Lorne Acquin
This case contains a lot of things that I would say “push” my buttons. First there is a horrific crime that involves not just one child, but several. Then there is the fact that a case was built nearly solely on a confession that was questionable at best, illegally obtained at worse. There were no forensics that tied the person to the crime and lastly the prosecution presented a theory in court that in no way seems to be backed up by anything. As most of you know the prosecution in a case never has to present a motive, but the fact of the matter is that juries want to hear the “why.” Of course there are some defendants who will admit their motive and there are others who will leave a trail that makes the motive clear but in many cases there is never a clear motive. That does not mean that when a motive cannot be found against a defendant that they are innocent but I still take issue when a motive presented that does not match the known facts of the case or when a ...