Slog - Comments on Vindication for Accused Funhouse Stabbers http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/vindication_for_accu David Packman and David Hinz can thank surveillance cameras for their freedom. Videos from cameras at the Funhouse appear to support the theory that mob rule, not eye witnesses, served as the inquisitioners in the two men's arrest after a stabbing last November. (My story about that theory and the stabbing is here.) Prosecutors today dropped all charges against the men. Packman, who had been fingered as the stabber, had served nearly two months in jail. Hinz was released the day after his arrest. When police arrived at the scene on November 5, the crowd presented them with Hinz and... Copyright 2008 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:57:27 -0800 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:50:16 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Noink Duh. In situations like that, best to check out whoever was the first accuser, not the accused.

]]> Noink http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/vindication_for_accu#c583736 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/vindication_for_accu#c583736 City Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:33:38 -0800 Comment by Addis My goodness, the guy sits in jail for two months waiting for them to watch a freaking tape... wow.

]]> Addis http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/vindication_for_accu#c583795 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/vindication_for_accu#c583795 City Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:52:24 -0800 Comment by Packman I'm tempted to say quite a bit on this, but I won't right now.

All I will say is that it does not feel like vindication and I don't think it ever can because so much harm has been done to us through this that, frankly, just can't be undone.

Thank you to the people who stood by me and knew me well enough to know that I was innocent.

]]> Packman http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/vindication_for_accu#c584298 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/vindication_for_accu#c584298 City Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:50:16 -0800