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Scott Weinberger

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Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

But any defendant who has been through the system knows for a multiple murder charge, IDs are easily challenged.

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

But any defendant who has been through the system knows for a multiple murder charge, IDs are easily challenged.

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

And while investigators do have DNA in their pocket, they're not offering up that. Instead, they're taking the route of finding if Pratt has any type of guilty conscience.

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

And while investigators do have DNA in their pocket, they're not offering up that. Instead, they're taking the route of finding if Pratt has any type of guilty conscience.

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

Pratt wasted no time in going back to the forensic evidence when he brought up this very important question.

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

Pratt wasted no time in going back to the forensic evidence when he brought up this very important question.

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

Let me just say I've interviewed defendants in a whole host of different cases. Whether a demeanor during the initial part of the interview is confident or even arrogant until they begin to realize that you have much more evidence than they believe going in.

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

Let me just say I've interviewed defendants in a whole host of different cases. Whether a demeanor during the initial part of the interview is confident or even arrogant until they begin to realize that you have much more evidence than they believe going in.

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

And not only does their physical demeanor change, but usually their voice tone becomes softer and it may still be denials, but there is a visible change and they just begin to shut down.

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

And not only does their physical demeanor change, but usually their voice tone becomes softer and it may still be denials, but there is a visible change and they just begin to shut down.

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

Investigators had already sat down multiple times with Kevin Pratt, giving him an opportunity to answer the charges he was facing. And while those interviews didn't produce much except for denials, this next interview would be different. In fact, something some would consider quite unorthodox.

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

Investigators had already sat down multiple times with Kevin Pratt, giving him an opportunity to answer the charges he was facing. And while those interviews didn't produce much except for denials, this next interview would be different. In fact, something some would consider quite unorthodox.

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

Kevin Pratt would not show any emotion for what he was being accused of. It did not advance the investigation at all, and within hours of that interview, Kevin Pratt was released. Now, Anastasia, obviously here, there must be some real concerns on the state attorney's side about the evidence that they had, and still the fact was they needed to do more work.

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

Kevin Pratt would not show any emotion for what he was being accused of. It did not advance the investigation at all, and within hours of that interview, Kevin Pratt was released. Now, Anastasia, obviously here, there must be some real concerns on the state attorney's side about the evidence that they had, and still the fact was they needed to do more work.

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

But not all hope is lost. Two weeks later, Miramar police hired an outside crime lab to perform a new round of DNA testing on the duct tape. And this lab did a second test where they focused on just the Y chromosome, and that's the chromosome belonging to men.

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

But not all hope is lost. Two weeks later, Miramar police hired an outside crime lab to perform a new round of DNA testing on the duct tape. And this lab did a second test where they focused on just the Y chromosome, and that's the chromosome belonging to men.

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

It seemed like finally Kevin Pratt, after evading the hand of justice for more than two years, was finally going to be held accountable, but not so fast.

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

It seemed like finally Kevin Pratt, after evading the hand of justice for more than two years, was finally going to be held accountable, but not so fast.

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

So Anastasia, for prosecutors, what would be the best strategy now that this DNA evidence is being challenged? How would that impact them walking into trial?

Anatomy of Murder
Remembering Nekitta Hamilton, Davion Bishop, and Faith Bisasor

So Anastasia, for prosecutors, what would be the best strategy now that this DNA evidence is being challenged? How would that impact them walking into trial?