JournalNow Edition Winston-Salem, N.C. November 21-25, 2004

 

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The Epilogue

WINSTON-SALEM

The following are a collection of Winston-Salem Journal articles that have been written since the report The Attack at the Silk Plant Forest.

01/08/04 | DA denies misconduct in case: Keith says that his assistants violated no rules in investigating a near-fatal beating in 1995

Tom Keith, the Forsyth County district attorney, said yesterday that two of his assistants did not violate any rules while handling the prosecution of a Winston-Salem man in the near-fatal beating of a woman at a local store in 1995.

12/07/04 | Attorney says SBI should widen probe of case: Questionable evidence in entire Smith case should be considered, says advisor to Innocence Project

An attorney for Kalvin Smith, who was convicted in a near-fatal 1995 attack on a woman at a local store, said yesterday that he wanted the State Bureau of Investigation to widen its investigation of the case. The SBI began an investigation last month into whether police and prosecutors withheld evidence from Smith's defense.

12/03/04 | Police to try taping: Cameras to be used with suspects' interrogations

Winston-Salem police plan to begin videotaping full interrogations with suspects in all felony investigations, a move that Police Chief Pat Norris said would demonstrate police credibility and reduce allegations that police coerced confessions.

12/02/04 | DA says he won't try to subpoena Journal reporter

District Attorney Tom Keith of Forsyth County said yesterday that he would not subpoena a reporter to answer questions about her interviews with the lead detective in the investigation of the near-fatal beating of a woman at the Silk Plant Forest in 1995.

12/01/04 | Quotes prompt probe by SBI: Detective told paper he hid evidence from Smith defense in '97

Forsyth County District Attorney Tom Keith and Winston-Salem Police Chief Pat Norris have asked the State Bureau of Investigation to look into whether a police detective and an assistant prosecutor concealed evidence in a 1995 assault case.

11/05/04 | Group led by mayor to consider Smith's conviction in attack

A committee formed to deal with the mistrust of local police and the criminal-justice system may discuss the case of Kalvin Michael Smith, who was charged and convicted in the 1995 attack on Jill Marker at an artificial-plant store in Winston-Salem, members said yesterday.