Month: June 2010

The Scarlet Letter

M Is For Murder For any associated with this case, there can’t be much joy today. For supporters of the defendants, relief at their friend’s acquittal may well be tempered by Judge Leibovitz’ stern findings that it’s “very probable” at…

Acquittal

But Not Exoneration It took a sober and, at times soft-spoken, Judge Leibovtiz little more than an hour to plow through what she termed “…a very long and complicated legal trial.”  We have previously posted, and will post here again, Judge…

FLASH: VERDICTS

2:00pm Update:  Working around server issues and will post trial wrap post shortly.  New link to Judge Leibovitz’ ruling was added.  More soon.  Thanks for your patience.  the order is here Server crashed Defense runs the table. Acquittal on all…

What Today Means

And Why This Doesn’t End With Today’s Decision It can be easy to lose sight of the reason so many of us have returned, repeatedly, to the unanswered questions of Robert Wone’s murder on August 2nd, 2006. It can be…

Countdown

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…

24

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…

Swann Streets’ Simmering Cauldron

Government’s Oppositional Motion to Acquit Highlights Defendants’ Relationship In AUSA Glenn Kirschner’s closing argument he started off strong by saying the defendants story of how the events occurred on the night Robert was murdered was not consistent with”normal human action.”…

The Waiting Game

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. — Carl Sagan Now, we wait. After nearly four long years, a verdict will be rendered. Will it answer the eponymous question that this website and committed community of commenters has pursued for…

Day 22: Wrap

The Patchwork of Suspicious Circumstances The final session of the final day of the Wone trial featured some of the strongest argument yet, from both sides.  David Schertler, for Dylan Ward, closed for the defense, and Rachel Carlson Lieber for…

Day 22: BREAKING

BREAKING: The Wone trial officially ended at 4:59, Judge Leibovitz expects to issue her verdict Tuesday at 11am, pending any changes.  Wrap coming soon 3:15 Update – Who’s Under the Bus? Bernie Grimm, for Joe Price, and Thomas Connolly for…