| Kensu Media Release 5 What Others Say About the Kensu Case |
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What Others Say About the Kensu Case “Reading the trial transcript as an outsider, you just had this smell of the whole thing. I don’t see how they could convict the guy. Had I been the trial judge, I hope I would have had the guts to throw the case out.” – Thomas Brennan, former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice. “We firmly believe that Mr. Kensu could not have murdered Scott Macklem.” – Bridget McCormack and David Moran, Co-Directors of the Michigan Innocence Clinic of the University of Michigan Law School in their letter to Governor Granholm.
“There’s no doubt that, the more you look at this case, it is essentially the ultimate template for wrongful convictions and the failures that lead to them.” William Proctor, founder of Proving Innocence and TV investigative reporter and journalist.
“It’s time for action to release this wholly innocent man so he can return to his family and friends.” – Donna McKneelen, Co-Director of the Cooley Innocence Project at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
“I reached the firm conclusion that Temujin Kensu did not commit or have any involvement in the murder for which he was convicted. I view Mr. Kensu's conviction and continued incarceration as an egregious miscarriage of justice, one that is a blot on the system of justice that I tried to serve during my 35 years of practice.” – Jonathan E. Maire, attorney and former Ingham County assistant prosecutor and City of Lansing Municipal Judge.
“My FBI career involved placing men in jail, not getting them released. Mr. Kensu is the first for whom I have actively supported the release of. If the investigation and evaluation of the evidence in this case had occurred properly in 1986, no law enforcement agency should have identified Mr. Kensu as a suspect. Mr. Kensu deserves his freedom after having lost a good portion of his adulthood in prison for a crime he did not commit.” – Harold C. Copus, private investigator and retired Special Agent of the FBI. “There is no doubt in my mind that Temujin Kensu did not commit this murder and in order to gain a conviction against him several inappropriate things occurred. Mr. Kensu's conviction and continued incarceration is a terrible miscarriage of justice. My heart goes out to the Macklem family for the loss of their son, but the wrong person is paying for this crime with his life in prison.” – Herbert C. Welser, retired detective lieutenant with 31 years in the Port Huron Police Department.
“In this case, I am convinced that Temujin Kensu did not commit this murder and had no role in it. He is truly innocent and I encourage the Governor to grant clemency.” – Ronald Bretz, a professor of law with the Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
“There is no doubt in my mind that, if Mr. Kensu was adequately represented by an attorney and an experienced investigator, this case would not have resulted in a conviction. I do not mean to infer that Mr. Kensu is technically not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. I firmly believe that he is innocent of the charges brought.” – John Boggs, private investigator and detective/sergeant for the Michigan State Police for over 16 years, court expert in death investigations.
“After administrating the polygraph exam to Temujin Kensu, studying the case as to testimony, evidence, etc., in my opinion this is the worst case of a wrongful conviction ever seen in my 42 years in law enforcement.” – Chester S. Romatowski, Michigan State Police polygrapher for 25 years and 17 years with the Oakland County Sheriff's Department.
“I spent my entire career putting bad guys behind bars where they belong. But this case is a true tragedy. Our criminal justice system failed this time because of faulty police work, overly zealous prosecution, admitted perjury by a jailhouse snitch, a flawed witness identification process, and a drug-addicted and incompetent defense attorney. It was Kensu’s ‘perfect storm’.” – Ross Parker, retired career federal prosecutor and Kensu defense counsel.
“There wasn’t the evidence to convict him. It just wasn’t there. There’s a lot more information behind what appeared at trial. It’s some scary shit.” – Hank Glaspie, a private investigator and former FBI special agent.
“It was circumstantial, all circumstantial. We have no evidence” – a direct quote from Richard Pelligren, a juror of the trial, commenting on the prosecutor’s speculative, unsubstantiated theory that Mr. Kensu chartered a plane from Escanaba to Port Huron and back to commit the murder.
“It’s mind-boggling. You would like to think that somewhere in the system somebody is going to come forward and say, ‘Come on. You’re putting away an innocent man here.’ It’s incomprehensible to me.” – Sam Gunn, a 30+year veteran attorney.
Update on April 23, 2010
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