Don't let him; he might change his mind!
Kermit actually sent one of his Powerpoints to Paul Ciolino. I wouldn't put it past him to contact Douglas. The guy has no clue.
But the great thing about Douglas is, he really is willing to change his mind and critique his own mistakes. He does that with Heirens, but he always had doubts about Heirens. Robert Ressler, Douglas's mentor, was more rigid in believing that Heirens was guilty.
Douglas revisits the Ramsey case and is utterly candid about how he fell for Karr as a plausible suspect. He realizes the Ramseys are innocent, and he is frustrated about all the people who still think they did it, so he was eager to believe the case had been solved. Most guys would have said, "we thought Karr might be a good suspect, but that turned out not to be the case." But Douglas doesn't let himself off the hook so easily. He examines the underlying problem with his thinking.
Then he does it again with the WM3. Someone showed him a letter Damien Echols had written to Douglas's office, which Douglas had initialed to show he had seen it. He admits he doesn't remember it and probably didn't give two seconds' thought to whether the guy might really be innocent.
Then he talks about how Lorri Davis contacted him, and his first impulse was to write her off as a flake. But he listened, and he changed his opinion to fit what he was learning.
Douglas is a guy who realizes that recognizing and correcting mistakes is an integral part of the investigative process. That is rare. Think how many cases would get fixed if more people in the system did that.
It's really interesting to read his take on Mark Byers, who he convinced of the WM3's innocence and has come to respect. It's an all-around fascinating book. And he is as passionate about Amanda and Raffaele as he is about the WM3. He's passionate about the truth.
