so it became obvious to me something wasn t quite right. the only photo of the bed shows it covered with police camera equipment, contaminating any evidence. the question became, where did the hairs in the baggie come from? there was no question they pulled those hairs from his body. they pulled a lot of them. and i don t think they were ever on the bed. i believe it was planted. diana was starting to see a pattern. there was all this ineffective assistance of counsel. there was no basis for probable cause to arrest mr. elmore anyway, and there was no list of negroid pubic hairs in the original police inventory. there was no item like that. as diana dug deeper into the case, a new suspect began to emerge. she thought the next door neighbor who discovered dorothy s body had acted suspiciously. really? he put his gloves on before he went to open the door? that grabbed me right away.
nearly 100 crime scene photographs, not a single photo showed hairs on the bed. any kind of evidence you collect at a crime scene, the first thing you do is photograph it. there was no pictures of the hair on the bed. there was pictures of everything except the most crucial evidence in the case. so it became obvious to me something wasn t quite right. the only photo of the bed shows it covered with police camera equipment, contaminating any evidence. the question became, where did the hairs in the baggie come from? there was no question they pulled those hairs from his body. they pulled a lot of them. and i don t think they were ever on the bed. i believe it was planted. diana was starting to see a pattern. there was all this ineffective assistance of counsel. there was no basis for probable cause to arrest mr. elmore anyway, and there was no list of negroid pubic hairs in the
the only photo of the bed shows it covered with police camera equipment, contaminating any evidence. the question became, where did the hairs in the baggy come from? there was no question they pulled those hairs from his body. they pulled a lot of them. and i don t think they were ever on the bed. i believe it was planted. diana was starting to see a pattern. there was all this ineffective assistance of counsel. there was no basis of probable cause to arrest mr. elmore anyway. and there was no list of negroid pubic hairs in the original police inventory. there was no item like that. as diana dug deep entire the case, a new suspect began to emerge. she thought the next door neighbor who discovered dorothy s body had acted suspiciously. really? he put his gloves on before he went to open the door? that grabbed me right away.
defense but argued only one of the hairs had sufficient dna to read. we do not dispute the materials from the victim s body at the time of the autopsy. one hair, not hairs. one hair. it was merely another hair in the bedroom of mrs. edwards. this is a completely different case than what the jury heard. in the final analysis, the question really is if not now, when? if this is not enough to grant somebody a new trial, then when is post conviction relief ever appropriate? unexpectedly, rather than adjourn and read the filings before ruling, the judge issued his decision on the spot. all motions are denied. the judge said, one hair is not enough. i m out of here. in this case, there are a number of things that stink and if you look at it as a whole, it doesn t just stink, it reeks.
prosecutors also told the jury that dozens of elmore s pubic hairs were found on dorothy s bed. and finally, prosecutors presented james gilliam. a prison inmate who claimed to have heard elmore confess to the crime while in jail. that came out of nowhere. that just rocked me. mr. elmore told gilliam that i went down there to rob the lady and she started screaming and i killed her. that was the lynchpin. the jury took less than five hours to reach a verdict. elmore was convicted and sentenced to death. but the conviction was overturned on appeal. there was one juror who was reluctant to impose the death penalty. the trial judge went into the jury room and put pressure on the holdout juror to impose the death sentence. a new trial was ordered. same prosecutor, same defense attorneys, same outcome.