Comments on: Wayne Tompkins and the Innocence Project of Florida

By: michelle hayes

michelle hayes — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:04:29 +0000

glenda,
for the record she was identified by her one tooth, jewelry and clothes. as one judge stated there was a ponderance upon ponderance of evidence. how can you stick up for him when you knew he was a rapist. he admitted to the rapes.

remember you met and married him when he was on death row so how can you “know” him better than anyone. my family begs to differ. he was a very violent man just ask my siblings especially my brothers. no he was not innocent he got what he deserved and you certainly are not a victim. A) you met & married him when he was on death row
B) you divorced him.
C) you hardly visited him so whats the deal.
if you want to dicuss this more email me at mhayes3508@aol.com
Lisa DeCarr’s sister Michelle.

By: Glenda Tompkins

Glenda Tompkins — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:45:27 +0000

Wayne Tompkins a truly innocent man was my family member. I was married to him for 5 years. I knew him, the people in his case and the whole case better than all of you. He was a victim of crime just as much as any other victim. The only difference is he was murdered by the prosecution and just about every judge on his case. I wonder how any of them can sleep at night. What if the DNA testong proves that the remains were not Lisa. Too late to say sorry. Lisa was not identified by any dental comparrison. There were no dental xrays to compare anything with. So to put it bluntly Florida has knowingly executed an innocent man!
I loved him with all my heart and now I find myself a victim. Well done Florida!

By: bclisoplayer

bclisoplayer — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:29:47 +0000

these people never had anything bad happen to them in their lives so they figure everybody is innocent. i bet they felt ted bundy was innocent and his victims are still alive. get out of the twilight zone innocence project nd come back to reality. you can waste all your money on testing but h’s still a rotting corpse. so you los!!

By: bclisoplayer

bclisoplayer — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:29:37 +0000

By: michelle

michelle — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:27:25 +0000

when do you stop living in fantasyland? i understand some people believe in fighting for a cause but there has to come a time to stop and get real. unfortunately it is Lisa. her family wishes it wasn’t her but we accept and know it is her. enough time and resources have been wasted on wayne. he was guilty of killling Lisa and one he was never convicted of Jessica LaDonna Albach. He was evil a monster and nobody is going to miss him except his lawyer. its all a money scam and florida needs to stop all this phony garbage. everyone knows it is lisa and wayne did it they just cant believe after 25 yrs he finally ran out of luck. i thank God it is done–MOVE ON.

By: michelle

michelle — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:27:01 +0000

By: Ron Barton

Ron Barton — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:09:14 +0000

It appears to me that ‘The Innocence Project’ is just against the death penalty period and will do whatever they can to save the lives of these death row scumbags. There will always be critics but the masses have spoken and death is the penalty for murder and justly so!

I wonder if they will have pleas for the likes of Oba Chandler 6 hours before his just reward? I have no qualms nor guilt feelings at all to say kill all the SOBs – if they need an executioer I’ll volunteer at no cost to the taxpayers.

By: bclisoplayer

bclisoplayer — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:36:41 +0000

you would feel different if it was your family member

By: bclisoplayer

bclisoplayer — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:36:38 +0000

you would feel different if it was your family member

By: Sissel

Sissel — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:54:08 +0000

You missed the point.

There are still items that need to be DNA tested by labs The Innocence Project uses.

The testing done by FDLE is not based on advanced DNA technology and was used as an alibi for Crist to say he has conducted DNA testing that came out inconclusive.

There is only the word of Barbara – Lisas mother -to say the body in the garden is Lisa.

When was she is credible witness?

What did the prosecutor Mike Benito do in this case? He ” helped” the jailhousesnitch to add evidence details to his testimony.

Look into the misconduct of the prosecution done to get an easy conviction of Wayne Tompkins.

Why this long time to prove his innocence?

The State of Florida denied in 2001 that there were DNA items to DNA test. They said they were LOST.

Only after the report from FDLE of what was available to test, was the truth of this revealed.

Florida cannot take more exonerations. It is too costly to pay the compensation. Wayne Tompkins wrongful conviction issues had to be silenced in one week, after new aspects were disclosed

So he is killed.

Compare to the wrongful Florida cases of Juan Melendez and Rudolph Holton. Or Frank Lee Smith, who was exonerated posthumously by DNA in Florida.

Why did they all wait so long on death row for their freedom?

Because this legal system does not work

Innocence does not matter in US.

This case is full of the worst of a death penalty conviction. Only the alert eye will look in.

Continue to silence the cases by killing those who cry out their innocence.

Sissel

By: krs

krs — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:57:25 +0000

Mose, the Innocence Project can be a bit zealous, but I think it’s fair to say they are selective in which executions they seek to delay or have set aside, and they probably have a better claim to being after “the truth” than most any anti-death-penalty group.

As they freely acknowledge, sometimes their DNA testing reaffirms guilt.

http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/105.php

Also, I’m not sure precisely what the relationship is between the “Innocence Project of Florida” and the better known “Innocence Project.”

By: Mose

Mose — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:27:49 +0000

The Innocence Project never met a death row inmate that, in their view, didn’t have legitimate grounds to either delay or set aside a death sentence. They may be right one of these days, but they’ve shouted “Wolf” so many times that it’s hard to take any one case seriously.

Wayne Thompkins’ murder conviction withstood 24 years worth of appeals. He was previously convicted of kidnapping and rape. His sentence was appropriate. I take no satisfaction in his death, but I am glad the sentence was carried out.

By: Agent 99

Agent 99 — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:12:11 +0000

Quote:

Following the discovery of Lisa’s body, Barbara DeCarr told police that her former boyfriend Wayne Tompkins was the last person to see Lisa alive.

Following the discovery of Lisa’s body?

What a slip by the Innocence Project.

By: Orin Kerr

Orin Kerr — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:37:50 +0000

Alexander Wolfe,

I suppose my comment was meant to suggest that there wasn’t a rush to “hurry up and execute people more quickly” in this case. Although it’s puzzling to me that, if I understand you correctly, you apparently took my comment as a suggestion to do such a thing (which it was not).

By: krs

krs — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:29:53 +0000

Tompkins was executed by lethal injection this evening and pronounced dead at about 6:30.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/feb/11/111844/tompkins-tampa-teens-killer-set-execution-tonight/news-breaking/

By: Alexander Wolfe

Alexander Wolfe — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:24:26 +0000

Well, it doesn’t sound to me as if the Innocence Project waited until the day of execution to start seriously working on Tompkins case, so I’m not sure what that comment is meant to imply.

The fact that there is less clarity in the case now than their was twenty-five years ago, does not to me seem to suggest that we should hurry up and execute people more quickly.

By: Orin Kerr

Orin Kerr — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:49:59 +0000

A bit of googilng suggests that Tompkins has been on death row since 1986, and that he has had executions scheduled and then stayed since the 1980s. I haven’t done more than a minute or two of research into the case myself, so I can’t comment on the evidence in any informed way, but I think it’s interesting that the 6 hours left to act follows almost a quarter century of Tompkins being on death row.