re: Deputies arrest 4 in LSU student Madison Brooks case

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debunked by their own statements made the following day to police.

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You can’t even imagine how the defense is going to address this? It’s really not hard.

First, I don’t recall reading any statement given by the 17-year-old. And that’s who I’m primarily talking about. Do you have that?

Second, you can tell from the affidavit that the white kid who was driving was trying to absolve himself from any responsibility. Was he telling the police what they wanted to hear? It will be interesting to see if there is a video of his statement.

If the DA gives him any sort of plea deal, what will be the value of this white kids testimony to a black jury?

If the DA doesn’t give him a plea deal, you can almost certainly be assured that he’ll claim that he was pressured to say what he said by the police. Given that he’s only 18, a black jury will probably want to buy it especially since he wasn’t represented by counsel when he gave the statement.

I can give you about five or six other defenses, but I’ll leave that to your imagination.