UNITED STATES: PROSECUTORS IN NANNY MURDER TRIAL SAY MEDIA HAD NO INFLUENCE IN CONVICTION OF 19-YEAR-OLD LOUISE WOODWARD

Record ID: 998853

  • Title: UNITED STATES: PROSECUTORS IN NANNY MURDER TRIAL SAY MEDIA HAD NO INFLUENCE IN CONVICTION OF 19-YEAR-OLD LOUISE WOODWARD
  • Date: 31st October 1997
  • Summary: CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 31, 1997) (NBC/COURT TV - NO ACCESS USA/ CNN) 1. TRACK PROSECUTION TEAM WALKS INTO ROOM 0.07 2. SLV MAN LISTENING 0.10 3. SV ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY GERARD LEONE, JR. SAYING WE FEEL THAT THIS WOMAN RECEIVED A VERY FAIR TRIAL. SHE RECEIVED VERY COMPETENT REPRESENTATION AND THE JURY TOOK A LONG AND HARD LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE AND RETURNED A FAIR AND JUST VERDICT (ENGLISH) 0.40 4. SV ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTHA COAKLEY SAYING THIS IS WHY WE HAVE JURIES, WE DO NOT CONVICT PEOPLE IN THE PRESS OR BY OPINION. THIS IS A DIFFICULT CASE, PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND CHILD ABUSE FATALITIES, IT HAS TO BE EXPLAINED. THE ABUSERS DO NOT ALWAYS APPEAR TO BE PEOPLE WHO DO THIS. THE MEDICAL EVIDENCE WAS OVERWHELMING TO THOSE WHO DEAL WITH CHILD ABUSE CASES. (ENGLISH) 1.41 5. SV LEONE LISTENING 1.47 6. SV COAKLEY SAYING THE JURY FAIRLY SORTED THROUGH THE COMPETING OPINION IN THIS CASE. IF YOU LOOK CAREFULY AT THE CREDENTIALS OF THE EXPERTS ON THE DEFENCE SIDE, WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING THAT THEY LIED...THEY JUST DON'T DEAL WITH . KIDS AND THEIR OPINION COULD NOT PUT TOGETHER THE WHOLE CONSTELLATION. (ENGLISH) 2.34 Initials S3,P3-2 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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  • Location: CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
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