go any further with them. we opted early in the case to set a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt before we would sign on the line for the probable cause affidavit. we opted for the higher standard for this particular case. judge jeanine: obviously detective you need the high level of evidence to prove any one guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. how did you feel when you heard that the guys you interviewed and cut loose were eventually indicted and convicted of the murders of these girls, scott and springsteen anyway? when i got the call in the middle of the night from the cold case sergeant that they were filing arrest charges on them,nd arresting they will, euphoria. tied up allat they styed up of the loose ends. i was glad it was over. i was glad that long rollercoaster ride at night was finally over. judge jeanine: you used the
pierce, wellborn, scott and springsteen but then you cut them loose. why? we got to the point we couldn t go any further with them. we brought them in because maurice got caught with a .22 caliber pistol within three or four blocks of the crea crime . we weren t able to do anything on the ballistics to match it up. in the briefing maurice implicated the other three. so we were under an obligation to investigate his statement. we wired up maurice and he met with a wire to go talk to a couple of the others. it was pretty obvious for us and it was is pretty obvious listening to the wire that forest didn t have any idea what he was talking about but we went ahead and brought them all in, took statements from them and investigated them as far as we could go, as far as we could match up with what evidence we had and just reached the point we couldn t
ever be convicted of the the murders of these four young girls? let s ask our panel. guys, thanks for being with us this evening. now, steve, they say that this case where scott and springsteen were convicted that there is no evidence connecting them to the scene of the crime other than a confession. do you think there is additional evidence here? your honor the fact of the matter is that the one suspect, murderer by the way, not a crook, is is specific in the number of shots and how the shots were fired. how would this person know this part of the crime if they weren t at the scene? judge jeanine: do you agree with that, guys? when i was listening to the defense attorney i thought what he was going to be saying is that the cops told him what to
go any further with them. we opted early in the case to set a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt before we would sign on the line for the probable cause affidavit. we opted for the higher standard for this particular case. judge jeanine: obviously detective you need the high level of evidence to prove any one guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. how did you feel when you heard that the guys you interviewed and cut loose were eventually indicted and convicted of the murders of these girls, scott and springsteen anyway? when i got the call in the middle of the night from the cold case sergeant that they were filing arrest charges on them,nd arresting they will, euphoria. tied up allat they styed up of the loose ends. i was glad it was over. i was glad that long rollercoaster ride at night was finally over. judge jeanine: you used the
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