Month: September 2021
Editorial
Politics
Remember Specialist Vanessa Guillen
As the media focuses on Gabby Petito, we would like to remember US Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen, who went missing from Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas on April 22, 2020. Vanessa’s disappearance sparked national media coverage. Vanessa’s family made appearances on a number of media outlets in an attempt to find Vanessa. Gloria Guillen, who […]
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The Alternate Juror
Jarecki Could Have Shut Durst’s Coffin
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office could have called Andrew Jarecki to the stand to shut the door on Robert Durst’s coffin, but they did not do so. If I was a juror in the case, I would be wondering why. The jury knows that Jarecki edited the version of the bathroom soliloquy that […]
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Trial News
Durst Case Closing Arguments in Full Swing
Closing arguments in the murder case against multi-millionaire dismemberer Robert Durst are in full swing as the prosecution passed the baton to the defense Thursday. Prosecutor Habib Balian began the closing arguments by pointing out lies that he believes Durst told during his time on the witness stand. Durst was on the witness stand for […]
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Trial News
Durst Defense Rests After Nine-Day Cross-Examination
The high-profile defense team of Robert Durst announced that it rests its case Wednesday after prosecutor John Lewin’s nine-day cross-examination. “I just want to savor this moment,” quipped Judge Mark Windham after Durst’s defense attorney Dick DeGuerin specified that there would be no surrebuttal to Lewin’s rebuttal to the defense’s case. Lewin’s rebuttal was only […]
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