Social Media & Privacy
Last week, a Facebook employee revealed – in an “off record chat” with New York Times reporter Nick Bilton, that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t believe in privacy.
Congressmen, social media experts and news analysts all pounced. After all, Zuckerberg heads up the largest social media network, and this should scare anyone...
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Joe Price’s MPD Interview Transcript
“It ain’t going to get fine. It’s going to get ugly,” Price is told midway through his long night with good cop/bad cop at the Anacostia Violent Crimes Branch.
There’s a lot in these 120 pages and still a lot we don’t know. Were these transcripts from the videotaped part...
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Government Quotes the Defendants’ Words Back At Them
The Government responded earlier this week, not surprisingly, in opposition to the separate defense filings to suppress the defendants’ statements they gave the night of the murder from being entered at trial.
In doing so, AUSA Glenn Kirschner revealed new details about what Joe did immediately after finding Robert’s...
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Henry Lee wants to get his eyes on the white towel
When we last heard about Dr. Henry Lee, famed forensic expert for notorious defendants, now convicts, such as Scott Peterson and Phil Specter, he would be unable to test physical evidence in the Robert Wone case because trial deadlines were interfering with his packed travel...
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Joe and Victor Jumped to Dylan’s Defense; Why Didn’t Dylan Reciprocate?
Throughout the investigation into the murder of Robert Wone, the Metropolitan Police Department maintained that the Swann Street defendants told a consistent story about what happened on the evening of August 2, 2006. Diane Durham’s statement was the first to question the authenticity...
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Friday’s Hearing – And Behavior – Raises A New Theory
The more time passes from Friday’s status hearing, the more serious questions arise. We love hearings like that, and will have much to say over the next few weeks.
As always, there were small details of the day that could easily be over-looked. Mere dots on...
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Defense Acting Alone Dictates Scheduling Order
After doing their best to delay the game, and realizing that the game day is on the books, the defense is now trying to dictate the upcoming schedule for the trial preparations. And they are doing it unilaterally.
In a recently filed motion for scheduling order, the defendants have come to the court with their...
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Why introducing the BDSM aspect is probative
One of the thresholds the judge must determine is whether the value of evidence is more probative than prejudicial when deciding what evidence makes it to trial. If it is deemed probative, then it helps explain the crime, and thus meets the standard. Or the judge could say...
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The Defense Pushes Hard and the Court Pushes Back.
The day’s legal action began long before Judge Frederick Weisberg gaveled in the status hearing at 2:01pm.
The defense this week has filed a range of motions – one to have Judge Weisberg permanently attached to the case (Rule 106), one to exclude the “unsubstantiated charges” –...
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Backseat Striver
Ordinarily it takes about 20 minutes by car to get from Swann Street to Anacostia. Faster depending on the traffic, if not made during one of DC’s paralytic rush hours, faster still if no stops are made along the way.
In any event, it’s not a trip that very many denizens of Dupont Circle make that often.
But in...
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On August 2nd, 2006, Washington attorney Robert E. Wone was murdered at 1509 Swann Street. Over two years passed before any criminal charges were filed - and then only conspiracy, obstruction of justice and crime scene tampering charges were brought against the Swann Street housemates, all present in the home on the night of the murder: Joe Price, Dylan Ward and Victor Zaborsky.
On May 17, 2010, a DC Superior Court trial got underway and all three defendants were all acquitted in that bench trial on those pending charges.
Nearly four years later, very little seems clear about what happened that night and who murdered Robert Wone. A cloud of suspicion remains over the Swann Street defendants who have denied any involvement in the murder of their friend or in the alleged cover up.
Judge Lynn Leibovitz found a moral certainty in their collective guilt, but not evidentiary certainty. Civil proceedings in a wrongful death suit filed by Robert's family is the next chapter in this tragic story.
We continue to work together seeking answers to the mystery of Robert Wone's murder and in finding justice for his memory and legacy.
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