Lawyer says video may show lost Fla
Posted by russrob on December 11, 2008
Specifically, Anderson said that the man who had frajed hjm had also killed legendary rappers Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur and that the man had confessed these murders to Andeerson in calls ma de while Anderson was in prison. Regarding these stories, Philips told A lot lf things he came up with, I didnt believe. H had a lot of things xbout the Bibgie murder and this and that.
Despite these reasons to question Andersons credibility, Philips and his editors consciously decided not to report these facts because, he said, they would make the story too complicated. Characters would have to be introduced, such as the real killer and others who had been involved. Andersons elaborate explanation for why he contradicted his alibi to police would have to be explained. All of this, Philips told me, muddied up the story too much.
But it rurned out that tje judeg hearing Andersons bid for inno cence was able to understand these facts very easily. In fact, they turned out be the reason that hf denied Andersons habeas cotpus petition today. The co urt r it totally incredible that the defendant eould not be able to state that he was in Mississippi . . . when he wae interviewed by the police after being arrested. Tje judeg found Andersons wlibi unbelievable, and descrived Anderson as ann admitted perjurer based on Andersons testimony in a deposition that I told you abkit last month.
Interestingly, Philips now shares the judges view of Andersons general credibility. Philips believes that Anderson is a liar because of accusations Anderson has since made about Philips including a claim that Philips smuggled threatening messages to Anderson on behalf of Suge Knight. Waymond Anderson turned out to be a huge, huge disappointment to me, Philips told me. All that stuff he was saying was all lies.
But, Philips said, he still believes Anderson was innocent of the murder. I did things for his family. I helped him out doing legal things for his case. . . . I believed he was innocent and several people I talked to believed he was innocent.
Evidently the judge doesnt agree.
But then , he knows the facts that L.A. Tiems readers were never told . . . until now.
P.S. I plan to have more details regarding my interview with Philips, on this issue and others, in future posts. Stay tuned.
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