Out of Focus

Demons continue to haunt the injured ironworker who held up Focus on the Family--as well as his victims.

A A A Comments By Stuart Steers Thursday, Oct 9 1997

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The district attorney's office insists that Dore can receive a fair trial in Colorado Springs. "I made the analogy that if somebody shot someone at Martin Marietta, everybody in Denver knows somebody who works there, but they could still get a fair trial," says Dan May, the assistant district attorney who will prosecute Dore.

Vance recently left the El Paso County public defender's office to work as a public defender in Brighton, and Dore will be represented by two other attorneys in the Colorado Springs office. Dore is upset that his legal team changed just weeks before the trial is set to begin, and he fears his case is all but doomed.

"You can see where this thing is headed," he says. "I don't have a chance. Focus on the Family is in total control of this thing."

Dore says he plans to write famed Wyoming defense attorney Gerry Spence and ask for his help. But for now, Dore has lost his faith--and not just in the legal system.

"On St. Patrick's Day I went to Mass," he says. "The priest did this sermon and never even mentioned St. Patrick. I can't relate to it anymore. They're out of touch. I just don't know what I'm going to do now."

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