The local ME does not work for free either, as I understand
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The medical examiner is a non-political person who is not connected to the police department. As a defense attorney, I was shocked when I started handling murder cases that the Medical Examiner would actually meet with me to discuss their findings. My point is that I would trust the local medical examiners’s opinion a lot more than a hired expert who is probably paid $100,000 to do an autopsy.
I would have several questions for this medical examiner. First, did the police cause the heart attack, or did the fentanyl? If it was a fentanyl overdose that precipitated the heart attack, how can you tell that the officers‘s restraint exacerbate the heart attack? This trial may be a battle of experts as the defense will have a hired gun also.
I would have several questions for this medical examiner. First, did the police cause the heart attack, or did the fentanyl? If it was a fentanyl overdose that precipitated the heart attack, how can you tell that the officers‘s restraint exacerbate the heart attack? This trial may be a battle of experts as the defense will have a hired gun also.
There aren’t going to be any trials. He’ll take a plea deal for 20 years or whatever and the city will settle out of court for $50 million or whatever.
This trial may be a battle of experts
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And the jury will have to pay attention, understand, evaluate. Then factor in the OJ ‘influence.’
So maybe jury selection is the whole game.