Daniel Roberts
In most cases no-one knows what happened at the time a murder occurs. Sure there are sometimes witnesses who may see bits and pieces and there are even the cases where accomplices will testify against another. But, even then you cannot say for sure what really happened. You have to piece together the witness testimony to come up with a story in some cases and in others you have to believe the person who says they were there when the crime occurred. Criminals are notorious for trying to lessen their own guilt and get the best deal they can from prosecutors, generally whatever allows them to preserve their life and/or spend the least amount of time behind bars. This is why prosecutors generally have to give a jury a theory of what occurred based on the evidence they have and it is also why it is difficult to determine sometimes if something is self-defense or flat out murder. Then again self-defense claims are a dime a dozen simply because while prosecutors may feel they...