The View After Two Hectic Days – Updated @ 10:30pm
Only two days into this trial, the strategies, battle lines, and maybe some breaches are emerging.
The government’s plan looks pretty clear, a strong and steady march using eye witness reports and expert testimony to shred any and every alleged inconsistency and anomaly in the defendants’...
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FINAL: 8:30pm – Testimony from Kathy Wone, RFA, 1507 Neighbors and the EMT
Today’s updates were a little thin due to few and very short breaks called by Judge Lynn Leibovitz. To make up for the short updates, this will be a thorough readout on the day’s proceedings.
The session kicked off at 9:45am with Kathy...
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Opening Statements, and Katherine Wone Takes the Stand
So what was learned today?
Defense Pushback on Knife. In their opening statements, all three defense counsels Bernie Grimm, David Schertler and Thomas Connolly addressed the question of the knife, with Schertler insisting – using a very large blow-up image – that the knife found on the scene...
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1384 Days: 3 Years, 9 Months, 15 Days
All that matters from now and through the verdict, is doing right by Robert.
We regret not knowing him while alive, but even in death he remains a role model and inspiration. There is no consolation for the Wone family in bringing Robert back, but it is a testament...
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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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