tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post2990076888277475650..comments2024-02-24T18:44:39.324-08:00Comments on Trials & Tribulations: Stephanie Lazarus Trial: Day 14, Part IISprockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03837416113512618694noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-67806725226918463622012-02-28T10:07:30.298-08:002012-02-28T10:07:30.298-08:00Thanks for your exceptional work ... so glad you a...Thanks for your exceptional work ... so glad you are doing this!<br />Hope you have a great day ... looking forward to your next post! <br />DarleneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-24525294175384578152012-02-28T08:10:20.849-08:002012-02-28T08:10:20.849-08:00This is fascinating! Thank you for all your hard ...This is fascinating! Thank you for all your hard work, and thank you for taking the time to do this. I believe the defendant is guilty, guilty, guilty, and I pray that she's NOT acquitted. <br /><br />My deepest sympathies to the Rasmussen family. I can't begin to imagine them having to endure this "not knowing" (when, in fact, they did) all these years. Obviously, this is a tragedy on so many levels, but knowing it could have been prevented is, again, heartbreaking. (Prevented in the sense that the defendant was clearly in need of serious help, and didn't take the opportunity to get it.)<br /><br />I know these thoughts aren't unique, but thank you for allowing me my say.<br /><br />MaddieMaddienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-75288571961107250572012-02-28T05:55:36.155-08:002012-02-28T05:55:36.155-08:00From what I've heard from the cross examinatio...From what I've heard from the cross examination of the prosecution witnesses, and from what Overland has presented as witnesses so far, these are some hypothetical arguments that Overland "might" use in his closing arguments:<br /><br />Hypothetically, Overland could argue that the bullets recovered from Rasmussen's body, could not conclusively be Federal ammunition, because his expert testified that she could not say that. <br /><br />Hypothetically, Overland could argue that there are other weapons that could easily have fired the rounds that killed Rasmussen, not just the Model 49.<br /><br />Hypothetically, Overland could argue that Lazarus reporting her weapon stolen in Santa Monica qualifies for complying with LAPD Department standards for reporting the status of all weapons carried while on or off duty.<br /><br />Hypothetically, Overland could argue that the Federal ammunition was sold to the general public as well as the LAPD, so the bullets that killed Rasmussen could have been from a a public purchase.<br /><br />Hypothetically, Overland could argue that the trajectory evidence on the one low bullet hole in the curtain is not accurate because there is no evidence that in 1986 or 2010 the investigators verified that the hole in the drain pipe on the building across the complex alley really was created by a bullet by testing for lead.<br /><br />This means that hypothetically, Overland could argue that the shots <i>could have come from another location in the town home and not the kitchen area.</i><br /><br />Hypothetically, Overland could argue that there is no evidence that Lazarus was injured (from being involved in a physical fight) on the following day she went to work.<br /><br />There will probably be more than he could argue after today's testimony is completed.Sprockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837416113512618694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757696342634699253.post-36297373419069283502012-02-28T05:04:24.574-08:002012-02-28T05:04:24.574-08:00Good morning, SPROCKET:
Thank you for your commitm...Good morning, SPROCKET:<br />Thank you for your commitment; your insight and reporting has sparked a continued interest in this case. I wake up each morning to read what you have written. More importantly, the intrigue you generate promotes a patience in waiting to "hear the other side". Not to judge before all is presented.<br /><br />I am waiting for Overland to present a specular case; an expectation of anyone charged with the duty of defending someone's life. His unspoken inference is that within the coroner's property room, someone with access "planted" Lazarus' DNA. If that's what Overland wants us to believe and he will "rest" his case sometime this week, we are in for bombshell-type testimony ???!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com