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Yes. Chaff on the radar. Obfuscation. Confusion. One juror, maybe two, scratching the head and saying, “I don’t know… I just don’t know.”

“Demeaning” misspelled. 10 points off up front.

Veerrrry interesting!

Bothered me, too. In theory, the P could use it all. 100 percent P, 0 percent D. OK, they wouldn’t do that. But where then are the limits?

Selfish of me, but I was looking forward to seeing a speedy resolution. This movie has run long already.

If not absolutely all, I want to know what the heck happened and they’ve got the right man. I don’t want to be left with a lot of Whiskey Tango Foxtrots.

I’ve heard of plaintiffs being countersued for “frivolous litigation.” Nor sure how often this happens. ETA: Before filing a suit against my own lawyer’s advice, I’d figure on paying court costs and maybe the other party’s legal expenses when I got laughed out of court. IANAL

Your input is much appreciated. It’s also useful to see the arguments from people with (seemingly) very high thresholds for “beyond reasonable.” The whole thing gives some insight into what happens in a jury room, where I have actually been but once. (I have seen Twelve Angry Men, though...

We’re still arguing over how he could have flunked yet another test and still be innocent. He might have the outline of a gun on his jacket pocket because manipulating photos introduces artifacts. If it’s even him. Witnesses get things wrong and so what even if they didn’t? Nobody living...

OK. Got me on that one.

If I’m a juror, show me 1) a sample of true matched pairs created from one gun, 2) a sample of mismatched pairs created from two different guns, same model, and 3) the CS bullet juxtaposed with the test-fed round. High-quality photos, of course. Ask me, “Does pair 3 look more like the pairs in...

Here’s a big thing for me, though. Clearly there’s enough variability in those toolmark patterns that the tests and the discipline itself exist. Tested pairs can’t all come out matching each other every time or no one would ever bother. Many of the points raised against the tests are...

DBM Redundant info, answered better earlier

Or, being the killer, he knew the murder weapon was a knife and was making a perfectly true, perfectly irrelevant denial.

It was only 54 of the 74 here. I credit running for keeping me very healthy for a long time, but now I’ve got two really blown hips and I’m a prostate cancer survivor. Thanks, anyway.

I don’t always buy the same brand of Bran Flakes. Not sure what I bought in mid February 2017.

Casings, some. I’ve found IIRC two unfired .22 rounds in the woods. I’ve lived all but 20 of my 74 years in Appalachia, where the .22 is king. Lots of tromping through the bush. I’ve never found anything else in an unfired condition. No 12 gauge. Nothing else, no matter how common. Odds...

“Nonzero but < .000001,” he said, pulling a number out of his rectum. ETA: If not ejected by him during the crime, what is a 40 caliber round doing there in those woods between those bodies? If not his cartridge, why do the dents and scratches even APPEAR to match his gun? He says he was...

I was agreeing with @Willow Knight, @girlhasnoname was agreeing with me, so it’s back to 2. :P

@AugustWest Duly noted. They’ll never see it. :( But I do.