It would be impossible for our South Carolina Law Enforcement to recognize that a mistake is possible. If there was evidence connecting Gagnon to the identified killer it should have been identified in the investigation of the murder. It would be easy to believe that once law enforcement decideded Gagnon was guilty they didn't bother with additional investigation.

Well if they find no link and Gagnon is set free, then NY should have to pay for this person to live like a KING for the rest of his days.

He should be set free. If the glove dont fit you must aquit.

They may have just said, We know they worked together and we will prove it even if we have to manufacture the evidence to do it. The police never want to admit that they too make mistakes.

LE had some reason to believe there were more than one person involved. They just didn't have a match to the other DNA. Now that DNA from prisoners is entered into a data base they have made the connection.

I wouldn't be too eager to set someone free when some evidence was there to point to Gagnon and another person, just because the other person was identified.

let this guy go. In the course of two years if you haven't been able to find a connection than its probably not there. As long as he is still in prison they should address this matter promptly and not when they get a little extra time

oops sorry we did it again american justice

I always thought that trial was a farce! That guilty verdict has really stuck in my craw ever since it was declared. There was NO WAY the prosecution proved their case BARD, and yet the jury convicted anyway. I hate to say this, but I think they knew of him very well and had their minds made up already. Reasonable doubt to them was minimal doubt. As for the Pros looking for LINK to the other guy, if they find it, so be it. However, I highly doubt it. Let this man go, it was a travesty he was convicted in the 1st place & now they are compounding the problem by keeping him in place until they can PROVE he knew Hill (one way or the other).

Perhaps they bumped into each other at the grocery store one time and that will be enough. Geesh!

man Bruce messed up his life I knew this guy since we were kids
know his whole family to

This is in reference to trial taking place about the "abduction?" of Rashaad Daise.

What the heck people. I am TOTALLY unimpressed with the Defense Attorney. In fact she makes me wish I had finished Law School. The Prosecuting Attorney OBVIOUSLY does not believe in what he is doing. I feel sorry for Mrs. Drake. Does she have a chance.

What would they have done if this 6 year old child had been found dead in a ditch?

The truth is the school called the media because they screwed up. I see children walking in the pouring rain and freezing weather that I want to pick up and give a ride home, but do not and this is why.

This is no different than accusing a mother for child abuse who has had to discipline a child in the middle of the grocery store.

In my opinion the mother should be livid at the school. I'm upset because the mother isn't stepping forward.

Not to long ago, I gave a child a ride home from a Band Competition which I attended with my son. His father told him to find a ride home and he did.....his father doesn't know me. I stayed outside his house until I saw him go into the door at which time his father waved to me, did not come out and introduce himself. But that was OK, the child was home safe.

The Legal system has taken a mother away from her children to cover up a mistake made by the education system.

If I was Rashaad's mother I would be dancing all over the school administrations desk and thanking Lorinda for taking care of my child.

Seems there is always a cell mate with his own legal issues ready to make a trade off for cell mate confessions. Why are these cells not bugged? to me a cell mate confession, is (his word against mine). You cant trust this type of testimony when there have been bribes and trade offs for it. and OMG how come they are so quick to believe a criminal? When nine out of ten, he lied on his own behalf in his own criminal activity, reaching for lesser charges!

Maybe they will find that connection, but I doubt it. More likely this is just another example of how, when police and prosecutors make a mistake, they never, ever want to admit it, let alone correct the issue. They will fight a retrial tooth and nail, will use every means necessary to avoid admitting an error and doing the right thing. Meanwhile some innocent person's life is pretty much ruined. Typical. My feeling is if they can't admit a mistake (for the sake of justice, not career advancement) and can't concentrate on achieving true justice, then they are in the wrong job and should not have that kind of power over people.

Abduction: Think not where is the safety of the school here the child was outside the building while school was in progress, how did some school personal not know where this child was at. Shame shame on all. And Rashaad's mother needs to step up and thank Mrs. Drake of the safety that the school did NOT have.