True Self-Government
A quote I came across today that I wanted to share:
"It is imperative to the evolution of man, the collective good, and the survival of humanity that the individual is protected from persecution and never oppressed by the collective. The radical, the challenger, the eccentric, the revolutionary, the exception, the outcast, the odd ball, the rule breakers and those that march to the beat of a different drummer are the triggers and impetus behind human evolution, growth and new discovery. This includes new thought and ideas that challenge the status quo thinking and those that are resistant to change.
Evolution is all about change, which results in adaptation and improvement, and those that resist change, cling to the old, or oppress the harbingers of change impede the evolution of mankind and our ability to adapt to changes beyond our control such as the climate and nature.
Therefore the survival and good of the collective is dependant on the freedom of the individual." http://oneclickrevolution.com/democracy_and_true_self_government.htm
From www.Infiniteplaythemovie.com
Monday, June 23, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Junk Science
The job of a medical examiner (ME) is to determine manner and cause of death.
Like the rest of us, the ME does the best they can with what they have to work with and within the timeframe and budget given.
Their burden is that given more time and more funds, a clearer and perhaps different story of the manner and cause of death might result.
“Junk science” may have been the best available at that time. So, what do we do when we know better?
More to the point in this case, can a 2 ¼ to 3 ¼ inch span of damage to cervical (neck) vertebra be caused by a shotgun loaded with #6 shot fired at contact range? Dr. James Frost told the jury it couldn’t. After firing at cardboard, he concluded that the weapon had to have been held at least a foot from the victim to achieve that spread of damage. Our scientific smarts today tell us that there is much more to this equation.
The 1982 forensic finding can be easily and inexpensively retested today. A West Virginia ballistics test already has. The Bullet Test Tube, recently developed by Richard Mann, took a near contact shotgun load of #6 shot and produced a dispersal range equivalent to the damage found in the victim.
What does this mean? Contrary to the 1982 findings from the cardboard test, the fatal shot could have been fired at contact range. The manner of death is no longer conclusive. Equivocal death is the appropriate finding. Reasonable doubt is the correct conclusion.
The job of a medical examiner (ME) is to determine manner and cause of death.
Like the rest of us, the ME does the best they can with what they have to work with and within the timeframe and budget given.
Their burden is that given more time and more funds, a clearer and perhaps different story of the manner and cause of death might result.
“Junk science” may have been the best available at that time. So, what do we do when we know better?
More to the point in this case, can a 2 ¼ to 3 ¼ inch span of damage to cervical (neck) vertebra be caused by a shotgun loaded with #6 shot fired at contact range? Dr. James Frost told the jury it couldn’t. After firing at cardboard, he concluded that the weapon had to have been held at least a foot from the victim to achieve that spread of damage. Our scientific smarts today tell us that there is much more to this equation.
The 1982 forensic finding can be easily and inexpensively retested today. A West Virginia ballistics test already has. The Bullet Test Tube, recently developed by Richard Mann, took a near contact shotgun load of #6 shot and produced a dispersal range equivalent to the damage found in the victim.
What does this mean? Contrary to the 1982 findings from the cardboard test, the fatal shot could have been fired at contact range. The manner of death is no longer conclusive. Equivocal death is the appropriate finding. Reasonable doubt is the correct conclusion.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Cold Cases in Tucker County
On March 24, 2002 a young mother went missing. Bonnie Lueann Cale, also known as Bonnie Woods, 27 years old, was last seen in the vicinity of Rt. 1 Box 444 in Parsons. Bonnie went to her estranged husband's to visit her daughter. Her black 1991 Chevrolet Blazer was located abandoned in Webster County, WV. Bonnie has not been seen since.
http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/gallery/ncmaprofile_all.php?A200300116S
On August 23, 1982 Glenn David Roberts, father of six, was found shot to death in his trailer home on highway 219 minutes south of Parsons. His death was never solved. No one was ever tried for the homicide. His wife and children, brothers and sisters, remain cought in a time warp of that terrible day's pain.
These unsolved cases leave the families in limbo, unable to even form scars over their wounds. This unfinished business must not be forgotten or abandoned.
On March 24, 2002 a young mother went missing. Bonnie Lueann Cale, also known as Bonnie Woods, 27 years old, was last seen in the vicinity of Rt. 1 Box 444 in Parsons. Bonnie went to her estranged husband's to visit her daughter. Her black 1991 Chevrolet Blazer was located abandoned in Webster County, WV. Bonnie has not been seen since.
http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/gallery/ncmaprofile_all.php?A200300116S
On August 23, 1982 Glenn David Roberts, father of six, was found shot to death in his trailer home on highway 219 minutes south of Parsons. His death was never solved. No one was ever tried for the homicide. His wife and children, brothers and sisters, remain cought in a time warp of that terrible day's pain.
These unsolved cases leave the families in limbo, unable to even form scars over their wounds. This unfinished business must not be forgotten or abandoned.
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