Now even if Fulton County had

a top-drawer homicide team like TV's "Law and Order" and "Quincy"

as a brilliant, tenacious, forensic pathologist in the medical examiner's

office, Mr. Watson would still probably walk because:

Reason 4: The Paul Howard-led

Fulton County DA's office is one of the most inept and least professional

in the state of Georgia. Witness Mr. Howard's track record of convictions

while Fulton County solicitor and now its DA.

Reason 5: Even if Fulton County

had a good case, good evidence and a good prosecution team, Mr. Watson

is being defended by one of the best criminal lawyers in Georgia, Lee

Sexton.

Finally, I am not an attorney;

but, while many people know of prosecutorial misconduct on the part of

solicitors and DAs via planted evidence, perjured testimony, guided witnesses,

etc., a lesser known aspect is one called prosecutorial apathy or incompetence

which most of the nation viewed in the botched murder trial of O.J. Simpson.

Anyway, if you suspect that

the state is not going to do a good job on behalf of the victim, you may

ask for a change of venue, or, you may hire a private attorney to handle

your case as you would in a civil trial. I strongly suggest to the relatives

and friends of Beverley Watson that they try to get the Watson murder

trial moved to DeKalb County because once the actual trial starts in Fulton,

it will end with Mr. Watson being acquitted.

Bill Bryan

Fayette

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