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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Even if the burn barrel evidence is compromised the DNA found on the saws should be compelling enough.
Depending how hot the fire gets you can't get DNA from bones, this was the case in the Tim Bosma trial from last year.
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That was a tough but interesting one to follow from a legal standpoint. Like you said, the bloodletting evidence was more than enough to show someone was murdered. The defense tried to play it as each co-defendant blaming each other, but in the end it didn't make a difference as the judge said it didn't matter who the trigger man was if both were involved in the planning and cover-up.
There were also chain of custody, contamination, and poor note keeping aspects pointed out by the defense, but the evidence was overwhelming.
Honestly, you can be 99.9% perfect as a crime scene investigator, but in a murder trial with a thousand pieces of evidence, that one mistake no matter how small becomes magnified. It just goes to show how hard their job must be.