Damon Thibodeaux seeks wrongful conviction compensation — Transcript

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1. 0:05would you like to say anything
2. 0:07sure
3. 0:08why not
4. 0:09what is your stance here in a nutshell
5. 0:12what our stance is is that the
6. 0:14attorney general has tried to create an
7. 0:17intellectual argument
8. 0:20that
9. 0:20they can occupy the space between
10. 0:24beyond a reasonable doubt and clear and
11. 0:26convincing evidence they admit that that
12. 0:29there is no evidence to convict damon
13. 0:32thibodeaux that they say that under the
14. 0:35terms of the statute he has to show by
15. 0:37clear and convincing evidence
16. 0:39that um he's innocent well
17. 0:44paul connick joined in a motion to
18. 0:46vacate his conviction
19. 0:49and when you do that what you're saying
20. 0:51is not there was a procedural error
21. 0:54which should give damon thibodeau a new
22. 0:57trial what you're saying is
23. 0:59this man is innocent he deserves to be
24. 1:02set free
25. 1:04they're not looking at what happened in
26. 1:07this case
27. 1:08and they're not giving that any credence
28. 1:11and that's and and they want to
29. 1:14put him to tremendous expense time and
30. 1:18effort all while he's not being
31. 1:20compensated under the statute to come in
32. 1:23and prove something that is a
33. 1:26foregone conclusion
34. 1:28based on the district attorney's action
35. 1:31and we think that that's unconscionable