ScarlettScarpetta
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JMO, If the Prosecution had a poor case, it is mostly because of errors made from the moment Off Smith arrived on the scene. It is MPO that GZ was never treated as a suspect and that even the ME and crime scene techs treated Tm's remains as those of the suspect.
AFAIK:
the Kleenex and water bottle he used to clean his head and wipe his hands were not bagged as evidence
Officer T Smith handled GZ's gun (bare handed)
No blood was drawn on GZ at the police department
Before, the scene was cleared by all emergency personnel, several people/witnesses were allowed to remain within the taped off area.
I'm not even sure if the inside of the cloth holster was bagged and handed over to Crime scene tech or if the inside of the cloth holster was ever swabbed.
The crime scene tech, rather than bagging critical items, instead, put TM's tribute button and the headphones into TM's pocket.
There is more but that is enough for now. But the above horribly tainted the prosecution's case.
I believe that you are correct in that there was some shoddy work that went on from the beginning.
I have seen nothing in their case at all that points to murder2. I may be able to get to manslaughter but never murder 2. It will depend on the defense case and then I guess any further case the Prosecution puts on..
But I think there was a lot of damage done to the case last week when it was already weak. Really really weak. OMO