Susan Berman
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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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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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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Durst Cross-Examination May End Thursday
After the jury left the courtroom on Wednesday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Windham told Deputy District Attorney John Lewin to finish his cross-examination of Robert Durst by end of court Thursday. This was following another long day of testimony by the former heir to the Durst family real estate fortune. The multi-millionaire has […]
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