tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post4296548953120218153..comments2024-03-17T13:45:41.736-04:00Comments on Tony Isabella's Bloggy Thing: OUTRAGE IN ATLANTATony Isabellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07356415470545816484noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-9151187289571762662013-12-14T21:23:01.001-05:002013-12-14T21:23:01.001-05:00I have no doubt that DA Porter hates Kramer with a...I have no doubt that DA Porter hates Kramer with a white hot passion. But I also believe that Kramer has benefited from some well-connected fellow pedophile in Georgia politics pulling strings for him behind the scenes. It is the only thing that explains this debacle.Nancy A. Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05330096678180150576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-30469867431882108352013-12-11T19:16:40.400-05:002013-12-11T19:16:40.400-05:00Tony I have just now read your Dragon Con. You hi...Tony I have just now read your Dragon Con. You hit all the right notes with it. It not just that Edward E. Kramer use his funding from Dragon con to hire the best legal team he could (we all would do that, guilty or innocent). It is has you pointed out in your blog, how that other owners of Dragon con stood with him that makes me never want to go to that con. I was a Children’s Social worker for NYC for over 15 years. And from my limited view of Ed Kramer’s case, he seems like a classical predator. I agree that Miss Collins is a hero for bringing this to light, I first hear of her campaign when Phil and Kaja Foglio announced that they would not do Dragon Con and why. I just wanted to applaud you for you blog post and bringing Dragon con’s treatment of her and him again to light. Thank youAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02122511262401935821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-73955408299944509612013-12-11T09:19:09.616-05:002013-12-11T09:19:09.616-05:00Hi Nancy, and thanks for that information. Losing...Hi Nancy, and thanks for that information. Losing a victim's or witness' testimony isn't uncommon when there is a huge delay between the arrest and the trial. Defense attorneys are skilled at obtaining continuances for their clients (and again, I don't know the inside track on the prosecution on this case), but the 12 year delay in Kramer's case speaks more towards failures on the part of the District Attorney, and not just on the machinations of the defense. When you couple the trial delay with the prosecution's failure to keep track of the defendant, and failure to prosecute him on bail violations, it speaks to me of a case that was a low priority in the prosecutor's office. When the DA accepted an Alford plea with no incarceration, it was simply their way to pay lip service to justice being served, and at the same time get rid of the case. My impression is that, provided he lives long enough, we'll all be seeing Kramer's name in the news again.Ron Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-78855605013645232552013-12-11T00:14:24.082-05:002013-12-11T00:14:24.082-05:00I don't know that I've ever been to a conv...I don't know that I've ever been to a convention without some sort of... sleaze? Is it as bad as you've typed? I've seen some crazy doings at Origins and Ohayocon and other type deals but it tends to be isolated to some of the goers and vendors.Not Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18180529570476323926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-26885413821266320962013-12-09T18:12:13.925-05:002013-12-09T18:12:13.925-05:00Ron Clark: As to changes in the case due to the le...Ron Clark: As to changes in the case due to the length of time between Kramer's arrest and trial, I know for a fact one of Kramer's original victims (there were originally 4) was murdered a couple years back, which necessitated the charges involving him being dropped. (He was the boy Kramer was arrested for molesting in 1996, which somehow managed to miss being covered in the media.) I have no doubt Kramer delayed everything in part because he knew Brandon and his brother were serving in Afghanistan and was banking on one or both of them being killed overseas. Nancy A. Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05330096678180150576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-17439132244673732532013-12-09T18:01:25.290-05:002013-12-09T18:01:25.290-05:00I'd heard stories about Dragon*Con for years, ...I'd heard stories about Dragon*Con for years, but they were generally second hand, so you never can tell. The past couple of years or so as this case was approaching more people were stepping forward so it was hard to ignore what has happened. Thanks to Nancy Collins, yourself and others for not allowing the Dragon*Con folks to hide from what they had helped to continue. It will be interesting to see how events unfold between now and the next convention.Steve Chaputhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05125192472002278757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-24515623331603294512013-12-09T17:32:44.616-05:002013-12-09T17:32:44.616-05:00This is an all too common occurrence with drawn ou...This is an all too common occurrence with drawn out prosecutions, especially if the attorney in charge of a prosecution changes in the interim. The prosecution loses sight of justice, and opts for whatever plea lets them both save some face and shed the case from their caseload. I don't know the inside details of this prosecution, but I know from experience that when it takes a long time to bring a case to trial, all sorts of other factors start happening; witnesses/victims disappear, or recant their testimony, evidence gets lost, etc. However, taking 12 years to bring a case to trial is absurd; even billionaire Bernie Madoff couldn't delay his punishment that long. Kramer's case just reeks of prosecutorial incompetence.Ron Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-13463051206759060672013-12-09T15:24:27.740-05:002013-12-09T15:24:27.740-05:00I commend you and Ms. Collins for speaking out aga...I commend you and Ms. Collins for speaking out against one who is an obvious evil sleazeball. <br /><br />The exploitation and abuse of those with little defense against this sort of horror, and the subsequent silence and inaction of those near the situation, are problems extending to all segments of our world's culture. From the hierarchy of the catholic church to the gossips in the convenience stores and cafes of small towns these crimes happen and are either covered up or publicly ignored. I don't know why.<br /><br />People say they want to defend institutions or the good done by the perpetrators in other areas of their lives. This is nonsense at best and a step toward obstruction of justice and complicity. <br /><br />House arrest, transferring a priest to fresh pickings or merely shaking one's head over the 50-year-old with a succession of 15-year-old girlfriends will not solve the problem. Hanging the bastards might help some, at least halting one individual's future evil actions. More than likely hanging them would offend too many yuppie sensibilities. I guess life in prison would have to do but I sure hate feeding them all that time.Michael Kelly Schurmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-4925940006038277902013-12-09T12:24:10.761-05:002013-12-09T12:24:10.761-05:00Bravo.Bravo.Godzyllahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158294775397668186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-16583762854371469032013-12-09T11:38:26.482-05:002013-12-09T11:38:26.482-05:00Many times, your "angry writer" posts me...Many times, your "angry writer" posts merely make me feel sad. This time, you've made me feel angry as well. Thanks for posting this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com