succession, she was hit in the head, there was no opportunity to screen this there s no jury here to get distracted. it s the judge who s going to decide, she s an expert in all this, she s heard all this before. cross-examination is the engine of truth. lies are invariably exposed. it is risky for the defendant to take the stand and be confronted on cross with inconsistencies and lies. you either make or break your case during cross-examination. i think the prosecutor is going to be able to make its case, how is he going to explain why he shot at a closed door without checking to see that his girlfriend is in the bed. he s the only living witness. it reminds me of george
the murder trial of oscar pistorius postponed until april 7th in south africa, because one of the judges court assessors as they re known is sick. this happens just as pistorius was expected to testify on the fatal shooting of his girlfri d girlfriend. let s talk about the case now. we ve already decided that the delay doesn t matter? right. let s move forward. does the defense team think, things are going really bad to put our client on the witness stand? yeah, nine out of ten times clients don t testify. he s the only living witness to what happened, they must think if we don t put him on, we re
when all of whatever happened in the bedroom took place. but one of the fans were plugged in. so he apparently had time to plug in the fan as he is buri buried worried about an intruder it is going to come down the the credibility and whether the state believes his case. the state is trying to present reeva steenkamp s side because she cannot testify. now we are going to hear from the only living witness. he is going to have to wrap up the loose ends and tie it together in a creditable way. his family lawyer says he doesn t think they have a choice, they to put him on the stand he is guilty of murder and it
it s not a long distance at all. a couple hundred feet. maybe. that s it. next door at the police peephole, the only black left in the firehouse. patrolman willie richmond. i didn t like it. fireman george lonake asked to take a look. and became the only living witness we found who saw king at the very moment he was shot. a sudden clap like two boards slammed together. i looked through the peepholes, and i was looking at him. by the time it sounded like one before, two of them, just bam, went together. then i got maybe about here, and the shot rang out. he came up there off the grating about a foot. pow. loud. a real loud shot. kyles, 40 years ago.
it s not a long distance at all. a couple hundred feet. maybe. that s it. next door at the police peephole, the only black left in the firehouse. patrolman willie richmond. i didn t like it. fireman george lonake asked to take a look. and became the only living witness we found who saw king at the very moment he was shot. a sudden clap like two boards slammed together. i looked through the peepholes, and i was looking at him. by the time it sounded like one before, two of them, just bam, went together. then i got maybe about here, and the shot rang out. he came up there off the green about a foot. pow!