JT45242
JT45242's JournalA little extra about the OJ trial and the prosecutorial incompetence... remembering we saw stuff the jury didn't
I took some forensic science classes as continuing education as a teacher because we were going to offer a new HS class at the HS that I was the department chair for. My instructor was well known and knew a lot of people in the industry. She knew the defenses experts that really pointed to reasonable doubt.
One of the key pieces of reasonable doubt came from the coroners report that said that the two types of cut wounds on the victims indicated that their were likely two attackers with two different knives. This was the point that the defense truly hammered -- where was the second assailant? Can you be sure it is OJ if the coroner thinks that there were two people? CLearly the police did not look long enough to find both killers.
BUT THERE WAS ONE SET OF QUESTIONS THAT WOULD HAVE WON THE PROSECUTION CASE
1. Is there a single knife that could have made both of these different wounds, with a serrated edge of teh appropriate length on one side and a straight cutting edge on the other?
defense expert would have had to say "Yes, there is."
2. What knife is it?
defense expert: would name the knife brand and details.
3. Is it an inexpensive commonly purchased knife or an unusual expensive?
defense expert: It was an uncommon knife that cost about $10,000.
4. How many of these were sold in California over the last 3 years?
defense expert: There were 10 sold in California.
5. Is there a record that Mr Simpson purchased one of these 10 knives that were capable of making both cuts that are in teh coroners report?
defense expert: Yes, Mr Simpson bought one of those knives according to the only retailer in CA.
That would have sunk the entire defense. They knew it. But the two prosecutors never even asked if the coroner could have mistaken a weapon with two different cutting surfaces for two different weapons with two different attackers.
My Professor used this as an example to think about what are all the possibilities that might lead to the forensic findings.
She also stressed that it is often the questions that do not get asked, either by teh prosecution or the defense that lead to the outcome of the case.
We often forget that much of the circus that we saw occurred when the jury as not in the room. Regardless of that, this mistake is why the person found civilly liable for the deaths was not found criminally guilty in court.
Are documents still at bedminster worth half a billion?
Unsure why they never served a warrant at bedminster NJ.
Does he have enough documents there that between MBS, Putin, Netanyahu, Xi, and Kim that he could get the cash?
Need a law requiring getting a security clearance to run for federal office...also teeth for lying on financial disclosu
If we had such a law we would never have been subjected to TFG, Boebert, MTG, Gaetz, Santos, etc.
If people with sketchy past would have to undergo the scrutiny that an administrative assistant in the state or justice department do, they would likely not run or be ruled out.
I'd bet a bunch of these criminals would stay away.
They should enforce a law of lying on financial disclosure documents would carry the same penalties as lying on a mortgage application and actually enforce it.
Why not declassify the briefing about TFG that McConnell threatened to blow up democracy for? (redacted for operatives)
I do not understand why we have not declassified (redacted for names) what was said to the group of 8 about TFG before the 2016 election.
Let the American people know that the enture (R) party put a treasonous weasel in the WH because they worship party over country.
Has anyone wondered if the large sum from MBS bought the info that went to Hamas?
I know the prevalent idea is Russia to Iran to Hamas....
But would destabilizing the Middle East, driving up the price of oil and getting Iran blamed for it seems like something prince bone saw might give the trump clan lots of money thru Jared and Ivanka.
Or info in exchange for golf tournaments....
Marianne Williamson and Gen Z
OMFG -- my 22 YO son who just graduated with a chemical engineering degree and gets so much info from the internet was screaming at me that the only legitimate progressive running for President is Marianne Williamson....
He then screamed at me that the idea that she is an astroturf plant to weaken Biden paid for by billionaires is just a smear campaign from "establishment Democrats who are antiworker just like Hillary was."
Somewhere in the recesses of the internet, this chemical engineering major thinks that both Clintons were antiworker and that Hillary lost because she ignored flyover states (not sure he understands what a flyover state is even though we moved to Iowa when he was in JH) and not because of Russian disinformation suppressing and funneling Black votes on top of voter suppression in Rethug states.
This is scary that a smart kid can believe that Dems are antiworker.
Of course, trying to explain 'do not let the perfect be the enemy of the good' and you have to get legislation that will actually get through both the house and senate with the filibuster, Manchin, Sinema, etc ....
He hates Rethugs but thinks that Dems only protect the wealthy and not workers too.
Us open ...what a joke
Was not going to watch and support sports washing bone saw money, but the TV turned on to that channel.
Just watched one of the leaders miss the fairway into the "rough" on hole 1. Then second shot hit in "rough" and rolled into fairway. Third shot safely on green to putt for birdie.
The US open she uld have rough so thick that no one should get into it and get a chance at a birdie....much less roll out of rough into a fairway.
Won't watch another minute.
They will come up with some bullshit stays about how this was the best open ever with the mist players under par, furthest under par, etc. This looks as easy as some random tournament in the middle of summer.
Secret service and their oath and duty to stop crime
I looked up this
An individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed services, shall take the following oath: “I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.” This section does not affect other oaths required by law.
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 424.)
It seems like every secret service agent should have said and done something about all the espionage/treason that was going on. Clearly, some of them saw crimes and did nothing about it. THat sure seems like they should all be disciplined, probably fired, and many prosecuted.
We might have a lot less criminal behavior by senior politicians if they knew that civil servants would actually live up to their oath to protect from domestic enemies.
Can any of the legal eagles here explain how the secret service dudes who heard and saw the planning for Jabuary 6 or any of the document things in the indictment aren't being disciplined?
Anti trans law fall out...
Just got the call from my sister in law.
Our son is graduating from a college in Indiana next month. Aunt and her family likely can't attend his graduation because his trans cousin could be taken away. Parents arrested and charged with child abuse. Since she is a teacher, that would get her fired and her teaching license revoked.
The younger cousins have worshipped our son, the oldest grandkid, since they were little.
I know the cruelty is a feature not a bug.
We'll see how my father in law and mother in law who watch faux news nonstop respond to the news.
Of course we live in Iowa, so they can't come here either.
Will judge make him forfeit passports as flight risk?
The accused criminal has a jet capable of flying to a non extradition location.
Would othere defendants faced with over 30 counts be forced to pay bail and surrender passport in NY for real?
I ask because I know what Jack McCoy would do! Dun dun
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