CHARLESTON — A student from Cabell County is among the top finishers in this year’s essay contest held by the County Commissioners’ Association of West Virginia (CCAWV). Eleven other students
finally, there was russell adkins story number three, prosecutors argued. when you came up with a new detail, the mailbox. how did the back of her head get caved in? the pipe from the mailbox of his there. the problem, was the paramedics said there is no mailboxes near where her body was found. but, if russell adkins was lying about when made it an, accident prosecutors needed to tell the jury what really happened, when evidence was there for more, here is the heart of the prosecution s case, forensics. this comes as a case about science. if the science in, work and the jury didn t understand it was going to be a nightmare. dr. barnett, the corner had
much but, it is paying the bills. we russell adkins thought we would all blow over, soon he didn t think was strong enough to go to trial. but he was wrong. wouldn t you think about the, cops the prosecutors? hell-bent on putting me in prison. handled it incorrectly all the way around, in my book. a trial, russell adkins side only could see was what was missing, important evidence like his car, he wished he could show it to the jury. whether she s leaner filling with a door handle, the state of that door. was the biggest part of. it yet, jurors had to rely on testimony alone. and so it went for much of his case. with so little hard evidence, russell adkins said all they had against him is a made-up theory about what he did, nothing more. that s how you come up with
ohio. winter settles in, ice, gray sky is black and the state. gloom hung over the prosecutor s office to, where paul dobson, and his fellow prosecutor gwen howe gebers, considered their long shot case against russell adkins. it was kind of shocking to stop and, say what exactly do we have? but they didn t have stuck out. no crime scene photos, no dna, no strong motive. but, but they did have spurred them forward. the new autopsy, and a fresh determination to seek justice they believed was long overdue. and, so it came to pass the 33, years and four months after her mother was found beside the side of the road, brittani stork was entering marble hallways the wood county courthouse, she d spent so much of her life trying to figure out what it happened to her
he did note in the police report. is anywhere in that report where you state i went out to the car i, inspected the car, i sat in the car, i opened the door. is there anywhere in that report? no it is not. just to be assessed the defense was the prosecution theorize murder weapon. that now longwell spooky. there is nothing looking the polluted russell against. zip. you can tell the story that pool cue came from russell adkins vehicle. no i cannot. it didn t matter anyway they said. because there s no blood on it. you set them off that test material that was found on the stick and you became aware there was not blood. negative four. blood negative four hair?