GUILTY FL - FSU Law Professor Dan Markel Murdered by Hitmen 18 July 2014 - *5 Guilty* #28

[Zedzded]

If CA is granted a new trial WA would still be required as a witness. If she is arrested now, there is no immunity and she can refuse to testify which means the State would have to proceed without her. I think she is a key witness. So it is logical for them to not arrest her whilst CA appeal is in process. This does mean she may not be arrested for years as the appeal process is so slow and laborious.

Ultimately, unlike us, the State have to be disciplined and take the emotion out of it. The likes of GC and Sarah are humans and desperate for justice to be served. But they need to be clinical. The end goal is 7/7 in prison and if that means WA walks this earth as a free woman for 2-3 more years that's a sacrifice they are willing to make.

It could transpire that they arrest WA now, CA gets a new trial and is found not-guilty. WA is also found not guilty and the Sate decide not to proceed against HA because of the trial outcomes. That's 4/7. WA could also be used as a witness in her Dad's trial. So she might not even be the next arrest. HA is picked up after CA's appeal fails.

 

[yazoost]

Prosecutors only go to trial on cases they can win. A Wendi prosecution is a 50-50 at best. No reasonable prosecutor should waste their time on those odds. As Georgia told us, there are other criminals, other cases in Tallahassee. In any case,

Stay tuned, I guess.

My point is that Jack Campbell himself just wasted his, the court's, the jury's, and the PD's time prosecuting an even worse case. I suspect it's because the defendant was a poor, old, black man, and not a rich, young, white woman.

 

[Weki]

My point is that Jack Campbell himself just wasted his, the court's, the jury's, and the PD's time prosecuting an even worse case. I suspect it's because the defendant was a poor, old, black man, and not a rich, young, white woman.

I don't know anything about that case so I can't say whether he had good reason to believe he could get a conviction or not.

 

[Zedzded]

I agree with your assessment; it’s 50-50 "at best".

You can't apply an arbitrary figure like that. The circumstantial evidence that implicates WA is enormous. The issue is it's largely circumstantial and therefore more opportunity for counsel to defend. All that is needed to cement the case against WA is one little tiny text or phone. One little tiny piece of physical evidence and she's done. That's not 50/50. If the State found a call log that showed WA phoned KM around the time she went down Trescott she's toast.