Ramsey grand jury voted to indict parents in 1999, DA refused to prosecute!

Discussion in 'Justice for JonBenet Discussion - Public Forum' started by BobC, Jan 27, 2013.

  1. RiverRat

    RiverRat FFJ Sr. Member Extraordinaire (Pictured at Lef

    Grand Jury Refresher!

    As always, ACandyRose has a very informative site set up for numerous issues regarding the grand jury. I had to share after realizing just how much dust gathers up in 16 years...might not be just me!

    http://www.acandyrose.com/s-ramsey-grand-jury.htm
     
  2. cynic

    cynic Member

    Here is the hard-hitting interview by People.

    Almost three years had passed since the 1996 murder of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey. As D.A. Alex Hunter stepped to the podium in Boulder, Colo., to announce the grand jury’s findings, no hearts beat harder than those of the beauty pageant queen’s parents, John and Patsy Ramsey. “Our attorneys had us totally prepared to go to jail,†John tells PEOPLE, “We had bail money set up†Instead, Hunter, saying he lacked “sufficient evidence†to file charges against anyone, let the jury go.
    It turns out the grand jury had actually voted to indict JonBenet’s parents on charges of child abuse resulting in death, a felony that carries a potential sentence of up to 48 years.â€We felt the adults in the house may have done something that they certainly could have prevented, or they could have helped her and they didn’t†on juror told Boulder’s Daily Camera about the celebrated cold case. Former assistant D.A. Bill Wise called Hunter’s determination not to indict the right decision because the case was unwinnable. Defense attorney Scott Robinson, a Denver expert on the case, called Hunter’s decision “unprecedented†and likened it to a presidential pocket veto.
    The D.A.’s office declined comment, but John Ramsey, who was officially cleard in 2008 along with his by-then-deceased wife, was unfazed by the story. “It’s just more drama,†says Ramsey, 69 ,who now lives with his third wife, Jan in Michigan and Nevada. Noting that the statute of limitations on the indictment has long since passed, James Kolar, one of the former D.A.’s lead investigators says, “No one is ever going to be charged in this ase.â€

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  3. wombat

    wombat Member

    ARGHH.:banghead:

    He's right, of course.

    At this point I just want all the grand jury evidence released, and an investigation by the Feds into the officials who prevented justice for Jonbenet - Hunter, Lacey, etc. A girl can dream.
     
  4. Cherokee

    Cherokee FFJ Senior Member

    That's exactly what I want, too, Wombat!
     
  5. zoomama

    zoomama Active Member

    Ooooh and make that me too or three!
     
  6. Elle

    Elle Member

    I'm signing up for this too, Wombat!
     
  7. Elle

    Elle Member

    Cynic:

    Thank you for posting this "People" interview cynic!
     
  8. heymom

    heymom Member

    I really wouldn't call that "hard-hitting," but thanks for posting it, cynic.
     
  9. cynic

    cynic Member

    I was kidding, John doesn't do "hard-hitting" interviews.
    IIRC, the last hard question that John was asked in an interview was in the year 2000.
    Q. (By Mr. Levin) Mr. Ramsey, it is our belief based on forensic evidence that there are hairs that are associated, that the source is the collared black shirt that you sent us that are found in your daughter's underpants, and I wondered if you --
     
  10. cynic

    cynic Member

    Thanks RR, a lot of good stuff there.
    I'll leave you with something that I ran across recently.

    Alex Hunter in an interview about the JonBenet case from the year 2000.

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    “I’m at total peace about the calls that I’ve made in this case.â€

    “I’m real proud of them (BPD) and it was great to work with them. We did have this one (Steve Thomas) that went out and pecked at the bones of JonBenet…high profile, never handled a homicide, not one, and of course the commander of detectives never handled a homicide and that got us a little bit off on the wrong foot.â€

    “We can’t give up on this kind of a case, we must not, the public won’t let us anyway, and we solve cases so people should not throw in the owel.â€
     
  11. DeeDee

    DeeDee Member

    What kind of trash is that- "pecked at the bones of JonBenet"? You mean trying to SOLVE the murder of JonBenet? I'd like to slap him.
     
  12. BOESP

    BOESP Member

    Doesn't he sound professional. :tsmile:

    I'll help with the slapping.
     
  13. Cherokee

    Cherokee FFJ Senior Member

    Me, too ...with a tire iron! :mad:
     
  14. RiverRat

    RiverRat FFJ Sr. Member Extraordinaire (Pictured at Lef

    That Slimebag is not worthy of speaking Steve's name!!! Detective Thomas did the right thing in the middle of a sea of Sins and I hope that he is enjoying the hell out of this confirmation of the cover-ups.
     
  15. BOESP

    BOESP Member

    Hear you loud and clear!:sleuth:
     
  16. LI_Mom

    LI_Mom Member

    Touch DNA

    Wow! I haven't been here since July 25, 2008 and forgot more details than I remember about this case but one thing that ALWAYS bothered me about Lacy's crazy 'exoneration'.....

    How many people did Jonbenet have contact with that day that were NEVER tested because they were underage or maybe not then considered possible suspects in her brutal murder?

    How can Lacy claim the touch DNA exonerates anyone when she hasn't even tested EVERYONE known to be in contact with the victim?

    I'm not suggesting a young boy was involved BUT it is certainly possible the dna is easily explained. It's possible that she had wholly innocent contact with a young boy before or at the party & transferred that dna herself?

    After all these years, can't these now young men come forward & provide a dna sample so law enforcement can rule out ALL known physical contacts Jonbenet had? They'd be doing a great & noble thing & they could remain anonymous.
     
  17. DeeDee

    DeeDee Member

    There were people who had contact with her after she died, too. Morgue workers, the forensics specialists who put her in the body bag, into the ambulance, etc. Somebody had to physically pick her up and put her in a body bag.
    There were MANY males at the White's- some of them children. DNA is not age specific (but some body fluids, like semen, can only come from a male who is old enough to ejaculate). NONE of those (now adult) males can be forced to come forward or submit to DNA testing. And none are that noble.
     
  18. LI_Mom

    LI_Mom Member

    DeeDee, as far as I remember there was no semen found on her body.

    The only semen I DO remember is what they found on her old blanket which was eventually attributed to her half-brother John & he was definitely cleared of any wrong doing.

    It goes without saying that all the men who came into contact with her AFTER her death should be tested but we never hear any mention of testing the BOYS she was known to have contact with so they can maybe determine whether the dna is even relevant in the case.

    W know she was outside playing with some children the day of the party & we know she was with children at the party. Test them so we know there is a valid reason to leave the dna profile in the system.

    Maybe it's no a question of forcing people but of ASKING them to step forward voluntarily in the name of justice. Most people are decent.
     
  19. koldkase

    koldkase FFJ Senior Member

    Looking through old articles for something and found this, which I want to bump this thread with because it's SO CLEAR in the Team Ramsey spin ABUNDENT in this PROPAGANDA PIECE, starring NONE OTHER THAN DA HUNTER AND HIS SIDE KICK WISE, the DA was NEVER going to try the killers of JonBenet Ramsey--EVER.

    Keep in mind the date for the publication of this article: not even a year after the murder.

    Keep in mind that Micheal Kane, a grand jury specialist brought in after the governor threatened to take the investigation away from Hunter once Thomas' resignation letter became public, said the grand jury should have been convened in this case much earlier. We now know that the Ramsey's lawyers WERE LYING in just about everything they said in this article.

    Ha. Some innocent parents these people were: clearly the Ramsey DISINFORMATION MACHINE, complete with the DA's Office on board, was in fifth gear here.

    Bastids, all of them.

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  20. cynic

    cynic Member

    [SNIP from quoted article]
    "That's theoretically why you have strong prosecutorial ethics...":puke:
     
    Last edited: Aug 5, 2013
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