Grim Sleeper Trial. Tuesday April 26th... La Magna is yet again on the Stand and the Defense calls for a 'Mistrial' twice!!!

April 26th.  Tuesday.

The Defendant, Lonnie Franklin was wearing the same blue denim shirt, black and silver tie and beige trousers as he had yesterday, I'm sure he must have slept in them.

Most of the morning was spent with the Witness David La Magna on the Stand, yet again, picking apart the tool mark analysis documentation of the Prosecution's Witnesses.

He arrogantly explained that the 2D microscope

is unreliable and he wouldn't use it to examine tool marks.  He said that the 3D mapping microscope is much more reliable of a source for this kind of examination.  According to him, this is the only method he chooses to use.  The older microscope, the 2D version, is what the 6 real experts use and they seem to have done a great job.  This is one of the many areas in which La Magna uses to discredit the Witnesses from the other side.

The Jury were released quite a few minutes before lunch, probably about 11.30am, until 1.30pm after the lunch recess returns.

Silverman and Amster started to get in to it with each other the moment the Jury left the room.  I would like to say that they talk about strategies and possibly a motion for the continuance of this case.  But the word, 'motion' ha!  Why would I even call Amster's craziness a 'motion' anymore!  It's always some kind of 'argument' or an 'attack' to put it mildly.

I found out, (through my law enforcement sources that Juror #10 had been replaced today).  This was confirmed again by a reporter who was in the Courtroom today as well.  He's a man I often listen to on KFI and he's exceptionally great at reporting on all kinds of high profile cases.  Eric Leonard is his name.  He told me that Juror #10 had been replaced with Juror# 5 who is a hispanic male.


It was a long day and highly unnecessary to have brought this man to the Stand, let alone brought him across the Country, put him up in a nice hotel and make him testify simply to try and discredit the very experts that he could only aspire to be.

To be continued....