Before watching the Cooper trial, I never paid much attention to trials. I always assumed that strong evidence must exist in these cases, otherwise we would see a lot more acquittals. I casually read the local news, never taking a close look at the specifics of the cases and without having the ability to view…
Chief Bazemore made a public statement “this is not a random crime” before the investigation even began. Someone started an unfounded rumor that Brad purchased bleach at 4AM and even the media latched onto it. It was untrue, yet some still believe it. Chief Bazemore knew Brad never purchased bleach early on, but wouldn’t admit…
Thus far, I’ve devoted the majority of my time toward covering the technical aspects of the case. I felt they were the least understood but the most important because we know from the jurors that it was the alleged (but unproven) Google “search” that convicted Brad Cooper. The jurors made no mention that domestic violence…
The prosecutors had three years to put their case together but they waited until the defense rested to introduce evidence of a missing router. It was brought up as rebuttal evidence and it seemed obvious they were making a last minute effort to put the idea in the juror’s heads that Brad could have automated…
Dateline NBC aired “The day she disappeared” last Friday. My final comments in Friday’s post before it aired were, “As you watch Dateline tonight, remember that things aren’t necessarily as they appear. Luckily we have all the trial video to prove it.” At the beginning of the segment, Keith Morrison mentioned reports of mysterious van…
