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Originally Posted by PoorSkillz
Yeah, and I'm saying the trial was fair, you goof.
Yes, that's why we're all rolling our eyes.
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It's too bad Avery's lawyers couldn't satisfy the Denny rule and provide a valid reason for accusing any other suspect in the trial. (sourced it for you )
I don't know what you think that proves. It's not the role of the defence to investigate the crime, that's the police's role. They just stopped looking into leads once they determined Avery did it.
His lawyers also addressed this, and said it can often be a trap for the defence to start mounting their own exhaustive investigation. I guess you're suggesting that they could have hired a team of investigators to do that. How much money do you think the average defendant has?
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It's too bad Avery's lawyers chose not to strike the deputy's dad for cause. (sourced it for you )
If anything, this helps the argument that the jury pool was poisoned. They only get to strike so many potential jurors, not every juror with a conflict. The fact that they struck 6 others and left this guy speaks volumes as to how tainted the pool was to begin with.
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It's too bad Avery's lawyers chose to have the jury from Manitowoc. (**** you, you can find this one)
His lawyers also spoke to this. Kratz's press conference was seen by most of the state. The decisions Steve's lawyers made are possible grounds for appeal, which is specifically why they didn't handle the appeal.
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It's too bad Avery's lawyers chose not to do their own EDTA test, and didn't request to be able to do their own until they saw the prosecution's. (sourced it for you pg.248 )
IIRC they tried to find a lab to do the test, and found that people had stopped conducting the test years ago because it was generally unreliable. The prosecution had to get the FBI to re-tool their lab in order to conduct the testing. The guy that testified on behalf of the FBI said under oath that he tested 3 samples, and not 3 different samples. He then drew conclusions about the 3 samples he didn't test. Sounds like a pretty credible guy.
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It's too bad even after all of this, Avery and his lawyers chose not to have a mistrial when given the opportunity during jury deliberation, and his lawyers said "all things considered, their case had gone in as well as they could have hoped, and it was in Avery’s best interest for that jury to continue to deliberate on the evidence presented". (sourced it for you )
Avery decided, not his lawyers. I'm not sure what you think a mistrial means. They would have re-tried the case with the same judge, but different jury. I'm not sure how you think that helps.
Last edited by EfromPegTown; 01-21-2016 at 11:06 PM.