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you are entitled to your opinion

The phone company may not have data now, but that data should have been obtained by the state at the time of investigation

Does anyone know why RAs phone data is not admissable?

No one has been convicted of a crime...so people are not "responsible".....they might be in your opinion so please remember to state that

justice is people doing their job correctly and following the law. If RA is "going down...to the full extent the law allows," the State better offer up some clear and convincing evidence BARD because right now I don't see it IMO

The psych scares me...she seems like a "fan" of her client and I could go down some inappropriate and unethical roads...I'm just hoping that my brain is speculating...psychology is subjective, it was her job to make it less subjective and more quantifiable if that is possible. She did not do...

I think 24/7 bright white institutional lights that never shut off for 13 months would make me crazy...it is little things that you can't begin to comprehend that add up and actually cause physical and mental problems...I am usually the first person to think someone is faking MI...not this time

yes, I was insinuating that when I first replied because he was being treated...however it is not a "court ordered competency evaluation", it is standard practice by a clinician in an institutional setting...

And this is why we have juries! The outcome of this is going to be interesting!

While inmates are being held until trial, they are "innocent" until proven guilty. We need to treat them with with respect and dignity because they still have their rights. They also might be acquitted. For those who work as DOC employees, the last thing they need is to be looking at a lawsuit...

A person's ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND CHARGES AND COMMUNICATE WITH ATTORNEY determine competency so in the beginning I don't think competency was an issue, however I think it might have become an issue...and he was treated by the psychologist with meds. He never went to court incompetent therefore a...

I agree 100%...but it depends what he was being evaluated for..either way IMO the D failed....if he was just given a suicide risk eval then he should not have been in solitary 13 mo...the effects are detrimental to people without a MH Dx...and to those with acute MH issues it can exacerbate...

suicide watch...which I believe he was on...

You need to have evidence that your theory is correct...if you are going to blame someone else you need to have proof.

I must have missed something can you please elaborate... What do you mean get RA "evaluated?"? He was placed on a unit for SW..from basically the time of arrest. To get that placement he would have had to be EVALUATED, they do not just put people on SW.

And how many others kept quiet? Two sketches that were not allowed in for the jury to see bring up the possibility there may have been someone else...and there is no physical evidence that says it definitely was RA in the video. Yes, he was in the vicinity at the time, but they never produced...

They could appeal for various civil rights violations...(I am very aware of what they could appeal on)...I feel bad for the girls families...I like to see these trials done right the first time so there is no grounds for appeal. Unfortunately I would have liked to see a stronger case go to trial...

So here is a question...is it better to convict with weak evidence or to acquit? Chances are if he is convicted, the verdict will get overturned if he is convicted and he will get a new trial.

<modsnip: Quoted post was removed> I'd worry about being convicted by emotion instead of lack of evidence...I get wanting justice believe me...but having this get overturned on appeal, and possibly finding out later on down the line that someone else did this and having to sit through more...

There is nothing concrete...if I was prosecuting this case I would want to have more