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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The shoddiness of the DC lab, weakness of the USAO office and bungling of the handling of the house did the case no favors. I do believe MPD tried hard, this case was a huge focus. Had there been more blood more tests could have been run then or in the future.

I keep coming back to where did all the blood go? Down a drain or siphoned off? [/quote]

I dunno if I'd say that MPD did their best, though. Wasn't it MPD who was responsible for incorrect application of the substance that was used to try to find more forensic evidence (not luminol, something else)? I definitely think that the USAO got outgunned by the defense, which is pretty predictable. I'm a social worker, not a lawyer, but it seems to me that a jury trial would probably be a better call for both sides, but ESPECIALLY the prosecution, given the problems with the case. "Murder weapon" that is probably not the murder weapon, extreme lack of forensic evidence on the scene, no confessions or movement at all from the 3 living people in the house - all of those things definitely create a reasonable doubt if you're trying to convict them of murder, but that's not what the trial was. Those things definitely create an impression that the 3 living people went to great lengths to cover things up, and juries seem more likely to make an emotional call vs a judge who would maybe see it more clinically.[/quote]

+1 on jury trial

I'm shocked that the prosecutor just rolled over and let defense have the judge decide it[/quote]

Isn't that the defendants' constitutionally protected choice?[/quote]

I'm not sure, I'm not a lawyer.  The way the doc presented it, the prosecutor said he essentially "let the defense have that one [because I'm such a good guy]," which didn't make sense to me.[/quote]

The prosecutor said you have a right to a trial by jury, not a right to a trial by judge. A trial by judge can be requested by either side, but both sides have to agree to it.  I think in some jurisdictions you can get a trial by judge without needing the prosecutions consent,  like Maryland for instance. [/quote]

They had a DC judge oversee the case, IIRC.[/quote]

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