FWIW, during the Scott Peterson trial, Mark Geragos said, in his opening statement, he had witnesses of Laci that morning, Scott left at 9:30 a.m., there was a mysterious brown, beige van in the neighborhood that morning and there was a break-in across the street from the victim's home, there was LOTS of evidence Scott was innocent.
Guess what? Not ONE of those pieces of evidence was produced at trial. Heck, even MG himself proved, with the opening statement, that Scott, in fact didn't leave the house before 9:50, and most likely 10:10 per the pros's own expert witness (on cell tower reception).
MG was so busy playing to the public and cameras, he forgot what he was there for........to place REASONABLE DOUBT in the juror's minds. The public isn't going to be sitting on that jury. The jurors are going to be questioned and the MOST uninformed (about the case) citizens are going to be who decides the outcome of that case.
The defense lawyers do NOT have to provide 'incriminating evidence,' that's the DA's job. He'll do it too, just watch. From what I understand, this pros does NOT like to loose and picks his cases very carefully. He knows that he needs a # of 'hooks' that will snag a jury to a conviction.
There has been not ONE thing that has proven there was NOT a 4:19 HT store visit by Brad that morning. As a matter of fact, in his own words he WAS up at 4 a.m. so the likelihood of such a visit increases, IMHO.
PER the most recent SW, it is evident that Brad's BIG mouth in affidavits and deposition have given the pros ADDITIONAL evidence against Brad. I said it during the submission of the affidavits and such, LE was lovin' all this legal wrangling back and forth. This is the first case I've ever witnessed where a 'lawyered up' NOT POI kept talking to LE!
IMO, it was Brad's own fault, and that of his attorney, for where he is today. Had Brad not been so intent on revenge over those who spoke up for his murdered wife and expressed their suspicion of him, LE might not have some of the 'evidence' they have against him today. Brad and his attorney opened the door to many avenues most LE looking for a killer even dream about.
This is all, JMHO, of course.
fran
PS......During the Scott Peterson trial, I and many Websleuthers who had watched the case from the beginning, THOUGHT we knew just about everything there was to know about the case. But oh boy! The things we learned at trial,..........UNBELIEVEABLE!! what goes on behind the scenes!
PPS.....JEWELRY.........I'm not sure how much the jewelry is going to play in this case, but in the Peterson case, Scott said Laci was wearing all this jewelry. But.......guess what?????...........it was MOST of it, on the dresser in the bedroom when LE arrived, seized by LE....................The second SW, served a couple months later, LE seized ADDITONAL incriminating evidence, ie Laci's blouse she wore the last night (which the murderer had moved since the first SW).....
Oh, sure, like I believe that was normal.
