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Great post!!

One thing, if Geragos gets a change of venue, he still won't be able to pick and choose the new venue. It would tickle me pink if he wound up with a "worse" venue--a "worse" jury pool.

There will be some jurors who will take it to heart when the judge tells them, "Only use what you hear/see in this courtroom to influence your decision."

The prosecution got a huge leg up when the bodies were found. I honestly thought they'd never be found, and that we'd all just be left wondering here, until the whole thing faded away, as the case of poor Chandra Levy has.

It is just so hard to explain away some of Scott's behavior that we've heard about. For example, his calling of Amber right through all this, and at first acting like nothing happened. Then, his disposal of Laci's possessions. At the very least, it looks like he was kind of glad she was gone.

Once the trial is on, the defense will have to streamline down to one or two of their "theories"; otherwise, the jurors might well get sick of their inconsistency, as we have.

Scott has such a poor alibi. It seems jurors are going to be sitting there thinking, "Okay, she died. All I want to know is, where was he when she died?" This might force Scott's team to put him on the stand.

For their sake, hope that if they do, they've thoroughly coached him, as William Kennedy Smith was prepared for HIS testimony. Furthermore, Smith was smarter than Scott. I imagine any period of testimony by Scott will be a real nail-biter for his lawyers.

While he will not have to prove his innocence in his trial, I still feel that I will want to see some proof of it. I'm still stuck on Scott as the only logical suspect.

Thanks.

"It is just so hard to explain away some of Scott's behavior that we've heard about. For example, his calling of Amber right through all this, and at first acting like nothing happened. Then, his disposal of Laci's possessions. At the very least, it looks like he was kind of glad she was gone."

Yes this is a big problem for his case. I am by no means a legal expert, however, I suspect MG may go for a "modified" sentance. I.E perhaps an admission of manslaughter to avoid death penalty. This of course would depend on the strength of evidence that the prosecution has. Which we are not privy to. I suspect that MG is playing this case as if he were going to work for an aquittal. That way he covers his bases b4 discovery. However, his real goal maybe to keep Scott alive. We know that he already stated that Scott's behavior was incriminating b4 he was on the defense team. His internal "realistic" goal may just be to get scott a prison term instead of the death penalty. It's a win win for him in terms of publicity and meeting his own personal and perhaps personally ethical goals.