It won't escape the jury that this guy is not all there. I'm not sure that makes a huge difference in the guilt phase except for softening up the jury for the penalty phase. |
It's a hornet's nest. There are many types of lawsuits that can be brought against many different people. There will be plenty of work to go around. |
It's just one of those ironies of life that he'd be called as a juror. |
Not only does it take a statute that was designed to go after the bad guys -- the criminals -- and use it against law enforcement, but it does it in a way that could cost the city hundreds of millions of dollars. |
Now they can walk away and say he didn't get away with it. |
On a show like 'CSI,' they do all these amazing investigative techniques. But I don't know of a prosecutor's office in the country that has the resources, or the technology. |
People fudge the truth all the time. Perjury is the big lie, the lie that has an impact on the investigation, on victims. |
Rodney King was about police abuse, O.J. was about police incompetence, and Rampart is about police corruption. That's a pretty grim picture for the LAPD, ... What Rodney King taught us is you can't ignore the problems and hope they will go away. |
Rodney King was about police abuse, O.J. was about police incompetence, and Rampart is about police corruption. That's a pretty grim picture for the LAPD. What Rodney King taught us is you can't ignore the problems and hope they will go away. |
That's horrifying. When I was a prosecutor from 1981 to 1989, I never heard of secret dockets. |
The big issue would be if there was illegally obtained evidence. It could lead to motions for new trials on cases that have been resolved. This case could cause a major disruption. |
The constitutional presumption is for openness in the courts, but we have to ask whether we are really honoring that. What are the reasons for so many cases remaining under seal? |
The defense can still present circumstantial evidence that he could not form the intent to kill, ... All this means is that they can't call the experts they couldn't call anyway because he refused to be examined. |
the jury will infer a defense that isn't argued. |
The popularity of these programs has an impact. There is a blurring of fiction and reality. |