms Gobbo’s motivation and her “apparent enjoyment at being an informer”.

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PASSAGE FOUR OF THE DAY "ustice Fullerton said Ms Gobbo’s conduct constituted a “fundamental and deliberate breach” of her legal and ethical obligations. Her findings on 24 questions of fact will inform the Court of Appeal in its decision as to whether Mr Mokbel’s drug trafficking convictions should stand."

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STORY:  "GET TONY’: GOBBO AND COPS JOINED AT THE HIP IN PLOT TO BRING DOWN MOKBEL," by Lily McCaffrey, published by The Australian, on November 25, 2024.

GIST: Victoria Police and barrister-turned-police informer Nicola Gobbo engaged in a “joint criminal enterprise” to pervert the course of justice in order to bring down Melbourne underworld figure Tony Mokbel, a Supreme Court judge has held.

In her finding of facts, judge Elizabeth Fullerton also held that former Victorian director of public prosecutions John Champion breached his duties by failing to disclose to Mokbel that his barrister, Ms Gobbo, had been secretly informing against him to police.

Mokbel, who is serving 26 years in prison, is appealing following the Lawyer X scandal revealed Ms Gobbo’s double life as an informer.

Ms Gobbo fed police information about Mokbel while acting as his lawyer, including when he absconded to Greece and upon his return to stand trial. Mokbel argues that the conduct of Ms Gobbo and Victoria Police meant his extradition and subsequent prosecution were “fundamentally flawed” and is seeking to have his convictions overturned.

On Monday, the drug kingpin was escorted into the Supreme Court by two security officers.

He sat in the dock wearing a suit and white shirt, and smiled while saying hello to his lawyers.

Justice Fullerton held that Ms Gobbo’s role as a registered informer was revealed to Mr Champion, now a judge of the Supreme Court, at a meeting with senior police members in September 2012. 

“I was satisfied the director had sufficient information as at September 2012 to activate his independent duty of disclosure and that he failed to do so in breach of that duty,” she said.

“I was unable to comfortably reach a conclusion as to why the director breached his duty of

disclosure … other than as a result of it being an error of judgment.”

Justice Fullerton’s findings were also scathing of Victoria Police and former chief commissioner Simon Overland.

“I was unable to conceive of how or why it was not obvious to officers in senior command, including Mr Overland, that there were obvious legal risks … in registering and using her [Ms Gobbo] as an nformer against her current clients,” she said. “There is every likelihood that Victoria Police would have been advised against registering her as an informer at all, so great were the legal and ethical risks in doing so.”

Justice Fullerton said that, on the balance of probabilities, she was satisfied the elements of a joint criminal enterprise to pervert the course of justice were made out and four members of Victoria Police participated with Ms Gobbo to achieve an unlawful objective.

“Mr Gobbo’s registration was itself improper, in the sense that it was contrary to the acceptable standards of behaviour to which police officers are expected to adhere,” she said.

Justice Fullerton said she did not accept that concerns for Ms Gobbo’s safety justified repeated failures by police to discharge obligations to disclose  Ms Gobbo’s role as an informer to the court and Mokbel.

Justice Fullerton said Ms Gobbo’s primary motivation for becoming an informer was to “work hand in glove” with police to ensure Mokbel was prosecuted and convicted.

“On repeated occasions, she spoke in derogatory terms about him, and his conduct in her view as a career criminal and her desire to be rid of him as her client,” Justice Fullerton said.

But she said for many years before this, Ms Gobbo was “apparently enjoying the benefits” of the profile she was acquiring with Mokbel as her primary client, and that there was also likely a “psychological” dimension to Ms Gobbo’s motivation and her “apparent enjoyment at being an informer”.

Justice Fullerton said Ms Gobbo’s conduct constituted a “fundamental and deliberate breach” of her egal and ethical obligations. Her findings on 24 questions of fact will inform the Court of Appeal in its decision as to whether Mr Mokbel’s drug trafficking convictions should stand."

The entire story ca be read at: 

http://netk.net.au/Victoria/Victoria79.pdf

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/120008354894645705/4704913685758792985
  
  ———————————————————————————————
  
  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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JonBenét Ramsey: Colorado: " TV Critic Amber Dowland says in 'TV Guide' that the Netflix docuseries offers "a compelling case" to clear the family of murder - while the case remains unsolved, noting that, "The biggest piece of new information the series tackles, however, is the DNA evidence itself. Over the years, that evidence has been used to clear several suspects, including the Ramseys, but as John speculates in the doc, he believes there's a problem with the sample and he wants it retested."

PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "The biggest piece of evidence that suggests an intruder killed the child is DNA from an unidentified male that was found on JonBenét. According to the docuseries, there are also a number of other objects from the crime scene that were sent to the crime lab but were never actually tested. The things that were tested were done so nearly 30 years ago, and technological advances since then mean that retesting is in order.  Meanwhile, the existing DNA isn't linked to any of the family members and it is problematic because it is mixed with JonBenét's blood. The docuseries makes a case for separating the two samples with new technology and then putting the unidentified sample into genealogical DNA. Doing so, it claims, will give police a better chance of identifying the murderer."

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REVIEW: "Netflix's JonBenét Ramsey Docuseries Offers a Compelling Case to Clear the Ramsey Family of Murder," by TV Critic Amber Dowling, published by TV Guide, on November 26, 2024."

SUB-HEADING: "The infamous case remains unsolved"

SUB-HEADING: "It's been 28 years since six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in the basement of her home in Boulder, Colo. on Boxing Day 1996. In the years since, the beauty queen's photos have sold numerous tabloids, populated countless newscasts, and propelled public speculation in an unprecedented way."

GIST: "With so much material out there for a case that's never been officially solved, you have to wonder what new information a Netflix documentary could possibly provide. As it turns out, a lot. In the streamer's new three-part series, Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey, Oscar-nominated director Joe Berlinger presents a case that he hopes will lead to an arrest. 

What happened to JonBenét Ramsey?

When Patsy and John Ramsey woke up on Dec. 26, 1996, they found a ransom note that informed them their daughter, JonBenét, had been kidnapped. The worried parents immediately called the police, who had little experience with this kind of thing in their peaceful community. After an initial search of the house they were stumped. Eight hours later they asked John to take another look around in case they had missed anything. 

When John went into the basement he discovered an open window and, tragically, his daughter's lifeless body in a room the police hadn't searched. He brought his little girl upstairs, allegedly accidentally contaminating the crime scene in the process. 

It was later ruled that JonBenét had been sexually assaulted and died from strangulation. She had also been hit on the head with a blunt object postmortem. Little did the grieving parents know that the death of their daughter was just the beginning of the nightmare. 

In the days, months, and years that followed, police put the case in the court of public opinion by reportedly leaking false stories that painted the parents in a negative light. According to the documentary, certain investigators in the department were so focused on Patsy and John being the killers that they failed to actively pursue other leads. 

Why was the JonBenét Ramsey case so sensationalized?

A major theme throughout the docuseries is the media coverage of the case and the way it was reported on. As time went on the case was sensationalized in part due to JonBenét's pageant history. Thirty years ago, people weren't used to that world in the way they are post Toddlers & Tiaras, and blamed the parents for putting their daughter in harm's way by exposing her to potential pedophiles. 

Because there were also so many photos and videos of JonBenét from those pageants, there were plenty to choose from for tabloid covers. Almost everyone who frequented a grocery store saw photos of the six-year-old all dolled up and in Vegas-style showgirl clothes, which opened up a lot of public debate. Add in the parents as initial suspects, and the case continues to be a pop culture milestone from the '90s. 

How does the JonBenét Ramsey series attempt to clear Jonbenét's parents of the murder?

The way the Ramseys were treated and how many people believed them to be guilty because of shoddy police work, irresponsible media coverage, and the rise of social media may be the biggest takeaway from the three-hour series. Over three episodes, Berlinger uses archived footage and interviews to present the past while interviewing lawyers and journalists in the present who covered the case, using years of perspective to cast doubt on the guilt of the Ramseys. 

John Ramsey, Jonbenét's father, is prominently featured in interviews conducted just for the series, explaining what the past three decades have been like for him. He speaks on behalf of his late wife, Patsy, who lost her battle with cancer in 2006. He also represents his son Burke, who was nine years old at the time of his sister's death and has been publicly accused of murdering his sister by some who have followed the case, with one prominent theory stating that he killed Jonbenét over a dispute about snacks. 

As the documentary points out, Burke was cleared by police at the time, yet because the discourse surrounding his involvement has been so overwhelming, he declined to participate in the series. However, JonBenét's older half-brother, John Andrew Ramsey, appears on camera to talk about what life has been like for the family since that tragic day.

By putting all of the examples of how they were targeted together, the series shows just how wronged this family was. In one part, it reveals how Geraldo Rivera's mock trial — an irresponsible televised staged takedown of the Ramseys complete with a jury, lawyers, and judge who were not connected to the case at all — sent a distressed Patsy to bed for two days. Part of the footage includes a supposed child abuse expert claiming JonBenét "masturbated" with a saxophone onstage during a performance. The doc then shows that footage, which is clearly just a child pretending to play an instrument. 

There's also a strong case for how police potentially wanted the public to come down on these parents. Investigators kept the results of DNA evidence, which cleared John, Patsy and Burke, a secret for months. Meanwhile, they also twisted bits of information around. They reportedly told one reporter there couldn't have been an intruder because there were no footprints in the snow. However, it was proven that there was no snow on the ground that night, so there couldn't have been footprints. 

In the third episode, the series reminds viewers that in 2019, CBS paid an undisclosed amount to Burke after he and his family filed a $750 million defamation suit over a 2016 special claiming he did it. 

Another compelling voice in the series is late homicide detective Lou Smit, considered one of the best in the business. At the time of the murder he came out of retirement to help investigate the case, but he left 18 months later out of frustration over the close-minded way his colleagues were handling things. Berlinger uses recordings of Smit speculating about the case and explaining why it had to have been an intruder who killed the little girl that night.

Smit continued working privately with the Ramseys after he quit, and he petitioned to testify to a grand jury that was ordered, despite the department reportedly trying to block him from doing so because he countered their theory. He was convinced until his death that John and Patsy didn't do it, and if investigators would just drop the theory and pursue other avenues, they would have solved the case years ago. 

The biggest piece of new information the series tackles, however, is the DNA evidence itself. Over the years, that evidence has been used to clear several suspects, including the Ramseys, but as John speculates in the doc, he believes there's a problem with the sample and he wants it retested.

Why were John and Patsy Ramsey the main suspects?

According to the docuseries, one of the main reasons the Ramseys became suspects in their daughter's murder was because of the ransom note found by Patsy. The note itself was quite long, which is unique, but it also asked for a very specific sum of money that happened to equal John's bonus that year. 

Multiple handwriting experts ruled that it couldn't have been Patsy or John who wrote the letter. Still, when police found no signs of forced entry and no actual kidnapping, investigators began to suspect the note was written to send them in the wrong direction. 

Why wasn't anyone ever charged in the case?

Even though police suspected the Ramseys and did everything they could to prove they were the killers, they were unable to find enough evidence to ever charge them with anything. At one point they even tried to indict the couple on child abuse charges, but they were eventually cleared as suspects by a grand jury and the District Attorney.

What evidence is there in the JonBenét case?

The biggest piece of evidence that suggests an intruder killed the child is DNA from an unidentified male that was found on JonBenét. According to the docuseries, there are also a number of other objects from the crime scene that were sent to the crime lab but were never actually tested. The things that were tested were done so nearly 30 years ago, and technological advances since then mean that retesting is in order. 

Meanwhile, the existing DNA isn't linked to any of the family members and it is problematic because it is mixed with JonBenét's blood. The docuseries makes a case for separating the two samples with new technology and then putting the unidentified sample into genealogical DNA. Doing so, it claims, will give police a better chance of identifying the murderer. 

Who are the other suspects in the JonBenét Ramsey case?

The docuseries brings several other suspects into the conversation, including an intruder who was caught sneaking into the home of a 12-year-old girl in Boulder months after JonBenét died, a former teacher who even confessed to the crime but was never charged, and a convicted pedophile who lived in the area, was caught with a cutout of JonBenét in his backpack, had a history with the knots used to tie her up, and owned a stun gun similar to the one used on the little girl. 

In all cases it was the DNA evidence that cleared these men. 

Where else can I learn more about the case?

This docuseries very clearly takes the family's side and believes them to be innocent. There are other projects out there that don't take the same route. There is also an upcoming dramatized limited series about the case starring Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen at Paramount+. So far, no one from the Ramsey family has been contacted about the project, Berlinger revealed in an interview with Variety. 

Netflix also has a weird hybrid project you can check out called Casting JonBenet. In it, local actors from Boulder give their hot takes on what happened as they compete to play roles in a dramatized version of the case. 

Additionally, there are a slew of specials, news reports, and docs dedicated to the subject of JonBenét Ramsey and her horrific death. From CNN reports, Nancy Grace Mysteries, Barbara Walters reports, and Dateline, you can check out a list here."

The entire review can be read at:

https://www.tvguide.com/news/netflix-jonbenet-ramsey-docuseries-cold-case/

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/120008354894645705/4704913685758792985
  
  ———————————————————————————————
  
  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;
  
  —————————————————————————————-
  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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