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Kelly Soo Park Q & A, II
Kelly Soo Park, in custody 2010Commenting on Verdict Watch, Day 2 has been closed.I will be answering questions on the Park case over the weekend. Leave a comment on this entry or email me...
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Memorial Day 2013
This is a repeat post from last year. Sprocket Iwo Jima Monument, Washington, DC My father was a WWII veteran. He enlisted while still attending high school. He reported to the Great Lakes Naval...
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Kelly Soo Park, Verdict Watch Day 3
Kelly Soo Park, May 13th, 2013, opening statements7:00 AMCourt resumes at 11:00 AM today with counsel reviewing the specific testimony the jury would like read back. If both sides agree on the...
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Kelly Soo Park Verdict Watch, Day 4
Kelly Soo Park, in custody 20106:15 AMJurors return to court at 9:00 AM today to continue their deliberations. At the close of court yesterday, the jurors requested gloves and to see the actual latent...
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Kelly Soo Park Verdict Watch, Day 5
Kelly Soo Park, in custody 20106:30 AMThe jury enters their fifth day of deliberations in the Kelly Soo Park murder trial. The jury will resume deliberations at 9:00 AM today in Dept. 109 of the Clara...
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Kelly Soo Park Verdict Watch, Day 6
George Buehler, Mark Kassabian, Kelly Soo Park, July 20126:50 AMI have reviewed all my notes to try to determine how many hours the jury has been deliberating. I cannot come up with an exact figure,...
View ArticleKelly Soo Park Q & A III
Kelly Soo Park Quick LinksKelly Soo Park Jury ClockKelly Soo Park Witness List The jury will continue their deliberations on Monday, June 3rd. In the mean time, if you have questions about the trial,...
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Stephanie Lazarus Case Appeal: Did Lazarus's Attorney Miss a Filing Deadline?
Stephanie Lazarus prison intake photoIt's probably no surprise that days after Lazarus was sentenced for first degree murder in the death of Sherri Rae Rasmussen, she filed an appeal with the State of...
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Kelly Soo Park Verdict Watch, Day 7
Kelly Soo Park, May 13th, at Opening StatementsUPDATE: AT 3:22 PM A VERDICT HAS BEEN REACHED!7:00 AMJurors return today for their 7th day of deliberations. So far, I've calculated the jury has...
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Kelly Soo Park Verdict Watch, Day 8
Kelly Soo Park, pretrial hearing 2012NOT GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER! UPDATE: At 10:38 AM, the jury buzzed three times, indicating they have reached a verdict on second degree.8:14 AMUp on the 9th...
View ArticleKelly Soo Park Case: Former DDA Alan Jackson Comments & Reader Polls
Like I said yesterday, there are no winners here, regardless of the verdict.Former Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson, who was the initial prosecutor assigned to the case, had this to say about the...
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Kelly Soo Park Trial: Synopsis Part I
Park cries at the reading of the not guilty verdict.Synopsis of Kelly Soo Park Trial: Part II promised T&T readers a synopsis of the trial to better understand the jury’s verdict. The synopsis...
View ArticleKelly Soo Park: Trial Documents
Court DocumentsIn order to help T&T readers understand the jury verdict, I've invested in copies of some court documents. I've got more coming, so please be patient. All of these documents have...
View ArticleKelly Soo Park Trial Synopsis: Part II, Prosecution Witnesses 1 to 10
This is a very condensed summary of the testimony presented at trial. It does not include every single thing testified to at trial. SprocketPROSECUTION WITNESSES1. GREG REDDINGDIRECT EXAMINATIONRedding...
View ArticleMichael Gargiulo Pretrial Hearing 9
8:20 AMI'm up on the 9th floor of the Criminal Justice Center waiting for Judge Ohta's courtroom to open. The floor is pretty empty at 8:18 AM, but not surprising for a Friday.While I was in the lobby...
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KELLY SOO PARK TRIAL: JURY INSTRUCTIONS
Page 1 of Park Jury InstructionsI've obtained a copy of the jury instructions that were read to the jurors at Park's trial. You can read them, HERE.On June 3rd when the verdict on first degree was...
View ArticleKELLY SOO PARK TRIAL SYNOPSIS: Part II Prosecution Witnesses 11-18
Continued from Part II, Witnesses 1-10....Continuing with my series to present a synopsis of the trial.Note: The jurors requested quite a bit of DNA testimony read back. I believe (but I’m not...
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Gerhard Becker Pretrial Hearing 6
Gerhard Becker, left, former counsel Chad Lewin right, pretrial hearing, April 2012.© Thomas Broersma 2012 All Rights ReservedUPDATE 6/19:clarity, spelling Now that the Kelly Soo Park case is ended,...
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Cameron Brown 3rd Trial, Pretrial 8
Inspiration Point in Rancho Palos Verdes, CAFour-year-old Lauren Sarene Key died from a fall off this cliff, November 8th, 2000.Friday June 21, 20138:10 AMI'm up on the 9th floor of the downtown Los...
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Kelly Soo Park Trial Synopsis Part II, Prosecution Witnesses 19-21
Basic structure of DNAThe jurors requested read back of virtually all the DNA evidence presented at trial. Felicia Burke and Annette McCall presented all the prosecution's DNA testing evidence....
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