EX-OFFICER'S NEW CONFESSION DEMANDS FULL INVESTIGATION

A former Davidson County narcotics officer's statement that he planted
evidence should prompt more investigation. David Scott Woodall, who was a
lieutenant with the Davidson County Sheriff's Office, said in an affidavit
that he was the source of crack cocaine used as evidence against Terrence
Maurice Barriet. The suspect was convicted of drug charges and sentenced to
10 years in a federal prison.

Woodall is serving a 27-year sentence in the same facility. He was one of
three former Davidson County officers convicted on charges of extortion and
conspiracy to distribute cocaine and other illegal substances.

Barriet, seeking to have his conviction overturned, obtained Woodall's
statement. Investigators should find out how many other times Woodall and
his partners planted evidence in order to make arrests. The sheriff's
office should have done that already.

Woodall's statement also said that Barriet was told his wife would be
targeted as well if he made trouble about his arrest.

That's vicious behavior by officers who were supposed to be enforcing the
law. Authorities must find out whether it happened to other people who have
not yet received justice.