Dare You #2
A brief post as we are traveling to the East Coast from Arizona . . . One person suggested a contact after my blog with the “dare you” challenge. Just to remind everyone, one week from next Friday, July 25, I will be in New Hampshire. In the last post, I...Murder conviction rates (cont.)
Here is a brief follow-up on the last post concerning murder conviction rates. Did you know that Japan exceeds 99% in its successful murder convictions for case brought to trial? The reason given for this is low prosecutorial budgets. There is not enough funding for...Conviction Rates vs. Number of Convictions
Here is a statement I have in my research notes. It comes from Discussion Paper 611, Harvard Law School. It relates to prosecution of homicide cases but probably is applicable to any serious crime. It might even relate to prosecution of crimes in New Hampshire!...Taken to task!
Yesterday, the post was about the truth. In the time I’ve worked on the Stacey Burns book, I have interviewed or spoken with many, many people. Their stories conflicted with each other on numerous occasions and those conflicts are mentioned in the narrative. How...Truth versus hard facts
A number of posts on this blog about the Stacey Burns murder have addressed the issue of the truth. What exactly is it? Are there degrees of the truth? Is there really only one truth? Can perception affect the truth? Recently, I remembered a quotation which I will...
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