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Atlanta Murders |
| Message Name: |
Ignored? |
| Date Posted: |
06/06/2005 |
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A federal judge in Atlanta has ordered the State of Georgia to hand over to her files and audiotapes containing wiretaps of Ku Klux Klansmen. This material, collected during the height of the Atlanta Missing and Murdered Cases, includes wiretaps made with an informant speaking to several Klansmen. In one conversation, a Klan member threatens to snatch more black children off Atlanta's streets. Whether the Klan actually committed any of these murders (no evidence they ever did) isn't the point. The point is; this was "Brady Material," exculpatory evidence, which should have been made available to Wayne Williams' defense and should have been heard by the jury. It wasn't. Legally, this could be very significant to Williams winning, at the very least, a hearing on his long standing habeas petition. As usual, most of the Atlanta media has ignored this new development. |
| Message: |
This story was on the wires, in the newspaper and on all 3 TV stations. Who ignored it?
I agree it should have been handed over as "Brady" material, but I also know the case was investigated thoroughly and there was no evidence these rednecks did anything illegal.
While these guys were under surveillance, the murders continued.
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