Sad and this isnt a time to celebrate for max harris because this communitys sick. This communitys sick because the leadership is sick, and we need reform. And we need a change. And thats our challenge to the leaders here in this city, if you care about this city, you have pride and integrity, then do something and be honest about it. Max two and a half years behind bars. Whats next for him . How will he get his life back together after all this . Its going to start with a nice vegan meal thats not served by santa rita jail and well take it from there. Once he found out the verdict, what were his first responses and reactions . He tried to stop me from crying and he was emotional and we were all emotional and we didnt really say much. Curtis, the family first, i want to say im sorry as somebody whos lost a child, i understand the pain and i know that they likely will never be able to find peace with what happened and that i apologize if anything that we did inflamed them. I was always
Innocent young client has been in jail. I think this is a time to thank the community, thank all of the community for their tremendous outpouring of support for max harris throughout this process. I wasnt going to make a statement because obviously, im distressed. Ive been up with my client and we talked for about a half hour. And he is less distressed than i. We both look forward to the next trial and in the next trial, we will do better. Now, both of these men have been in jail at santa rita for more than two years. They were both arrested in the summer of 2017, about six months after the fire that killed 36 people at the ghost ship. There was a lot of talk during the trial about the citys potential responsibility in all of this. And in fact, this morning, as late as this morning, the last testimony the jury heard, they wanted read back to them was from an oakland fire captain about his visit to the ghost ship in 2014. His concerns about the fire load there and then in his testimony,
3 jurors who were excused 3, 3, 3 female jurors and now we have 3 alternates coming into men and one woman and now its unclear at this point why those 3 jurors were excused. Today started out just like any other they were deliberating for about an hour this morning and then the judge called for a closed session at that time victims family members were called in asked to come to court for a Major Development in the case they were unsure what that development was they were told that there was no verdict at that time of the closed session continued until about 3 oclock we were standing outside of the courtroom. From about one 30 to 3 just waiting to be let inside i just before we were allowed in we watched as 3 jurors who we now know to be the 3 who were excused walk into the courtroom and just a few minutes later, we watched them a walkout. Now another thing to note is th 3 of them now being used in the judge says shes already received notes from jurors about scheduling conflicts and i w
Good morning, general. This afternoon with the panels so we will get the perspective of the Service Organization chiefs regarding conviction acquittal rates, case adjudication process and victim declination. I suspect we might hear something slightly different that we heard this morning but staff, could you keep this up, please. Based on the responses we put together questions and i will read the first one. This is the referral process. The defense rfi responses indicate the victim preference may play an outsized role in whether or not a Sexual Assault case goes to trial. What consideration or weight should the convening Authority Given to victims wishes regarding the disposition of a Sexual Assault case . Colonel bennetts, could you start us off . [laughter] obviously, the voice of the victim is something that should be considered but when we get too much weight to it and when the wishes and desires of the victim are going to overwhelm what the evidence should support if you have no k
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