Thanks! The attorneys were pretty young, so this is probably the explanation. I will say that the defendant and the victim both had really sad life stories and that we still don't know why he killed the victim. I suspect it was for some incredibly small amount of money or drugs and maybe the attorneys were hoping to make something happen…
Thanks! The attorneys were pretty young, so this is probably the explanation. I will say that the defendant and the victim both had really sad life stories and that we still don't know why he killed the victim. I suspect it was for some incredibly small amount of money or drugs and maybe the attorneys were hoping to make something happen with that uncertainty. They generally didn't present a defense, but cross-examined a few witnesses and seemed to be poking around for evidence to suggest that the defendant's rights had been violated (they hadn't from what I observed). I asked them what they were looking for in jury selection (i.e. why didn't they try to make a jury of complete idiots) and it was interesting to hear what they were looking for.
I also was pretty excited to talk to them even though I wanted the trial to be over. I have so many questions and would've loved to talk to the DA, the judge, and all of the court officers too. Juries get a weird inside view of some aspects of the court system, but the information we had access to was very circumscribed.
Thanks! The attorneys were pretty young, so this is probably the explanation. I will say that the defendant and the victim both had really sad life stories and that we still don't know why he killed the victim. I suspect it was for some incredibly small amount of money or drugs and maybe the attorneys were hoping to make something happen with that uncertainty. They generally didn't present a defense, but cross-examined a few witnesses and seemed to be poking around for evidence to suggest that the defendant's rights had been violated (they hadn't from what I observed). I asked them what they were looking for in jury selection (i.e. why didn't they try to make a jury of complete idiots) and it was interesting to hear what they were looking for.
I also was pretty excited to talk to them even though I wanted the trial to be over. I have so many questions and would've loved to talk to the DA, the judge, and all of the court officers too. Juries get a weird inside view of some aspects of the court system, but the information we had access to was very circumscribed.