BTW this will not be overturned on appeal. This is an airtight conviction. I'm just amazed it took so long. My guess is that they were hung up on the "special circumstances" allegation.I listened real careful, when they read the verdicts. The porn verdict was dated 13 Aug. 2002.
Not being an attorney, I don't profess to know the technical ins and outs. It doesn't look like anything is wrong with the case, for appeal.
The SaveDave fanatics were obsessed from the very start with Swinging. To them, nobody else but the Van Dams could be guilty, not anybody, not even poorDave.
They have conjured up a world, where blood isn't blood, hair isn't hair, fingerprints aren't fingerprints, DNA isn't DNA, porn isn't porn, etc.
Aber "bug science" uber alles.
You know, I followed this trial only peripherially, watching the news coverage and court tv, and then going to the Westerfield Trial thread du jour. I honestly couldn't figure out what they were talking about because the case looked very strong to me, but every day I read on these threads how the prosecution was getting demolished. I even thought about posting a few questions to one, but after seeing how "non-beleivers" were treated, I decided to stay away. Their belief in his innocence went way beyond fanatical.