that is the thing, really aren't....
Duke Case....
*State indictment;
*driven by a local prosecutor looking to make a name for himself;
*conflicting witness statements (the two strippers had different stories of what happened);
*essentially a her word vs. their word case as it was laid out;
*one defendant had an alibi (atm video record) during the alleged assault
*complaigning witnesses story kept changing.
Now, I did not have a problem with the defendants (once indicted) being held off the teams, but Duke shutting down the entire team was a little extreme in my book)
Vick Case....
*Federal indictment;
*Multiple cooperating witnesses;
*Physical and eyewitness testimony;
*Vick ownership of the property AND founder of the Bad Newz Kennels is indesputable.
Not a lawyer, but to me the conspiracy charge is the key, if the defense can beat that, then all they need to do is beat the two charges where Vick was at the dog fights and participated in the murder of the dogs earlier this year. The rest can be argued 'he didn't know what was going on", meaning the others are screwed but he is safe. If the defense can't beat that charge, then Vick is basically on the hook for everything his boys did.