WTVD reporter Tamara Gibbs interviewed Crystal Mangum. Crystal reveals that she has bought into Sid Harr's fantasy about the autopsy inconsistencies. That's called grasping at straws. Of course she's blaming her lawyer. We knew she'd do that. Every guilty person in prison blames their lawyer, for a while. Rehabilitation is a long process. Fortunately for Crystal, she has at least 12 years of rehabilitation left. Hopefully along the way she will make some changes in her life and start making better choices.
One other point from the interview, Crystal is amazed that the jury didn't believe her. Since at least the spring of 2006 she has had a credibility problem. Mostly brought on by her own words not matching actions that were recorded. Dear readers will recall that her initial story about the lacrosse hoax was less than fully believed by Kim Roberts Pittman who called it a "crock." Crystal herself had an impossible time telling the same story to police twice. To the point that police had to use four different lineups to try and get an identification of some suspects. But, those suspects turned out to have alibis or no match with the DNA. At her murder trial, Crystal is amazed the jury didn't believe her. In her interview, she does not recognize that she contradicted all the other witnesses. Now, it is possible that she told the truth and nine other people lied. But, with no physical evidence to back up her story and a definite interest on her part in telling a story different from what everyone else was saying, it is perfectly reasonable for a jury not to believe her.
Mangum is STILL making excuses, playing the poor black victim of the big powerful white conspiracy game, and STILL denying responsibility for her own actions. Let's all remember that her criminal record PREDATES the rape hoax by four years! Let's also remember she has multiple convictions...including child abuse and DUI that had nothing to do with the rape hoax. Mangum is trying .....and will continue to try......to avoid admission of her lies, her immorality, her lousy life choices, her poor parenting, and her attack on Daye that led to his death. Perhaps Jesse, Al, Wahneema and Victoria will pay for an appeal. I doubt it.
ReplyDeleteHey, Walt. You and your commenter Mary are ill-informed or refuse to face the facts... The facts being that discrepancies between the autopsy report and other medical records exist. The fact is that Dr. Clay Nichols' testimony under oath is perjured when he stated that the spleen was not present at autopsy as it had been removed by surgeons during the April 3rd surgery.
ReplyDeleteYou and Mary have no problem calling out Mangum as a liar, but the real prevaricator is Dr. Nichols.
As far as Mangum's attorney (Daniel Meier) goes, he is a turncoat who sold out his client... especially by coercing her into not calling Dr. Christena Roberts' report and testimony into the trial.
There is no way that Mangum could've been convicted without the help of the medical examiner, defense attorney, judge, and the mainstream media.
Walt, any new on Sidney's lawsuit fiasco?
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