I am a documentary nerd and true crime buff. So in terms of how this was documentary was, it did a fair job of showing both sides, but did not need to be this many episodes. At times it felt like it was being drawn out.
Now regarding the actual trial, I was super surprised at how messy and unprofessional the state was. From the prosecutors to the detectives to the cops. I kept thinking I must be watching a trial from a small town in the middle of nowhere. California has all the resources at their disposal to run DNA test on EVERYTHING! And I would expect when testing DNA in the car, they would use 1 swab for every different item, not 1 for 3 different parts of the car... smh. It's very scary how tax dollars pays these ppl's salaries to do lazy work and it's even scarier to see a jury make a guilty decision with zero physical evidence. It actually makes me think about this younger generation constantly online leaving a digital trail everywhere bc if Charles Merritt was on Snapchat/Instagram/Facebook he would be able to prove if he was actually innocent. It is Guilty until Proven Innocent and maybe Lady Justice is a representation of how blind prosecuters really can be.
I would love to see familiar DNA testing on the ONLY 3 unidentified DNA profiles that was found on the bodies. Where's Parabon when you need them?
Sidenote: Parabon isn't REAL evidence, but I am curious what the image would look like from the DNA samples. Imagine if It happened to look like Michael McStay? One will never know I guess.
Now regarding the actual trial, I was super surprised at how messy and unprofessional the state was. From the prosecutors to the detectives to the cops. I kept thinking I must be watching a trial from a small town in the middle of nowhere. California has all the resources at their disposal to run DNA test on EVERYTHING! And I would expect when testing DNA in the car, they would use 1 swab for every different item, not 1 for 3 different parts of the car... smh. It's very scary how tax dollars pays these ppl's salaries to do lazy work and it's even scarier to see a jury make a guilty decision with zero physical evidence. It actually makes me think about this younger generation constantly online leaving a digital trail everywhere bc if Charles Merritt was on Snapchat/Instagram/Facebook he would be able to prove if he was actually innocent. It is Guilty until Proven Innocent and maybe Lady Justice is a representation of how blind prosecuters really can be.
I would love to see familiar DNA testing on the ONLY 3 unidentified DNA profiles that was found on the bodies. Where's Parabon when you need them?
Sidenote: Parabon isn't REAL evidence, but I am curious what the image would look like from the DNA samples. Imagine if It happened to look like Michael McStay? One will never know I guess.