tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post8314783516020203171..comments2024-03-28T22:42:40.503-04:00Comments on Southern District of Florida Blog: Joe Cool defendant passes polygraphDavid Oscar Markushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18386723948607633980noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-52843392895854386552008-05-07T08:42:00.000-04:002008-05-07T08:42:00.000-04:00The NYTimes has an interesting opinion article tod...The NYTimes has an interesting opinion article today indirectly related to this case.<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/opinion/07schlosser.html?th&emc=th<BR/><BR/><BR/>"Ms. Schaffer is the 25-year-old owner of a private security firm. Her company, Diplomatic Tactical Services, seems like the kind of security firm you’d find in one of Carl Hiaasen’s crime thrillers. Last year Ms. Schaffer was denied a private investigator’s license; she had failed to supply the Florida licensing division with proof of “lawfully gained, verifiable experience or training.” Even more unsettling, one of her former subcontractors, Guillermo Zarabozo, is now facing murder charges in United States District Court in Miami for his role in allegedly executing four crew members of a charter fishing boat, then dumping their bodies at sea."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-55425382281459096322008-05-06T16:00:00.000-04:002008-05-06T16:00:00.000-04:00Maybe he should submit to a government administere...Maybe he should submit to a government administered polygraph . . . but I seriously doubt that's going to happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-56553819310561355422008-05-05T10:28:00.000-04:002008-05-05T10:28:00.000-04:00Very interesting on the polygraph. Check out Greco...Very interesting on the polygraph. Check out Greco v. Workman, 481 F.Supp. 481 (D. Mass. 1979). Louis Greco was a decorated WWII war hero who died in prison in 1995. He was in Florida when the murder for which he was sentenced to death in Massachusetts in 1968 was committed. He passed 3 separate polygraphs--Miami Police in 1967, American Polygraph Association in 1978, and 8 charts run by Ed Gelb in 1983 on national television. In 2000, the truth was revealed through the federal government's own documents--Greco was innocent. This resulted in a Congressional Investigation and subsequent $101.7 million dollar judgment last year against the feds--$26 million to Greco's estate. I represented Greco from 1977 until he died in 1995. I filed 5 motions for new trials, 4 appeals to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and three petitions for writs of certiorari. I also filed 3 petitions for commutation. I hope the feds and the courts credit the Joe Cool polygraph.<BR/> <BR/>John Cavicchi, Boston, MA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com