>Actually there seems to have been one or two that were trying to get outside the
>box that their leader was trying to confine them in
>but I can well imagine the peer pressure that was being exerted.

It is true that many in LE and legal circles in Colorado were aghast at what was happening, but most of their comments and activities were "on the qt".

DAHunter transferred all the pro-Ramsey people off the case as the grand jury loomed on the horizon, the BPD came down real hard on dissenters and even the El Dorado sheriff made his comments in private.

DAHunter ignored Lou Smit until Lou Smit simply got tired of that brick wall and realized he could no longer be a part of what was going on. Lou Smit was retired. He had the luxury of leaving. Others had careers at stake and families that had gotten into the habit of three squares a day.

Dissenters soon learned there was no way out of the box.