oceanblueeyes
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I pray that TBI has a device or an upload that backs up the claims of the existence of this tape. As I have said several times, I absolutely believe it existed. I just worry that the device it was on was destroyed or attempts were made to destroy it. I hope like hell they have found in their recent search of Pearcy trailer the device, attempts to destroy or no, and that explains the current charges, and further that TBI or FBI has or is in future able to retrieve that data.
I agree that if witness testimony is all that they have, it COULD still convict, but IMO it WOULD need to be backed up with other independent evidence that gave credence to this alleged tape. Because despite my absolute belief in its existence, bottom line, with just one nefarious person with a criminal history to back those claims up, I worry.
A lot.
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I have never seen one case brought to trial that only had eye witness testimony in it and nothing more to support the charges.
I think if they only had one or two witnesses with credibility issues then the state may have a problem especially if they have no evidence to support their testimony. But since I have never seen/heard or read about such a case I don't think this one will be any different than all the rest.
But I am not worried in this case. This one is going to end in a conviction for all participants, imo. I think this is going to be about multiple witnesses who are testifying to the same set of facts and with numbers comes credibility. The DT will not be able to convince the jury that everyone is lying but their client. After awhile of blaming every SOD it becomes ridiculous and an insult to the jury's intelligence.
Imo, the DA/TBI not only has eye witnesses but they have an overwhelming amount of solid evidence to support what every witness is going to testify to, imo. Priceless and I think that is why the DA is contemplating the DP and said so when ZA was arrested.
As soon as they swooped down on ZAs home and property like a bunch of vultures he was arrested and as soon as they got some of the other forensic evidence back in Autry was arrested, imo.
While some jurors may not believe eye witnesses with credibility problems most all do. Hell we always seem to have some very quirky juries ever now and then. One jury was even so stupid they thought a little 2 year old girl who was thrown away in a swampy area like trash and forgotten and left to rot was because she accidently drowned. And of course in the Mel Ignato case they let a murderer walk because the key witness was a drug addict but she was the only one there who witnessed the kidnapping, rape and murder. But these cases are anomalies and that is why they create such outrage when they do happen.
This is not going to happen in this case. In this case they have both types of evidence. Direct eye witness(es) testimony and an overwhelming amount of CE including forensics. And they most positively have proof of death for Holly. Something so convincing and substantial that it convinced Holly's parents beyond ALL doubt.
Personally, I think they were shown still shots taken from the video copy they have and took it to them to show them Holly had indeed been murdered in the most horrible way imaginable.
IMO