As a defense lawyer, you need to be able to think on your feet. You need to be ready for possible objections. In Kit's trial, there was one specific objection by the prosecution that actually had no merit and should have been overrulled. Prosecutors Barbara Whaley and Alex Garcia were so afraid to …
A detective’s sleight of hand
Detective Scott Smith was the lead detective in the Pembroke triple homicide. He spent over two years trying to solve the crime. Everything about the crime pointed to more than one individual being involved. But Smith couldn't find any connections between his prime suspect and any other person. He …
Hearsay
In my last post, the first nail in the coffin, I showed how Judge Atkins made (in my opinion) an incorrect ruling regarding hearsay evidence. In this post, you can listen to the damaging hearsay evidence that ultimately convinced a jury to ignore all exculpatory evidence and convict the wrong …
The first nail in the coffin
There are a lot of ways wrongful convictions happen: faulty expert testimony, false confessions, bad police work, prosecutorial misconduct, etc. In the case of Christian "Kit" Martin, the most damaging testimony at trial, and the testimony most likely to have led to a guilty verdict, involved …
The Picture
For the past few months, I've been working on my next book project. Up until now, I have kept the project under wraps. I didn't want to get out ahead of things and find out halfway through that this story wasn't what I thought it was. I've worked on this story long enough now to say with certainty …
My Next Project
It's official. I've started work on my third book project. For a number of reasons, I can't go into a lot of detail about it right now. The video below, however, contains some hints about the story I'm working on. Here are a few more hints: a pilot, a triple homicide, and a wrongful conviction. …
