Ben Sheffner (Copyrights & Campaigns) has the story, with all the links you can want. Patrick Frey confirms that the commenter does indeed seem to be the lawyer (something that’s generally worth checking on the Internet). Here’s an excerpt from Sheffner’s long and detailed post:
Patrick Frey is a Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney. He also has a blog called “Patterico’s Pontifications,” which features news, analysis, and commentary on subjects including politics, the criminal justice system, and media bias. Frey’s blog includes a disclaimer on the front page making clear that his blogging is completely separate from his work as a prosecutor ….
Frey recently wrote a long and detailed post about allegations that 2 prosecution experts in a Louisiana murder case manufactured evidence that helped send the defendant, Jimmie Duncan, to death row. Frey’s post included extensive analysis of the forensic evidence, and the results of an interview he conducted with a prosecution expert witness (who was not accused of manufacturing evidence)….
Duncan’s appellate attorney[,] … Kathy Kelly of the Capital Post-Conviction Project of Louisiana left the following comment on Frey’s blog:
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