Despite The Judge’s Ruling, The Blood Stays In Left on the table for next week’s pre-trial hearings are Judge Lynn Leibovitz’ rulings on several matters: Doug Deedrick’s stab wound and fiber experiments, Robert Spaulding’s testing methodology, statements and in turn…
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Fiber Optics
Government Conducting Additional Tests; Defense Seeks to Limit Results In the most recent filing in the Robert Wone case, we learn that, as recently as March 24, 2010, the government has been conducting experiments to bolster their evidence of tampering and…
Blood Simple
Defense Rips The Bark Off Kirschner’s Experts What evidence don’t these guys want spiked? Wow. Just into the DC Superior Court Clerk’s office (don’t all the posts these days seem to start that way?) is the latest defense motion: Defendants’ Joint Motion In…
Henry Lee Is Back In The Swann Street Saddle
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…
There Will Be Blood
…Except At Swann Street. Evidence is everything at trial. Cases rise and fall on available evidence, regardless of true justice. Most often, it’s the presence of evidence (DNA, ballistics, a bloody glove, etc.) that determines the prosecution’s path and the…
Spatter Chatter
Blood Does Not Lie The idea of blood and its “spatter” traces seems ugly. Let’s be clear: it is. Uglier still is an unsolved murder. We pursue this in the spirit of a better understanding of what happened August…