Attorney-dude ....

It was fun to work with you guys this week. I think Mrs. Dorsey hit on a crucial point this week. The charge is attempted murder. So the fact that the bomb would not go off and the defense expert will testify to that fact is largely irrelevant. What is relevant is that whatever amateur made the bomb was trying to blow the school up. The only suspect that is viable is the defendant, who had the opportunity to do it, and who lived next to the school, and could have easily hopped the school fence after hours and planted the bomb there. A crucial line of questioning for Casey's cross-examinnation if she/he chooses to testify (which he/she may not) (Holy Mackerel, batman) is her reasons for simply looking inside of a trash can. No one looks inside of a trash can unless they have a reason. Also, what was she doing in that area at 6:45 A.M, when school started at 7:30 A.M. These are questions that should be brought out at closing argument. Casey had a motive to hurt the Crew, was troubled enough by them to see a school counselor and release her violent feelings of anger in drawings. Her anger was very strong, so strong that she went public with it on the net. A public display of anger means she wanted to let people know that she was very angry with how the Crew treated him/her. She was so angry that she tried to get the Crew in trouble. Casey's artwork visualized getting back at the Crew by blowng up their area. The bomb was placed in an area where the Crew would be hanging out, and everyone at the school knew the Crew's hideout spot, including Casey. Who else would have a motive to hurt the Crew but someone who did not like them, and everyone else liked them highly. Whoever placed the bomb there was someone who did not like the Crew. The only person who is likely is Casey. And somebody had to have placed the bomb there, so there is no other logical person who could have done it.