Comey’s sincerity
Last Wednesday, we had the privilege to watch James Comey interviewed by Anderson Cooper at the College of William and Mary about his recently published book regarding his role in the continuing controversy happening to our country.
I was struck by Comey’s sincere and clear articulation of his dedication to the rule of law in the United States, and was inspired by his reminding us to remember our individual responsibilities in national governance — to vote beyond partisan lines for the good of our country — and to think beyond today for the sake of our future.
I felt it was … heroic.
Michael Grigsby
Keaau
Dana Ireland case
Recently in California, an old rape and murder case was finally solved thanks to a DNA match between the perpetrator and the evidence.
Dana Ireland’s murder was probably Hilo’s most famous case, but here three men were convicted even though the DNA evidence did not match any of them.
Lincoln Ashida asserts something about the DNA being degraded, but there is no expert that he can cite to back this up. It is certainly something that was not asserted during the trials.
Today, the testing techniques are even better. We now know that the bloody T-shirt that supposedly belonged to Frank Pauline actually had DNA traces on it that matched the rest of the DNA collected. This bloody T-shirt is what the prosecutors incorrectly used to trick the jury into thinking the DNA evidence did not matter.
There has been a miscarriage of justice here, and our public officials don’t seem to care about trying to set things right.
Some real person has gotten away with rape and murder, while three innocent men had their lives destroyed.
Charles Hanson
Mountain View
