To whom it may concern:
I am the mother of three children and a wife of forty-two years. I have a son who is a boyfriend to Rodney Rollness's sister. He is the ex-Hells Angel whom the courts convicted of murder recently. Now i do not profess to know this man, but I have met him, and I do know Cindy and how special of a person that she is. She has spent many a day at her brother's trial, and I have heard about the happenings that went on during the trial from her and from the Everett Herald.
I just do not know: I know that someone should be held accountable for this man Santa"s life. I just do not think that there is any proof that Rodney Rollness should be found guilty. I know that he does not do any drugs, smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, or carry a gun. I also know that he is a great family man; he loves his family very much. Also, authorities did DNA tests on the van that supposedly carried the body. The DNA did not come back as belonging to Mr. Rollness. There was no exact proof linking this man to the murder! I also heard and read about the characters of the so-called witnesses. I also heard that Rodney was not allowed to testify on his own behalf. There were probably a lot of these undesirable characters that could have committed such a crime.
Now, I do not know exactly how the law works, but I'm getting very disappointed in the way our justice system, along with our governing system, is run. What happened to "A man is innocent until PROVEN guilty"!?
It seems to me that what has happened here is that the law enforcement has accomplished getting a man, that they do not like, put away for life. The court has managed to separate a man from his family! Is this our justice system? His kids will possibly grow up without their father! What if this man is innocent? I do not mean innocent of making wrong choices in friends, but I mean innocent of MURDER!
The way I see it is that there is no evidence to the guilt of Mr. Rollness. The man was not granted the right to testify in his own behalf during the trial either. The DNA that officials found at the crime scene wasn't Mr. Rollness' and neither did Rodney own a van. He didn't earn the Filthy Few patch by committing murder, but he already owned the patch. This patch was the main reason that the prosecution had in finding Mr. Rollness guilty of murdering the man called Santa. So if he had the patch already, the prosecutions accusations as to that being the reason for him murdering this man does not hold water. Also, witnesses were paid money, and who were these so-called witnesses anyway? They were druggies and thugs!
I ask you, did Rodney Rollness receive a fair trial? Of course he didn't! Yes, the man is a little rough around the edges, but does that mean that he committed murder?
Has the prosecution done it's job? Did they find Mr. Rollness guilty beyond a reasonable doubt? I think not! It may very well be that Mr. Santa's murderer is still out there walking the streets! Let us hope that an innocent man hasn't been wrongfully accused, and that his children, that he dearly loves, don't have to do without their father because of vendettas that the police might have against Mr. Rollness!
Please don't say that this cannot be so! Let"s remember that our judicial system is not always right! does the name O.J. Simpson strike a cord?
A concerned citizen
Judy Gilkerson
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