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With Sue Domenowske-Page’s testimony at an end, the sole remaining witness who claimed to have seen John Peel at an…
The idea that John Peel was someone mysterious stood, in a way, as something anomalous. In real life he had,…
Every once in a while, something crosses my desk that makes me go — huh? This is one of them.…
If anything was certain in this trial — in these trials, really — it was that John Peel was still…
The cross-examination of Larry Demmert, Jr. had to finish by noon, March 30, 1988, Judge Carpeneti said. Or else. But…
Judge Carpeneti finally ruled on questions about Larry Demmert’s use of drugs. And his alleged addictions. He declared that, “It’s…
Trials can be boring and most trials qualify. Murder trials, on the other hand, often reach an emotional state. The…
March 1988 Phillip Weidner had a way of reaching into the grittiest, grimiest details of a criminal case. As always,…
When Larry Demmert took the stand on March 17th, the prosecution strategy was to keep his testimony to a minimum.…