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Caylee Anthony case: Review of trial week 4

This past week saw the State rest on the presentation of their case.  At that time it appeared the defense believed the witness stand now belonged to them.  The week ended with Judge Perry setting them straight that it did … Continue reading

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Caylee Anthony case: Trial day 21 – 06/17/11

Well, the Defense kicked off their…uhhh….case? yesterday.  They lumbered from the starting line like an aged Sumo wrestler whose out grown his mawashi and has made the fatal mistake of entering a 10k marathon…all they could see were the asses … Continue reading

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Caylee Anthony case: Trial day 16 – 06/11/11

Yesterday began with Dr. Gary Utz, Chief Medical Examiner for Orange County, returning to the stand.  We were blessed to sit through Cheney Mason questioning Dr. Utz on cross.  Cheney Mason acts like the 13th angry man in a Baker’s … Continue reading

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Caylee Anthony case: Magpie reports on 04/15/11 hearing

There was a larger crowd today waiting to get into court.  The deputies let the attorneys and media in first and then came out to address the ‘crowd’ to state the courtroom rules (i.e. no cell phones, no talking while … Continue reading

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Caylee Anthony case: Defense gets ugly

Tony Pipitone with WKMG out of Orlando is doing a series of reports concerning information he has been supplied in regard to key depositions in the Casey Anthony murder trial.  In his first report he reviews the deposition of Dr. … Continue reading

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Will Duct Tape be Casey’s Sticking Point – 95% ‘Shurity’

There have been several articles written here at The Hinky Meter in a series entitled “Will Duct Tape be Casey’s Sticking Point“.  The first dealt with the forensic analysis reports of the cloth found in the 3 pieces of Henkel … Continue reading

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Lee Anthony: ‘He knows what he has done.’

On January 26, 2009, WESH 2 aired a reported entitled What Did Lee Anthony Know? In this report they quoted an unnamed source “close to the investigation” who stated “We kind of treat him separately.  He knows what he has … Continue reading

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Will Duct Tape be Casey’s Sticking Point? – Loose Ends

There appears to be some who don’t realize there were four pieces of Henkel brand duct tape found at the crime scene. Because of this, there are questions about why Prosecutor Ashton brought up the possibility of Caylee being restrained … Continue reading

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Will Duct Tape be Casey’s Sticking Point? – The Connections

In this return to the duct tape issue we will center on the connections between the pieces of duct tape at the crime scene and the Anthony family and George’s very apparent attempts to “cut the tape that binds”.  As … Continue reading

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Understanding Forensics: Roles, Terminology, and the Null Hypothesis

It has come to my attention that certain “camps” within the discussions surrounding the cloth analysis of the crime scene duct tape and the gas can duct tape are misrepresenting (either intentionally or out of ignorance – maybe wishful thinking … Continue reading

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