January 14, 2010

More bad news for Coakley

Gerald Amirault was on WEEI radio's Dennis and Callaghan show today, discussing the shameful role of Martha Coakley in the prosecution of a false child molestation case. Audio here.

The hosts talked about how the entire Fells Acres trail was a truly shameful episode in local history. Amrirault himself recounted all the years he spent in "protective custody" i.e. solitary confinement, because of concerns that as a convicted child molester he would not be safe in the general population. When he finally did go into the general population, the reaction of the other inmates was be cool man, we know you aren't guilty. Amriault also talked about Martha Coakley being unable to admit her office had wrongfully convicted him despite the fact they changed all the procedures on collecting and presenting evidence in molestation investigations long before his commutation hearing in 2001.

He comes across as a really nive guy with no real bitterness or anger. That makes the interview an even more devastating indictment of the miscarriage of justice that happened in Coakley's office and her moves to prevent the commutation of his sentence.

It also struck me that WEEI is a sports station, not a news outlet. In fact, according to Wikipedia it is one of the top rated sports talk radio stations in the nation.

HT Ace of Spades