In sintesi estrema:
- Melville non concederà differimenti dell'inizio del processo (che resta fissato al 31 gennaio) nonstante le doglianze della difesa di non aver abbastanza tempo per prepararsi bene, dovendo esaminare i molti materiali probatori offerti dall'accusa in ritardo;
- Melville ha dato alle parti termine fino al 6 dicembr per produrre tutto il restante materiale
- Melville si è raccomandato con Sneddon di consegnare anche l'eventuale materiale favorevole a JAckson (nota mia: è inusuale una raccomandazione del genere a un procuratore..che Melville non sostituisca Sneddon, ma gli faccia capire che lo tiene d'occhio?)
- tra i materiali ceh Sneddon deve ancora depositare, ci sono tutti documenti dei servizi sociali da cui è possibile desumere perfettamente tutta la cronologia dei fatti e che sono fondamentali per la difesa di Mike, perchè dimostrerebbero che ai tempi indicati dall'accusa non c'era stata nesuna condotta illecita di MJ, tanto che infatti in seguito l'accusa dovette modificare le date...
E tutto ciò sarebbe anche un duro colpo alla credibilità della famiglia accusatrice, perchè a quanto pare i tempi non tornano...
MJJForum
MJJForum eNews #419 - November 9, 2004
Jackson Prosecutors Given A Month To Hand Over Evidence
The judge presiding over the trial of entertainer Michael Jackson is
determined to avoid delays and aims to begin jury selection as planned
on January 31st.
Lawyers for Jackson had previously noted they would have difficulty
preparing for the scheduled trial date as the bulk of evidence had been
received from the prosecution in the past three weeks.
In a quiet pre-trial hearing held yesterday, Judge Rodney Melville
ordered prosecutor Thomas Sneddon to hand over all remaining evidence to
the defense by December 6th. Also to be turned over is a complete
witness list as well as any materials that may exonerate the superstar.
On Friday Judge Melville ordered the defense, led by Thomas Mesereau, to
hand over any legally required materials to the prosecution by the same
date.
Defense co-counsel, Susan Yu, said her team are particularly interested
in reports from the Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties? child
protective services. These reports, said Yu, would provide a chronology
of the alleged incidents of abuse. Judge Melville said if prosecutors
had a chronology that would exonerate Jackson, it should be presented to
the defense.
Authorities had originally charged Jackson with seven counts of lewd
acts on a child and of giving the boy an intoxicating agent. These
incidents were alleged to have taken place between February 7th and
March 10th. But these dates were later changed with the April
indictment, which alleged only four lewd acts between the dates of
February 20th and March 12th.
The original date of the first alleged incident on February 7th
corresponds with the screening of the ?Living with Michael Jackson?
documentary. The amended date of February 20th corresponds with the
screening of Jackson?s rebuttal, screened on Fox.
"The chronologies are critical to the defense because the dates of the
alleged molestations in the original complaint (in December) are
different from the dates in the indictment (in April)," Yu said. "These
dates are different because the (accuser´s) family changed their story.
They changed their story because they are not telling the truth."
When Los Angeles child protection authorities interviewed the plaintiff
and his family in February, they indicated no wrongdoing. The
allegations first appeared four months later during therapy with a
psychiatrist.
Yu noted the discrepancies in these dates "goes to the credibility" of
the accuser´s family and showed "inconsistencies in their stories and
could determine the outcome of this case." "This shows the (accuser´s)
family lied, that this case has been set up and that Mr. Jackson is
innocent," she argued.
Sneddon responded to defense arguments, saying ?"they are basically the
same --- they are just scoped down within a few days."
He added that a new piece of forensic evidence had come to his attention
last week but did not elaborate on the item but discussed this briefly
with defense lawyers.
Source: Santa Barbara News-Press/MJJForum
[Modificato da ButterfliesInside 09/11/2004 21.06]