Defense Attorney

Well, it felt, you know, from a defense perspective, it felt like a stacked deck.

Richard Allen has the right to present these alternative theories if they have some basis.

Richard Allen has the right to present these alternative theories if they have some basis.

None of the people on the trail gave a description that matched Richard Allen.

None of the people on the trail gave a description that matched Richard Allen.

And no forensic evidence. No forensic evidence.

And no forensic evidence. No forensic evidence.

He didn't have to do that. I don't know how somebody's supposed to react when the law enforcement gets on the TV saying, we need help. The easiest thing for him to do would have been to say nothing and leave Delphi. He did the exact opposite, which was he cooperated.

He didn't have to do that. I don't know how somebody's supposed to react when the law enforcement gets on the TV saying, we need help. The easiest thing for him to do would have been to say nothing and leave Delphi. He did the exact opposite, which was he cooperated.

Five and a half years passed. Who, anyone here, anyone listening, who can tell you what they were doing to a specificity five and a half years ago?

Five and a half years passed. Who, anyone here, anyone listening, who can tell you what they were doing to a specificity five and a half years ago?

None of the people on the trail gave a description that matched Richard Allen. Even the witnesses on the trail couldn't agree on what Bridge Guy was wearing. And, you know, it was jeans and a Carhartt-type coat. You're in a rural county in Indiana, probably half the men in that county have those clothes.

None of the people on the trail gave a description that matched Richard Allen. Even the witnesses on the trail couldn't agree on what Bridge Guy was wearing. And, you know, it was jeans and a Carhartt-type coat. You're in a rural county in Indiana, probably half the men in that county have those clothes.

I was fairly well-versed in the ballistics arena. It's not what we would call or what a layperson would call science.

I was fairly well-versed in the ballistics arena. It's not what we would call or what a layperson would call science.

No.

No.

There's no dispute that... the round, the magic bullet that was found allegedly at the scene, was cycled and not fired. But when they conducted the examination, the test-fired rounds that they actually compared to our client's firearm were fired rounds. They were not test-cycled rounds. And so the simple way of describing that is they were comparing apples and oranges.

There's no dispute that... the round, the magic bullet that was found allegedly at the scene, was cycled and not fired. But when they conducted the examination, the test-fired rounds that they actually compared to our client's firearm were fired rounds. They were not test-cycled rounds. And so the simple way of describing that is they were comparing apples and oranges.

Those conversations, he would later go on to say, I think I killed them. Maybe I killed them.