trial thread: 3/21/2012

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New thread for a new day. Please remember the rules

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when posting an opinion please remember to use your :moo: or :twocents: or just IMO or JMO will do nicely.

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the crown will present its case in chapters:

Chapter 1: The day of the kidnapping. The surveillance video showing Rafferty driving up the street outside Tori's school and McClintic walking Tori up the street. Witnesses from and around Oliver Stephens public school will talk about seeing Tori.

An identification officer will use photographs and maps to show the route from Woodstock to Guelph.

Tori's mother, Tara McDonald, will testify about the frantic hours the family spent looking for Tori.

Chapter 2: Terri-Lynne McClintic. "She was an essential part of all that happened," Gowdey said. "I expect her credibility will be a major issue in this case."

Chapter 3: Guelph -- video surveillance and bank records detailing the events there.

Chapter 4: the Mount Forest death scene, which the jury will visit. "It will be difficult to go to the very place where this happened, I know that, but understanding the crime scene is crucial to understanding the crime," Gowdey said. Photographs, some of them graphic, will be used to explain "exactly how the killing happened."

"Unfortunately it is only through them that you can fully understand (the) evidence," Gowdey said.

Chapter 5: Police interaction with Rafferty.

Chapter 6: The searches of Rafferty and McClintic's residences and the evidence found.

Chapter 7: The Honda Civic. What was found inside.

Chapter 8: Rafferty's connection to the Mount Forest area.

Chapter 9: Comments Rafferty made to friends after April 8. "He had some interesting things to say to other people about Terri-Lynne McClintic and about the kidnapping itself," Gowdey said.

Chapter 10: The May 15 weekend and Rafferty's actions.

Chapter 11: The BlackBerry. The BlackBerry allowed police to track his movements April 8 and after.

Chapter 12: A recap of the surveillance video.
http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/r.../19463111.html


reposting Salem's warning from last week:

Okay everybody - LISTEN UP! We are not bashing, accusing or blaming Tori's family here. It won't be allowed.

Children walk home from school every day without incident. Parents are not perfect, it's just not possible. Tori's parents DID NOT do this to her. TLM and an accomplice DID. That is where the blame goes.

We had a lot of family bashing in the early parts of this investigation after Tori went missing and a lot of baseless accusations - NONE OF WHICH PROVED TO BE TRUE. Victim and family bashing will not be allowed during this trial.

Thank you,

Salem

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and reposting SoSueMe's warning:

As some of you may have noticed, the members following this case are dropping in numbers. It's disheartening to us because we need and welcome discussion of both sides of every issue on Websleuths.

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Please note that everything discussed in court and printed/tweeted is now within the realm of discussion. WS has never and does not now have a policy of "innocent until proven guilty." That is for the court room. Here, we discuss, speculate, theorize and judge according to the opinions we develop from following the case.

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Following this trial is very important to our members and we're going to see that they have their day in court. The "zero tolerance" policy in this forum will continue and it will be enforced.

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Good Morning!

Hoping for no hiccups in the trial today. Enough of the delays!

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RaffertyLFP: In overflow court waiting for Rafferty trial to resume. Court likely to hear resolution of legal issues discussed Tuesday with jury absent [via Twitter]
 
RaffertyLFP: Court is resuming but jury is not present [via Twitter]
 
They had all day yesterday to conclude their legal matters...why jury not present now???!! So frustrating, just wanting Justice.
 
RaffertyLFP: In overflow court waiting for Rafferty trial to resume. Court likely to hear resolution of legal issues discussed Tuesday with jury absent [via Twitter]

:waiting:
 
They had all day yesterday to conclude their legal matters...why jury not present now???!! So frustrating, just wanting Justice.

Sometimes when you're arguing a point, the judge wants to take time to have his clerk research the issue before hearing additional arguments from counsel and rendering a decision on a legal point. While it can be annoying, delays like this can also be a good thing - a sign that the judge is being very thorough so that there won't be any issues with legal technicalities.
 
Rafferty trial Day 10 (03/21/2012)

10:04 Mike Knoll: @Guest - absolutely not. we can only report on what the jury hears. Wednesday March 21, 2012 10:04 Mike Knoll

10:04 [Comment From Guest Guest : ]
can you report on what the legal issues are being discussed

9:40 RaffertyLFP: Court is resuming but jury is not present [via Twitter]
 
RaffertyLFP: The jury is still not back. The court continues to discuss legal issues
 
are the parents allowed to be present for the voire dire's and other proceedings as well as the testimony
 
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