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Hi.

WRT, the plea bargain, the defense declined all samples of physical evidence to do independent testing re DNA, etc. Why do you suppose that is? Because they knew it would be a complete waste of defense resources, maybe?

The defense declined ALL SAMPLES to do independent testing. Were there not some samples that they could not get because they were destroyed in testing ? Were there not some that were so late in getting tested (due to rush to trial) that defense didn't get time to test them ?

I am not an expert on lawyers or Feldman specifically. I do know that lawyers make deals. They go like this..... Let us have this one, and we will let you have the others. This one is high profile and our whole department's reputation now rests on this case. It doesn't matter one damn bit if you are guilty or not. The lawyer agrees to 'throw the fight'. You can say it doesn't happen but I have personally seen it and had a friend whose had it happen to him.

There seem to be a lot of questions as to why Feldman did or didn't do certain things in this case. THROWING the fight is one possible explanation.

They decline ALL samples offered, and yes some samples were destroyed, however sample means portion of evidence not the entire piece. They could have tested the jacket spot, the hair, the fibers. All declined.

Feldman is a top rate lawyer, not afraid to go to the mat for a client. He very considerately took the heat for delaying the sentencing until after Christmas. If you think the delay was unintentional or incompetence, you are wrong. It was an act of mercy. If he believed DW was railroaded, or there was evidentiary shenanigans, you would hear about it.

As to the rush to trial, duh, that was a defense tactic to hamstring prosecutions ability to test the evidence he knew was condemnatory to his client. Which is why he didn't waste time retesting every jot and tittle of it.