Rochelle Keyhan

Like if I tell this cohesive story with this really damning evidence that I have, the odds are good we're going to win. But what does that mean for these six victims that might not fit in and might get excluded? And what does that mean for if this witness goes off the rails for the main charge and I don't have these other charges to fall back on? now what's my strategy?

Like if I tell this cohesive story with this really damning evidence that I have, the odds are good we're going to win. But what does that mean for these six victims that might not fit in and might get excluded? And what does that mean for if this witness goes off the rails for the main charge and I don't have these other charges to fall back on? now what's my strategy?

And it really is like high level chess that you're playing here on like, what's going to get the best outcome here. So while I'm highly critical of prosecutors all over the US that I think are not going hard enough on the organized crime piece of trafficking, I also really understand that there's a lot of complexity.

And it really is like high level chess that you're playing here on like, what's going to get the best outcome here. So while I'm highly critical of prosecutors all over the US that I think are not going hard enough on the organized crime piece of trafficking, I also really understand that there's a lot of complexity.

And granted, this is a federal trial, but it's in a district that had that Weinstein case and had that case law happened. And so these judges are still a lot of, there's like a lot of that influence on that's what the region here handles things as. So they have that political stuff to navigate that we're not even always aware of as well. So yeah, I think that's an important thing to flag.

And granted, this is a federal trial, but it's in a district that had that Weinstein case and had that case law happened. And so these judges are still a lot of, there's like a lot of that influence on that's what the region here handles things as. So they have that political stuff to navigate that we're not even always aware of as well. So yeah, I think that's an important thing to flag.

Like prosecutors can always improve and always do better, but it's not a simple thing that they're improving on. And actually every time it's completely different because the human variables are always changing.

Like prosecutors can always improve and always do better, but it's not a simple thing that they're improving on. And actually every time it's completely different because the human variables are always changing.

I think the stakes are very high because if this prosecutor loses the case, it's going to be really bad. Because when you see someone that we all know has been doing various levels of interpersonal violence for a while, it's been part of pop culture. They joked about it. It wasn't a hidden thing. And if they just can get away with it,

I think the stakes are very high because if this prosecutor loses the case, it's going to be really bad. Because when you see someone that we all know has been doing various levels of interpersonal violence for a while, it's been part of pop culture. They joked about it. It wasn't a hidden thing. And if they just can get away with it,

I think that's going to be a very chilling impact on victims coming forward and people having trust in the system that's I think already really teetering on not having sufficient trust around the right outcomes coming for victims. So I think there's a lot at stake here.

I think that's going to be a very chilling impact on victims coming forward and people having trust in the system that's I think already really teetering on not having sufficient trust around the right outcomes coming for victims. So I think there's a lot at stake here.

And I do think if there is a conviction, hopefully it gives justice to these victims and really brings a reckoning for the criminal justice system. Like, why did, had we handled this 15 years ago, how many dozens, hundreds of victims would not have suffered from it? You know, like how many would have been spared had we thought about this and done this right a long time ago?

And I do think if there is a conviction, hopefully it gives justice to these victims and really brings a reckoning for the criminal justice system. Like, why did, had we handled this 15 years ago, how many dozens, hundreds of victims would not have suffered from it? You know, like how many would have been spared had we thought about this and done this right a long time ago?

And what can we do in the future to be doing this more proactively and efficiently and sooner? Hopefully we get that reckoning and not the further backslide of a lost verdict.

And what can we do in the future to be doing this more proactively and efficiently and sooner? Hopefully we get that reckoning and not the further backslide of a lost verdict.