Does the american system carry the habit of co-defendants council acting as prosecutors to shift blame?

I think defense attorneys forget the burden being on the prosecution therefore if the burden wasn’t met there should be no need to use alternative suspects as defense strategy

Local criminal observations in the small rural areas of VA

It is common here, which is why I ask.

As a forensic witness you can sometimes experience more aggressive examination by other party defense trying to incriminate another defendant than from prosecution.

But, one should mention as a layman one could get the impression that compared to the American system our justice system is in many ways in the dark ages.

@Doc where?

Norway

@realz

cool 👋

cold and wet, yes.

(we are contaminating the room, its is about the floyd case).

ha I meant it in the "that's interesting" sense

When is Powell going to start her litigation

I don't think Michigan has anything to do with Floyd?

Floyd overdest on fentanyl.

and fentanyl is produced in Michigan?

My point is the war on drugs is an exacerbating factor in police violence.

Brianna Taylor no not knock warrant, drugs.

ah!

excellent point. I stand corrected.

@Doc https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-advances/article/beginning-of-the-end-of-prohibition-the-politics-of-drug-addiction/60E4954299297C87D5197844670AFB50#

brianna taylor was a no knock warrant but they knocked

why

dunno why they did

probably wouldve gone a lot smoother if they didnt

It wasn't a no-knock warrant when they were there.

It had been downgraded.

from what i understand judge granted a no knock and they knocked anyway

any source on the warrant being downgraded?

Kentucky's AG.

yeah im just seeing a lot of things saying it was not executed as a no knock warrant

Do you really think that officers would just decide "Hey I'm going to knock instead for this no-knock warrant?" I mean, I'm using Occam's razor here.

Or do you think they were told to knock and announce?

i am going off of what is being reported and what the officers own statements are

not speculation

I mean, pretty sure Mattingly said exactly what I just said.

Jus saying.

`"The warrant for Taylor’s home was secured as a “no-knock” warrant, which allows police to enter a home without announcing themselves. Mattingly said in his recorded statement to investigators, however, that he and his team were told to knock on the door and announce themselves."` https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIri7Xq0cVQ

so