This trial will probably end up being 'expert' against 'expert' witnesses.
JMHO
fran
I agree.
and I really, really hate these kinds of trials. Defense "experts" can be quite obnoxious, IMO.
This trial will probably end up being 'expert' against 'expert' witnesses.
JMHO
fran
Great post, fran. And I agree with you that this case is going to be all about forensics. I do think Vaughn will stick to his story that he noticed he was bleeding and then he left and when he came back, his entire family was dead. Perhaps the defense will be left trying to prove that a "mysterious stranger" did all this.
I ment the motion to interview the officer
IIRC correctly, he has already given several different accounts of what happened. You watch, at trial he'll probably claim, "I blacked out, I don't know what happened."
How many times have we seen this?
JMHO
fran
I agree.
and I really, really hate these kinds of trials. Defense "experts" can be quite obnoxious, IMO.
I agree.
and I really, really hate these kinds of trials. Defense "experts" can be quite obnoxious, IMO.
As much as I wish I felt like you do, I have to admit that I don't. I am tired of defendents having more rights than the victims themselves. I am tired of evidence that's "too prejudicial" (WTF?) If it points towards guilt, it points towards guilt, plain and simple. I will never ever understand how something can make one look 'too guilty'. If ALL evidence were allowed, then perhaps I would feel differently, but when stuff isn't allowed in because it points too much towards the guilt of the defendent, I just don't get it. And they call it justice? Allllllrighty then! I personally think nowadays it's something other than justice. I just can't think of a word for it that won't get me banned............I doubt that attitude makes you evil. Plenty of people would agree with you, I'm just not one of them.
I am grateful to live in a country where the judcial system is founded on a presumption of innocence, and then carried out through the benefit of a public trial with a pros and a defense. It's one of my favorite things about the US.
It's quite true that his family didn't get a fair trial and probably died at the hand of his one-man justice. I'm glad our country behaves with a higher moral standard than he did - I expect more from us than I do from a common murderer.
As much as I wish I felt like you do, I have to admit that I don't. I am tired of defendents having more rights than the victims themselves. I am tired of evidence that's "too prejudicial" (WTF?) If it points towards guilt, it points towards guilt, plain and simple. I will never ever understand how something can make one look 'too guilty'. If ALL evidence were allowed, then perhaps I would feel differently, but when stuff isn't allowed in because it points too much towards the guilt of the defendent, I just don't get it. And they call it justice? Allllllrighty then! I personally think nowadays it's something other than justice. I just can't think of a word for it that won't get me banned............
Wonder how long the ride is? I'm also curious if he's going to have a group of people at the location they're delivering him to greet him like they did SP with Laci?:furious:
fran
According to the St. Charles County Jail records, Vaughn has been transferred.
Offender Record
Last Name: VAUGHN Custody Status: Transferred
First Name: CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS Agency: Unknown
Date of Birth: 09/26/1974 Race: White
Offender ID: 2007078067 Gender: Male
I say give him to um. He doesn't deserve 3 meals a day, a cot and a showere every now and then. He brutally killed his wife and children, he deserves nothing. He's sucking up precious air. pppukkkecounty sheriff says it is likely Vaughn will be held by himself, away from other inmates.