{"id":1363,"date":"2015-01-11T13:38:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T13:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2016-01-07T13:41:26","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T13:41:26","slug":"district-attorney-to-reexamine-little-rascals-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/?p=1363","title":{"rendered":"District attorney to reexamine Little Rascals \u2013 or not?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"150111Womble\"Jan. 11, 2015<\/p>\n

Before he turned back a challenge from Little Rascals prosecutor Nancy Lamb, incumbent District Attorney Andrew Womble had given me an inkling of hope he might consider revisiting the case.<\/p>\n

This is from a letter I sent him on Sept. 11:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn your Q&A with the Outer Banks Voice… you recalled \u2018a pervasive mindset that the job of the district attorney was to prosecute all cases and to gain convictions. The Duke lacrosse case sort of changed that in my mind; the role of the district attorney is to seek justice.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cYour thoughtful response leads me to ask how in retrospect you view the prosecution of Bob Kelly, Dawn Wilson and the rest of the Edenton Seven. Is Little Rascals a case\u00a0 you would have chosen to take to court, much less extend over eight years?<\/p>\n

\u201cJohnson Britt, Robeson County DA, recently disavowed the state\u2019s allegations against two defendants cleared by DNA testing. In addition to the North Carolina Court of Appeals\u2019 robust overturning of the verdicts against Kelly and Wilson, a quarter-century of medical and social science research has made ever more clear the innocence of the Edenton Seven….<\/p>\n

\u201cAs district attorney, would you be willing to voice your own unofficial exoneration of the defendants in the First District\u2019s most notorious prosecution?\u201d<\/p>\n

When Womble didn\u2019t respond, I turned to Holly Koerber-Audette, his campaign consultant. Two weeks before the election she offered encouragement: \u201cI am more than happy to talk to him about your request.\u00a0 I have followed the case and your excellent efforts for a long time now…. You have my word, I will discuss it with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

My several follow-up emails have gone unanswered. Whatever the DA\u2019s response, I\u2019d be glad to see it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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