DNA's double helix blade...
Happy pre-Thanksgiving!
Tonight as you consume mass quantities of distilled pleasure during the busiest bar night of the year, think about all of the crimes that you could commit during your drunken stupor! With a reduced capacity for self-control and inhibition, you could find yourself thinking that humping a police cruiser in front of a group of overly testosterone-pumped officers a "good idea!"
Or perhaps, you'll wake up Thanksgiving morning with a pounding headache, and a couple of officers pounding on your front door to arrest you for a crime you know you didn't commit...but then again, aren't real sure due to the mass slaughter of braincells the night before.
Next thing you know, you're in court for sexual assault charges and there's a victim pointing at your mug as the perpetrator! You spend 18 years in the county jail for sexual assault, until one day an activist group that pushes for legislature requiring DNA testing be used to free falsely convicted individuals comes along. They want to help you, and convince "The Man" to run a DNA test on a pubic hair that they found on the victim.
*Ding*
Not only does the pube NOT match your DNA, but it matches some other guy who lived in the same area as the victim and is currently spending time in the pokey for none other than "sexual assault". You become the activist groups' poster child! They tour you around showing you off, have you speak at events, and help you put together a multi-million dollar lawsuit for wrongful imprisonment.
And then...you're arrested for murder and dis-membering a corpse because they find some photographer chopped up in her car in your backyard. Here's the rub: the same technique of analyzing DNA evidence that was used to free you is used to arrest you when they find both your blood and her blood in the vehicle. DAMN!
Well, for the most part, that's this guy's story: ( http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/23/national/23exonerate.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5094&en=5e315958c202e720&hp&ex=1132808400&partner=homepage )
There are two issues here:
1. The Man
2. The Cause
1. The Man: A real piece of work. Prior convictions of animal abuse and robbery, and then he spends 18 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. But now, he's back in prison for murder! When the monkey was released from his 18 year stint in the clink, he had lost his wife, family, and 18 years of his life. He obviously isn't an exemplary "upstanding citizen", but he did spend 18 years in prison for something he didn't do.
2. The Cause: The activist group, the "Wisconsin Innocence Project", is taking a lot of heat for their poster child getting himself charged with murder after his release; people are even touting that "a girl would still be alive if they hadn't freed him!" Although the activist group helped him before, now they are reluctant to have anything to do with him. The media is eating it up; the irony. The perception by the mass public is that this weakens their case, whether or not it is relevant or not.
This leads me to the following inquiries:
The issue:
What are your opinions on the DNA testing of current prisoners who may be wrongly imprisoned in efforts to know 99.9% whether or not they should be there or not?
Is monkey boy's situation relevant to the legislation, where, even if wrongfully imprisoned, some people are better left in prison?
The man:
Do you think that the 18 years Monkey Boy spent in prison may have influenced whether or not he would have committed this murder (under the assumption he's guilty)? Basically, do you think prison had a negative impact and contributed to his actions following his release? Or was he bound to return to the clink anyway based upon his prior convictions?
DO IT!
Tonight as you consume mass quantities of distilled pleasure during the busiest bar night of the year, think about all of the crimes that you could commit during your drunken stupor! With a reduced capacity for self-control and inhibition, you could find yourself thinking that humping a police cruiser in front of a group of overly testosterone-pumped officers a "good idea!"
Or perhaps, you'll wake up Thanksgiving morning with a pounding headache, and a couple of officers pounding on your front door to arrest you for a crime you know you didn't commit...but then again, aren't real sure due to the mass slaughter of braincells the night before.
Next thing you know, you're in court for sexual assault charges and there's a victim pointing at your mug as the perpetrator! You spend 18 years in the county jail for sexual assault, until one day an activist group that pushes for legislature requiring DNA testing be used to free falsely convicted individuals comes along. They want to help you, and convince "The Man" to run a DNA test on a pubic hair that they found on the victim.
*Ding*
Not only does the pube NOT match your DNA, but it matches some other guy who lived in the same area as the victim and is currently spending time in the pokey for none other than "sexual assault". You become the activist groups' poster child! They tour you around showing you off, have you speak at events, and help you put together a multi-million dollar lawsuit for wrongful imprisonment.
And then...you're arrested for murder and dis-membering a corpse because they find some photographer chopped up in her car in your backyard. Here's the rub: the same technique of analyzing DNA evidence that was used to free you is used to arrest you when they find both your blood and her blood in the vehicle. DAMN!
Well, for the most part, that's this guy's story: ( http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/23/national/23exonerate.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5094&en=5e315958c202e720&hp&ex=1132808400&partner=homepage )
There are two issues here:
1. The Man
2. The Cause
1. The Man: A real piece of work. Prior convictions of animal abuse and robbery, and then he spends 18 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. But now, he's back in prison for murder! When the monkey was released from his 18 year stint in the clink, he had lost his wife, family, and 18 years of his life. He obviously isn't an exemplary "upstanding citizen", but he did spend 18 years in prison for something he didn't do.
2. The Cause: The activist group, the "Wisconsin Innocence Project", is taking a lot of heat for their poster child getting himself charged with murder after his release; people are even touting that "a girl would still be alive if they hadn't freed him!" Although the activist group helped him before, now they are reluctant to have anything to do with him. The media is eating it up; the irony. The perception by the mass public is that this weakens their case, whether or not it is relevant or not.
This leads me to the following inquiries:
The issue:
What are your opinions on the DNA testing of current prisoners who may be wrongly imprisoned in efforts to know 99.9% whether or not they should be there or not?
Is monkey boy's situation relevant to the legislation, where, even if wrongfully imprisoned, some people are better left in prison?
The man:
Do you think that the 18 years Monkey Boy spent in prison may have influenced whether or not he would have committed this murder (under the assumption he's guilty)? Basically, do you think prison had a negative impact and contributed to his actions following his release? Or was he bound to return to the clink anyway based upon his prior convictions?
DO IT!
posted by Don the "Head Chimp" at
8:31 AM
4 Comments:
Doesn't anyone know a good recipie for cornish game hens?
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Anonymous, at 12:43 PM
Ok. The article says that the woman was only there to take pictures of his Auto-body shop. So, it doesn't seem as though she would have done any harm.
I think DNA testing for the wrongfully accused is in order. However, I think that it should be done quite SOON after the crime has been committed.
You can't let someone just be left in prison. That's like saying, "Mkay...I see that you stole a few things when you were a kid. I sense violence....Put him away." Not only would that be an infringement on someone's rights; it would also cost taxpayers millions more a year.
And, he murdered someone. If he was framed; how did he get blood in the car?
It's double-bind:
if you don't free him, then people would screaming at you.
if you did free him, they are screaming at you.
No one can predict the future. The only way to go to prison is to be found guilty by a jury of your peers that there was no reasonable doubt.
As for the man, no clue on what prison does to some people. You would think that since he is so renowned, he wouldn't have killed anyone. But, people surprise me every day.
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Anonymous, at 12:50 PM
Ingredients:
•6 ancho chilies -- dried
•8 cups boiling water
•2 tablespoons garlic -- minced
•1/2 teaspoon salt
•2 tablespoons cilantro -- minced
•2 cups cornmeal
•2 tablespoons curry powder
•2 tablespoons cumin -- ground
•salt and pepper
•2 Rock Cornish game hens breast -- skinned and boned
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400F. Place the ancho chilies in a large bowl, cover them with the boiling water, and soak them for 30 minutes to overnight. Drain the chilies well, then remove and discard the seed and stems. Place the chilies in a blender with the garlic, salt, and cilantro. Puree and set aside.
Combine the cornmeal, curry powder, cumin, salt, and pepper and spread in a jelly-roll pan. Spread the hen breasts generously and evenly with the chili puree, then dredge them in the seasoned cornmeal.
Place a large saute pan or skillet over high heat,. add the oil and heat until it begins to smoke. Add the hen breasts and cook 2 to 3 minutes, or until the topping is crisp. Turn the breasts, cook the other side until crisp, then transfer the breasts to the preheated oven to cook another 5 minutes, or until opaque throughout.
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D a n i e l, at 1:31 PM
Funny shit dan!
Thanks all for attending the festive get together at my pad last night. Sorry for the drunkenness
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Anonymous, at 12:41 PM
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