“The problem with these types of witnesses is they can collapse like wet cardboard boxes. Inmate testimony doesn't have that great a ring of credibility.”
Gerald Treece
“Ninety percent of the evidence is going to be the testimony of these 42 inmate witnesses, and every single one will be getting something.”
Dean Steward
“This was a very complex case, and the jury heard testimony from witnesses unlike any trial that's really been held here in the southern district of Indiana before. There were many difficult legal concepts to grasp and we are extremely pleased with the outcome of this trial.”
Susan Brooks
“It is much worse if someone is working directly with the witnesses to shape their testimony.”
John Barrett
“Bearing false witness is not just one of the Ten Commandments. The Bible has numerously repeated warnings against slander, false testimony and just plain old lying. Interestingly, it has been a socially acceptable form of oppressing minorities and the poor for centuries: slander, sensationalism, hearsay, innuendo, half-truths, insinuations, rumors, myth, and outright lies. We should learn these words, and call it what it really is . . .”
Mike E. Knezevich, Jr.
“There have always been questions about reliability (of) other types of evidence -- eyewitness testimony or circumstantial evidence. Once they see the DNA evidence, there's no question. You are either guilty or not guilty.”
Chris Plourd
“It looks bad. It's only witness tampering if you attempt to impact their testimony. But he's come within a coat of paint of doing that.”
Brian Wice
