I am following Sunshine05's lead in trying to get some of the actual evidence in the case out in their own threads. It is hard wading back through all of the previous threads to find discussions about different areas.
The shoes seem to be a major issue with some of the posters as evidence that Jason was the murderer owing to the prints of what could be one of three different Hush Puppy brand shoes, size twelve. The contention seems to be that Hush Puppies are fairly rare brand and those prints at the scene are almost as good a a fingerprint. I don't agree with that assessment. Hush Puppies are a popular casual shoe style which saw a big revival in the nineties and are still very popular today. Wolverine reported a total of 108.8 million dollars in sales of Hush Puppies worldwide in the first three quarters of 2004, although sales in the U.S. were down somewhat because the Hush Puppy brand was going to a more expensive line to appeal to the younger generation.
http://www.getfilings.com/comp/k0000110471.html
For the hush puppy shoes to be pointing to Jason it would have to be shown that the three different models were a rarity, which I do not think has been shown, or maybe even attempted to be shown.
Several posters have asked "where are the shoes at"? That is a good question, which the LE needs to answer, no Jason. The contents of Jason's suitcase were not inventoried when Jason's SUV was seized. I recall reading that a pair of slip on shoes were later found in the SUV that LE missed. The entire lot was evidently returned to Jason and at least some of the items were stored in a mini-storage building in Brevard. Not inventorying the contents of the suitcase was another investigative breakdown by the LE and releasing that suitcase broke the chain of custody, if there ever was one.
As a juror, I would put the responsibility for finding the smoking gun onto the LE. That is the way the law works, or is supposed to work. It evidently did not do so in this case.
There also have been some that have suggested that Jason maybe cut off the toes of Franklin shoes so that he could get his feet inside them. Shoes which he cunningly bought with cash so as not to leave a digital trail via a credit or debit card. So, if he was so brilliant that he bought a pair of Franklin shoes in order to throw off the investigators, why would he not also buy another pair of slip on shoes in the same manner, that fit him and that could not be traced to him? According to the logic of those who promote the Franklin purchase, Jason understood that shoes can be traced by forensic means. It would make sense that he would buy two pairs of untraceable shoes to wear to the crime scene instead of a pair that could be traced to him.
Glenn
The shoes seem to be a major issue with some of the posters as evidence that Jason was the murderer owing to the prints of what could be one of three different Hush Puppy brand shoes, size twelve. The contention seems to be that Hush Puppies are fairly rare brand and those prints at the scene are almost as good a a fingerprint. I don't agree with that assessment. Hush Puppies are a popular casual shoe style which saw a big revival in the nineties and are still very popular today. Wolverine reported a total of 108.8 million dollars in sales of Hush Puppies worldwide in the first three quarters of 2004, although sales in the U.S. were down somewhat because the Hush Puppy brand was going to a more expensive line to appeal to the younger generation.
http://www.getfilings.com/comp/k0000110471.html
For the hush puppy shoes to be pointing to Jason it would have to be shown that the three different models were a rarity, which I do not think has been shown, or maybe even attempted to be shown.
Several posters have asked "where are the shoes at"? That is a good question, which the LE needs to answer, no Jason. The contents of Jason's suitcase were not inventoried when Jason's SUV was seized. I recall reading that a pair of slip on shoes were later found in the SUV that LE missed. The entire lot was evidently returned to Jason and at least some of the items were stored in a mini-storage building in Brevard. Not inventorying the contents of the suitcase was another investigative breakdown by the LE and releasing that suitcase broke the chain of custody, if there ever was one.
As a juror, I would put the responsibility for finding the smoking gun onto the LE. That is the way the law works, or is supposed to work. It evidently did not do so in this case.
There also have been some that have suggested that Jason maybe cut off the toes of Franklin shoes so that he could get his feet inside them. Shoes which he cunningly bought with cash so as not to leave a digital trail via a credit or debit card. So, if he was so brilliant that he bought a pair of Franklin shoes in order to throw off the investigators, why would he not also buy another pair of slip on shoes in the same manner, that fit him and that could not be traced to him? According to the logic of those who promote the Franklin purchase, Jason understood that shoes can be traced by forensic means. It would make sense that he would buy two pairs of untraceable shoes to wear to the crime scene instead of a pair that could be traced to him.
Glenn