The first task of a defense attorney is to assess the physical stature of the suspect. Does he have the same height, the same girth and the same shoe size. No one can deny that shoe size. If the reality is the image at the convenience store matches that of the Shannon Miles there is a real expectation he killed the sheriff's deputy.
The USA has been experiencing the wrongful conviction to death row. The first standard any suspect has to meet is the physical stature of the suspect. We don't want wrongful convictions, we want dangerous people arrested to end gun violence and deaths.
August 29, 2015
By Manny Fernandez and David Montgomery
HOUSTON — A 30-year-old Houston man (click here) was arrested Saturday in the fatal
shooting the night before of a sheriff’s deputy who was filling the gas
tank of his patrol car.
At
a news conference Saturday afternoon, the Harris County sheriff, Ron
Hickman, identified the gunman as Shannon J. Miles and said that he had
been arrested on capital murder charges for a “senseless and cowardly
act.”
The
deputy, Darren H. Goforth, 47, a 10-year veteran of the Harris County
Sheriff’s Office, pulled into a Chevron gas station at about 8:30 p.m.
on Friday along a busy, tree-lined stretch of suburban Houston about 25
miles from downtown....
May 2, 2001
By Rob Warden, Executive Director, Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University School of Law with research by Shawn M. Armbrust and Jennifer Linzer
In 2001, (click here) the Center on Wrongful Convictions at
Northwestern Law School analyzed the cases of 86 death row exonerees.
They found a number of reasons why innocent people are wrongly convicted
in capital cases. The reasons included:
eyewitness error - from confusion or faulty memory.
government misconduct - by both the police and the prosecution
junk science - mishandled evidence or use of unqualified "experts"
snitch testimony - often given in exchange for a reduction in sentence
false confessions - resulting from mental illness or retardation, as well as from police torture
other - hearsay, questionable circumstantial evidence, etc....
Where is the gun the suspect is carrying in the video?
There was the statement that Darren Goforth was killed for his uniform. Where does that conclusion come from? Are there witnesses that state this was a act of hate?
I think it is irresponsible for anyone to come to the conclusion civil rights movements are at the core of the deaths of police officers. There is no noted statement by the civil rights organizations indicating such things. "Black Lives Matter" is organized by the time tested methods of the USA and Rev. King, Jr. in that peaceful protests lead to awareness that will bring about change. If law enforcement officers carry messages that civil rights groups are involved in the deaths of police officers they need to have evidence to that effect and I guarantee Americans of all ethnicities will rebuke their legitimacy.
Statements saying civil rights groups are responsible for such deaths will create hubris among law enforcement officers that will result in death of young African American men and women. When leadership is inflaming race relations with such hubris their ability to lead should be in question on both sides of the equation.
Deaths of police officers have decreased over years. There is no valid reason to state police are under siege because of civil rights groups. That is a racist statement intended to inflame and justify gun violence.
“They’re required (click here) to have daily contact with drunks, the mentally disabled, and criminal suspects,” writes Freeman contributor Dan Bier.
Arrests often lead to physical confrontation, assault, and sometimes injury. Police are constantly dragged into families' and neighbors' petty squabbles. It can be a stressful and sometimes thankless task.
But it just isn't unusually deadly or dangerous — and it’s safer today than ever before. The data do not justify the kinds of armor, weapons, insecurity, and paranoia being displayed by police across the country.
government misconduct - by both the police and the prosecution
junk science - mishandled evidence or use of unqualified "experts"
snitch testimony - often given in exchange for a reduction in sentence
false confessions - resulting from mental illness or retardation, as well as from police torture
other - hearsay, questionable circumstantial evidence, etc....
Where is the gun the suspect is carrying in the video?
There was the statement that Darren Goforth was killed for his uniform. Where does that conclusion come from? Are there witnesses that state this was a act of hate?
I think it is irresponsible for anyone to come to the conclusion civil rights movements are at the core of the deaths of police officers. There is no noted statement by the civil rights organizations indicating such things. "Black Lives Matter" is organized by the time tested methods of the USA and Rev. King, Jr. in that peaceful protests lead to awareness that will bring about change. If law enforcement officers carry messages that civil rights groups are involved in the deaths of police officers they need to have evidence to that effect and I guarantee Americans of all ethnicities will rebuke their legitimacy.
Statements saying civil rights groups are responsible for such deaths will create hubris among law enforcement officers that will result in death of young African American men and women. When leadership is inflaming race relations with such hubris their ability to lead should be in question on both sides of the equation.
Deaths of police officers have decreased over years. There is no valid reason to state police are under siege because of civil rights groups. That is a racist statement intended to inflame and justify gun violence.“They’re required (click here) to have daily contact with drunks, the mentally disabled, and criminal suspects,” writes Freeman contributor Dan Bier.
Arrests often lead to physical confrontation, assault, and sometimes injury. Police are constantly dragged into families' and neighbors' petty squabbles. It can be a stressful and sometimes thankless task.
But it just isn't unusually deadly or dangerous — and it’s safer today than ever before. The data do not justify the kinds of armor, weapons, insecurity, and paranoia being displayed by police across the country.
