Uncensored Justice System Discussion

SaberGal · Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 349 Location: Oregon

OK folks...tried to do the best I could - couldn't find a transcript so I decided to make one...

Interview was conducted by two people from the local CBS affiliate in San Diego. This is their site: http://cbs8.com/

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Reporter 1: Mr. Bloom, have you ever seen anything like this before?

Bloom: Well, Stan, one thing should be really clear. The first thing that should be said on this matter is that no one should say that this system worked. Justice was done in this case but it wasn't because of the effort of the prosecution. It was despite the effort of the prosecution. So, Yes, I've seen this happen before. In fact, I've seen it happen in this county before, where an overzealous prosecution goes forward and only gets dismissed by a fluke. It happened some 10 years ago involving an officer who was killed where only because of the fact that the district attorney's investigator, or I mean uh, witness was taken out by the district eattorney's investigator and had sex in the district attorney's office and there happened to be a photograph of it. All too sadly, Stan, that there has been a pattern of this in this county. This is evidence that was absolutely available to the prosecution, exonerating evidence, proving that Cyndi Sommer is not guilty, proving that Todd Sommer did not die from arsenic, and that the original evaluation which was that he died from natural causes was exactly true. The prosecution didn't do the effort to look for it and that's a mistake.

Reporter 2: And now as you point out, it's a complete 180 because the original case hinged on the fact that they argued that she poisoned him with arsenic and in fact there was none found in his system. Now this seems almost ludicrous.

Bloom: It would be ludicrous, it would be almost whimsical, Barbara, if it wasn't for the fact that Cyndi Sommers, a young widow, whose husband died, was taken out, away from her four children, and stuck in a cell somewhere in this county right now, as a result of the prosecution's efforts right now. She's been in there 2 years and 4 months an innocent young woman.

Reporter 1: Yeah, that is very sad. That is a tragedy being away from her children, uh, especially during the time of grief. Now we know that she, it was not murder. Um, what is the next step now for you? What is the next step now for Cynthia Sommer?

Bloom: Why are we doing this at 5:00 at night? At 5:50? Because the prosecution made an effort to hide this. They called me at 4:15 to say they were going to rush to court to go forward with this and then presented a document. A document which they say, uh...presents them in the positive light that they are doing their job. And in fact, they set it at this late hour because there wouldn't be publicity about it and this document is full of inaccuracies and lies. They attempted to try and cover themselves so in fact they can show that it wasn't really their fault, that as soon as they found out about the innocence of Cyndi, they went ahead and dismissed it. That's not the case. They found out about it because we demanded they get the evidence, then they find that this evidence is innocent 4 1/2 years after they put a witch hunt on Cynthia Sommers, then they go ahead and dismiss the case.

Reporter 2: Allen, now comes the question of justice for Cynthia Sommer. What comes next?

Bloom: Well, she's gonna get outta jail tonight. I don't even know if Cyndi knows about this. She might, right now, be listening to my words and for the very first time be hearing the fact that she is getting out of jail. I'm not sure, I wasn't able to reach her. I reached her cousin, Todd Tise (sp?) and his wife Carol, who have been the best of supporters throughout this entire ordeal and all the other people that have supported her. But we haven't been able to get, to talk to Cyndi yet. I'll meet her at the jail today when she is ready to because Judge Einhorn (sp?) ordered her release this evening.

Reporter 1&2: Allen Bloom

Reporter 1: Thank you so much and we will be talking to you, I'm sure, in coming days.

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Once again, wanting to make this crystal clear to all posters and "lurkers"....this is NOT an official transcript of the interview nor am I trying to pass it off as one. This is just what I heard in the interview.... Zambeste cu gura deschisa

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"Evil triumphs when good men do nothing."
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That's OK. I wasn't using my civil liberties anyway. (Insert rolly eye emoticon here)

RayStar · Joined: 14 Dec 2007 Posts: 52 Location: Detroit, MI

Good job Saber. Is it just wonderful? Zambeste cu gura deschisa

JUSTICE1st · Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 715 Location: USA

Pia · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:25 pm Post subject:

Mr. Bloom asked for those samples several months ago. IIRC, they were told then that the samples were lost or had been destroyed.
Funny how they just showed up and not only that, Mr. Bloom knew nothing about it until just this week. Regardless of the outcome, he should have been notified when they were found. How's that for a sleazy prosecutor’s office.

BTW, as others have asked, anyone seen or heard ANYTHING from Laura Gunn. BD didn't even mention her in the news conference.
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Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn

JUSTICE1st · Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 715 Location: USA

SaberGal · Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 349 Location: Oregon

SaberGal · Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 349 Location: Oregon