While I have never indicated that District Attorney General Bill Gibson is a corrupt, dishonest prosecutor, I have to question his motives in the prosecution of Byron Looper. Nobody can know with certainty if Byron Looper was involved in the murder of Tommy Burks based on the evidence available to public at this time. According to media reports, they didn't have the car until after the arrest.
Rumors fly about dragging the lake for a gun.
What has me concerned is the mob mentality that is circulating among some folks. I say we owe Byron Looper a presumption of innocence, like we do to all Americans under the form of government that places laws above men. I recently spoke with representatives of NBC's Dateline program about the Byron Looper case. I have represented Looper as his attorney in other matters, which is perhaps why the programs producers sought me out. I am not associated with his criminal defense team.