| It would have been rather amusing,
had it not been such a grave situation, when I went
into the assistance D.A.'s office in the 21st district
and asked to talk to
the Victim witness coordinator. The young lady there
said she was the coordinator," but I have no idea
what one is", she stated. I asked if she realized
she was supposed to talk to and help the family by
giving them information when a case was being investigated
? " no, I never done that, I really never knew
what I was suppose to do" she said.
Citizens of the 21st district pay her salary yet she
has no idea what her job duties involve, and worse,
she has no idea what her job title means. She actually
only acted as the receptionist of the office. I
realized I was dealing with ignorant people who knew
less than I about the judicial system, and I knew very
little, but was determined to learn
How many people know that when a body is sent
for an autopsy, The coroner only looks for what the
victim has in their system, and unless a rape kit test
is ordered, none is done. The officials stated that
they had forgot that and should have done it as they
had made that error before in a few cases !!!
I was having lunch in a restaurant one day and
the Judge was eating at the table next to me. As I
started to leave, I ask him where the law library was.
He stated that the county was too small for a law
library. I informed him that even Lake county, which
was smaller had one. He replied, " aw, Sammy
Lane, haven't you ever heard the ole saying that ignorance
is bliss" I replied, " yes, for
corrupt officials sake, they would love all people to
be ignorance of the law, but let someone try to use a
plea of ignorance of the law if they have broke the
law and see how much bliss it gets them." I bet
they secretly hate me. (evil smile on my face) I have
no intention of ever breaking the law, not even
running a stop sign or speeding to give them any
opportunity to get revenge for things I do and say.
The local police there are great and it brings a smile
to their face that I am so outspoken. They know a
great injustice was done, and they had no part in it.
The sheriff shifts the blame to the D.A. so I don't
know if he is just dense or part of the cover-up.
I do realize that the boys had the right to have
an attorney present if they were interrogated, but
they were NEVER even questioned. They only gave
hand written statements and they were conflicting.
Each and every time we heard they had closed the case,
we asked for all the evidence they had on the case,
and every time we were told it was not closed and we
could not have any copies of the statements or any
thing else. Evidently they do not want me to publish
those conflicting statements and see that no
investigation was done. It has been ten years and
seven months, and we still can not get any information
about the case or given access to what they have on
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