mercuria
05-14-2004, 04:42 PM
Reading "Vanity Fair" has, for once, brought something useful to my attention.
read on. this is horrifying.
http://www.lisl.com/facts.htm
Who is really to blame for Denver Police Officer Bruce VanderJagt's death?
Certainly not Lisl Auman, who was handcuffed and in police custody for ten minutes when the officer was murdered.
So why then must Lisl Auman spend the rest of her life in prison, without the possibility of parole?
The day after Officer VanderJagt was murdered by Matthaeus Reinhart Jaehnig, Denver District Attorney William Ritter stated, at the November 13, 1997 news conference, that the DA’s office "...is not pursuing a homicide case against Auman. He said she is being held to clarify charges against her."
What changed DA Ritter’s mind?
On November 14, 1997, the two main Denver daily newspapers looked to Jaehnig's extensive arrest record and raised questions as to how the career criminal could have remained out of prison as long as he did. That afternoon, the District Attorney's Office called police officers down to their office to make additional official statements to amend what they had witnessed two days earlier, on the night of VanderJagt's murder.
Within one week, on November 19th, District Attorney Bill Ritter, without going into specifics about the case against Lisl, said that his office decided to pursue the felony murder charge "based upon evidence available to us," adding that "If prosecutors can prove that Auman was "aiding, abetting, advising, (or) encouraging" Jaehnig, she is a "complicitor" and just as "liable as the person who fires the weapon,"
How Can This Happen?
The two arresting officers, although they testified on the witness stand during Lisl Auman's trial that they did not corroborate each others stories or discuss the events of the evening of the murder, two days later changed their stories to the exact same portrayal, that Lisl appeared to set 'something' down. The prosecution contended that 'something' had to be the gun that Jaehnig used to kill Officer VanderJagt.
Why did Denver District Court Judge Nancy Rice allow the witness statements of those two arresting police officers to be entered into trial evidence, when those statements not only plainly contradicted their original official police witness statements, but also, incredibly, corroborated each other's subsequent statements?
The inference that Lisl Auman 'handed the gun to the skinhead,' is what the public was repeatedly reminded of, by way of the Denver media, during the eight months preceding the trial. Even though there was no fingerprint evidence or witness statements to support this statement, it is also what the public was once more reminded of in a 'day before jury selection' article published on the front page of the local news section of the Denver Post.
Consider This
Consider that Lisl Ellen Auman, born on Christmas Day 1975, had never been in a jail before, and that she has not been free of imprisonment since, November 12, 1997, the day that Denver Police Officer Bruce VanderJagt was brutally murdered by, career criminal and avowed racist, Matthaeus Reinhart Jaehnig. Consider that Lisl Auman, who is not a skinhead, who has never associated with skinheads, and who has never committed an act of violence or hate, and who has never touched a gun, was vilified and denounced by many in the community in a quest for vengeance for something that had gone terribly wrong in their peaceful city. Consider the countless media reported and broadcasted memorials, testimonials, and observances, that followed; and also the televised solemn funeral of the fallen officer.
read on. this is horrifying.
http://www.lisl.com/facts.htm
Who is really to blame for Denver Police Officer Bruce VanderJagt's death?
Certainly not Lisl Auman, who was handcuffed and in police custody for ten minutes when the officer was murdered.
So why then must Lisl Auman spend the rest of her life in prison, without the possibility of parole?
The day after Officer VanderJagt was murdered by Matthaeus Reinhart Jaehnig, Denver District Attorney William Ritter stated, at the November 13, 1997 news conference, that the DA’s office "...is not pursuing a homicide case against Auman. He said she is being held to clarify charges against her."
What changed DA Ritter’s mind?
On November 14, 1997, the two main Denver daily newspapers looked to Jaehnig's extensive arrest record and raised questions as to how the career criminal could have remained out of prison as long as he did. That afternoon, the District Attorney's Office called police officers down to their office to make additional official statements to amend what they had witnessed two days earlier, on the night of VanderJagt's murder.
Within one week, on November 19th, District Attorney Bill Ritter, without going into specifics about the case against Lisl, said that his office decided to pursue the felony murder charge "based upon evidence available to us," adding that "If prosecutors can prove that Auman was "aiding, abetting, advising, (or) encouraging" Jaehnig, she is a "complicitor" and just as "liable as the person who fires the weapon,"
How Can This Happen?
The two arresting officers, although they testified on the witness stand during Lisl Auman's trial that they did not corroborate each others stories or discuss the events of the evening of the murder, two days later changed their stories to the exact same portrayal, that Lisl appeared to set 'something' down. The prosecution contended that 'something' had to be the gun that Jaehnig used to kill Officer VanderJagt.
Why did Denver District Court Judge Nancy Rice allow the witness statements of those two arresting police officers to be entered into trial evidence, when those statements not only plainly contradicted their original official police witness statements, but also, incredibly, corroborated each other's subsequent statements?
The inference that Lisl Auman 'handed the gun to the skinhead,' is what the public was repeatedly reminded of, by way of the Denver media, during the eight months preceding the trial. Even though there was no fingerprint evidence or witness statements to support this statement, it is also what the public was once more reminded of in a 'day before jury selection' article published on the front page of the local news section of the Denver Post.
Consider This
Consider that Lisl Ellen Auman, born on Christmas Day 1975, had never been in a jail before, and that she has not been free of imprisonment since, November 12, 1997, the day that Denver Police Officer Bruce VanderJagt was brutally murdered by, career criminal and avowed racist, Matthaeus Reinhart Jaehnig. Consider that Lisl Auman, who is not a skinhead, who has never associated with skinheads, and who has never committed an act of violence or hate, and who has never touched a gun, was vilified and denounced by many in the community in a quest for vengeance for something that had gone terribly wrong in their peaceful city. Consider the countless media reported and broadcasted memorials, testimonials, and observances, that followed; and also the televised solemn funeral of the fallen officer.