Mary Anne Henry’s opening statement in the second trial began where her first one left off. She even started with…
The last issue to be resolved was the defense motion to dismiss on grounds of double jeopardy. If the judge…
Phil Weidner was ever the bulldog. Even with the second trial apparently going forward, he fought it at every step.…
Within moments of the mistrial decision, Mary Anne Henry said John Peel would be retried. She had already contacted State…
At this trial, every witness seemed to be under suspicion from one side or the other. Every story was subject…
The controversy surrounding Jim Robinson would not die. Phil Weidner wouldn’t let it. Instead, he called him in as a so-called…
John Peel’s defense predictably countered that testimony pointing to a stocky, dark-complexioned Native man raised questions about a core prosecution…
Allegations of witness manipulation aside, there was one witness the State presumably hadn’t manipulated. He was the first witness for…
Phil Weidner was definitive when it came to judging the state of the prosecution’s case at this psychic and procedural…
May it please the Court, the State rests. With this traditional invocation, the State of Alaska tossed its cards on the…