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I suggest that you are giving DE's thought processes too much credit. Your premise would require introspection and social shrewdness by DE. From my readings of media reports, he hasn't displayed those traits heretofore. His actions suggest an animal caught in a trap that feels the need to chew...

I suggest that this plea deal event may be an example of the usefulness of the death penalty as a negotiating tool. A spokesman for the State of Virginia complained recently in the media that the State is losing access to the drugs used for lethal injection. This could indicate that those...

Projection: DE - 30 years, NK - 23 years I agree with the commentary by thepeppers about the sentencing of young adults in Virginia. You usually have to be a creep of negligible merit to be given the opportunity to Ride the Lightning in Virginia. The alleged serial murderer, J Matthews, seems...

I think that Ms. Regan has done a fine job providing a vigorous defense for PC. I don't agree with her tactics. I suggest she should have been more forthcoming and timely with the Prosecution and Judge about what direction she wanted to take the trial defense of PC and her potential witnesses...

Judge Lowy has done a fine job during this trial reining in a Defense team of mustangs. I realize he doesn't want to generate any grounds for a successful appeal, but letting this controversial testimony in may be unfairly prejudicial to the Prosecution. Coming at a surprising late point in the...

I agree. His strong testimony sounded like a stunning conclusion to the Prosecution's symphony about evil PC. At this point, the Jury probably wishes the dark music would just stop playing and this trial would end. Pity them, they haven't heard the sentencing encore yet regarding his second...

Skigirl, you are quite right that the patentability of diagnostic tests based on naturally occurring genes/proteins is now off the table due to the Myriad BRCA1/2 test decision. But there will be patents issued in the future for diagnostic tests employing genetically engineered reagents and...

We will have to respectfully agree to disagree on this matter. Your analogies focus on how a drug or molecular test is manufactured and not how the conclusions are made and if it is truly effective. I think test conclusions and validity are what Regan is attempting to contest concerning PC and...

Regan is doing a fine journeyman's job providing PC with a spirited defense. It is difficult for a defense team when your client is guilty. She will probably not put PC on the stand because under pressure he might crack up and scare the jury. Proprietary test data sounds like the propriety data...

Next Doctor, Please The way the case is turning out suggests that the Defense team may have used other mental health professionals for evaluations during the last two years before finding Dr. Dudley. Perhaps earlier mental evaluations of Chism were unhelpful for Defense team purposes. Even Dr...

I agree. The only thing schizophrenic about Chism seems to be the tactics of his Defense. Why get witnesses to testify that they liked him and that he was fine beforehand? If they wanted to have any chance of pulling off an insanity verdict, they should have had witness after witness testify...

I need the help of a commentator who knows the evidence concerning Miss Ritzer's murder better than I do. When was the murder kit containing the box cutter, knife, and clothes brought to school? Did he bring the murder kit to school in the morning or beforehand which means he planned the murder...