Saturday, October 15, 2011

A Thriller of a Trial

Sorry I haven't been paying attention to it, readers. Globe has had articles nearly every day and all I've been doing is giving them the big, black X with the pen. 

"Jackson investigator admits mistakes" October 07, 2011|Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - A coroner’s investigator acknowledged yesterday that she made mistakes while collecting medications and other evidence from Michael Jackson’s bedroom after he died, but she minimized the issues by saying no investigation is perfect.

It's the OJ chain of evidence all over again!

Investigator Elissa Fleak was aggressively cross-examined by defense attorney Ed Chernoff as he tried to expose flaws in the way medical evidence was handled by authorities in the case against Dr. Conrad Murray.

Chernoff pointed to pictures that he said indicated things had been moved in the room. In addition, Chernoff said Fleak didn’t note that she had found a bottle of the powerful anesthetic propofol inside an IV bag until March 2011, nearly two years after the singer’s death.

“Would you agree with me that you made a substantial number of mistakes in your investigation?’’ Chernoff asked.

“No,’’ Fleak said.

Prosecutor David Walgren tried to minimize the missteps.

“Ms. Fleak, did you conduct a perfect investigation in this case?’’ he asked.

“No,’’ she said.

“Have you ever conducted a perfect investigation?’’ he asked.

“No,’’ said the witness.

If the prosecution shovels shit you must acquit!

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Related: The 21st Century Marilyn Monroe

The cops f***ed up another crime scene?

Yeah, that kind of blew the whole case for me.