Reward money, legislation, and media raiding the board
Apr 26, 2018 22:18:15 GMT
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Post by ant27 on Apr 26, 2018 22:18:15 GMT
Since everything has been moving so quickly, I think some things should be addressed.
It doesn’t appear any tip led to the arrest, and I’m not sure about the procedure the FBI takes with funds made available for rewards in those circumstances. If there is any discretion in deciding where those funds go, I think we should make some sort of petition. Many victims and their families became outspoken in bringing attention to EARONS, even bringing legislation to pass. I’m pretty sure without their actions, LE wouldn’t have been so active in opening the current investigation that led to an arrest. Especially here in Sacramento, where recently connecting EAR to the Maggiore murders (not covered by the statute of limitations) with real evidence probably gave Sac LE more investigative power and resources.
So petitioning for the reward money to go to the victims and family, or to a charitable source that supports the victims and families of similar crimes, I think that would be a good thing.
Another thing, I think this case could be the impetus for even further DNA legislation. Whatever LE did sounds like it might have been something new that can change things, or might have questionable legality (the Australian connection, did they use Australian LE to search private databases with the pretext of thinking EAR’s MO matched similar crimes in Australia?). At the least, it took nearly 30 years for LE across the state to link up DNA and connect EAR to ONS and ONS to itself. Having legislation that further formalizes and mandates DNA collection from evidence old and new, and a more open database that automatically matches up all DNA entered, along with accessing databases from other states. I’m not sure about the current practices, but it seems like running or uploading DNA is still at the discretion of LE and them suspecting a connection. Along those lines, a formalized infrastructure for cooperation between jurisdictions: All the jurisdictions involved with EARONS had to set up and build cooperation over the years, that was mainly occasional meetings, sharing of new info, while they worked more or less independently. Cooperation was also at the discretion of local resources. Like without the Maggiore murder charge, Sacramento could only do so much in light of the statute of limitations of the local rapes, instead of being held more closely to the murders in other jurisidctions. Even destroying evidence early on, there should be a hold on statute of limitations evidence disposal with something like EAR (he was suspected in the Maggiore murders, his rapes were especially prolific and terrorizing beyond what the statutes had in mind, used a deadly weapon in the rapes, and the psych profile believed he would graduate to murder)
The next thing I thought should be addressed more immediately, is I’ve noticed some of the more editorialized articles sounding like they come off this board, without citing any sources. I can see some using this board to find sources, but others seem like they might lift content from the board itself. One in particular that seemingly tried to implicate his wife in some guilt had some suspicious wording. Regardless if they did or not, an HBO series is going to be made from michelles book, the arrest happened at the height of commerical interest and board activity, and many researchers on this board have already been official sources in documentaries and other coverage. This board might become a hotspot for proper and more unscrupulous journalism, as its always at the cutting edge of knowledge about this case, and case knowledge comes pre-made into article ready context and relevant theories (for example the LE and military theories were prominently discussed here, and an unscrupulous journalist might come around looking to lift some of those thoughts for his own editorializing, since those theories can parallel what LE was thinking also)
It doesn’t appear any tip led to the arrest, and I’m not sure about the procedure the FBI takes with funds made available for rewards in those circumstances. If there is any discretion in deciding where those funds go, I think we should make some sort of petition. Many victims and their families became outspoken in bringing attention to EARONS, even bringing legislation to pass. I’m pretty sure without their actions, LE wouldn’t have been so active in opening the current investigation that led to an arrest. Especially here in Sacramento, where recently connecting EAR to the Maggiore murders (not covered by the statute of limitations) with real evidence probably gave Sac LE more investigative power and resources.
So petitioning for the reward money to go to the victims and family, or to a charitable source that supports the victims and families of similar crimes, I think that would be a good thing.
Another thing, I think this case could be the impetus for even further DNA legislation. Whatever LE did sounds like it might have been something new that can change things, or might have questionable legality (the Australian connection, did they use Australian LE to search private databases with the pretext of thinking EAR’s MO matched similar crimes in Australia?). At the least, it took nearly 30 years for LE across the state to link up DNA and connect EAR to ONS and ONS to itself. Having legislation that further formalizes and mandates DNA collection from evidence old and new, and a more open database that automatically matches up all DNA entered, along with accessing databases from other states. I’m not sure about the current practices, but it seems like running or uploading DNA is still at the discretion of LE and them suspecting a connection. Along those lines, a formalized infrastructure for cooperation between jurisdictions: All the jurisdictions involved with EARONS had to set up and build cooperation over the years, that was mainly occasional meetings, sharing of new info, while they worked more or less independently. Cooperation was also at the discretion of local resources. Like without the Maggiore murder charge, Sacramento could only do so much in light of the statute of limitations of the local rapes, instead of being held more closely to the murders in other jurisidctions. Even destroying evidence early on, there should be a hold on statute of limitations evidence disposal with something like EAR (he was suspected in the Maggiore murders, his rapes were especially prolific and terrorizing beyond what the statutes had in mind, used a deadly weapon in the rapes, and the psych profile believed he would graduate to murder)
The next thing I thought should be addressed more immediately, is I’ve noticed some of the more editorialized articles sounding like they come off this board, without citing any sources. I can see some using this board to find sources, but others seem like they might lift content from the board itself. One in particular that seemingly tried to implicate his wife in some guilt had some suspicious wording. Regardless if they did or not, an HBO series is going to be made from michelles book, the arrest happened at the height of commerical interest and board activity, and many researchers on this board have already been official sources in documentaries and other coverage. This board might become a hotspot for proper and more unscrupulous journalism, as its always at the cutting edge of knowledge about this case, and case knowledge comes pre-made into article ready context and relevant theories (for example the LE and military theories were prominently discussed here, and an unscrupulous journalist might come around looking to lift some of those thoughts for his own editorializing, since those theories can parallel what LE was thinking also)