Lacy was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Karr claimed he was involved in the death of JBR. Had she done nothing, she would have been criticized for that. I believe she was working with California authorities, who wanted him back in the US to prosecute him on *advertiser censored* charges but they lost the files.
There's no point in trying to defend the indefensible, Maikai. Mary Lacy had several options at her disposal, but like so many of the participants in this case, her EGO was more important that justice.
Lacy did the right thing when the touch DNA revealed it was not the Ramseys.
Oh, like hell! On BOTH of those assertions! Mary Lacy never did the right thing in her entire career as DA. I'm quite familiar with her record, from her drunk-driving son, to her insane pursuit of Boulder football players for a rape that never happened to how she mishandled the Midyette case...
it goes on and on and on!
People like Mary Lacy have got no business in the justice system. Lucrezia Borgia could have done a better job! But, that's up to the Boulder voters and, as Alexis de Tocqueville said famously, "in a democracy you get the government you deserve."
They were persecuted by the Boulder Police--especially Steve Thomas.
Your idea of what constitutes persecution is not the same as mine! You call THAT persecution? :banghead:
Why he wasn't brought up on civil rights violations is a mystery to me.
No mystery as far as I can see. If he had done like Sheriff Wydell in "
the Devil's Rejects" I might agree with you!
Now that you mention it, a few years ago, a poster very much like yourself suggested something along those lines. Specifically, they suggested that a Grand Jury be convened to look into supposed police misconduct in this case. Do you know what I said in response?
I said, "capital idea!
But let's not stop there. Let's have them investigate the Boulder DA's office, the Haddon Law Firm and Lou Smit while they're at it!"
The subject was dropped IMMEDIATELY. And it should be pretty obvious as to WHY. But if it isn't, I'll spell it out for you.
The police did not have evidence to prosecute the Ramseys---easy for them to come up with their circumstantial case, but the DA's office were the ones that had to convict them.
I bolded that part, because, far as I'm concerned, THAT was the whole problem right there!
The Boulder DA's office couldn't convict a bird of s****ing on a statue.
Even the Grand Jury was bogus...it was only done because the Governor requested it when Steve Thomas quit. It was a waste of money.
Now THAT is something we can agree on! It's clear that the DA did not want a Grand Jury in this case, likely for the same reason Nixon didn't want an investigation into Watergate.
There is plenty of expultory evidence when it comes to the Ramseys.
I don't know about that. But I DO know that there was never enough evidence to tell WHICH one did what.
As I've often pointed out, cases like this are not solved through forensic evidence. They are solved by arresting both parties, placing them in separate holding cells and seeing which one will sell out the other one. That is an absolutely STANDARD crime-solving technique that the greenest rookie walking a BEAT would know, and it WORKS! The police WANTED to do exactly that in this case, and the DA shot them down because of his twisted 1960's hippie values. Bottom line.