Sherman Powell and DWM Defense II
There is ONE piece of evidence saying Daniel Moore didn't
kill Karen Tipton--the word of a self-professed liar. That's it.
That is the sum total of the defense of Daniel Wade Moore,
Z693. Well, that and Sherman Powell's influence in Morgan
County.
Sherman Powell was unable to convert the percentage 99.8% to a ratio--1 in 500--in
court. Neither could Halbrooks, although they'd had the report, and the percentage, for
2 years and it was the single most key aspect of the trial. Sherman Powell doesn't know
99.8% is 998/1000, but claims expertise in control sample populations and statistical
probabilities of forensic laboratories. HE wasn't credible in court. He didn't do
ANYTHING effectively in court--but he didn't have to. He has inappropriate influence
over the judge. Further, he and his ethically-challenged partner, Catherine Halbrooks,
can simply tell the Decatur Daily the biggest lies in a hundred years, and they'll print it.
Moore's pubic hair covered with Karen's blood was matched to Moore at a confidence
level of 7.5 million to one, and David Tipton was excluded from the sample at a
confidence level of 100%. But they tell the Daily not to mention these numbers (so they
don't) and instead tell them the hair "was consistent" with Dr. Tipton's DNA. And, yes,
the Decatur Daily called Powell and Halbrooks' defense of DWM "masterful."
Sherman Powell is exerting his influence to free a man he
KNOWS tortured Karen Tipton to death.
He's doing it for cold hard cash.
It's not exactly a position of moral superiority. And his entire case centers as far away
as possible from the murder--with hysterical and unfounded slander of the victims
themselves--cold, calculated attempts to gratuitously hurt the victims as much as possible
and focus attention away from his guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty client. They're still
stabbing Karen, and laughing all the way to the bank.