"The two defendants, along with their attorneys David Freedman and Walter Holton, Jr., appeared for an administrative hearing in Davidson County court Wednesday. In the hearing, Freedman and Holton claimed sheriff's deputies are not providing them with complete and timely information on the case and are harassing witnesses.
"This is not a game," Holton said. "It appears to be for some of these detectives like a game. Either they don't know what the rules of investigation are or they don't care. But either one is bad. You've got two people who are innocent whose lives are now on the line because these detectives want to make a case."
"Some of the witnesses that we provided the sheriff's office [with] were harassed by the sheriff's office," Freedman added. "Told them they didn't believe them."
FOX8 reached Davidson County Sheriff David Grice for comment. He said the claims by the attorneys are "absolutely false."
http://myfox8.com/2016/04/06/attorn...er-case-citing-concerns-with-sheriffs-office/
I'm very intriqued by the scorched earth policy that these lawyers are employing n this case. They have made serious claims about the integrity of the Clerk of Courts Shipwash who handled the custody case and are litigating that. Now they are attacking the investigating officiers. Is this the OJ Simpson defense? If facts are not on your side, attack the fact-finders?
Maybe the point is just to get the change of venue, where they can attack this investigation but not on its "home court." They may realize that the good people of Davidson County might be offended by their smears of their courts and police department. But if the trial s moved...then they are smearing LE from another county.
Attacking the investigation might be their primary defense tactic. The mantra being..."they should never have been charged."
It's evident that MM and TM do feel they did absolutely nothing wrong and that only Jason can be blamed for this entire predicament. They want to emerge from this as the real victims.