Amy Robach
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Now, his family has been in the courtroom supporting him, his wife, his daughter, and that is of note, but he has been behind bars for all these years waiting for his trial.
There were a lot of delays because of
what evidence should or should not be allowed.
They also blame COVID for the delay.
But this has been seven-plus years where he has waited for his time in court.
And Paul Canero, from the beginning, has maintained his innocence.
And we heard in opening statements this week what the defense is going to be.
And this also was a curveball for a lot of folks who have been following this case.
We heard prosecutors outline their evidence, which is significant.
And then you have Paul Canero's defense team saying that because the evidence is so overwhelming, it's so conveniently overwhelming, it can't be believed.
And they pointed to another suspect.
Yeah, we see this in a lot of trials and there are a lot of high profile ones as of late.
But over the years, I mean, you can just be a casual watcher of news and crime and true crime.
And you know that jurors want to hear a motive for a crime.
And they also, if you're saying you're not guilty, they'd like to hear an alternative for what happened.
And this case, they are given the one.
First of all, saying it wasn't me, but be going beyond that.
Two, we believe it was somebody else, but even be going beyond that.
Three, we have the other suspect for you and named him, and it happens to be the other brother.
So three brothers involved here, one on trial for killing the other, and the one that's on trial is accusing the other of doing the actual killing.