Again, in English?
Sorry, I don't speak Iowa. Let me try again. It isn't hard to believe that had Davis been brought to trial then the defense would try and get at least one person on the panel who did support the confederate cause. Such a person wouldn't have voted guilty regardless of what evidence the prosecution presented. And jury nullification such as that has had a long history in American jurisprudence. Throughout the last part of the 19th century and well past the middle of the 20th southern juries readily acquitted white defendants accused of crimes against blacks. And, of course, there is the OJ trial which some believe to be jury nullification at it's worst.
[Gianni] Again, in English?
I think he may be referring to the serial perjury and tampering with evidence by the LAPD.
SOMETHING WRONG
TESTIMONY OF DR. HENRY LEE
AUGUST 25, 1995
MR. SCHECK: And when we're talking overnight, what range of hours?
DR. LEE: Usually between eight to 10, 12 hours.
MR. SCHECK: All right. Now, Dr. Lee, given your experience with how long it takes swatches to dry, let me ask you to assume that the swatches in question here were put into test tube at around 6:30 on the evening of June 13th and then removed and placed in a bindle, at the earliest, 7:30 A.M. the next morning.
MR. GOLDBERG: Misstates the testimony.
THE COURT: Overruled.
MR. SCHECK: Would you expect those swatches to be dry?
MR. GOLDBERG: No foundation.
THE COURT: Overruled.
DR. LEE: Yes.
MR. SCHECK: Given that, Dr. Lee, how can you explain the wet transfer patterns you have identified on the bindle from item 47?
MR. GOLDBERG: Calls for speculation.
THE COURT: Sustained.
MR. SCHECK: What is your opinion as to the mechanism of transfer that you~
THE COURT: That created these bloodstains.
MR. SCHECK: --that created these bloodstains? Thank you.
DR. LEE: The mechanism of creation of those bloodstain has to have a wet swatch touch the surface of the paper and with certain pressure cause such a transfer.
MR. SCHECK: Can you tell us anything about the manner of transfer?
MR. GOLDBERG: Calls for speculation.
THE COURT: Sustained.
MR. SCHECK: All right. Based on this bloodstain pattern, what is your opinion with respect to the method of transfer -- manner of transfer?
DR. LEE: I don't know. I only can report a scientific fact. As far as manner --
MR. GOLDBERG: No question pending.
THE COURT: Overruled. He's not finished his answer.
DR. LEE: As a manner, something, somebody has to put the swatch in the bindle, cause such a transfer. Who did it, what happened, I don't know.
THE COURT: Next question.
MR. SCHECK: All right. On the face of it, are the existence of these wet transfer patterns, based on your experience, inconsistent with the swatches having been put in the test tube 6:30 P.M. on June 13th and then removed at 7:30 A.M. on June 14th?
MR. GOLDBERG: Speculation, conjecture, no foundation.
THE COURT: Overruled.
MR. SCHECK: Would you--let's put it-start it this way. You told us that one would expect that these swatches, having been put in a test tube at 6:30 P.M. on June 13th and removed at 7:30 A.M. on June 14th, to be dry.
DR. LEE: Yes.
MR. SCHECK: Given that fact --
THE COURT: Given that opinion.
MR. SCHECK: Given that opinion, what is your opinion about the existence of these transfer stains?
MR. GOLDBERG: Overly broad, no foundation, calls for conclusion.
THE COURT: Overruled.
DR. LEE: Only opinion I can giving under this circumstance, something wrong.
MR. SCHECK: No further questions, your Honor.
TESTIMONY OF DR. RIEDERS
July 24, 1995
MR. BLASIER: Dr. Rieders, have you reviewed materials from the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to how much EDTA you can expect to find in human blood from diet?
DR. RIEDERS: Yes.
MR. BLASIER: And what is the range that would be in the human blood from diet?
MS. CLARK: Objection, your Honor.
THE COURT: Overruled.
MS. CLARK: That is exactly what we--
THE COURT: Overruled. EPA records from FDA records that are in the public--part of the public record, he can testify to.
MR. BLASIER: What range are we talking about for net--EDTA in the blood from diet?
DR. RIEDERS: Normally, from--in normal individuals, four part--no more than four parts for billion, per billion.
MR. BLASIER: Now, the amounts of EDTA found on the sock and the back gate, what range are they?
DR. RIEDERS: It's in the parts per million. So a thousand times more.
MR. BLASIER: Do you have an opinion on whether the EDTA found in the sock and the back gate could have come from food?
DR. RIEDERS: From food eaten by the person whose blood it is; is that it?
MR. BLASIER: Yes.
DR. RIEDERS: No. In my opinion, that is so unlikely that I wouldn't even consider it.