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From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: The Dotson Case
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Date: Mon, 27-May-85 06:45:24 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 27 06:45:24 1985
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> I'm a fool not to keep my opinions to myself, but, GRRR...
> 
> The Dotson case was often on p. 1 of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, my local
> paper.  Perhaps the coverage was defective or unbalanced, but it definitely
> was a newsworthy case.  What outrages ME is that IT TOOK WAY TOO LONG FOR 
> THE STATE TO RELEASE DOTSON.  The testimony was apparently the only real 
> evidence against him, and when it was recanted -- Dotson should have been
> released immediately.

There was corroborating physical evidence that she had been raped.  She had
been beaten badly, and I understand that semen samples taken from her matched
Dotson's.

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-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
aka Swazoo Koolak

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