I think I know what you and IEarnedit are getting at-- Yale's actions are not just posturing; the New Haven police have been whispering in their ear. If so, then, yes, I'd say that is quite accurate. There is absolutely no doubt that -- to the outside world -- the New Haven police have always maintained that Jim did it... that while they didn't have a shred of evidence nor a motive that was based in anything but wishful thinking, their stellar police intuition would be proven correct, somehow and some way.
When the Jovins published a letter urging the mother of the killer to do the right thing (blatantly aimed at Jim's mother), it was obvious the New Haven police had been telling them not to worry because they had the right guy. When the New Haven police said they would recheck the murder scene, did they go 3/4 of a mile from that point in any of three directions that didn't lead directly to Jim's house? No. So, it's quite likely that the New Haven police have also been telling Yale since the start that they are pretty sure they have the right guy. Funny thing, though... when the police chief was recently asked how many others were in the pool of suspects, he said five, no, ten, no, five, no... the point being there are no other suspects. They don't have a clue who really did this because they spent an entire year concentrating on one person, hoping and praying they guessed right-- "guess" being the operative word here.
To use a analogy that longtime SIers can relate to, it's like people who buy a stock on a hunch early on, tell people how great they think the company is, and just sort of convince themselves they made the right decision no matter what anyone can say or "prove" to the contrary. The more public these people are, the harder it is to be objective. It becomes an issue of pride; you attack their stock and it's like you've attacked them. With some of these folks, reality only sets in when the SEC shuts the company down (and then sometimes not even then (g)). This is precisely why I'm not here to defend Jim but to try and solve this darn thing!
Am I at least barking up the right tree here? :)
- Jeff |
