Churchill
Well-known member
In a criminal trial, the defendant is presumed to be "Not Guilty" unless the Prosecution presents sufficient evidence to convince the jurors that he IS guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The burden of proof is fully on the prosecution. The attorneys for the defense have no need to call any of their own witnesses if they can (via cross-examination) create uncertainty in the minds of the jurors about the guilt of the defendant. That IS what they did during the first trial and it succeeded in keeping Masterson out of prison due to a hung jury on all three counts.
The attorneys for the prosecution did a great job of making adjustments after the first trial, figuring out how to counter the strategy of the defense attorneys and how to relate a more coherent narrative to the jurors so they would more easily understand how everything went down. They put on a very strong case and the Jane Doe's and the other witnesses came across as credible and the jurors believed them. And from all accounts Deputy Dist. Attys. Reinhold Mueller and Ariel Anson were great during the closing arguments.
Masterson had some really good attorneys including Shawn Holley, who was one of the "Dream Team" attorneys for OJ Simpson that got him acquitted. But they didn't have much to work with.
Entirely correct, It seemed like there was a night and day difference between the first and second trials. But OSA, and David Miscavige’s role in fair gaming the Jane Does and obstructing Justice is still in the process of being unearthed. Think about this; while the Jane Does we’re going through Scientology’s “Justice” system, which involved, on the one hand, a $400,000 payment by Masterson in exchange for one of his victims signing an NDA, while gaslighting another of his victims to figure out what SHE HAD DONE TO PULL IT IN - Scientology’s only interest was in protecting itself.
David Miscavige couldn’t have given less of a shit about the fact that Masterson was drugging and raping his fellow Scientologists.
This is the utter insanity of Scientology. One rape victim receives a payout, while the other rape victim is told to wash Masterson’s fucking car.
Keeping them quiet, and keeping it out of the press was ALL that mattered.
Scientology for 20 years has known that Masterson drugs, then rapes women. What did they do? They submitted 50 affidavits to the LAPD that OSA hoped would kill any prosecution from the outset.
The Federal courts MUST TAKE NOTICE OF THIS; that when they acquiesce to the farce of permitting Scientology’s internal “arbitration” system in Civil cases, the Courts themselves are aiding and abetting a criminal organization.
