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Originally Posted by mpholland
Funny the stuff you don't realize when you are on the outside. Been almost a month since my kid got stabbed to death. We really don't know much still. They have a guy in custody, but have to rely on a lot of forensic evidence to make a case. On CSI they seem to get it done in a day or two. We are looking at possibly 6 to 8 months to be able to make a case. People get perturbed that they can't go to the internet and get all their questions answered immediately, so they make up plausible scenarios. Others take these plausible scenarios as gospel and start to run with them. Really people, facts take time to sort through. There were at least 22 witnesses to my sons murder. You would think it would be pretty open and shut. Well, that was 22 people, many of whom had been drinking, and others that were some distance away. It was around midnight and dark. That means that the police got 22 stories, all varying to some degree, but all had some similarities. Now the police have to take into account all of those stories and try and put together what really happened. Then they have to try and prove it. How many times does a witness get interviewed? Does their story stay the same each time? There are many factors in determining whether a witness can be credible or not. Any idea what good defense attorneys do to cases that aren't airtight? I am really tired of people not understanding how much effort police and prosecutors have to put into a case. Life isn't the way it is portrayed on TV folks. These high profile cases are even more difficult.
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The issue is transparency. Where is the official police report of the officer who stopped Brown. That is not a pre-trial administrative issue or a toxicology report. The whole reason the situation is dragging on is the lack of information from the Ferguson Police Department. In short the citizens of that town have not been told the police officers side of the story, which is causing all the trouble.
Yeah if there is a trial I am sure that will take ages to come to fruition.