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Forum: Trials and Errors 12th October 2022, 03:28 PM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
Because the people of North Carolina have no...

Because the people of North Carolina have no abstract sense of justice. It's probably something to do with drug dealing.
Forum: Trials and Errors 30th January 2022, 02:13 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
It's beating against the wind. What can you do...

It's beating against the wind. What can you do about it?
Forum: Trials and Errors 30th January 2022, 02:08 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
She doesn't seem like a bad person to me.

She doesn't seem like a bad person to me.
Forum: Trials and Errors 13th January 2022, 09:18 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
It was a lack of dogged police work.

It was a lack of dogged police work.
Forum: Trials and Errors 11th December 2021, 02:02 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
It's sheer ignorance of the facts like in the...

It's sheer ignorance of the facts like in the Julian Assange case.
Forum: Trials and Errors 23rd November 2021, 02:07 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
It's sticking to a mistake through thick and...

It's sticking to a mistake through thick and thin. It's bad courts and bad judges who convict the innocent. He was a scapegoat and framed. Juries are very likely to be wrong and it's not good enough...
Forum: Trials and Errors 11th November 2021, 02:00 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
That is not strictly true. It's completely wrong....

That is not strictly true. It's completely wrong. Judge Dupree and Judge Fox were bad judges who were unable to detect people with an evil kink.
Forum: Trials and Errors 6th November 2021, 09:36 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
From that statement by Ferrari: "Q And in...

From that statement by Ferrari:

"Q And in the final exit meeting where Dr. Froede spoke in summarizing the findings of the AFIP, was there any statement made that there was certain evidence which...
Forum: Trials and Errors 6th November 2021, 09:31 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
I don't think that is quite correct : ...

I don't think that is quite correct :

https://macdonaldcasefacts.com/misc/1989-09-08_dep_ferrari.html
Forum: Trials and Errors 6th November 2021, 01:55 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
It was bad science.

It was bad science.
Forum: Trials and Errors 5th November 2021, 10:22 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
It's faulty organization. He should have been...

It's faulty organization. He should have been exonerated.
Forum: Trials and Errors 25th October 2021, 01:01 AM
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Views: 250,929
Posted By Henri McPhee
It was sheer ignorance of the facts. The real...

It was sheer ignorance of the facts. The real culprits think they will never be caught. It's deplorably weak evidence against him
Forum: Trials and Errors 8th October 2021, 01:16 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
I agree that there is no proof that MacDonald is...

I agree that there is no proof that MacDonald is guilty. It was manufactured evidence and made up by Murtagh who coached the witnesses. The judges and jury were not impartial. North Carolina needs...
Forum: Trials and Errors 4th October 2021, 01:14 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
It was corrupt bias. Justice must seem to be done...

It was corrupt bias. Justice must seem to be done as well as seen to be done. Try to find out what is going on and make sure the guilty get convicted and the innocent go free.
Forum: Trials and Errors 30th September 2021, 01:42 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
That was from Charles Smith: ...

That was from Charles Smith:

https://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2017/02/jeffrey-macdonald-north-carolina-people.html
Forum: Trials and Errors 30th September 2021, 01:36 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
It was a con job by Murtagh who coached and...

It was a con job by Murtagh who coached and bribed witnesses as he did in the Lockerbie case. Murtagh was later promoted for that. It was quite ludicrously unsatisfactory evidence. A good appeal...
Forum: Trials and Errors 29th September 2021, 01:04 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
I remember one of these biased North Carolina...

I remember one of these biased North Carolina judges saying once in a legal document, I think it was Judge Fox, that actual innocence is not a grounds for appeal. If that's the law then the law is...
Forum: Trials and Errors 27th September 2021, 09:48 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
That was at: ...

That was at:

https://www.nacdl.org/Article/May2013-ReflectionsontheJeffreyMacDona
Forum: Trials and Errors 27th September 2021, 09:41 AM
Replies: 2,685
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Posted By Henri McPhee
There is an interesting opinion about the...

There is an interesting opinion about the MacDonald case and what happened by former MacDonald lawyer Harvey Silverglate:

But the real burden of the case was not primarily financial; it was...
Forum: Trials and Errors 27th September 2021, 09:31 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
It was all mixed up with drug smuggling in North...

It was all mixed up with drug smuggling in North Carolina. Colonel Kriwanek the local CID chief had a daughter who was in the Helena Stoeckley gang. CID officer Ivory was also said to be mixed up in...
Forum: Trials and Errors 26th September 2021, 08:52 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
There is a bit about Blackburn at this website: ...

There is a bit about Blackburn at this website:

https://themacdonalddefense.wordpress.com/case-facts/
Forum: Trials and Errors 26th September 2021, 08:34 AM
Replies: 2,685
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Posted By Henri McPhee
These idiots make me sick. It's like some kind of...

These idiots make me sick. It's like some kind of Irish bad character who slanders people behind their backs. Mistakes happen and serious ones. There should have been a careful investigation. North...
Forum: Trials and Errors 25th September 2021, 04:52 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
From that website: MY OPINION "Being a...

From that website:

MY OPINION

"Being a very close friend of Colette MacDonald since high school you would think that I would jump on the bandwagon that her husband did it and he deserves...
Forum: Trials and Errors 25th September 2021, 04:50 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
I have never met the man or corresponded with...

I have never met the man or corresponded with him. I first became interested in the MacDonald case during the parole hearing in about 2004/5 when there was the same nonsense spouted by the likes of...
Forum: Trials and Errors 24th September 2021, 09:15 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
Several of MacDonald case prosecutors have been...

Several of MacDonald case prosecutors have been disbarred in the past for misconduct. That should have been taken into consideration by the bad judges.
...
Forum: Trials and Errors 24th September 2021, 08:59 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
It was an inferior type of justice, more like in...

It was an inferior type of justice, more like in a kind of military dictatorship. Murtagh and Blackburn and other MacDonald prosecutors have been proved to be crooked prosecutors, probably because...
Forum: Trials and Errors 24th September 2021, 12:58 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
Somebody said a couple of years ago that he had...

Somebody said a couple of years ago that he had suffered some kind of stroke. I have never seen it confirmed that he refused a Covid vaccination. He has been defeated over the years several times ...
Forum: Trials and Errors 23rd September 2021, 10:24 AM
Replies: 2,685
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Posted By Henri McPhee
It was false evidence and Dixieland justice....

It was false evidence and Dixieland justice. There is a bit about this matter at this website:

"In the US, there have been numerous examples of lab analysts coming under pressure to produce...
Forum: Trials and Errors 22nd September 2021, 09:20 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
You cannot be serious. It's a legal Woolworths....

You cannot be serious. It's a legal Woolworths. It's obviously unfair.
Forum: Trials and Errors 16th September 2021, 01:35 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
That website about scientific evidence is at: ...

That website about scientific evidence is at:

https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1358&context=faculty_publications
Forum: Trials and Errors 16th September 2021, 01:29 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
The scientific evidence does not stand .It was...

The scientific evidence does not stand .It was all before the days of DNA investigation. Trump was accused of being unhinged and almost half the American public voted for him.

I still think it was...
Forum: Trials and Errors 13th September 2021, 09:15 AM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,929
Posted By Henri McPhee
That's a lie and a con job. The scientific...

That's a lie and a con job. The scientific evidence was presented to the court by the crooked lawyer Murtagh who coached forensic whores to 'find' evidence, supported by bad judges and stupid cows...
Forum: Trials and Errors 10th September 2021, 01:08 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
He has stuck to his story because he is innocent....

He has stuck to his story because he is innocent. I have never been persuaded that what MacDonald said happened didn't happen. The American public and even British public were duped in the same way...
Forum: Trials and Errors 9th September 2021, 10:27 AM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,929
Posted By Henri McPhee
It's not everybody who agrees with you. It was...

It's not everybody who agrees with you. It was manufactured evidence. This is an article about how the American public were deceived by that drunken Irish son of a bitch Joe McGinniss and by bad...
Forum: Trials and Errors 6th September 2021, 12:55 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
There is nothing you can do about it.

There is nothing you can do about it.
Forum: Trials and Errors 3rd September 2021, 01:11 AM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,929
Posted By Henri McPhee
The fact is that Jeffrey MacDonald is innocent....

The fact is that Jeffrey MacDonald is innocent. The case reminds me of an episode in that Friends sitcom in which one of the actresses denies that gravity happens. It would be funny if it wasn't so...
Forum: Trials and Errors 11th August 2021, 12:56 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
It was a serious miscarriage of justice. It's bad...

It was a serious miscarriage of justice. It's bad judges.
Forum: Trials and Errors 26th July 2021, 12:44 AM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,929
Posted By Henri McPhee
Nobody cares. What can you do about it? Many...

Nobody cares. What can you do about it?

Many people seem to think that it is dangerous to criticise judges, magistrates or police. Without public criticism institutions, however excellent, become...
Forum: Trials and Errors 16th July 2021, 01:00 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
What does it matter?

What does it matter?
Forum: Trials and Errors 22nd June 2021, 01:24 AM
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Views: 250,929
Posted By Henri McPhee
Bill James made some sensible comments about the ...

Bill James made some sensible comments about the MacDonald case even though I don't agree with everything he wrote:

"This "blood story" is the essential evidence against MacDonald; it was this...
Forum: Trials and Errors 14th June 2021, 01:20 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
I remember somebody once posted to a MacDonald...

I remember somebody once posted to a MacDonald forum that he had come across James Friar once working in a bar in California. He must be getting on a bit in years now if not deceased.

There is...
Forum: Trials and Errors 13th June 2021, 01:18 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
Nobody has denied that Helena was a bad character...

Nobody has denied that Helena was a bad character maddened by drink and drugs or that James Friar was probably suffering from some kind of mental illness when he made his wrong number phoning the...
Forum: Trials and Errors 11th June 2021, 01:22 AM
Replies: 2,685
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Posted By Henri McPhee
The Appeal Curt judges were mostly North Carolina...

The Appeal Curt judges were mostly North Carolina judges who were pals of Judge Dupree and in bed with the prosecution. The Supreme Court justices have nobody there with wide and practical...
Forum: Trials and Errors 10th June 2021, 01:38 AM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,929
Posted By Henri McPhee
That Bill James article is at : ...

That Bill James article is at :

https://www.billjamesonline.com/dr__jeffrey_macdonald/
Forum: Trials and Errors 10th June 2021, 01:35 AM
Replies: 2,685
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Posted By Henri McPhee
Assertions are not evidence. Your assertion that...

Assertions are not evidence. Your assertion that the CID lab technicians were inexperienced is a mere assertion without foundation. Your fantasies about Murtagh and Bruce both coaching the lab...
Forum: Trials and Errors 6th June 2021, 01:20 AM
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Views: 250,929
Posted By Henri McPhee
There was an interesting case mentioned in that...

There was an interesting case mentioned in that English Justice book published in 1932 by an anonymous police court solicitor which reminds me of the unfairness of the MacDonald case:

"On 8th...
Forum: Trials and Errors 28th May 2021, 08:18 AM
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Views: 250,929
Posted By Henri McPhee
It was the great official principle of never...

It was the great official principle of never admitting a wrong and sticking to a mistake through thick and thin.
Forum: Trials and Errors 28th May 2021, 01:34 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
That hair in Colette's left hand and even the ...

That hair in Colette's left hand and even the hair in her right hand was controversial from the start. The North Carolina judges didn't want it investigated.You don't seem to fully appreciate that...
Forum: Trials and Errors 27th May 2021, 01:17 AM
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Posted By Henri McPhee
In 1985 Dr.MacDonald was given another polygraph...

In 1985 Dr.MacDonald was given another polygraph test which he passed:

https://www.karisable.com/mac9.htm

"Dr. Raskin concluded Jeffrey MacDonald was telling the truth when he stated he did...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 27th May 2021, 01:05 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 4,460
Posted By Henri McPhee
Judges should have courtesy and dignity.

Judges should have courtesy and dignity.
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