you have a lot of defense attorneys there. they can t all believe their clients are innocent. isn t it incumbent upon them to give them the right kind of trial to at least attempt to get them off? jeff? sure. they are every defendant is entitled to zealous advocacy. you know, you can argue about how zealous the defense was in this case. but what s really important is how bad the evidence was in this case. you know, combining two of the worst kind of evidence that you can present. one is so-called jailhouse confessions. which are notoriously unreliable. now we know there was a secret deal. but also since the advent of dna evidence, the other kinds of so-called forensic science is often junk science. and the arson investigators here were peddling junk science to the jury. and that s whied y ed ttodd wil died. so is it the jury s fault, then? or is it the prosecution for basically throwing something in front of the jury that seemed legitimate that, in fact, had no
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person from the jail? do we know? well, i mean, the truth is a number of people who are in jail actually talk to the authorities over the years. but the problem here really is just credibility again and again. it can be shot down, shot holes in it, because the first thing you have to think about is somebody who s locked up, has, you know, a motive to try to get free. maybe they want early release or want some deal with the prosecutor. then there s the possibility of some altercation, maybe somebody got in a fight in the joint or whatever. a whole list of questions and that s why so many of these so-called jailhouse confessions or whatever get thrown out. and former congressman gary condit is expected to testify. are we likely to get the story of what happened between them? we might. he hasn t been subpoenaed yet, but it is expected that he might be called to testify. and who knows whether he ll delve into their romantic relationship. i for one don t know how relevant it is. rathe
somebody who s locked up, has, you know, a motive to try to get free. maybe they want early release or want some deal with the prosecutor. then there s the possibility of some altercation, maybe somebody got in a fight in the joint or whatever. a whole list of questions and that s why so many of these so-called jailhouse confessions or whatever get thrown out. and former congressman gary condit is expected to testify. are we likely to get the story of what happened between them? we might. he hasn t been subpoenaed yet, but it is expected that he might be called to testify. and who knows whether he ll delve into their romantic relationship. i for one don t know how relevant it is. rather i can see them asking questions such as when is the last time you saw her. couldn t the defense bring that up as a possible alleging some sort of interaction between them and alleging some sort of alternate motive? one of the things they want to try to do is cast that light on him and away fro
credibility. joe, how reliable is this person from the jail? do we know? well, i mean, the truth is a number of people who are in jail actually talk to the authorities over the years. but the problem here really is just credibility again and again. it can be shot down, shot holes in it, because the first thing you have to think about is somebody who s locked up, has, you know, a motive to try to get free. maybe they want early release or want some deal with the prosecutor. then there s the possibility of some altercation, maybe somebody got in a fight in the joint or whatever. a whole list of questions and that s why so many of these so-called jailhouse confessions or whatever get thrown out. and former congressman gary condit is expected to testify. are we likely to get the story of what happened between them? we might. he hasn t been subpoenaed yet, but it is expected that he might be called to testify. and who knows whether he ll delve into their romantic relationship. i for