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I'm new to this case having just watched 'Unspeakable Crime: The Killing of Jessica Chambers', my opinion is going to be unpopular but I think both juries got it right, strictly based on the evidence.
Yes the first jury made themselves look stupid with the false verdict, but overall the split decision by both juries showed there wasn't enough evidence for conviction.
That above is reasonable doubt IMO and both juries couldn't get beyond that doubt.
The juries didn't hear that Jessica's call to her Mom was likely from a different tower than the State said it was and that QT used his phone twice when the State said he was not using his phone, so that would have added even more reasonable doubt.
I'm not saying QT is innocent, he likely isn't, but there wasn't enough evidence to prove it. Like it or not, that is how jury trials are meant to work, that is how the system is meant to work.
As a side note, the investigation by LE at the scene was very poor. There should have been an area gridded out all around the car (including the other side of the fence and beyond). A fingertip search under all the leaves etc carried out to see if a lighter or matches were nearby, these could have held touch DNA on them from the killer. Beyond the gridded area should have had a proper search for clues and evidence (not the walking foot search but a more in depth one).
Finally, why wasn't the gas container taken from QT's residence? What if Jessica had struck out and touched it during the incident. Why wasn't his residence ever searched? He could have had more than one phone, or a computer or even a diary where he may have written down details about the crime or talked to someone else or searched for something on the internet.
Yes the first jury made themselves look stupid with the false verdict, but overall the split decision by both juries showed there wasn't enough evidence for conviction.
- The juries heard that QT's DNA was excluded as being on the keys from one test and the other test showed only that he could not be excluded (which is very different from being included), along with 3 other males.
- The juries heard the State moved the cell tower pings by half a mile to fit their hypothesis. You can't do that with data, even if they were certain it was half a mile out each time, you can't force it to fit. Would people allow the defendant to move his data half a mile to prove something?
That above is reasonable doubt IMO and both juries couldn't get beyond that doubt.
The juries didn't hear that Jessica's call to her Mom was likely from a different tower than the State said it was and that QT used his phone twice when the State said he was not using his phone, so that would have added even more reasonable doubt.
I'm not saying QT is innocent, he likely isn't, but there wasn't enough evidence to prove it. Like it or not, that is how jury trials are meant to work, that is how the system is meant to work.
As a side note, the investigation by LE at the scene was very poor. There should have been an area gridded out all around the car (including the other side of the fence and beyond). A fingertip search under all the leaves etc carried out to see if a lighter or matches were nearby, these could have held touch DNA on them from the killer. Beyond the gridded area should have had a proper search for clues and evidence (not the walking foot search but a more in depth one).
Finally, why wasn't the gas container taken from QT's residence? What if Jessica had struck out and touched it during the incident. Why wasn't his residence ever searched? He could have had more than one phone, or a computer or even a diary where he may have written down details about the crime or talked to someone else or searched for something on the internet.
