Convoluted Brian

There is a fundamental difference between believing in God and being God. Religious extremists cannot make that distinction.

And, so it seems, many of us mere mortals also miss that important difference.

Brian McCorkle

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Compliant Teenagers

by Brian McCorkle on 28 September, 2007 at 21:34.
Filed under Criminal Justice, Rants

It is becoming clear that parents need to teach their teenagers to distrust police investigators.

Dangerous Investigators

by Brian McCorkle on 28 September, 2007 at 20:33.
Filed under Criminal Justice, Rants

The District Attorney in Yamhill County, Oregon is teaching middle school girls to be prostitutes.

An Irresponsible Prosecutor?

by Brian McCorkle on 15 September, 2007 at 13:43.
Filed under Criminal Justice, Rants

A sex offender gets off, and a prosecutor is incapable of taking responsibility.

Lingering questions ‑ Search Scene or Crime Scene?

by Brian McCorkle on 3 September, 2007 at 22:07.
Filed under Steven Avery

After the discovery of Teresa Halbach’s SUV on 5 November, 2005, there was confusion. It seems that the investigators in charge didn’t know how to run a missing person search.

Dry September

by Brian McCorkle on 3 September, 2007 at 21:49.
Filed under Criminal Justice, Rants

When is murder a Shakespearean tragedy? When an innocent man is stabbed eleven times because of an unfounded allegation. At least Judge Richard Comerford thinks so.

Lessons from the Mortification of Senator Larry Craig

by Brian McCorkle on 2 September, 2007 at 22:41.
Filed under Criminal Justice, Rants

Men using public restrooms, beware. Do not nod, say hello, or smile at another man. You will be arrested to prevent our country from going down the tubes.

Plain Sight Blindness

by Brian McCorkle on 1 September, 2007 at 22:10.
Filed under East Green Random Notes

The phenomenon of plain sight blindness is real for those who have it. This is an event where a person cannot see an obvious item that is their field of view. Others can see the item.

Dassey Confessions – Recordings

by Brian McCorkle on 29 August, 2007 at 12:21.
Filed under Brendan Dassey

Here are audio and video recordings of the Brendan Dassey interrogations and confessions. There is no public record of the 27 February 2006 evening sessions at Fox Hills Resort in Mishicot, WI. But, there is a reference to information gathered there in the March 2006 transcript.

Lingering Questions – Introduction

by Brian McCorkle on 19 August, 2007 at 18:18.
Filed under Steven Avery

Wrongful imprisonment exonerations are increasing. Many of the wrongful convicted were low to middle income people. Can you protect yourself against the resources and might of the state if you are wrongfully accused?

Brendan Dassey ‑ The Sentence

by Brian McCorkle on 16 August, 2007 at 23:00.
Filed under Brendan Dassey

Brendan Dassey received a sentence of life in prison with his first chance at parole after forty years.

The Four Confessions of Brendan Dassey ‑ Introduction

by Brian McCorkle on 1 August, 2007 at 22:34.
Filed under Brendan Dassey

Repeat after me. No evidence is not evidence.

A Tale of Two Prosecutors

by Brian McCorkle on 29 July, 2007 at 22:45.
Filed under Brendan Dassey, Criminal Justice, Rants

The lesson for prosecutors from the Michael Nifong disgrace is be careful of making false accusations against those who can fight back. If a defendant is poor and uneducated, even news reporters will join in the gangbang.

Sheboygan County Authorities are Harmful to Minors

by Brian McCorkle on 29 July, 2007 at 20:34.
Filed under Criminal Justice, Rants

Sheboygan County Wisconsin District Attorney Joe DeCecco gets his big sex crime case.

Photographs Through Tinted Automobile Windows

by Brian McCorkle on 29 July, 2007 at 20:32.
Filed under Steven Avery, Technical Stuff

Contrary to what some forensic experts at the Wisconsin Crime Laboratory testified, it is possible to document the interior of a vehicle with heavily tinted windows.

Wisconsin DNA Lab Disregards Protocols

by Brian McCorkle on 2 July, 2007 at 18:47.
Filed under Criminal Justice, Rants, Steven Avery

The DNA section of the Madison, WI crime lab was shown to be open to unauthorized visitors. An Inspector General’s audit noted the danger of tampering or altering evidence.

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