Howard Blum
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Yes, and that's what the defense is trying to get. And what's so interesting to me, and again, I'm a layman, I'm not a lawyer like you, but usually if you have your case, you give everything. Give the prosecution hands over everything. Let it all be out there. Let's not make an issue for the jury. Let them decide. Why are they holding this back? What are they holding back?
Yes, and that's what the defense is trying to get. And what's so interesting to me, and again, I'm a layman, I'm not a lawyer like you, but usually if you have your case, you give everything. Give the prosecution hands over everything. Let it all be out there. Let's not make an issue for the jury. Let them decide. Why are they holding this back? What are they holding back?
They want to keep the investigative genealogy part of the case. of the case out of the trial even. They say, all we're going to use the prosecution is after his arrest, the DNA we take from the cheap swab.
They want to keep the investigative genealogy part of the case. of the case out of the trial even. They say, all we're going to use the prosecution is after his arrest, the DNA we take from the cheap swab.
They want to keep the investigative genealogy part of the case. of the case out of the trial even. They say, all we're going to use the prosecution is after his arrest, the DNA we take from the cheap swab.
And that leaves the situation where you can have a man who's very guilty, who might very well be a monster, but there's going to be enough doubts in the jury's mind to maybe let him go, especially in a death penalty case.
And that leaves the situation where you can have a man who's very guilty, who might very well be a monster, but there's going to be enough doubts in the jury's mind to maybe let him go, especially in a death penalty case.
And that leaves the situation where you can have a man who's very guilty, who might very well be a monster, but there's going to be enough doubts in the jury's mind to maybe let him go, especially in a death penalty case.
I think, you know, first, you know, Matt Murphy knows a lot more about the law than I do or ever will. He's also very articulate and he's been a defense attorney and a prosecutor, I think, prosecutor and prosecutor. What the defense is going to do is raise a whole lot of doubts.
I think, you know, first, you know, Matt Murphy knows a lot more about the law than I do or ever will. He's also very articulate and he's been a defense attorney and a prosecutor, I think, prosecutor and prosecutor. What the defense is going to do is raise a whole lot of doubts.
I think, you know, first, you know, Matt Murphy knows a lot more about the law than I do or ever will. He's also very articulate and he's been a defense attorney and a prosecutor, I think, prosecutor and prosecutor. What the defense is going to do is raise a whole lot of doubts.
If you look at every individual item, it's how much dirt they can kick up that confused the jury, get dirt in their eyes, so to speak. You'll have the cell phone data. The cell phone data puts Koberger within a 13 mile radius at different times. That's not being at the same place as a crime. You have the surveillance videos of the white car, and Koberger has a white Hyundai car.
If you look at every individual item, it's how much dirt they can kick up that confused the jury, get dirt in their eyes, so to speak. You'll have the cell phone data. The cell phone data puts Koberger within a 13 mile radius at different times. That's not being at the same place as a crime. You have the surveillance videos of the white car, and Koberger has a white Hyundai car.
If you look at every individual item, it's how much dirt they can kick up that confused the jury, get dirt in their eyes, so to speak. You'll have the cell phone data. The cell phone data puts Koberger within a 13 mile radius at different times. That's not being at the same place as a crime. You have the surveillance videos of the white car, and Koberger has a white Hyundai car.
But during the course of the FBI's looking for the car, they made three different years for the car. They weren't sure. And in every photograph, there's not one that shows the man behind the wheel or the license plate. So what they have to do is raise doubts. Can they raise enough doubts? And that's what the trial will see. There's also another issue in the trial.
But during the course of the FBI's looking for the car, they made three different years for the car. They weren't sure. And in every photograph, there's not one that shows the man behind the wheel or the license plate. So what they have to do is raise doubts. Can they raise enough doubts? And that's what the trial will see. There's also another issue in the trial.
But during the course of the FBI's looking for the car, they made three different years for the car. They weren't sure. And in every photograph, there's not one that shows the man behind the wheel or the license plate. So what they have to do is raise doubts. Can they raise enough doubts? And that's what the trial will see. There's also another issue in the trial.
There's going to be new witnesses. One of the key things about the pretrial discovery I've been following is both the prosecution and the defense have raised the issue of a confidential source that needs to be protected. They both agree on this. They said that,
There's going to be new witnesses. One of the key things about the pretrial discovery I've been following is both the prosecution and the defense have raised the issue of a confidential source that needs to be protected. They both agree on this. They said that,
There's going to be new witnesses. One of the key things about the pretrial discovery I've been following is both the prosecution and the defense have raised the issue of a confidential source that needs to be protected. They both agree on this. They said that,