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http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id...bb-DA-has-Received-Some-Evidence-from-Police?

Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds said his office has received some—but not all—of the evidence from the police in the case of Justin Ross Harris, the father being held without bond in the death of his toddler in a hot car on June 18.

"We've been reviewing evidence as we get it," Reynolds said Friday.

"We're nearing the September 18 date," Reynolds said, noting that under Georgia law a defendant cannot be held without bond for more than 90 days from the arrest date without being indicted. "I'm not wed to that date. I'm not going to let time determine what we do," Reynolds said, adding he generally instructs his team to "indict when you're ready to try the case."

But the D.A. also said the 90-day time frame is generally his goal. He said he found as a defense attorney before taking the D.A. job that when he won acquittals for clients, it was often when the state had delayed indicting the case.

"In good conscience, a district attorney's office ought to move cases expeditiously when possible. It's important to the defendant. It's important to the public," Reynolds said. He added that the Harris matter "is an extremely important case in this office."

Reynolds also said his team of prosecutors—led by Assistant District Attorney Chuck Boring—has met with defense attorneys.

Harris defense attorney H. Maddox Kilgore could not be reached Friday.

Lawrence Zimmerman, who represents the mother, Leanna Harris, said he has heard nothing recently. His client has not been charged. She has asked for privacy. He said she still has not been able to return to her work as a dietician or resume normal activities because of attention to the case.

Cobb County Chief Magistrate Judge Frank Cox found probable cause to hold Ross Harris after a nearly four-hour hearing July 3 during which the prosecutor said he believed the death was intentional. A police detective revealed the father had been texting nude photos with several women while at work the day his son died.

Harris is charged with felony murder and child cruelty in the death of 22-month-old Cooper. But the state laid a foundation in the probable cause hearing for more serious charges with testimony suggesting a motive from computer evidence of the father's visits to websites about death in hot cars and child-free living. The detective's testimony also involved what police considered strange reactions from both parents. He said the mother didn't seem surprised to learn the father had left the child in the car, and that when she met her husband at the police precinct, she asked, "Did you say too much?"

Read more: http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id...eived-Some-Evidence-from-Police#ixzz3BuNOSQnb
 
laceandruffles said:
http://www.11alive.com/story/news/lo...ment/15063107/

Local news story, 2 defense attorneys discussing possible plea bargain (or shall I say plea bargain scenarios)
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I get an error on that link laceandruffles.."his page may have moved or no longer exists. You can search
for the page you were looking for or go back to 11Alive home."

Is this the article you were referring to? http://marietta.11alive.com/news/news/1808022-ross-harris-indicted-murder-sons-hot-car-death
 
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/breaking-news/sunday-exclusive-an-inside-look-at-justin-ross-har/nhGbZ/ - Teaser for tomorrow publication

But in several exclusive interviews, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution got an up-close look at the man a buddy from their teen years called “the Ferris Bueller of Tuscaloosa.” The same friends shared their insights into the Harris marriage, a union of opposites that, they say, made both partners better and remains strong to this day.

Read the full story Sunday, exclusively in print, the digital replica edition and on MyAJC.com.
 
Good news for the wife of Justin Ross Harris. She's stood by his side since his ray rest. In an ABC news exclusive interview, her best friend is speaking out.


This morning, sources tell ABC news that Leanna Harris passed a polygraph test. She had nothing to do with the accident. Reporter: She had nothing to lie about?

She had nothing to hide. Rer her best friend of 15 years, Angie bond is painting a different picture of Ross Harris. That of a devoted family man.
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MARIETTA, Ga. -- Attorneys for Leanna Harris tell 11Alive News she took and passed a polygraph test after her husband, Justin Ross Harris, was charged with murder in their son's death.


Attorney Lawrence Zimmerman released a written statement saying, "My firm retained a licensed veteran polygrpaher and former law enforcement officer with decades of experience conducting polygraphs. On July 16th, 2014, he conducted a polygraph on my client, Leanna Harris."
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[h=1]D.A. will not seek death penalty for dad in hot car death[/h]http://www.ajc.com/news/news/breaking-news/da-will-not-seek-death-penalty-for-dad-in-hot-car-/nhTRs/
 
DA won't seek death penalty for Justin Ross Harris
Rodney Harris, Christopher King
Sep 24, 2014 12:53 PM
COBB COUNTY (CBS46) - Justin Ross Harris doesn't know if a jury will find him guilty or not. He does know a jury won't sentence him to die.

Vic Reynolds, the Cobb County District Attorney, will not seek the death penalty against Harris.

Reynolds released the following statement Wednesday afternoon:

"After reviewing Georgia's death penalty statute and considering other factors, the State will not seek the death penalty in this case at this time. I cannot and will not elaborate at this juncture of the case.

http://newspaper.st/Links/111133980/
 
Video shows Ross Harris cordial, chatty during interview with police
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015

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Within hours of his son’s death, Justin Ross Harris appeared relaxed and unemotional as he chatted with Cobb County police — up until the time he was charged with felony murder and cruelty to children, according to testimony and video taken of his interview with investigators.

At that point, Harris told them he had “no malicious intent,” testified Det. Phil Stoddard Tuesday during Day 2 of motions hearings, adding he was well-acquainted with the charges against him and what they meant.


Ga. father's statements to police admissible in hot car murder case
September 15, 2015

MARIETTA, Ga. -- Statements made to police by Justin Ross Harris, a Georgia man accused of killing his toddler son by leaving him in a hot vehicle last summer, in the aftermath of the child's death will be allowed at trial, reports CBS affiliate WGCL.

Maddox Kilgore, a lawyer for Harris, had argued during a pretrial hearing that an officer who initially detained Harris the day his son died failed to inform Harris of his rights to remain silent and to have an attorney, and a detective who later interviewed Harris at police headquarters recorded additional statements after Harris had invoked those rights, Kilgore said.

The statements gathered by the first officer were made during the initial on-scene investigation, and the statements gathered by the detective were unsolicited responses to a statement by the detective, Cobb County Superior Court Judge Mary Staley said. Anything said in either of those circumstances is admissible, she ruled.
 
Prosecutors: Ross Harris spoke of 'needing escape' morning of hot car death
Julie Wolfe, WXIA October 13, 2015

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MARIETTA, Ga.-- A judge has denied a motion to sever counts related to alleged sexting in the trial of a man accused of intentionally leaving his son in a hot car.

Attorneys for Ross Harris argued Monday that murder charges should be split from 3 charges related to allegedly sexting with a minor. Cobb County police say Harris exchanged explicit pictures with a 17-year-old girl on the day of his son's death.

In Monday's hearing, prosecutors shared new details of what they was an ongoing online relationship Harris had with an underage girl.

Judge: no separation of sexting, hot car death charges for Harris
Wesley Goheen Oct 13, 2015

Justin Ross Harris will face one trial on charges he sent sexual text messages to a minor and intentionally left his son in a car to die, starting on Feb. 22.

Hearings continued Monday in the Justin Ross Harris case in Cobb County. Harris is accused of intentionally leaving his 22-month-old child in a hot car to die. Judge Mary Staley set the date for the trial to begin on February 22, 2015.

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Police also said that Harris had visited several sites that showed people dying in all sorts of ways, including suicides and executions.
 
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