Disturbing Questions About The Civilian Massacre In Afghanistan: UPDATE
Afghanistan Boy (photo: UN Photos/flickr) Jason Ditz at Antiwar.com has a report this morning linking to an AP article in The Australian that U.S. soldiers lined up against a wall all of the adult...
View ArticleCoroner Exonerates Lindy Chamberlain in Dingo Baby Case
Dingo By Woulfe Creative Commons on Flickr After 32 years, Elizabeth Morris, an Australian coroner, has finally corrected a terrible injustice to Lindy Chamberlain and her former husband Michael in...
View Article13 Reasons Why Zimmerman Was Not the Person Screaming on the 911 Tape
I recently listened again to the terrified scream that ended with a gunshot and, for the following reasons, I am now even more certain that TM was screaming. (1) The scream abruptly stops with the...
View ArticleZimmerman: The Power of Circumstantial Evidence
Because there are no eyewitnesses to the shooting except George Zimmerman, who claims he shot and killed Trayvon Martin in self-defense, the prosecution will have to rely on circumstantial evidence to...
View ArticleZimmerman: Pssst! Hey Buddy, I Hear You Need an Expert Witness
Let us say that you are a prosecutor representing the State of Florida in State vs. George Zimmerman. You have been added to the trial team and you are going to be in charge of forensics and expert...
View ArticleZimmerman: Crime Scene Investigation
Criminal trials have changed dramatically since I tried my first case in Seattle Municipal Court in July, 1977. With the exception of an occasional murder trial, most cases back in those days did not...
View ArticleZimmerman: Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence
As I reviewed comments to my article yesterday on crime scene investigation, I noticed some concern about the apparent failure of the police to determine whether there was any blood present on the...
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