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elected does this of the piece got into trouble with the law. williams was accused of stealing three computer monitors for his personal use. from the county i.t. department. here is surveillance video of him carrying boxes of computer equipment. it just seems odd that someone like that would bother to steal a few computer monitors? exactly. it was just kind of shocking that someone would go and do that. williams found himself on the wrong side of this police interrogation. okay judge, before we get started. i want to read the miranda warning. you re an attorney, your judge, so you know this as well as i do. and i gotta read. i understand. williams tried to explain, he took the monitors because he claimed he needed new equipment for his office. but never got it. it s been an ongoing kind of thing, where i tell the ip people, i need to keep improving things. but you didn t put into any kind of written that request? nothing like that? no.
the deputy said that s when he read cara her miranda warning. her right to remain silent and have an attorney. but did he? there is absolutely zero doubt in my mind that miranda was never read. and if cara wasn t read her rights, then that statement would be thrown out. a jury would never hear it. so there was a hearing. the prosecutor questioned the deputy. did you read her her miranda warning? i did. how long had she been in the patrol car when you did that? about 15 minutes. and here s how the deputy said cara responded. her comment was, yes, i understand. but cara swore that never happened. absolutely not. who was right? that s when futerman got a big idea. we got a lip reader. you got a lip reader? we got a lip reader. i was looking at this video and i started thinking. i said, if he so-called read
meant it suddenly didn t matter what lucinda saw or didn t see. a miranda warning, said the judge, wasn t necessary at that point. you have the right to remain silent. and in fact cara had been read her rights later at the police station. so the jury would get to hear cara s first conflicting statement. futerman was deflated. somehow he was sure lucinda had to be good for his case. but he also knew the judge s ruling was a problem. so futerman switched gears and planned his strategy to pick a jury. we anticipated that women would be favorable to someone who d have been raped. he decided to do a dry run, enlisted mock juries composed of men and women to test their reactions, not just to the evidence, but to cara herself. it s rare to witness the workings of a mock trial. they re usually confidential. and i saw the figure come through the doorway. but this is the actual audio