Trial of Thomas "Zoo Man" Huskey,charged w/serially killing 4 gals & raping 23 others,about to begin,in TN
Dana Phillips
I have been following this one in the news for a while since I live down that way.
What you copied gives a good run down but can never make up for seeing with your
own two eyes. The man was a nut and that is it. When he said he heard voices or
had another personality you would have had to believe it. He does not have the
best Judge in the world as the man is making and ass of himself. I saw him on TV
on the bench and he had his eyes closed the whole time. I thought he was sleeping
and I still do not know for sure. Since Zoo Man has been in jail he has gained
weight and no longer looks wild. It was his eyes that were scary. He must be
getting good meds now.
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Dana Phillips
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Joe1orbit
It is always nice when a serial killer is given a colorful nickname by the
media. I think "Zoo Man" is a GREAT nickname. In case any of you don't know who
Zoo Man is, his real name is Thomas Huskey, and he is about to go on trial in
Tennessee for having serially killed FOUR women, back in 1992. Thomas is a VERY
little known serial killer, unfortunately. But I am pleased and proud to give
him at least a little bit of international Usenet and Joe1orbit Mailing List
exposure.
38 year old Thomas got his nickname NOT because he 'acts like an animal', but
because he met up with all four of his victims right in or near a ZOO in the
city of Knoxville. He is facing four separate counts of murder. He committed
all four killings in 1992, but I do believe there WAS a cooling off period of 3
days or more in-between each killing, so he does qualify as being a serial
killer.
The trial is expected to take about 3-4 weeks. I'm sorry to have to report
that prosecutors ARE seeking to get our Zoo Man legally murdered via the death
penalty. Thomas does have a fairly long criminal record, including previous
convictions, prior to his 1992 explosion of murder, for violent assaults
against women. In addition to the 4 murders, Thomas faces TWENTY-THREE separate
counts of RAPE, along with other felony charges. He really seemed to dislike
gals a whole lot. Hopefully the media WILL cover this trial, at least to some
degree, and we will get to learn more about this mysterious and little known
serial predator.
Thanks to my dedicated efforts, I can inform you that the Knoxville
News-Sentinel online newspaper IS covering this case fairly well. Below are
three news articles from that paper, which are VERY interesting and informative
indeed, as far as providing some background info on our Zoo Man.
First of all, the defense: Thomas will be pleading Not Guilty by reason of
insanity. THREE different licensed psychiatrists are ready to testify for the
defense, that Thomas was and is indeed suffering from serious mental illness,
caused by, you guessed it, CHILDHOOD ABUSE. ALL serial killers are ABUSED and
mistreated and traumatized during childhood, and Thomas is no exception. These
head shrinks will testify that Thomas's childhood was so unbearable that he
developed SPLIT personalities, totally detached from each other, as a way of
trying to cope with the abuse. And it was one of those split personalities that
committed all of these rapes and the four murders, therefore making Thomas Not
Guilty by reason of insanity. Unfortunately, prosecutors have NO interest in
TRUTH, and can always find head shrinks willing to PROSTITUTE themselves and
the Truth, and declare a mentally ill person like Thomas to be competent enough
to be punitively punished via LEGAL MURDER. It's UNBELIEVABLE to me that
prosecutors would not only go ahead with this prosecution, but actually seek to
legally murder this mentally ill and horrifically abused victim of society!
Thomas has been given the honor of being Knox County's very FIRST documented
serial killer. The four murdered gals were probably all hookers. Thomas was
well known among the hooker community, and they gave him the nickname of Zoo
Man, BEFORE he even became a serial killer. He did used to work at the local
zoo, and always took his hookers to the area around the zoo to have sex.
According to Thomas, a school teacher got him involved in a sado-masochistic
prostitution ring, when he was still in junior high school. This teacher paid
him money to have sex with BOTH women and men. One time, she forced him to
submit to GANG RAPE by a whole group of men.
After his arrest for the four murders, different personalities began to
emerge and show themselves, to prison guards and to psychiatrists. Naturally
there is some speculation that he could be faking the personalities, but it
looks like he has done a GREAT job of convincing THREE prominant and respected
psychiatrists that he is genuinely mentally ill, and does suffer from split
personality disorder.
One psychiatrist declares: ""It is clear from reviewing the records and
examining Thomas Huskey that it was the alter Kyle who is responsible for the
violent behavior, including the rapes and the murders. Thomas has no memory of
any of that behavior and no intention of harming anyone as Tom. I trhink it's
FASCINATING how a child can split himself off into totally distinct and
separate personalities, each UNAWARE of the existence of the other
personalities, as a way of coping with severe and chronic abuse. What a
tremendous SURVIVAL MECHANISM this is, and just think how much MORE outrageous
it makes the fact that prosecutors are seeking to LEGALLY MURDER this
courageous, victimized, survivor of brutal abuse.
We learn that Thomas was an extreme loner as a child, always playing alone.
He liked to wear a CAPE and pretend to be Superman, no doubt as a COPING
MECHANISM to try and deal with his ongoing abuse. In his MIND, little slave
Thomas could become the "Man Of Steel", the all-powerful and untouchable
superman.
This is quite a fascinating case. Thomas deserves to be a LOT better known in
the true crime community and among the public at large. Maybe this quadruple
murder trial will get him at least a bit of fame, AND more importantly, a NOT
GUILTY by reason of insanity verdict. I have NO confidence that your malevolent
society will grant Thomas this one tiny concession of victimhood status, but
hope springs eternal.
In another fascinating detail, we learn that Thomas, like MANY serial
killers, is an ARTIST. Prison guards SEIZED his artwork about a year ago, after
allegations were made that he was drawing pictures of his VICTIMS. What an
outrage! So what if he IS drawing pictures of his victims??? That should be
1005 legal, and NO type of interference by prison guards or a judge should be
allowed.
Take care, JOE
The following appears courtesy of today's Reuters news wire:
Accused Killer Faces Trial
1/11/99
Reuters
(KNOXVILLE) -- Jury selection begins tomorrow in Nashville in the murder trial
of accused serial killer Thomas "Zoo Man" Huskey. Huskey's trial will be held
in Knoxville, where the four women were murdered in 1992. Experts say jury
selection could take a week, and the trial will take several more. Prosecutors
are seeking the death penalty for Huskey, who already has been convicted of
other assaults against women.
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The following appears courtesy of the 1/10/99 online edition of The Knoxville
News-Sentinel newspaper:
Huskey jury selection begins Monday
Mental health experts set to testify for both sides
January 10, 1998
By John North, News-Sentinel staff writer
Three mental health professionals think he's bona fide crazy, a man whose mind
was so shattered by terrible childhood experiences that his personality
splintered into an array of alter egos.
Two others are prepared to counter alleged serial killer Thomas D. Huskey
either is faking it or is well enough to know it was wrong for him to murder
four women in 1992 in garbage-strewn woods in East Knox County.
Together, the five psychiatrists and psychologists, from Knoxville to New York
to Philadelphia, will address what is expected to be the most significant
question in Huskey's murder trial -- the notorious "Zoo Man's" state of mind.
Long-awaited and much-delayed, the trial starts Monday with jury selection in
Nashville. Recognizing the extensive publicity given to the man billed as Knox
County's first documented serial killer, Knox County Criminal Court Judge
Richard Baumgartner decided to move selection to Davidson County to avoid a
biased jury panel.
Once selection ends, probably in about a week, the jury will travel to Knox
County to hear evidence against Huskey, given his nickname by hookers because
he once worked at the Knoxville Zoo and liked to take women to the area for
sex.
Knox County District Attorney General Randy Nichols has the burden of proving
Huskey murdered the four women, found off the dead-end Cahaba Lane. Defense
lawyers Gregory P. Isaacs and Herbert S. Moncier, who have spent countless
hours crafting their case, will try to show other suspects may have committed
the crimes and that in at least one instance Huskey has an alibi.
If jurors convict the 38-year-old Sevier Countian of murder, they will move on
to sentencing. It is then that the jury will have to decide whether Huskey
should be put to death, which Nichols is seeking.
Moncier and Isaacs likely will call nationally known psychiatrists Dr. Robert
L. Sadoff and Dr. Richard Kluft, of Pennsylvania, and Knoxville clinical
psychologist Diana McCoy, all of whom have examined Huskey over the years and
think he has a multiple personality disorder.
To offset what they say, Nichols will call two of his own hand-picked experts.
Huskey's defense, a unique approach rarely used in Tennessee, has attracted the
attention of Court TV, the cable law channel, as well as the Discovery Channel,
which is pondering taking a skeptical look at the current diagnosis of the
condition, more commonly referred to now as dissociative identity disorder.
Moncier, Isaacs and Nichols could not comment for this story because they are
under a court-imposed gag order.
Hired by the defense, Sadoff and McCoy have worked on Huskey's case almost
since the day he was arrested in October 1992. They've met with him often
through the years. They believe he suffers from a mental illness spurred on by
several traumatic events in his life.
Moncier and Isaacs have made public reports prepared by Sadoff, a nationally
recognized psychiatrist who was consulted in the case of a man convicted of
murdering several students in Gainesville, Fla., in the early 1990s, and McCoy,
a psychologist who has worked with juvenile and adult defendants throughout
East Tennessee. Their reports reveal intimate, private details about Huskey
including his sex life and problems in his family.
According to Huskey, a substitute teacher named Connie or Charlotte recruited
him into a prostitution ring in the mid-1970s when he was a teenager at Park
Junior High School in Knoxville. She gave him gifts and attention, the reports
show.
Their reports recount stories from Huskey of how he was hired to help women
engage in their sado-masochistic fantasies.
Sometimes, Huskey told them, the substitute teacher sent him to have sex with
male clients. Sometimes, the substitute teacher could be cruel, such as the
time she arranged for him to be gang-raped by a group of men including a police
officer known as "Sgt. Blackie," McCoy's report states.
"For awhile after this, he mainly had sex with men for money, reportedly now
being too old for the women who had formerly paid for his services," McCoy's
report states.
During the time Huskey said he worked as a prostitute, McCoy's report says, the
substitute teacher gave him code names such as Kyle and Timmy to match the
character he was supposed to adopt.
As it turns out, some of the names match purported personalities that began to
appear once Knox County authorities took Huskey into custody,
Kyle, in fact, is supposed to be the evil, murderous alter ego responsible for
the four murders. During meetings with investigators in November 1992, Huskey
appeared to undergo a transformation, after which Kyle emerged to talk about
the killings.
Sadoff and McCoy have met Kyle, their reports state. Toward the end of his
meetings, Sadoff opined that Huskey's personalities appeared to be
re-integrating into his "host personality."
"It is clear from reviewing the records and examining Thomas Huskey that it was
the alter Kyle who is responsible for the violent behavior, including the rapes
and the murders," Sadoff wrote Isaacs and Moncier in a letter Nov. 1, 1995.
"Tom has no memory of any of that behavior and no intention of harming anyone
as Tom."
Kyle once lunged at McCoy while he was shackled, according to Sadoff.
"Not only did Kyle admit to the killings, he admitted to making statements to
the police, which he said were not necessarily the truth but were what he
thought the police wanted to hear from him in order to implicate Tom," McCoy
wrote in a report made public in 1996.
Besides Sadoff and McCoy, the lawyers appear set to call Kluft, a Philadelphia
psychiatrist who examined Huskey in October 1996. Kluft, who has published
papers and taken part in instructional videos on dissociative disorders, was
hired by Baumgartner as an expert to aid the court.
Kluft, too, came to believe Huskey suffers a multiple personality disorder. In
his opinion, Huskey did not appear to be faking an illness.
When Kluft asked Huskey on Oct. 23, 1996 if he could meet with his alternative
personalities, Huskey resisted, saying it would make him feel like he was "an
exhibit in a freak show," according to Kluft's report.
The next day, however, Huskey's eyes fluttered and rolled and he suddenly began
speaking with a British accent. Kluft noted the alter egos appeared to emerge,
talking of other dimensions inhabited by characters such as Kyle.
"Mr. Huskey professed himself to ask only for honor and justice," Kluft wrote.
"He believes fully in the reality of these other dimensions, and believes he is
not mentally ill -- instead, he feels he has a gift.... Mr. Huskey assumes
'Kyle' committed the crimes attributed to him."
Tennessee taxpayers have footed the bill for the three experts in a case that
so far has cost about $200,000 and includes two previous trials during which
Huskey, who is indigent, was convicted of a series of rapes on women in the
early 1990s.
The tab does not include what it has cost the state so far to prosecute the
defendant.
Back in February 1996, in one of the dozens of pre-trial hearings that have
been conducted in Huskey's case, Nichols asked Huskey's mother in court if
she'd ever heard her son refer to himself by any of his alleged multiple
personalities.
"His name is Thomas and I called him Tom and that's it," Jessie Huskey replied.
To Nichols, the mother's testimony illustrates what's really going on with
Huskey's alleged affliction.
He argues it's all part of a scheme Huskey hatched in 1992 to avoid the death
penalty when he knew he was in trouble.
To rebut claims that Huskey suffers serious mental problems, Nichols is
expected to call Michael R. Nash, a Knoxville area psychologist and associate
University of Tennessee professor who has written extensively about hypnosis,
and Dr. Herbert Spiegel of New York, who has sparked debate in the field of
psychiatry with his assertion that colleagues have overdiagnosed multiple
personality disorder over the past 25 years.
Spiegel used to treat the woman known as Sybil, whose story became the subject
of a book and a TV movie in the 1970s starring Sally Field and Joanne Woodward.
Spiegel substituted for Sybil's therapist, now dead, when she was unavailable.
Spiegel believes Sybil's therapist may have coached the young woman. Sybil's
identity recently was revealed to be that of a Lexington, Ky., artist who died
last year.
Nichols has suggested he might call witnesses to testify that Huskey told
fellow jail inmates he planned to pretend he was mentally ill. He has suggested
in court Huskey might have gotten some of his ideas from a story line on the
daytime soap opera "Days of Our Lives."
Nichols also likely will attack some of the defense's own reports.
For example, much of what the experts report about Huskey's traumatic past come
from the defendant himself. Some facts so far have not been verified.
In a court hearing last month, McCoy testified she was unable to find the
police officer Huskey said raped him. Huskey's family recalls him complaining
of diarrhea around the time he supposedly was raped by Sgt. Blackie, but no
other details were forthcoming.
While Connie the substitute teacher exists in the reports of McCoy, Sadoff and
Kluft, she has yet to appear in person.
Family members and acquaintances, however, do recall that Huskey enjoyed
engaging in elaborate fantasies throughout his life and had an imaginary friend
as a child.
In her report, McCoy notes that his parents thought Tom "was a loner who always
played alone in his younger years. He especially enjoyed being Superman, often
wearing a cape around their house.
"He never really seemed to outgrow his fascination with superheroes ...."
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The following appears courtesy of the 12/18/98 online edition of The
Knoxville News-Sentinel newspaper:
Use of Huskey statements argued Judge considers admissibility of comments to
police
December 18, 1998
By John North, News-Sentinel staff writer
A Knox County judge will consider whether key police statements in which Thomas
Dee Huskey -- or his purported alter egos -- acknowledged killing four women
should be kept out of the accused killer's trial next month.
Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner, on a motion by Huskey's lawyers,
heard testimony in a daylong hearing Thursday about several statements the
38-year-old Sevier Countian gave to Knox County authorities after he was
arrested in October 1992.
The judge told the defense and prosecution he would review briefs and testimony
before making his decision. Huskey's trial is to begin Jan. 11.
During some conversations with investigators, Huskey, or his supposed alter
egos, chatted about the murders of four women whose bodies were found in
October 1992 in trash-strewn woods off Cahaba Lane in East Knox County. One
such persona, who called himself "Kyle," gave details about the crimes
investigators believe only the killer could know.
Defense lawyers Herbert S. Moncier and Gregory P. Isaacs argue the judge should
suppress the statements because Huskey was not mentally capable of making a
statement of his own free will. In essence, they argue his multiple personality
disorder was such that he couldn't control what came out of his mouth.
When called by Isaacs, Diana McCoy, a Knoxville clinical psychologist,
testified investigators Larry Johnson, Mike Upchurch and others used Huskey's
mental condition to coerce incriminating statements from him.
"They took advantage of a situation where a man manifested abnormal behavior,"
she said.
McCoy has interviewed the defendant numerous times over the years.
She testified some of Kyle's admissions could have been lies. Someone with
Huskey's condition often is in inner turmoil, with a split personality emerging
to fabricate information unbeknownst to the host personality, she said.
McCoy said it was her understanding investigators had shown Huskey crime scene
pictures and given him details of the murders to help fill out the confession
they needed. Johnson, however, testified later he never recalled showing Huskey
pictures of the women's bodies and that Huskey volunteered details about the
crimes when he sat down to talk after his arrest.
Often, people with a multiple-personality disorder suffered trauma as a child.
In Huskey's case, McCoy testified he told her he had been raped by police
officers and recruited as a teen by a teacher to work in a Knox County-area sex
ring.
On cross-examination, McCoy said she could not say which officers raped Huskey.
"Do you believe it's the hands of this man that choked those women?" prosecutor
Randy Nichols asked her on cross-examination.
Before she could reply, Baumgartner ruled the question out of order.
When called by Nichols, Johnson testified he suspected Huskey was playing a
game by pretending to have more than one personality. Johnson, who oversaw the
investigation, said Huskey appeared to know intimate details about the
killings.
Johnson testified he was willing to play along if it would help catch the real
killer.
"I didn't care if he told me he was Donald Duck," Johnson said.
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The following appears courtesy of the 1/8/98 online edition of The Knoxville
News-Sentinel newspaper:
Jailers acting on tip seize artwork from Huskey's cell
Judge declines to order return
January 8, 1998
By John North, News-Sentinel staff writer
Knox County jailers seized the personal artwork of Thomas D. "Zoo Man" Huskey
to see if he is drawing pictures of his alleged murder victims.
Jailers with the Knox County Sheriff's Department took about 80 pictures the
afternoon of Dec. 31 from the accused serial killer's jail cell in the City
County Building.
They seized them after getting a tip from an unnamed person that Huskey might
be portraying some or all of the four women he is charged with murdering in
1992.
Defense attorney Herbert S. Moncier disclosed the Sheriff's Department's move
Thursday afternoon in a pre-trial hearing for Huskey in Knox County Criminal
Court.
Moncier protested the seizure as a "blatant violation" of his client's
constitutional rights on the eve of his capital murder trial.
Moncier demanded the return of Huskey's pictures and asked for a formal hearing
to investigate the issue in court.
District Attorney General Randy Nichols, who has the drawings, did not say what
they depict.
None of the artwork was presented in court.
Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner declined to order Nichols to return
the pictures.
The judge said he wanted to study the matter more, but he said it appeared to
him the Sheriff's Department did nothing wrong.
Baumgartner said he believed the sheriff was authorized by law to examine
anything in the possession of a jail inmate such as Huskey.
Huskey, 38, is to stand trial starting Monday, Jan. 11, for the murders of four
women whose bodies were found in October 1992 in trash-strewn woods off Cahaba
Lane in East Knox County.
Jury selection will be conducted in Nashville, with the panel brought back to
Knox County to hear the state's evidence.
The Sevier County man previously has been convicted and sentenced to more than
40 years in prison for raping and kidnapping several women in 1991 and 1992.
He has remained in the jail, however, rather than be moved to a state prison.
Moncier said Huskey's mother called him New Year's Eve night in tears to report
the seizure.
He and co-counsel Gregory P. Isaacs said Huskey, who is indigent, often gives
them drawings to express his thanks for their work.
Isaacs told the judge the pictures sometimes are Huskey's way of communicating
to them, meaning they are legally protected from disclosure to authorities.
Moncier complained Sheriff's Department employees including Lt. Larry Johnson,
the chief investigator of the case, also went through but did not take Huskey's
legal papers.
Nichols said jailers did nothing wrong. He said Johnson told him Huskey had
about 200 pictures, of which department employees took a third.
"We got information that Mr. Huskey was drawing pictures of women that resemble
the victims," Nichols said.
He declined to say who provided the tip. Nichols said Huskey previously has
handed out pictures as gifts to Baumgartner's court officers.
The district attorney said he would order another search of Huskey's jail cell
if he thought it appropriate.
The defendant has no reasonable expectation of privacy, he said.
"He's a convicted felon," Nichols said.
Baumgartner said he would let lawyers know if he wants to look into the seizure
further.
Estimates on Huskey's murder trial range from three to eight weeks.
Jurors are being picked in Davidson County because Baumgartner believes
prospective Knox County jurors likely have been tainted by excessive publicity.
Today, the judge is expected to release an order on whether he will bar the
introduction of several statements Huskey made to investigators after his
arrest in 1992.
The defense contends Huskey has a multiple personality disorder and that it was
two of his personalities who spoke with investigators after he was arrested.
One of the purported personalities admitted killing the women.
Nichols argues Huskey is pretending to have the disorder.
Investigators played along with him when they spoke to him because they were
trying to find the killer, according to the prosecutor.
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The following appears courtesy of the 12/6/98 online edition of The Knoxville
News-Sentinel newspaper:
Lawyers trying to keep Huskey defense costs from public
December 6, 1998
By Harry Moskos, News-Sentinel editor
Case No. 51903: State of Tennessee vs. Thomas Dee Huskey.
That terse heading is the title of the case involving a Knox County Criminal
Court defendant commonly referred to as "Zoo Man."
The case centers on Huskey, now 38, who is charged with four counts of
first-degree murder in a case for which the Knox County district attorney
general will seek the death penalty.
This is not Huskey's first appearance in Knox County's judicial system.
On Nov. 9, 1992, Huksey was indicted on 23 counts of rape, robbery and
kidnapping involving four women. Huskey got his nickname "Zoo Man" because he
had worked at the Knoxville Zoo and took prostitutes to a barn just outside the
zoo and abused them.
Nearly three years later, on Oct. 20, 1995, Huskey was convicted of rape and
aggravated robbery in a case involving a 30-year-old woman. The following year,
on May 24, a jury convicted Huskey of raping, kidnapping or robbing three
prostitutes he picked up for sex in 1991 and 1992. The judge, describing Huskey
as a "dangerous offender," sentenced him to a 44-year jail sentence.
Meanwhile, on June 2, 1993, Huskey was indicted on the four courts of murder in
the violent deaths of four women whose bodies were found in the woods off
Cahaba Lane.
To date, Huskey's defense is one of the most expensive criminal cases in the
state's history involving court-appointed defense lawyers.
It also is a case that has pitted this newspaper against Huskey's defense team
on just how much this case is costing the citizens of this city, county and
state.
Why are we in this battle?
We feel it is the public's right to know how much the case is costing but at
the same time making sure that our stories do not reveal any information that
could jeopardize Huskey's right to a fair trial. At no time has any
News-Sentinel story disclosed any defense witness' name or strategy that
already had not been revealed in open court or in public court records.
The issue here is how much the public is paying to defend Huskey: a figure his
defense team felt should never be made public -- even after the trial.
Huskey's defense team and its experts have received nearly $200,000 of your
money for the period from the start of the Huskey case. That figure does not
include any expenses incurred by the defense team during 1997 and 1998.
The case is set for trial on Jan. 11, 1999, but don't hold your breath.
Getting the bottom-line cost of the defense has not been easy. We filed suit in
1997 to unseal court records showing how much taxpayer money has been spent to
defend Huskey.
Our court battle briefly even included a $25,000 lawsuit against us by Huskey's
lawyers for inflicting "mental and emotional anguish" on their client. What
about the mental and emotional anguish of the women Huskey was convicted of
raping?
Huskey's lawyers quickly dropped that suit, but they have been relentless in
court in fighting our efforts to let the citizens know the cost of this case.
Our efforts have been upheld by the trial judge, the state Court of Criminal
Appeals as well as the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, the meter continues to run in this case.
Huskey's lawyers even asked for additional taxpayer-funded lawyers to help
defend their client. The judge said no to that but agreed to allocate two
clerks or paralegals to help with the case.
(Two years ago, the defense team also asked for more lawyers -- one for each of
Huskey's alter egos. That request was turned down.)
The defense team also is seeking court-paid lawyers to help keep the public
from knowing just how expensive this case is.
In Tennessee, a defendant who cannot afford his own lawyer and faces a death
sentence is entitled to the services of two taxpayer-financed lawyers. We, of
course, do not take issue with that; our position is that the public should
know the cost of that defense.
Another issue is the length of time from indictment to trial. The longer the
time frame is between the two, the more expensive the case becomes to the
citizens. That topic, however, is for another column.
Harry Moskos is editor of the News-Sentinel. This column also is available at
www.knoxnews.com
Joe1orbit
>I have been following this one in the news for a while since I live down that
>way.
>What you copied gives a good run down but can never make up for seeing with
>your
>own two eyes.
Hello Dana,
Always nice to get an insider's perspective.
> The man was a nut and that is it.
I hope the jury agrees with you.
> When he said he heard
>voices or
>had another personality you would have had to believe it. He does not have
>the
>best Judge in the world as the man is making and ass of >himself.
It is an OUTRAGE that Thomas is even being criminally prosecuted, since he is
clearly mentally ill. Judges are pretty much all pompous, uncaring, immoral,
hypocrites.
> I saw him
>on TV
>on the bench and he had his eyes closed the whole time. I thought he was
>sleeping
>and I still do not know for sure. Since Zoo Man has been in jail he has
>gained
>weight and no longer looks wild. It was his eyes that were scary. He must
>be
>getting good meds now.
Well, let us hope that a jury of rational and non prejudiced humans can
somehow find the courage and decency to return a Not Guilty by reason of
insanity verdict.
Take care, JOE
>--
>Dana Phillips
>
>For the story of one family's fight against a power mad DCS worker and
>other inept and corrupt people within the system.
>Web Page: http://members.tripod.com/LiberalMinded/index.html
>
>OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA
>
>"The only two things that are infinite in size are the universe and human
>stupidity. And I'm not completely sure about the universe."
>-- Albert Einstein
>
>
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Dana Phillips
few battles on getting the state to pick up the tab on expenses very well. Knox
County is not as conservative as the rest of East Tennessee. In my county he would
have been hung before jail.
The sad thing is he has a wife and kids. With them he was always the best from
what has been told. It was away from the home that his other personalities would
come out.