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Jamie Cockayne

Submitted by SaveArdmoreCoalition on August 30, 2007 - 11:39pm.

"Armchair Quarterbacking"? Wahhh, wahhh, wahhh.... Oh, dear officials in St. John Virgin Islands, get a life... and get off your asses...we thinks the government officials doth protest too much:


AG Attorney general defends actions
By RILEY YATES
The Intelligencer

The U.S. Virgin Islands is pursuing justice in the murder of New Hope's Jamie Cockayne, though the family has criticized the quality of the investigation, a key official said Wednesday.

Despite “armchair quarterbacking,” authorities have worked hard and put many resources into arresting three men in connection with the 21-year-old's June 19 murder in St. John, Virgin Islands Attorney General Vincent Frazer said in a telephone interview.

“We want to be sure the people who are responsible for this are brought to justice,” Frazer said.

“I don't believe that there is any law enforcement agency in the country that would tell you every investigation they conduct is a perfect investigation,” he said. “But we have to work with what we have.”

The defense came as the Cockayne family again raised questions about the Virgin Islands' commitment to solving a stabbing death that occurred within half a block of St. John's police station.

On Friday, one of two men accused of first-degree murder was freed from jail after making bail.

Anselmo Boston, 31, of St. Croix, was released to house arrest on St. John and will have to wear a monitoring bracelet on his ankle, Frazer said....Boston poses a danger to the community...Earlier this month, authorities arrested Boston and two others in connection with the case.

Kamal Thomas, 18, is charged with first-degree murder and is being held on $75,000 bail.

Ryan Meade, 31, is accused of witness tampering and is free on his own recognizance.

SAC NOTE
We have decided to put our Jamie Cockayne posts here, so they are all easy to reference and do not get lost....like Jamie's story is getting lost...he's not blong with a perky y'all southern accent unfortunately. Please cross post Jamie's story on your own blogs. Thanks:

POLL: Should Jamie Cockayne at least get as much attention as Natalee Holloway?

Suspect Arrested in Jamie Cockayne's Murder...But This is Far From Over

Will There Be Justice For Jamie Cockayne?

Corruption Rules ? Help Jamie Cockayne's Family!

A Word About the Murder of Jamie Cockayne

Does Justice Take a Vacation When it Lives on an Island?

Save Ardmore Coalition website

Another post here that is not ours:

Boycott The Virgin Islands In Memory of Jamie Cockayne....

We'll also comment that it seems on some of the Virgin Island Government websites, we can't really find the e-mail addresses we found before, and is that a coincidence? Are government officials in the US Virgin Islands getting tired of letters about Jamie? GOOD. KEEP IT UP. WRITE MORE.

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who knew?

Submitted by SaveArdmoreCoalition on September 9, 2007 - 7:53pm.

SAC Site quoted ,yes quoted in Virgin Islands newspaper...so ironic...people love to criticize blogs, yet here they are quoting them...who knew?

St. John Tradewinds News: Cockaynes Continue Media Campaign
Written by Jaime Elliott
Tuesday, 04 September 2007

...Interpretation of Justice Questioned
“But what is stupefying and horrifying here is the bungle factor in this murder case, which isn’t in a foreign country, but instead a U.S. territory,” according to a blog entry on the Web site SaveArdmoreCoalition.org. “Our American interpretation of justice doesn’t seem to exist, does it? First degree murder suspects who are flight risks are getting bail we normally see on the mainland for much lesser offenses.”

“Are we supposed to continue to travel and live in the U.S. Virgin Islands and pretend that ‘America’s Paradise’ is not a hotbed of corruption?” the blog continued.

Yep, ripped straight from our headlines here:
http://www.saveardmorecoalition.org/node/1803

"But what is stupefying and horrifying here is the bungle factor in this murder case, which isn't in a foreign country, but instead a U.S. territory. Our American interpretation of justice doesn't seem to exist does it? First degree murder suspects who are flight risks are getting bail we normally see on the mainland for much lesser offenses. A court prosecutor (we guess like a DA) just inexplicably fails to show at a court proceeding, and that is ok? A family has been waiting since June for some knd of autopsy report, and that is ok?

Supposedly U.S. Congressmen, U.S. Senators, FBI and others we rely on for the correct carrying out of justice are involved, yet this case is such a miscarriage of our justice system and things we hold dear as Americans? The more time passes, the more we learn that Jamie's case is but the tip of the proverbial iceberg, and that is ok too?

Is this welcome to the twilight zone? Are we being legally punked here as U.S. citizens? Are we supposed to continue to travel and live in the U.S. Virgin Islands and pretend that "America's Paradise" is NOT a hotbed of corruption?"

Just wanted y'all to have the entire context...

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