Senator Chris Murphy
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And they believe that the coroner testified at the time that it was consistent with with several anchors holding her down. There is so much overwhelming evidence here, and circumstantial evidence is that good old-fashioned, common-sense stuff like somebody running away from a crime scene, somebody in possession of stolen property from a recent burglary that happened down the street.
Circumstantial evidence is the bread and butter of every domestic violence murder case in the history of history. Justice. And that really is the right word for it is justice, like holding people accountable for what they did. The the evidence against this guy is is laughably overwhelming.
Circumstantial evidence is the bread and butter of every domestic violence murder case in the history of history. Justice. And that really is the right word for it is justice, like holding people accountable for what they did. The the evidence against this guy is is laughably overwhelming.
Circumstantial evidence is the bread and butter of every domestic violence murder case in the history of history. Justice. And that really is the right word for it is justice, like holding people accountable for what they did. The the evidence against this guy is is laughably overwhelming.
And they come in, they get the headlines, Ellie, Ellie Innocence Project, and then everybody forgets all that stuff. And it's like, oh, there was a van down the street with a mattress in it. And essentially, that's what the current legal actions about. They want to test a mattress that was found in some burnout van somewhere in the neighborhood of where Lacey Peterson lived.
And they come in, they get the headlines, Ellie, Ellie Innocence Project, and then everybody forgets all that stuff. And it's like, oh, there was a van down the street with a mattress in it. And essentially, that's what the current legal actions about. They want to test a mattress that was found in some burnout van somewhere in the neighborhood of where Lacey Peterson lived.
And they come in, they get the headlines, Ellie, Ellie Innocence Project, and then everybody forgets all that stuff. And it's like, oh, there was a van down the street with a mattress in it. And essentially, that's what the current legal actions about. They want to test a mattress that was found in some burnout van somewhere in the neighborhood of where Lacey Peterson lived.
OK, so, you know, if if they get in there and and I can already tell you what the argument is, which they say has blood on it.
OK, so, you know, if if they get in there and and I can already tell you what the argument is, which they say has blood on it.
OK, so, you know, if if they get in there and and I can already tell you what the argument is, which they say has blood on it.
Right. If they get that thing, they're going to they're going to swab it. And modern modern genetic and DNA testing is so sensitive. I can virtually guarantee you will find unknown male DNA on that mattress. And the next thing that the Innocence Project is going to do is they're going to say, aha, that's the DNA for the real killer. And it doesn't match Scott Peterson.
Right. If they get that thing, they're going to they're going to swab it. And modern modern genetic and DNA testing is so sensitive. I can virtually guarantee you will find unknown male DNA on that mattress. And the next thing that the Innocence Project is going to do is they're going to say, aha, that's the DNA for the real killer. And it doesn't match Scott Peterson.
Right. If they get that thing, they're going to they're going to swab it. And modern modern genetic and DNA testing is so sensitive. I can virtually guarantee you will find unknown male DNA on that mattress. And the next thing that the Innocence Project is going to do is they're going to say, aha, that's the DNA for the real killer. And it doesn't match Scott Peterson.
But without a link to Lacey Peterson, it is it is literally meaningless. And look, we see that all the time in a lot of cases. Like I said, there are cases where DNA has legitimately freed people that didn't do it. And thank goodness for that. And that's what we want the system to work. And forensic technology is unbiased. And it thank goodness. Right.
But without a link to Lacey Peterson, it is it is literally meaningless. And look, we see that all the time in a lot of cases. Like I said, there are cases where DNA has legitimately freed people that didn't do it. And thank goodness for that. And that's what we want the system to work. And forensic technology is unbiased. And it thank goodness. Right.
But without a link to Lacey Peterson, it is it is literally meaningless. And look, we see that all the time in a lot of cases. Like I said, there are cases where DNA has legitimately freed people that didn't do it. And thank goodness for that. And that's what we want the system to work. And forensic technology is unbiased. And it thank goodness. Right.
Like but there's also a lot of these cases, Megan, that and this is something that drives me crazy, where you'll have, you know, something that happened, maybe say a rape murder and in the 19 1980s. OK, and somebody will have been convicted of rape murder. The jury who, in my experience, I've done a lot of capital case litigation.
Like but there's also a lot of these cases, Megan, that and this is something that drives me crazy, where you'll have, you know, something that happened, maybe say a rape murder and in the 19 1980s. OK, and somebody will have been convicted of rape murder. The jury who, in my experience, I've done a lot of capital case litigation.
Like but there's also a lot of these cases, Megan, that and this is something that drives me crazy, where you'll have, you know, something that happened, maybe say a rape murder and in the 19 1980s. OK, and somebody will have been convicted of rape murder. The jury who, in my experience, I've done a lot of capital case litigation.
I've done a lot of cases like this, which are bifurcated murder trials. The juries take their task very seriously. The judges tend to be the most experienced and the best. The detectives tend to be the most experienced and the best. And it's imperfect. But everybody really wants to do their job. So then a couple of decades later and say it's a homeless drifter.