head injuries could and perhaps should be explained bay accidental fall. didn t rule out homicide? didn t rule out homicide but he said the evidence was towards accidental drowning. what i have always been astounded by with this case is that the hall family lived so close to the san bernardino border, if cristi had slipped and fell four or five blocks over, the pathologist in that county would never have filed criminal charges. an accident of geography. so now a second jury would sort through these two sets of allegations, these two opposing realities. and decide whether chris hall would turn and embrace home and his loving daughters a pair of handcuffs and a life in prison.
head could not in his opinion the result of a single accidental fall and the m.e. regarded the type of bruising on the face and body was a hallmark of homicide. totality of injuries not consistent with somebody slipping and falling and a rescue attempt. and there was a clump of hair in the bottom of the spa still entwined with a broken plastic hair clip. that, said the prosecutor, only could have come from a violent struggle. losing that amount of hair, not explained by any kind of fall. there were some minor hiccups in the case. lindsey patterson, for example, was a little inconsistent about how long she locked over the backyard wall that first time she saw something going on. was it just a few seconds or as long as a minute? but either way, said the prosecutor, lindsey was sure she saw physical contact. that was the important thing. he was given the opportunity
were there every minute. their father s enduring champions. and this time more family members came to court, two of cristi s siblings testified for chris. said the same thing. we have not a doubt in our minds that this was not a moment of violence. this was not a murder. the victim s own sister and brother, that s an amazing thing to see. perhaps it was. but listen to this. the defense had one more very significant witness. a witness who oozed credibility. the sitting medical examiner from neighboring san bernardino county who stuck his neck way out to disagree publicly in a court of law with the medical examiner from riverside. he found this to be an accidental death, not a homicide. this was not some ordinary hired gun. that was public official who said straight out that cristi s
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out. what you have are different interest republican interest groups splitting on this. you have a moderate group like the chamber of commerce who says support donald trump on this then withdrew hamore conservati out there saying you know what, if you vote against this, you re going to be in trouble with conservatives and might just get primaried by another conservative. so for them right now, this is all about the political stakes back home. and at the white house briefing, sean spicer today didn t rule out the possibility that president trump would actually campaign against those republicans who oppose him on this legislation. how serious of a threat is that? well, i mean, i think that threat of donald trump going out there and actively campaigning against republicans is less of a serious threat because if that s the scenario, if the health care bill fails and republicans are in political peril, in peril of losing the house, i think the white house is going to want to be doing