336 F. Supp. 2d 1337 - Gary v. Schofield’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Between the fall of 1977 and spring of 1978, terror gripped the historic Wynn-ton neighborhood in Columbus, Georgia. Targeting elderly white women, an assailant sexually assaulted nine women, killing seven of them and leaving stockings around their necks as his calling card. Labeled the “stocking strangler” by the local news media, the assailant suddenly ceased his activities in the Wynnton area in 1978 and eluded authorities for six years. These crimes remained unsolved until 1984 when a pistol that was stolen from a home in the Wynnton area in October 1977 was linked to [Gary]. [Gary] was arrested on May 3, 1984 for this burglary. After acknowledging his Miranda rights, 1 [Gary] confessed that he was present at the burglary and that he was either present at, or had knowledge of, eight of the nine 1977-78 Wynnton area rapes and murders. [Gary] stated that he burglarized these women’s homes while an individual named Malvin A. Crittenden committed the rapes and murders. The authorities found no corroborating evidence linking Crittenden to the crimes. [Gary]’s fingerprints were ultimately found to match the latent prints found at four of the crime scenes. Blood evidence and hair samples taken from the crime scenes were inconclusive — they did not establish [Gary] as the perpetrator, nor did they exclude [Gary], An investigation into [Gary]’s background revealed his connection to similar crimes in the past. Specifically, on April 14, 1970, the body of eighty-five year old Nellie”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gary v. Hall