Speaking of David Rankin Barbee.....

[John Fazio]

[i][i]

I agree that the petition from his captors helped tremendously and probably gave Johnson the one legitimate excuse that he could use for Mudd -- and then Arnold and Spangler gained freedom on his coattails (because they had been sent to prison on even less evidence than Mudd).

Laurie:

Yes, especially Spangler, who was completely innocent, in my opinion. See Chapter 29 of "Decapitating"

John