also bad is the fact that the cops were letting people into the crime scene before they had a chance to actually secure it, gather all the evidence 37 also bad is the fact they were milling around without booties covering their feet in a case where the movements of the suspect are critical to determining whether or not his story is credible. so certainly there are problems. i understand they also belatedly found a slug in the toilet that was not initially recovered. none of this looks very good. on the other hand, is it excuse me. i m sorry. is it fatal? no. not necessarily. we have to see all of the evidence. these are the early days yet, remember. this is a bail hearing. but i agree, ed, it s a very unusual and strange circumstance when the lead investigator is charged with attempted murder. seven counts. mr. black, would you say the defense had a good day in court today? and how would you defend oscar pistorius going forward from this point? well, i think they ve had an excell
thing. a lead investigator charged with seven counts of attempted murder. that s pretty bad. also bad is the fact that the cops were letting people into the crime scene before they had a chance to actually secure it, gather all the evidence 37 also bad is the fact they were milling around without booties covering their feet in a case where the movements of the suspect are critical to determining whether or not his story is credible. so certainly there are problems. i understand they also belatedly found a slug in the toilet that was not initially recovered. none of this looks very good. on the other hand strks excuse me. i m sorry. is it fatal? no. not necessarily. we have to see all of the evidence. these are the early days yet, remember. this is a bail hearing. but i agree, ed, it s a very unusual and strange circumstance when the lead investigator is charged with attempted murder. seven counts. mr. black, would you say the defense had a good day in court today? and how would you
the public is on his side. when you look at polling, 75% of the american people agree with me that the way to reduce our deficit sensibly is through a combination of spending cuts and tax revenue. unfortunately, i think republicans right now have been so dug in on this notion of never raising taxes that it becomes difficult for them to see an obvious answer right in front of them. don t shortchange yourself, mr. president. it s not 75. it s 76% of the american people. republicans are too busy playing the blame game to deal with the sequester. house speaker john boehner is working overtime, trying to get obamaquester to trend on twitter. isn t that cute? white house spokesperson jay carney took a shot at republicans for their whacked-out priorities. imagine if republicans put half the amount of effort into finding a solution to this problem as they have into coming up with hashtags. republicans should heed carney s warning.
case? i think the judge would look at that probably dispassionately. see, this is where probably it s helpful to the defense. a judge is going to look at this dispassionately and not be swayed by the mere mention of testosterone and say, okay, wait a minute, is it really testosterone? has it been tested? number one. because you don t know. and the defense claims it s herbal. and maybe it is. number two, even if it is testosterone, was he on testosterone at the time? without a blood test showing what was in his system at the time of the shooting it s irrelevant and it s simply prejudicial kriend of incriminating-looking evidence that really is irrelevant to the case. so a judge would see through it. and mr. black, what about the alleged emotional outbreaks and other domestic issues that oscar pistorius has been involved in? does that enter into this? from a defense standpoint how do you handle it? it s a real problem. i thought the defense handled it pretty well. they ve explained
remember. this is a bail hearing. but i agree, ed, it s a very unusual and strange circumstance when the lead investigator is charged with attempted murder. seven counts. mr. black, would you say the defense had a good day in court today? and how would you defend oscar pistorius going forward from this point? well, i think they ve had an excellent week, not just a good day. remember that the lead investigator is the man in charge of the crime scene. his integrity has to be beyond reproach. because he s collecting all the evidence. just like marcia said. this is a disaster that went on there. and remember, these kinds of cases the forensic evidence is so important because 90% of the trial will be about the little pieces of evidence that they pick up. but i think the most important evidence, the evidence that will get him released on bail, is what happened after the shooting. there s no way in the world that he with premeditated design intended to kill his girlfriend and then runs in