Today was by far the hardest day. We started out the day by interviewing the last witness to get hit in the accident. She had a pretty good view of the whole thing. She couldn't even get her name out without breaking down in tears. Then she said something she wasn't supposed to and the Defense lawyer jumped up and shouted Objection and the Judge ordered the jury out of the room.
We came back in 20 minutes later. The witness was still on the stand. I was sure they had kicked her out, but there she was. She tried again, but had a real hard time on the stand. The Judge has been very friendly and seems very genuine and nice. This witness was trying her patience.
We were addressed by the Judge when we returned and told to not consider the blurted testimony we had heard when making our ruling. Ok. so just unhear stuff.
Later we had the crime pathologist come on and describe the victims injuries in graphic detail. I heard a muffled sound, I looked over at the Defendant and he was openly weeping. I realized this is probably the first time he has seen this report. It really affected him.
We ended the day by hearing from the chief of the Traffic Collision Investigation team. This man has so much experience in car crashes. He discussed the way cars collect data. From the air bags to the brakes, you can see what the car was doing before the crash. Wow, like a planes black box. Thank god, lets get to the FACTS. I can't take much more witness testimony.
At the end of the day, the Judge informed us she is sick and was not sure if she would be in the next day. We were instructed to call in at 6 am the following morning.
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