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You are assuming he began his investigation with the intent to present a case for innocence. Big assumption. Maybe he went into the case with the intent to squash those rumors, or with no intent at all but to see for himself. He simply provided us with the testimony of the investigating officers who claim he was innocent. I know that sucks to hear, but it it what they believe. May be that is what led the reporter to believe they were innocent. Not a pre-concieved opinion going in.
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Now THAT is a stretch. You do know that Herbert is an open opponent of the death penalty right? Here, look for yourself. Here's how many articles he wrote against it in the past few years. His intention was not to present new facts, but to present a position. One he has presented 17 times in the last 3 years.
http://query.nytimes.com/search/quer...te_select=full
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And that's my point, the police gave them that evidence that he was guilty. They didn't just gather it on their own.
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Wrong. The police gave them evidence. The DA made an opinion of guilt based on that evidence. And as we know, DAs like to get convictions for crimes like these no matter what. Sometimes this happens against the advice of the investigating officer.
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It's not wrong, you said so yourself the police presented the evidence. If there was no evidence he was guilty they wouldn't have presented it.
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They weren't in the middle of a drug deal. They were in the middle of sleeping. Maybe they were going to commit a drug deal offense, but not at the time of the officer's killing. It might interest you to know that his wife has been exonerated totally and released from prison. There was no evidence to retry.
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I have no problem with the thought that was Rhodes was equally deserving of the death penalty. And actually I believe his wife agreed to plead at time served and be released. And according to her statement they had already made the contacts to make the deal and violated law (a felony) by obtaining a sample. Additionally, they stole the patrolman's car (not exactly the act of an innocent man), stole another car, and were all caught together after trying to run a police roadblock. Oh, he also had the murder weapon in his possession. Gun powder tests said if he didn't fire it, he at least handled the weapon. There were police witnesses to a confession by Sonya (thrown out on technical grounds). There was also a kidnapping charge. He's someone who only would have caused misery and grief for others...good riddance. My only problem with this case is that the judge overruled the jury's finding of life in prison.