The OJ defense may make an appearance @ the Entwistle trial

To be fair, it is easy to assume guilt when all that has been heard for three days is the prosecution case and these witnesses are friends and family. If your friends and family will not testify on your behave after you have been murdered then we are all damned.

Unfortunately, there are two real components of the state's case that are not without doubt. And doubly unfortunate, these components are typically important in the prosecution of a murder trial.

Massachusetts State Crime Lab This operation is not Miami Las Vegas - there is no Grisham to save the day. In July 2007, The Innocence Project, prepared a extremely critical report on the sad state of affairs at the MA State Crime Lab.

If that wasn't bad enough, the Medical Examiner on the Entwistle autopsy, Dr. William Zane, in 2007 was ordered off of autopsy duty after royally messing up evidence for a visible murder trial. Dr. Zane's autopsy error forced prosecutors to downgrade murder charges against twin brothers from Ayer will not be allowed to examine any potential homicide victims until the Patrick administration completes a review of the state medical examiner's office. Below are some additional morsel on Dr. Zane and the State of MA competency.

Michelle McPhee (whom has written a book about Entwistle) did a podcast on 12.27.07 on the Zane factor in the Entwistle trial.

The medical examiner's office is under scrutiny by the Patrick administration and by a Virginia-based consultant, Vance, after numerous problems were recently discovered, including the misplacement of the body of a Cape Cod man who was mistakenly buried in another man's grave and had to be dug up last month.
The chief medical examiner, Dr. Mark A. Flomenbaum, was suspended with pay May 3 as a result of the misplacing of the body.
The Romney administration hired him in early 2005 to correct other problems at the office, which had been investigated by state and federal authorities after one of the medical examiners, possibly Zane, sent the wrong set of eyes for testing during an autopsy.

Summary: It ain't over until the fat lady sings! On a positive note, this trial is in the burbs of Boston versus Los Angeles!