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Testimony by Maureen Sweeney - the innocence case of Wayne Tompkins

In the course of the collateral proceedings, withheldexculpatory evidence has surfaced, along with witnesses anddocuments that were not presented by the defense whichdemonstrate that Kathy?s story - the basis of the prosecution?stheory of the case - could have been thoroughly impeached and shown to not be true.For example, in 2001, the State disclosed aJune 8, 1984, police report concerning an interview of anindividual named Maureen Sweeney taken on June 8, 1984, at 2130hrs: SWEENEY advised that it was very strange theexplanation given surrounding LISA'S disappearance. Sheadvised that she was told that LISA had come home,found Wayne sitting at the kitchen table with hermother and asked 'what the hell is he doing here!' Hermother, BARBARA, explained that he had no place to goand that she was going to let him move in with them,until he could get on his feet...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on November 02, 2008 (boomark / email).