Now that the white hot politicization of the Ben LaGuer case is subsiding it is worth taking some time to look at what it was that got so many highpowerd people involved back in the 1990s. I have studied the case and developed a level of expertise in the case that I am glad to share.
Aside from the politics, which I am steering clear of, the two main questions in the case now are: 1) Did LaGuer get a fair trial? And 2) Did he commit the crime? The first question will be determined by the SJC and, depending on what it decides, the second can be determined by a new jury. That is the place where the value of the DNA results will properly be evaluated.
By way of a history lesson, here is some reporting Hank Phillipi Ryan did more than 15 years ago.
PART I
PART II
Someone should send this information to Andrea Estes; she obviously hasn’t had time to research what she’s been writing about. What other excuse could there be for such glaring gaps in her reporting?