Ex-CSI chief gets prison for evidence tampering

[IScreamSundays]

Source: Yahoo

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. – The former chief crime scene investigator of Nebraska's most populous county was sentenced to up to four years in prison Tuesday for planting blood evidence in a 2006 murder investigation.

David Kofoed, 53, was sentenced to between 20 months and 4 years in prison for tampering with evidence in a Cass County case in which two men were wrongly charged in a double murder. The men spent several months in jail before they were cleared.

"Nothing should undermine the confidence in the system," Cass County District Judge Randall Rehmeier said after reading excerpts from letters written by the two men.

Rehmeier, who could have sentenced Kofoed to probation or a maximum of five years in prison, said the seriousness of the crime merited prison.

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[John Q. Citizen]

1. 20 months for framing people? That's pretty short. They give pot smokers more than that, often.

[Lasher]

2. Doesn't do much to preserve "confidence in the system", does it?

But my confidence in the system evaporated years ago.

[SILVER__FOX52]

3. The sad thing is .........

this is our system, now. The fucking cops or so corrupt and unprofessional that one could argue that the system is God damn joke.

[cstanleytech]

4. Oh please!!! While this guy got off lighter than he should thats not a valid excuse to slander

the majority of police officers.

[hvn_nbr_2]

5. "Nothing should undermine the confidence in the system"

"Nothing should undermine the confidence in the system," Cass County District Judge Randall Rehmeier said.

More concern for protecting "the system" than for protecting the system's victims. Did Pope Ratzi write this judge's statement?

[LeighAnn]

6. What about the other cases he worked on?

This should throw into question the convictions resulting from every case th at Kofoed was a part of