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Hav

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2. Horrible and frightening

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Jun 16, 2019, 04:18 PM

Jun 2019

On the other side, shouldn't it have been the job of the defense to test such a crucial piece of evidence with an own additional expert as well? Even if access to such an expert is probably a financial matter, surely the defense failed them as well.

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