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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (954)	6/24/2001 12:19:57 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1397

If there's anything to be learned from the New York Post story it's damned if you do and damned if you don't when it appears you are being considered a suspect in a high-profile murder. For example, should Rep. Condit have gone to the police sooner? Should Van de Velde not have been so cooperative? Should someone who finds him or herself in such an unenviable situation vehemently try to curb rampant speculation about them in the press or not dignify such things with a comment? The New York Post also ran a second article on Condit, entitled "Condit's Gift of Gab." In it the author wrote: "Condit hopes yesterday's police interview, plus his meeting Thursday with Levy's mom, Susan, and Susan's lawyer, Billy Martin, will end the publicity firestorm threatening his career... Condit had portrayed himself as a victim of the tabloid press... But a political ally said the damage has already been done." (http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/33256.htm) If linking the Condit and Van de Velde situations helps raise awareness of just how much we as a society have strayed from a presumption of innocence mentality, great. But, we also need to remind ourselves that real murders are solved by analyzing real evidence not by trying to scrutinize the way certain people who just happened to know the victim have been alleged by the media to have reacted. - Jeff