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I don't think we can assume any "of course" here. For one thing, we have no verification that a trial is in the offing for the WM murder charge. No announcement has been made. In the LB case, if both the accused are found guilty of first-degree murder in this case, it is likely the Crown will...

Not only is it possible, it is highly likely that MS (in the person of his lawyers) did exactly that.. I would bet a sizable sum on that having taken place, if I were inclined to bet at all; I think it's almost a foregone conclusion. But the Crown would have had no compelling reason to accept...

LOL, when I heard that, I thought Pillay must be hoping no one on the jury remembers the Shafia case, where one of the convicted had on his laptop Google searches for "how to commit a murder" and "where to commit murder" among other incriminating things. Too bad his lawyer didn't stand up in...

I believe (someone will correct me if I'm wrong) that Jubalee is correct that it was not suggested in court that DM had taken a marker to his arm and changed how his tattoo looked. Igor indeed drew it as you describe, but that doesn't suggest DM used a marker so much as it reflects an artifact...

It was long believed that excessive alcohol consumption by the father was not a factor in FAS, but recent research seems to be indicating otherwise. The mechanism is different, but so far evidence points to damage to the DNA in the sperm cells caused by excessive alcohol intake, and these...

Thanks for that, I didn't look it up again. But that only confirms my impression that Bullman is correct (and therefore I'll toss out my second hypothesis, that he didn't see them cross Trinity). If they drove west on Book, they would soon have come to a stretch where the houses/farms are far...

A good vacation book to read is Meyer Levin's fictionalized book about that case, Compulsion. It's gripping, and pretty well sticks to the facts of the case -- written as a novel in order to avoid lawsuits IIRC (U.S. libel laws differ from Canadian ones in important ways, and the fact that the...

This apparent contradiction bothered me, too, at first. But I am inclined to think that if anyone's testimony is discredited it is that of MS, not that of Bullman. First and most obviously, if we posit that Bullman did in fact see both vehicles pull out of the field one after the other, turn...

There are many variables. Even people who think they hear "every" gun shot, probably don't, but they are more hypervigilant when it comes to gunfire than the average person so they notice it more, while other people can tune out a lot of background noise but be extremely tuned in to sounds that...

LOL, I don't know about "the theory of male vs. female navigational styles" might be. But there's no "theory" about gender differences where three-dimensional spatial skills are concerned. Males, as a group, significantly outperform females, as a group, in the ability to navigate in three...

I'm confused here. SS was a Crown witness, so he wasn't cross examined by TL.Do you mean cross by TD? (that was pretty dynamic comparatively). Or maybe the direct by TL? I thought they went too easy on him, myself.

Further to that, another thing that frequently happens (in everyday life, as well as in witness testimony, where it is a regular problem) is conflation of different, related memories. To illustrate, let me refer to a different unsolved crime. When little Christine Jessop disappeared from...

It's not just you. I'm OK with a sarcastic dig here and there (Sachak crossed the line on that awhile back, though, IMO) but this comment was hugely disrespectful to the Bosma family. This trial is a formal and serious occasion, and counsel should conduct themselves accordingly. A little...

Good explanation. To clarify, though, I am only adamant that my timeline for the first two black RAM video sightings, as elucidated by Pillay, provides a possible explanation, not that this alternative is the correct one. Also, I believe one has to bear in mind that the time stamps (corrected)...

I think the Super Sucker video issue could be very important, because if the two captures of the possible TB truck that Pillay entered into evidence are indeed TB's truck, it provides the potential murder scenario. It means that MS and DM were in the truck with TB for around 15-20 minutes...

I puzzled over that, too -- the fact that Bullman reported they crossed Trinity and continued west on Book Rd. I don't think they made any "U turns" over there, though. The road is not well lit, they would have to make 3-point turns, or use a driveway to back in and turn around. The Yukon...

It's easier to visualize this from the descriptions when you've been there, I think. MS originally said they parked the Yukon on the side of the road (Book Road) and walked over to Bosma's. Then he says that after explaining about the "friend" dropping them off and going to Tim Horton's, DM...

That depends on which Super Sucker videos -- the ones in the Crown's evidence presentation, via Plaxton's report, or the ones introduced by Pillay in his cross examination of the same witness? The Crown's evidence is consistent with MS's testimony. It reports the SuperSucker video capturing the...

Not only that, but according to Canada's own Dr, Robert Hare (arguably the world's foremost expert on psychopathy), the vast majority of psychopaths are not criminals. They wreak havoc wherever they go, but are not, usually, on the wrong side of the law. I (and others) have recommended Hare's...

It would only be much later, and that only if those involved in the investigation write their memoirs or whatever, that we will find out why some possibilities were excluded.After all, the possibilities that the Crown and police have excluded do not figure in the evidence presented at all. Your...