he was in the bathroom. he left his own dna in the bathroom. meredith may have come home and surprised him. maybe he was lying in wait. i hate to say it, but it s kind of the garden variety one guy kills tries to rape and rob girl case. in contrast to rudy guede s incriminating dna, amanda s defense team also set out to prove that the dna found on the knife, allegedly meredith s, did not implicate amanda or raffaele. they actually had independent experts come in, and they were absolutely appalled by the way the dna was collected and tested. those independent experts said the evidence is contaminated. it s not admissible. it s compromised. what they thought was meredith s dna was not dna at all. it was nothing. it didn t match her in any way, shape, or form. the prosecutor trying to rebut that suggests somehow amanda went back and cleaned up
sentence was reduced from 30 years to 16, leading some to ask, did he cut a deal? there s overwhelming dna evidence along with lots of other physical evidence that points to rudy guede. amanda s attorneys appealed the verdict and focused on challenging the dna evidence. when the appeals process began, it felt like they had another mountain to climb that right away you could tell that there was a very different tone, and, again, the key decision was whether or not they would allow an independent assessment of the forensic evidence. november 24th, 2010. 11 months after the guilty verdict, a second trial is granted. the defense presented a very compelling case, identifying rudy guede as the true killer, based on hard facts and motive. rudy guede came to the house. he broke in. he was in the bathroom. he left his own dna in the bathroom. meredith may have come home and surprised him.
began, it felt like they had another mountain to climb that right away you could tell that there was a very different tone, and, again, the key decision was whether or not they would allow an independent assessment of the forensic evidence. november 24th, 2010. 11 months after the guilty verdict, a second trial is granted. the defense presented a very compelling case, identifying rudy guede as the true killer, based on hard facts and motive. rudy guede came to the house. he broke in. he was in the bathroom. he left his own dna in the bathroom. meredith may have come home and surprised him. maybe he was lying in wait. i hate to say it, but it s kind of the garden variety one guy kills tries to rape and rob girl case. in contrast to rudy guede s incriminating dna, amanda s defense team also set out to prove that the dna found on the
another mountain to climb that right away you could tell that there was a very different tone, and, again, the key decision was whether or not they would allow an independent assessment of the forensic evidence. november 24th, 2010. 11 months after the guilty verdict, a second trial is granted. the defense presented a very compelling case, identifying rudy guede as the true killer, based on hard facts and motive. rudy guede came to the house. he broke in. he was in the bathroom. he left his own dna in the bathroom. meredith may have come home and surprised him. maybe he was lying in wait. i hate to say it, but it s kind of the garden variety one guy kills tries to rape and rob girl case. in contrast to rudy guede s incriminating dna, amanda s defense team also set out to prove that the dna found on the
based on hard facts and motive. rudy guede came to the house. he broke in. he was in the bathroom. he left his own dna in the bathroom. meredith may have come home and surprised him. maybe he was lying in wait. i hate to say it, but it s kind of the garden variety one guy kills tries to rape and rob girl case. in contrast to rudy guede s incriminating dna, amanda s defense team also set out to prove that the dna found on the knife, allegedly meredith s, did not implicate amanda or raffaele. they actually had independent experts come in, and they were absolutely appalled by the way the dna was collected and tested. those independent experts said the evidence is contaminated. it s not admissible. it s compromised. what they thought was meredith s dna was not dna at all. it was nothing. it didn t match her in any way, shape, or form. the prosecutor trying to