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Why Did Gardner's Testimony Identifying Rafshoon?
What do you think Bernstein was aiming for (trying to achieve) by asking the masseuse about whether she noticed any bruises on the victim’s body?
I believe Bernstein was aiming to see if those bruises were from before. As well, Bernstein was trying to see if anyone beaten her before or it was from the murderer.
What was the significance of the Gardner’s testimony identifying Rafshoon as the person whom he saw running away and how strong was his testimony in your opinion? Who do you think benefitted more from this-prosecution or defense?
I think it benefitted defense counsel more than prosecution because when Bernstein started to ask him more detailed oriented question, Gardner started to saying that he could not recall any of the details. Additionally, I don’t think Gardner’s testimony of Rafshoon as the person who run away would not be considered as a major evidence because he forgot most of the major details. Also, he gave a testimony to the police as he didn’t remember anything regarding the murderer. …show more content…
Collins’ son) a lot of tough questions after he testified?
Adam was already not in a mood of talking about his mom. Bernstein realized that Adam was already stated that there wasn’t any issue between his family and Rafshoon. Bernstein thought if he ask anything else to Adam then who knows what Adam is going to say. If he say something negative about Rafshoon, then it’ll effect the defense counsel negatively.
A & B) Gruesome crime scenes photos- according to the author, what is the prosecution’s purpose for having them passed around among the jurors? Why would the defense attorney try to object to this being done, in general as well as
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