>Bet the defense will be able to mention how the Innocence Project freed him.<
I hope not!! I'm not sure if they can do that without leaving an opening for the prosecution to discuss past cases. I'm thinking why should they be allowed to discuss a case that it was eventually determined that he was supposedly innocent of and not allow the others?
A good portion of his prison sentence was for the attempted abduction/intimidation of the sheriff's wife with a weapon. He was still guilty of that one. I could see leaving out the robbery charges and all of his speeding tickets (if any) that really are not related to this crime at all. But some of his previous offenses are related in a way because they involve violence or the threat of violence to women. His letters from prison to his children and the threats made against his own wife I think are all relevant.
If I was the prosecutor and the judge allowed that the innocence project cases alone be allowed I would put up a big objection.
Some of Avery's past criminal behavior includes violence and threats of violence to women. I think that would be something the jury should know about.
They will be hard pressed to find jury members who know absolutely nothing about Avery or this case but that would be so with any very high profile murder. Just take a look at how the cable stations cover these things ad nauseum sometimes. You'd have to be living in a cave not to have caught at least some of it channel surfing, listening to the radio on the way to work, scanning newspaper headlines or spending anytime on the internet.
But then I believe that defense attorneys go way overboard in their requirements for jury members. One need not be completely ignorant of a case but be able to listen to all of the evidence and give a fair decision. They should be able to set aside what they have heard and start fresh with no biases or pre-conceived belief one way or the other.
And that would leave most of us out LOL!
It must be so difficult for the Halbach family to get all geared up for a trial this fall only to keep having things delayed once again. Not only is it justice delayed for Teresa but emotionally draining and painful for the family. This will not be an easy trial for them to sit through. I don't know how I would be able to do it without some serious drugs to calm me down. There can be no hell worse than having to sit there and listen to the horrible last moments of your child's life when the piece of scum who tortured and murdered her and then desecrated her body by dismembering it and burning it in trash cans is sitting right there in the courtroom within feet of you with his lawyers and probably a self-satisfied smirk on his face. I know I will be praying for them when this trial finally starts. And then they have the Dassey trial too. Those poor people
