Broadcaster Press 03 April 8 2014 www.broadcasteronline.com 1101 Announcements - 1101 Events Elk Point Baptist Church. Sunday worship at 11:00am, Tuesday evening Bible study at 7:00pm. 101 North Green St., Elk Point, SD 57069. (605)222-1981 FAITH FELLOWSHIP of the Open Bible on Bypass 50 and Highway 19: Sunday Celebration 10:30 a.m. Pastor Tony Armbrust, 624-2921. FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH: 401 Main Street, Makell, NE. Sunday School 9am. Worship: 10am. Communion: 1st and 3rd Sundays. (605)658-0240 (home) (402)-692-3323 (church). Faith United Lutheran Church, ELCA, 44874 303rd St/Po Box 168, Volin, SD 57072, (605)267-2277. Sunday Worship: 9:30am with Holy Communion the 1st & 4th Sundays. WOW Wednesday program beginning at 6:30pm for all children 3 yrs old - 7th grade, and confirmation classes for those in grades 8th & 9th. FIRST BAPTIST Church Elmer “Sandy” Aakre, Pastor 624-6391 home, 624-4658 church. Time: 9:15 Sunday School, 10:30 Worship. Sunday Choir Practice, 11:50 a.m. GAYVILLE LUTHERAN Church: Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor Ralph Egbert. GOSPEL CHAPEL Church, 708 Jessie St./Highway 12, Newcastle, NE. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship 10:30 a.m.; AWANA Wednesday at 7 p.m., 402-355-2305. Pastor Chuck Myers, 402-355-1335. GRACE BAPTIST Church, SBC, Pastor Steve Ford, 1102 E. Main. Phone 624-4949. Adult?s and Children?s Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday Night 7 p.m. HILLSIDE COMMUNITY CHURCH 1800 Constance Dr. Worship Sept.-May 10:30a.m. AWANA Small groups; 9-10:15 Worship May-August 10a.m., 6 0 5 - 6 2 4 - 4 8 6 2 , www.hillside-cc.com Like us on Facebook! IMMANUAL Lutheran Church, Elk Point, SD: Worship Service 9:00 a.m., Sunday School 10:00 a.m. KOMSTAD COVENANT Church, Rural Beresford and Centerville, SD: Matt Styles, Pastor. 18 miles north on University Road. Phone 563-2402. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m. PLEASANT VALLEY Lutheran Church, Rural Vermillion: Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Holy Communion First Sunday of every month. All welcome. PROVIDENCE REFORMED Church, 830 Madison: Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. “We Welcome You To Historic Protestant Worship And Fellowship.” UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CONGREGATIONAL, 226 E. Main St., Pastor Steve Miller. 10:30a.m. Worship Service. No Longer S t r a n g e r s www.uccvermillion.org Announcements Events ST. AGNES Church, 416 Walker St., Fr. John Fischer: St. Agnes Church and Parish Office, tele. 624-4478. St. Agnes Rectory, 505 Catalina, tele. 624-1995. Mass schedule: 5 p.m. Saturday, 8:00 a.m. and 10:30a.m. Sunday, Weekday Masses – consult weekly bulletin; Sacrament of Penance, Saturday 4-4:45p.m. ‘Tunnel vision’ a factor in some wrongful death row sentences ST. PAUL?S Episcopal Church, corner of Main and Linden. Sunday: nursery available. 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist. 11:00 a.m. coffee hour. Call 624-3379 for more info. Sunday evening Experience at ONE HOUR is comprised of two primary elements: powerful worship and a life-changing message. Worship at ONE HOUR is led by a talented live band in a style that is consistent with todays culture and a relevant teaching message from LifeChurch.tv?s senior pastor, Craig Groeschel, via video broadcast. The worship is intense and the teaching is challenging but the environment will be relaxed and casual. ONE HOUR on the USD Campus at the MUC, 6:30pm Sundays! www.one-hour.org The Luther Center at USD: Life at the corner of campus and faith. Located at Cherry & Plum Streets, Vermillion. We worship weekly on Wednesday evenings at 8:30pm and host service and fellowship events throughout the year. Visit us online at www.luthercenter.org or find us on facebook! The United Church of Christ Congregational, Highway 12 Newcastle, NE. Worship: 5:00 p.m. Saturday. Pastor Gary Kimm. Come join us! The Vermillion First United Methodist Church, a welcome place reaching out to all God's people. Located at 16 N. Dakota St. Adult Sunday School 9am; Sunday Worship 10:25am; Children?s Church after Children?s Sermon (PreK-5). Welcome Table-serving free meal Mondays 5:30-7pm. Youth Group with Meal (Gr. 6-8) Wednesdays 5:30-7pm. High School Youth Group 7pm. Adult Choir Rehearsal 7pm. Praise Band rehearsal 8pm. Friday Morning Book Study and Breakfast 6:45am. Call (605)624-2179 for more info. Pastor Rick Pittenger. Trinity Lutheran Church, 816 E Clark ST, Vermillion Saturday evenings: 5:30 PM and Sunday mornings: 10:00 AM Sunday mornings: 9:00 AM Sunday School and Coffee/Fellowship Radio broadcast: 10:00 AM on KVTK Radio, AM 1570 Holy Communion celebrated the 1st and 3rd Sundays each month Pastor Trisha Boese and Intern Pastor Jason Clifton Facebook: Trinity Lutheran Vermillion, SD 605-624-4442 Please Recycle Romsdahls’ Repair & Remodel Carpentry, Interior & Exterior, Painting, Re?nishing, Drywall, & Ceramic Tile Free Estimates 605-670-2161 By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net How does a person get sentenced to death row for a crime they did not commit? Ultimately, it’s often a “perfect storm” of factors that leads to tunnel vision, said Jon Gould, principal investigator of the Preventing Wrongful Convictions Project. Gould discussed the project’s findings during a presentation at the University of South Dakota Thursday afternoon. “Tunnel vision is the notion that as you start to get a theory of what’s going on in the case, it becomes harder and harder and harder to convince yourself that the case is not going the way you think,” Gould said. This was the biggest surprise of the entire project, he said. The Preventing Wrongful Convictions Project was commissioned by the US Department of Justice, which wanted wrongful convictions and near-misses to be investigated through social science methods. The research was carried out by Gould and three other faculty members from across the country and nine graduate student research assistance, with help from a wide variety of law enforcement agencies. They then collected 80 variables’ worth of data for 260 wrongful convictions and 200 nearmisses, all of which were serious felony cases. While there are a number of factors that can lead to a wrongful conviction, three go hand in glove to “tell a story of systematic error,” Gould said. The first is the prosecution withholding evidence from the defense, either intentionally or unintentionally. The second is the quality of defense a defendant receives. “If you have a lawyer meeting you for the first time on the day of trial … you can imagine that’s a case where you’re probably not going to have someone doing an investigation ahead of time, or asking for a continuance to get more information,” Gould said. While these factors were predicted by the panel, the third was not. “The weaker the prosecution’s evidence (in cases like this), the more likely a wrongful conviction,” Gould said. The panel did not understand how this could be until a sergeant gave an explanation. “He said, ‘These cases come in, and there’s not a lot of evidence. We don’t have a whole lot to go on, and people let these things sit. There’s nothing else to investigate, there’s not more evidence, and we let them sit. The longer they sit, the more likely it is that prosecutors are not going to dismiss these,’” Gould said. While the prosecutors often end up giving these cases over to juries, further investigation would have revealed exculpatory evidence that would clear the defendant, he said. Gould refers to these cases as “the system doesn’t give a damn cases.” “They come in with their evidence, police prosecutors are not doing a lot of investigation, defense lawyers are not doing a lot of investigation, and as a result, we have a perfect storm of what’s called tunnel vision,” he said. While those are the three main factors, others are in play, as well. 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They are also less likely to be employed, and have an alibi as to where they were when the crime in question took place, he said. Another factor is whether the defendant has a prior criminal record, regardless of the severity of those crimes. “Having any criminal records means that the police are more familiar with you,” Gould said. “They are more likely to think … ‘Hmm, who in this area has any prior connection to the criminal justice system? Oh, that guy.’ “Number two, if you have a prior record, there’s more likely to be a mug shot of you. And if there’s a mug shot of you, there is a greater chance that a witness who’s not trying to pick you out wrongly nevertheless mistakenly picks you out,” he said. Honest eyewitness error also can lead to wrongful convictions. “Honest eyewitness error is a witness who was there at the crime scene, saw what happened, thinks they can pick out the perpetrator and simply gets it wrong,” Gould said. 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State punitiveness remains a factor, as well. “There are some states where there’s a stronger sense in the community of wanting justice and wanting it now,” Gould said. “In states where there is that push for more punitiveness and faster punitiveness, then we might be more likely to see wrongful convictions.” While Gould acknowledged that the criminal justice system is “much, much more accurate” than inaccurate, it still does make errors. Ultimately, preventing those errors falls on what people care more about seeing, he said. “Do you care more about the innocent not being indicted in the first place, or do you care about the innocent once they’ve been indicted not being convicted?” he said. “Because, really, when we think about the measures that address this, that’s what we ought to be focused on. … “If we address these factors, we’re able to fix a whole lot more in the criminal justice system,” he said. 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