barry scheck is with us uh...
where barry scheck species featuring the cohen co-founder and director of the
innocence project a professor of the benjamin in cardozo school of law in new
york city innocence project dot org is the website very welcome to the program
record the witness thank you
uh... last night on several different solution that works
i saw you get uh... basically cut off ur stepped on whenever you tried to talk
about
innocence project revelations that reflected poorly on the bush
administration
the president bush specifically or on any administration frankly it seems like
and i miss but you know i'll give them the benefit that on the sandwiches time
we've for example you and i we have
right now
a little about five minutes and then the machine starts not just cuts us off
uh... cannot i wanted to give you an opportunity tell similar stories
in the wake of the treaty troy davis executions of people can get it
uh... akal
screwed up our criminal justice system is in this country
trip record for the opportunity commoner really worked out
m heartbreak that they call it of the television business yes
that just oriented people check dot that
uh... a person can cut willing and character arc welding and repair
computers by proper paryant repairable or
just before the execution
and expert's report from a leading analyst of arson named doctor told her
it would give it to governor perry uh... indicating that people are connected at
which you stick and pick willing camp operate our common killing usta children
was totally unreliable
had been
outdated more than ten years ago
governor perry got their at the evidence of indicates
that he never asked
any other expert
uh... prepare anything service what is the same account pulled from his office
with specifically directed to this
it appeared that he probably could never trading more than fifteen minutes
arturo p
it indicated on the fax machine op uh... willing hamlet executed
this is an epithet reviewed by a prolific science commission in texas
a complaint was up put forward by the innocence project supported by five
independent arson experts
that said p
uh... evidence in the willing case was complete shock it actually
critics side commission in texas
article independent expert benny to reach the same conclusion
just prior to that expert testifying in front of the commission governor perry
decided to remove the monthly liked corpus saturday tak bat srikar
career the commissioner separately karen couldn't go forward it for a place that
up with his own hand-picked successor a prosecutor who up by all accounts try to
scuttle this investigation
in the final analysis the commission ultimately here to show up for it
uh... despite the efforts of by her apparent hand-picked by john bradley
their pet at the art of evidence in that case app was completely unreliable we'll
get appearances
yeah i probably a bit this paragraph eleven predicting that but more
importantly contrite who startling investigation relevant
patient
that dot
demonstrate that about
there was also a jailhouse snitch in that case by the way and not move
investigation by the innocence project in other words represented the well
family
at demonstrated that that jailhouse snitches category with the credible the
first instance
uh... also
faster but the in was not getting any provinces
and we've discovered that in the district attorneys filed a motion by
this uh... juts between israel rested
asking for specific performance of the product is made of mobile home pancakes
along with the hand-written recantation
loss of use basic is basically he basically lied then was it paid out in
not money that the u_n_ promises now that's the blankets were down to about a
minute i have to fabric that sacrifice we got john late uh... uh...
yeah i think we have we have six
seconds of the bush case
bat and
december second that bill
last night george bush executed but the men a quark job
the only apprehension that case that supported accomplice testimony and with
the basis for attributed decision i think that's a court of criminal appeal
to studying the commission
but a hair
microscopic analysis of the hair pippa distributed to jobs
a few months ago we finally succeeded in getting my oka g_o_p_ and a copy of the
hair
intricate income from jobs
which means that that conviction
into legally and not edit it could never stats first
killed an innocent man shit
well i don't feel that there isn't but he certainly was convicted on evidence
that they've been situation
uh... dot
biggest problem with active is who i did try to push it always practiced stays of
execution d_n_a_ testing in this case his lawyers everything call them
shotguns employers with fifty three and a pathological credit that and denies
that he must have reliable
uh... amazing okay you can read all about over innocence projects dot for
barry scheck thank you very