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Is long term memory really just a figment of the imagination? Diane Ward was the only family member of the defendants to take the stand during the criminal trial last summer.  Dylan’s mother testified on the provenance of the “missing knife”, i.e., the knife that would have occupied the empty slot in the cutlery set box...
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Monday Movie Matinee This installment of the Joe Price Anacostia Dialogue is actually the last thirty minutes of his final hour-long interview during the mid-morning hours after Robert’s murder.  Reliable reader Gloria helped us out with the time stamps on this and the earlier segment.  This interview began in the 9:00am hour, well after the so called “Mercedes meeting.” ...
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Marathon Man The final installment of Dylan Ward’s interview with DC police at Anacostia’s Violent Crimes Branch runs the better part of two hours.  It begins with Detectives Wagner, Norris and Kasul exiting the cramped interrogation room, allowing their subject to sit in the corner, head buried in hands, hunched over in contemplation and letting out the...
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The Lost Episode The first look we had of Victor Zaborsky’s final interview at the Violent Crimes Branch was on May 26, day seven of the trial.  Transcipts of this twenty minute session were never released so we were caught by surprise when the tape was screened in Judge Lynn Leibovitz’ courtroom.  Detective Brian Kasul batted...
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Poll Results The following are the results of yesterday’s polls from the post 24.  For those who did not vote or view the results, these are the tallies as of midnight Eastern Time (6/29/2010). Dr. David Fowler was selected as the strongest expert for the prosecution with 75% of the votes cast. Dr. Farzad Najam narrowly edged...
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Time Is Running Out We’ve all had 72 hours to contemplate the outcome of this trial, and have just 24 more to go. For those who decided to stay indoors away from the heat and catch up on the Defense’s Motion to Acquit and the Government’s Opposition,  many perhaps have formed an opinion on the decision...
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Medical Day at Moultrie After pushing the schedule from 10:30AM to 1:30PM and ultimately 2:00PM, the trial of defendants Joseph Price, Victor Zaborsky, and Dylan Ward resumed. The defense team announced it was going to call two witnesses to the stand today:  Ms. Tracy Weaver from the DC Fire Department Emergency Medical Services, and Farzad Najam,...
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5:15pm Update: Adjournment AUSA T. Patrick Martin had his day in court today and he seemed to have brought his “A Game.” Martin’s cross of Najam brought into question the doctor’s experience outside a controlled clinical setting.  We also learned that this was Najam’s very first time being qualified as an expert and testifying as one. Full day’s wrap comes...
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Summer Heat, German Knives and Ninja Turtle Sandboxes The trial began today promptly, as is Judge Leibovitz habit, at 9:45am with defense attorney Bernie Grimm advising the court that setting up a video Skype call for one of the defense experts was not an issue anymore.  The witness would be on a plane and at...
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5:00pm Update: Adjournment   Defendant Dylan Ward’s mother, Diane, took the stand this afternoon and said the missing knife from her son’s cutlery set never was in DC and was in Tacoma all the time.  Nervous and weeping on the stand, she actually produced two knives.  One of them fit into the case.  She says she...
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