07-23-2012, 12:40 PM
(07-23-2012, 12:31 PM)Lady Cop Wrote:(07-23-2012, 12:20 PM)Lady Cop Wrote: gurl: who testified that there were was more evidence found in home after police had left crime scene
OH FUCK!! that is bad!! after scene was released??
evidence has a chain of custody. if evidence was overlooked, not bagged and tagged, or not shown to be from party the night before, scene released to cleaners, then the chain of custody is broken. (if house was cleaned how did Mrs. Straub find more evidence?) it renders it useless. i hope that was mis-reported. or we will be seeing one big cluster fuck with the defense having a field day tap-dancing around the courtrooms.
I'm pretty pissed about this as well but it would be nearly impossible to show which was from the party and which was from the night of the murders.
There has, however, been cases where additional evidence found was able to be added in to the case. As LC said, the defense had a field day with it but majority of those cases lead to a conviction based on the nature of that evidence.
I'm trying to shut up and give my brain a rest...not doing a good job at it
