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 A Discovery Hearing in a Death Row Appeal Case
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Names have been withheld to protect the participants’ privacy

Yes, in the discovery hearing the prosecutor got caught being quite a sleaze ball. One of the things he got caught at was a note he wrote to one of his underlings. 

It said, "Matt, here are some items that were not entered into evidence, use them if you can, if not throw them away if you want." 

He wasted no time blaming that note on some poor clerk and she wasted no time saying "I didn't do that! That's his handwriting." I had to smile. 

Another example was when he denied having any more paperwork to do with my case in his office and when the lawyers got a court order to look, they found a handful, some with his handwriting on it. He sure didn't like being on the witness stand but it didn't hurt my feelings any to see him there.

There is another one that is really funny and will sound like I am making it up. One old officer swore that he and another officer were interrogating me and my mother came busting into the room and snatched me out, threatening to sue them all. He also said about a dozen times that I was "mechanically recorded." First of all my mother was (is) diabetic and has bad knees so she doesn't go busting in many rooms and can you picture 2 officers allowing that to happen? 

When he was questioned about it being "mechanically recorded" since they didn't have any recording of it he said, 

"Oh, we didn't tape it." 

And when asked about any handwritten notes he said, "We didn't take any notes." 

When the lawyer asked him, "If you didn't tape it or even write anything down, what do you mean it was mechanically recorded?" 

He thought about that and said, "I don't know what I meant by that."

Needless to say, the whole thing was a lie, he never even questioned me. Sometimes in there all I could do was shake my head, other times I wanted to laugh. It was unreal hearing things like that.

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