I get it..... not Jury will buy into the crap....but don't they still need to feel they understand what has happened to the victim?
What happened to Sierra. .....what has the state presented to make the jury feel confident to sending this man to his death...
I'm not sure the jury has to sentence him to death even if they find him guilty of murder. Couldn't they recommend life instead? All states have different laws so I don't really know for sure but in most states a death penalty is not a mandatory sentence. Actually I cannot see how it could be mandatory in any state but that's my opinion only.
Antolin Garcia Torres might testify he is talking with judge since it's his right to testify or not; if it will happen it willl be after Monday
Unfortunately there are no perfect cases. As long as human beings are involved there will be mistakes made. I don't think the ones made in this case will get AGT a pass.
I thought the DA did very well in his cross examination of the defense expert who was testifying about the road glass/soil/dirt. Strange that the defense wouldnt have given him her panties especially knowing they had dirt on them. It gives the impression they were being selective on what was being presented and trying to hide things that dont favor their theory.
DA David Boyd on cross of Def soil/bead expert points out her underpants had dirt on them.
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The expert did not realize that.[/ He wasn't asked to analyze underwear, just shoes, sweater, pants. #SierraLaMar
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The debris apparently wasn't saved by crime lab. #SierraLaMar
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Alright, y'all... Beware: :rant:
I am really upset at how evidence was handled overall in this case. IF AGT walks free, this is where fingers will be pointed. I am not jinxing it and saying he will, but it just seems so careless. From the rope, which apparently had no hairs on it upon intake, and no notes made about hairs -- all of a sudden showing 50-something hairs, to those handling evidence saying they did the correct, thorough cleaning job in between evidence documentation but time stamps reading seconds apart and prints and debris being seen in the background of photos indicating that was not the case.
This just makes me sick. Now I don't know of the extent of this tweet, since it's very parsed down, but going into a case with no body, every bit of DNA and circumstantial evidence matters. I am just at a loss for words. Sierra deserves justice, as does her family. They have one chance to convict AGT, even if we later find a body, and this is just so. incredibly, sloppy and careless, going against protocol.
Sorry y'all, I needed to get that off of my chest. It's been wearing away and a chip on my shoulder each time I'm reading up on this case. Just the way evidence was handled alone is enough to plant a few seeds of doubt in my mind (not enough to be BARD though, for me personally), and being on a jury and knowing you have someone's life in your hands could make those mustard seeds of doubt a little bigger in that environment. I am just hoping that the prosecution brings out some very strong arguments and cross-examination here in the last days of the case.
I have to say, the carelessness in evidence handling in this case bothers me as well. I do not think it is of the magnitude that he will walk free solely for that. I do, however, feel generally uneasy that the jury could have a member or two with issues over protocol not being followed.
I say all this based on what is being reported of the trial. We do not know for sure what is being expressed in body language that might have an impact. We are missing a lot of important stuff having a murder trial tweeted and that has us jumping to conclusions that may be way off; hopefully the jurors are paying attention and I pray that the conclusion they reach is an appropriate one.
Exactly. And why would she need to remove all of her clothes and leave them behind? In addition why would the police try to plant evidence on AGT? How were they sure that AGT didn't have an alibi? or that Sierra wouldn't turn up? or the another person wasn't responsible for the crime?The 'Sierra ran away' theory doesn't hold water. Repeatedly referring to how she pined over leaving her friends and other family member, hated being in Morgan Hill, and visited her old school simply tells me that IF she would have run away, she would have gone back to Fremont and contacted friends and family. She wouldn't have run away and disappeared into thin air.
When it came out the Rope had no hair and then 50 on it . If I was sitting on this jury . That right there might do it . Especially when out of the 50 only 1 was supposed to be Sierra's I would not be surprised if he is acquitted at all at this point . Shoddy work done by crime lab from day one
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That wouldn't do anything for me as far as acquitting him of Sierra's murder.
I imagine the hairs couldn't be seen with the naked eye, and the hairs were found when looked at microscopically under a powerful forensic microscope.
It seems very far fetched to me to only put one hair of Sierra's if their plan was to frame AGT and why would they frame this man who could have had an ironclad alibi? So where would they get the other 49 hairs that were also found knowing the defense had a legal right to test any and all of the 50 hairs should they have chosen to do so?
Imo, one the hairs that was able to be profiled as belonging to Sierra was found. Others that may have been Sierra's could have been without a root bulb unable to be tested.
And it still does nothing to remove the facts in evidence as to why AGTs DNA was found on her clothing. Clothing that also had her urine on it. The only way that could happen is AGT was there with Sierra at the time when she was kidnapped, murdered, and when all of her clothing was removed by the killer (AGT) because he knew they also had his own DNA on the clothing of his victim.
These jurors will never buy those monumental pieces of evidence as being mere coincidences, imo.
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