tlcya
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I am interested in how the DT will address/combat/rebut the over 60 now admissible confessions and statements implicating himself that RA has made.
Will they about face and claim their client is mentally unfit and therefore should not be believed or tried? I still don't understand why they did not at least attempt that move when trying to get the confessions thrown out. Why did they not have their client evaluated pursuant to court order by an independent third party? I feel that doing so was truly their best chance of unringing that bell, but it is too late now.
And yes, I realize Dr. Wala, the prison psych testified that he was unwell, but she isn't independent and testified under cross she had her doubts as to whether his condition was faked or overexaggerated so not as helpful to DT as it could have been IMO.
And if the ruling on the SODDI defense doesn't go their way, what then? I worry about ineffective counsel arguments on appeal the most. All their eggs were in that SODDI basket, then their client started confessing to anyone who would listen and some who refused to listen. How do they get past that if this next ruling does not go their way?
Will they about face and claim their client is mentally unfit and therefore should not be believed or tried? I still don't understand why they did not at least attempt that move when trying to get the confessions thrown out. Why did they not have their client evaluated pursuant to court order by an independent third party? I feel that doing so was truly their best chance of unringing that bell, but it is too late now.
And yes, I realize Dr. Wala, the prison psych testified that he was unwell, but she isn't independent and testified under cross she had her doubts as to whether his condition was faked or overexaggerated so not as helpful to DT as it could have been IMO.
And if the ruling on the SODDI defense doesn't go their way, what then? I worry about ineffective counsel arguments on appeal the most. All their eggs were in that SODDI basket, then their client started confessing to anyone who would listen and some who refused to listen. How do they get past that if this next ruling does not go their way?