01-19-2017, 03:09 PM
Dave Reitzes Wrote:JFK researchers sometimes allude to the Randall Dale Adams case publicized in Errol Morris' documentary, THE THIN BLUE LINE, as an example of Dallas injustice. (In fairness to the Dallas authorities, the tendency of police officers or prosecutors to rush to judgment or rely on poor evidence is hardly exclusive to Dallas.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_B...1988_film)
Something that particularly strikes me in the film is the interview with Adams prosecution witness Emily Miller, who comes across as an almost too perfect example of the sort of over-imaginative, over-eager busybody who likes to inject oneself into a criminal case -- talking about how she always wanted to be a detective, how murders seemed to happen around her all the time, and how she loves to solve crimes before the police do. Her testimony against Adams was a crucial factor in Adams' murder conviction, and it was later discredited. (An acquaintance tried to tell the authorities what a liar Miller was, and was ignored.)
Most eyewitnesses are sincere and sober enough (regardless of how accurate their perceptions and memories may be), but these kinds of attention seekers really do exist, and, as James Phelan noted, high profile cases bring them forth in droves. When people allude to such bogus witnesses as Beverly Oliver, Gordon Arnold, Rose Cherami, Nancy Perrin Rich, Jack S. Martin, Richard Case Nagell, et al, and ask "Could all these people be lying?" -- the answer is YES.
I have, on more occasions than I can count, challenged believers to name even a single witness they believe entirely in their 1963-1964 statements & testimony.
Nothing but dead silence... and I predict, that there will continue to be dead silence in any forum that cannot control my responses...