Peter Charalambous

It's interesting because when you look at how Prosecutor Emily Johnson phrased this case, She ended her opening statement with something that's kind of boilerplate for prosecutors, at least in the Southern District. You hear kind of this very similar ending to their opening statement where they warn the jury about what's coming next and the nature of how the evidence is going to come in.

And she says, quote, the evidence will come in piece by piece and it won't always come in in chronological order. But by the end of this trial, when you've seen and heard all of the evidence, you'll see how it all fits together. I guess the general idea here is for this jury, they're basically hearing all of this evidence in no particular order. It's not chronological.

And she says, quote, the evidence will come in piece by piece and it won't always come in in chronological order. But by the end of this trial, when you've seen and heard all of the evidence, you'll see how it all fits together. I guess the general idea here is for this jury, they're basically hearing all of this evidence in no particular order. It's not chronological.

And she says, quote, the evidence will come in piece by piece and it won't always come in in chronological order. But by the end of this trial, when you've seen and heard all of the evidence, you'll see how it all fits together. I guess the general idea here is for this jury, they're basically hearing all of this evidence in no particular order. It's not chronological.

It's not categorized for them by criminal count. It's haphazard in a way. And, you know, if you're looking at the evidence like you are, an experienced attorney, you can see how the puzzle pieces all fit together. But for a jury, they've heard from dozens of witnesses. They've heard hours of testimony. They've seen hundreds of exhibits. It's overwhelming. It's hard to piece together.

It's not categorized for them by criminal count. It's haphazard in a way. And, you know, if you're looking at the evidence like you are, an experienced attorney, you can see how the puzzle pieces all fit together. But for a jury, they've heard from dozens of witnesses. They've heard hours of testimony. They've seen hundreds of exhibits. It's overwhelming. It's hard to piece together.

It's not categorized for them by criminal count. It's haphazard in a way. And, you know, if you're looking at the evidence like you are, an experienced attorney, you can see how the puzzle pieces all fit together. But for a jury, they've heard from dozens of witnesses. They've heard hours of testimony. They've seen hundreds of exhibits. It's overwhelming. It's hard to piece together.

And among all those pieces, you can find plenty of reasonable doubt if you're really looking for it. Of course, the prosecution and the defense will have their closing statements where they can try to assemble that puzzle for the jurors themselves. But I guess that's just one thing to think about as we're talking about how impactful a lot of this individual evidence can be.

And among all those pieces, you can find plenty of reasonable doubt if you're really looking for it. Of course, the prosecution and the defense will have their closing statements where they can try to assemble that puzzle for the jurors themselves. But I guess that's just one thing to think about as we're talking about how impactful a lot of this individual evidence can be.

And among all those pieces, you can find plenty of reasonable doubt if you're really looking for it. Of course, the prosecution and the defense will have their closing statements where they can try to assemble that puzzle for the jurors themselves. But I guess that's just one thing to think about as we're talking about how impactful a lot of this individual evidence can be.

Yeah, that really did. I mean, at this point, Kid Cudi's gotten off the stand days ago, but his impact on the trial has really remained. And I think from the start with this entire line of inquiry about this arson investigation, this alleged firebombing, there was a bit of uncertainty about how much concrete evidence there was connecting Combs to this actual incident.

Yeah, that really did. I mean, at this point, Kid Cudi's gotten off the stand days ago, but his impact on the trial has really remained. And I think from the start with this entire line of inquiry about this arson investigation, this alleged firebombing, there was a bit of uncertainty about how much concrete evidence there was connecting Combs to this actual incident.

Yeah, that really did. I mean, at this point, Kid Cudi's gotten off the stand days ago, but his impact on the trial has really remained. And I think from the start with this entire line of inquiry about this arson investigation, this alleged firebombing, there was a bit of uncertainty about how much concrete evidence there was connecting Combs to this actual incident.

I mean, even when you read the indictment in this case, they kind of left a question mark on that in terms of What is the arson here? What are the details here? It wasn't really particularly publicly reported at the time of the actual incident that Combs had any kind of connection to it.

I mean, even when you read the indictment in this case, they kind of left a question mark on that in terms of What is the arson here? What are the details here? It wasn't really particularly publicly reported at the time of the actual incident that Combs had any kind of connection to it.

I mean, even when you read the indictment in this case, they kind of left a question mark on that in terms of What is the arson here? What are the details here? It wasn't really particularly publicly reported at the time of the actual incident that Combs had any kind of connection to it.

And in this piece of evidence, the jury's really seeing the only piece of concrete material that ties Combs to this incident. And of course, the jury has seen a ton of photos of the aftermath of this. They saw the charred roof, the charred seats. During testimony on Wednesday, they saw photos where you could see the Molotov cocktail that sitting in the driver's seat.

And in this piece of evidence, the jury's really seeing the only piece of concrete material that ties Combs to this incident. And of course, the jury has seen a ton of photos of the aftermath of this. They saw the charred roof, the charred seats. During testimony on Wednesday, they saw photos where you could see the Molotov cocktail that sitting in the driver's seat.

And in this piece of evidence, the jury's really seeing the only piece of concrete material that ties Combs to this incident. And of course, the jury has seen a ton of photos of the aftermath of this. They saw the charred roof, the charred seats. During testimony on Wednesday, they saw photos where you could see the Molotov cocktail that sitting in the driver's seat.

You can see the handkerchief that was lit on fire. And through this kind of standard DMV report, the jury has seen this and we see it in front of us here. It's directly tying Combs to this incident.