TKC BREAKING NEWS!!! KANSAS CITY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS FIREFIGHTER DEATH CONVICTION STANDS BUT THEY'RE WILLING TO REVIEW ANY NEW INFO!!!

The response from the Office Of The United States Attorney Western District Of Missouri was swift regarding an announcement this afternoon about a controversial case involving the death of Kansas City firefighters on the job in the 1980s.

Money quote:

"None of the information Ms. Pilate has presented to the United States Attorney’s Office to date indicates that the defendants in the Firefighters case were wrongly convicted."

Check it:

Statement regarding defense attorneys announcement of news conference in connection with 1988 Firefighters case:

In July 2008, the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri asked the Department of Justice to review allegations that the defendants in the 1988 Firefighters case may have been wrongfully convicted.

Over the next three years, the Department of Justice investigative team traveled to Kansas City on multiple occasions to interview trial witnesses, law enforcement officers, and other individuals involved in the case. In August 2011, the Department of Justice released the results of its investigation. One of the conclusions reached was that newly-developed information, not previously known to the prosecution, suggested that other persons may have been involved in the arsons in addition to – and not to the exclusion of – the convicted defendants. The Department of Justice review team also concluded that this newly-developed information did not call into question the guilt of the defendants who were charged and convicted.

In mid-September 2011, just over a year ago, Ms. Pilate, who represents one of the convicted defendants, asked for the opportunity to present the United States Attorney’s Office with new information she had gathered regarding her investigation into the 1988 Firefighters case.

Ms. Pilate was provided with that opportunity and she made multiple presentations to various members of the United States Attorney’s Office.

None of the information Ms. Pilate has presented to the United States Attorney’s Office to date indicates that the defendants in the Firefighters case were wrongly convicted.

In this case, as in every case, the United States Attorney’s Office remains willing to receive and review any information from Ms. Pilate or others regarding the 1988 Firefighters case and encourages anyone with relevant information to step forward and contact federal law enforcement.
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