| Moore back in jail The legal tug of war between prosecutors & Daniel Wade Moore's defense attorney Sherman Powell Jr. continued today in Decatur. In the center of it all, a 245 page FBI report obtained exclusively by WAAY 31 News. The defense claims the prosecution concealed this & other crucial pieces of evidence that should have been handed to the defense during discovery proceedings. Judge Glenn Thompson agreed Friday, dismissing all charges against Moore & setting him free for the 1st time since 2002. By law, Double Jeopardy would apply, meaning Daniel Wade Moore cannot be retried & convicted of the same crime twice. But that hasn't stopped the State Attorney's office from trying to stay Thompson's ruling, & put Moore back behind bars for the stabbing death of Karen Tipton. Today, Moore voluntarily turned himself into authorities, & again sits behind bars at the Morgan County Jail waiting for the next legal move. A move that Powell says could take months. |
| Channel 31 NEWS |
| 02/08/05 |
| I have highlighted Channel 31's report above that they have "obtained exclusively" a copy of the so-called FBI report. I have these comments: 1. The documents in question are protected, confidential files sensitive to a capital murder trial. Serious misconduct (as in defense lawyer and/or judge) had to occur for them to obtain it. 2. It's not exclusive. Much of it has been printed in the Decatur Daily already, and even more has been available on Internet. Channel 48 is still accusing Karen of terrible things she never did, all for the sake of exploiting and attacking the victims of Daniel Wade Moore's crime. |
| When a person is murdered, the survivors want more than anything for the killer to be caught. The survivors are desperate to know everything they can know, and to help every way they can. They will share anything that might possibly help the investigators. And the investigators aren't wanting to know if you're active in civic groups--they're wanting to know the most personal, terrible things you can possibly imagine about the victim. It's the victims' job to just talk--about anything that comes to mind. It is the investigator's job to sort the fact from the fiction--the evidence from the speculation. The survivors are in the worst state of mind possible at the time. They are not themselves--they are deeply traumatized, fearful, and confused. Absolutely everything said from the survivors has to be placed in that context. In this case, each survivor had been told that the killer might well be someone they know. So not only are they looking for sensitive information about the victim, they are looking for sensitive information about everyone you know. Virtually all survivors asked are eager to help. They TRUST the investigators. And they trust the legal system that keeps such sensitive information protected. Right now, if you know somebody that knows somebody, then you, too, can have a copy of the so-called FBI report. I know more about the reality behind the accusations made there than everyone on earth put together. I don't care what it says. I've never read it, and I don't intend to do so. Why? Because I already know the truth; I don't need gossip and rumors. And because I owe Karen's survivors--our friends and families--the RESPECT of not invading their PRIVACY for things that were said in that terrible time. I appreciate the fact they were doing everything they could to help. And at least I can take solace in the fact that the investigators--Pettey and Hamilton--were deserving of the trust placed in them. |