brokeninoz
08-12-2005, 05:17 AM
BTK Tapes
KAKE.COM
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August 11
document.write('');A taped interview with Dennis Rader is set to air on a national news program, but how that interview was conducted is raising some concerns.
Sheriff's deputies moved Dennis Rader from the jail to the Sedgwick County Courthouse in June for the taped interview with Dr. Robert Mendoza. An interview that is now causing a big stir.
In June, Judge Gregory Waller granted a request by the defense for a taped interview with the man we now know is BTK.
Judge Waller tells KAKE News psychologist Dr. Robert Mendoza asked to interview Rader on camera.
Waller says the interview happened in the sheriff's warrant office on the eighth floor of the courthouse-- not in the jail.
The judge says in making the request, ' 'someone mislead the court'.
He also says permission to do the interview was not obtained in the best of ways.
Sheriff Gary Steed tells us his deputies went to the judge when they noticed Mendoza's photographer was using a professional grade camera.
They thought that was unusual.
Deputy District Attorney Kevin O'Connor says,
"we would like some answers as to how it's in their hands and not ours"
Prosecutors want to know why Dateline NBC has a copy of the interview and they don't.
Kevin O'Connor and Kim Parker talked only with KAKE news.
They say, "we have an obligation in this matter to ensure that if there is anything out there that a judge should see we have a responsibility to obtain it as well"
Rader's defense attorney Steve Osborn told the court Wednesday he does not have the tape.
He does say Dr. Mendoza asked if he could get in and speak with Rader and videotape for his own purposes.
Osburn says, at the time, he thought the tape may help the defense prepare for possible mitigation at sentencing.
Even if the district attorney gets the videotape, it raises questions about whether it's ethical for the doctor to profit from it, and whether it's legally his to sell.
One source, who claims to have a copy of the contract, tells KAKE News the contract stipulates the video can be sold only after all criminal matters have been resolved.
However, a legal expert who took a look at the same document says it is poorly written and ambiguous.
He says, if Rader were to contest it, a judge would likely read that Mendoza should have waited.
But, he says you could also interpret the document to read that Mendoza is within his right to sell the tapes.
NBC News tells KAKE News that their release, which is signed by Rader, does *not* say that legal proceedings have to be finished before the release.
But the state is now saying the tapes weren't even Mendoza's to sell.
Psychologist Howard Brodsky says, "if they would have thought it through, they would have said no, this is an entirely professional relationship. We are paying your expenses, we're paying your fees we're not bringing you here for the purposes of grandising your profession nationally."
Assistant District Attorney Kim Parker voiced her frustration over the fact that a media outlet has the tapes, and the defense and prosecution don't.
And, although the state claims that the tapes belong to the defense--and the doctor was paid with taxpayer dollars, the defense refuses to discuss how much Mendoza was compensated to come to Wichita.
The state Behavioral Science Regulation Board oversees licenses of professionals like Mendoza.
They say if Rader were to submit a formal complaint, they would investigate.
If there's any wrong doing, the D.A. will have to determine if action should be taken.
KAKE.COM
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August 11
document.write('');A taped interview with Dennis Rader is set to air on a national news program, but how that interview was conducted is raising some concerns.
Sheriff's deputies moved Dennis Rader from the jail to the Sedgwick County Courthouse in June for the taped interview with Dr. Robert Mendoza. An interview that is now causing a big stir.
In June, Judge Gregory Waller granted a request by the defense for a taped interview with the man we now know is BTK.
Judge Waller tells KAKE News psychologist Dr. Robert Mendoza asked to interview Rader on camera.
Waller says the interview happened in the sheriff's warrant office on the eighth floor of the courthouse-- not in the jail.
The judge says in making the request, ' 'someone mislead the court'.
He also says permission to do the interview was not obtained in the best of ways.
Sheriff Gary Steed tells us his deputies went to the judge when they noticed Mendoza's photographer was using a professional grade camera.
They thought that was unusual.
Deputy District Attorney Kevin O'Connor says,
"we would like some answers as to how it's in their hands and not ours"
Prosecutors want to know why Dateline NBC has a copy of the interview and they don't.
Kevin O'Connor and Kim Parker talked only with KAKE news.
They say, "we have an obligation in this matter to ensure that if there is anything out there that a judge should see we have a responsibility to obtain it as well"
Rader's defense attorney Steve Osborn told the court Wednesday he does not have the tape.
He does say Dr. Mendoza asked if he could get in and speak with Rader and videotape for his own purposes.
Osburn says, at the time, he thought the tape may help the defense prepare for possible mitigation at sentencing.
Even if the district attorney gets the videotape, it raises questions about whether it's ethical for the doctor to profit from it, and whether it's legally his to sell.
One source, who claims to have a copy of the contract, tells KAKE News the contract stipulates the video can be sold only after all criminal matters have been resolved.
However, a legal expert who took a look at the same document says it is poorly written and ambiguous.
He says, if Rader were to contest it, a judge would likely read that Mendoza should have waited.
But, he says you could also interpret the document to read that Mendoza is within his right to sell the tapes.
NBC News tells KAKE News that their release, which is signed by Rader, does *not* say that legal proceedings have to be finished before the release.
But the state is now saying the tapes weren't even Mendoza's to sell.
Psychologist Howard Brodsky says, "if they would have thought it through, they would have said no, this is an entirely professional relationship. We are paying your expenses, we're paying your fees we're not bringing you here for the purposes of grandising your profession nationally."
Assistant District Attorney Kim Parker voiced her frustration over the fact that a media outlet has the tapes, and the defense and prosecution don't.
And, although the state claims that the tapes belong to the defense--and the doctor was paid with taxpayer dollars, the defense refuses to discuss how much Mendoza was compensated to come to Wichita.
The state Behavioral Science Regulation Board oversees licenses of professionals like Mendoza.
They say if Rader were to submit a formal complaint, they would investigate.
If there's any wrong doing, the D.A. will have to determine if action should be taken.