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BREAKING: #DanaRivers motion for new trial rejected. Afterwards, Rivers was sentenced to multiple terms of “25 years to life” in prison, including one without the possibility of parole. Rivers will spend life in prison, in other words.
I’ll offer more details later today. 1/
I’ll offer more details later today. 1/
Today's proceedings began with the Judge discussing Rivers' request for a new trial. There were 26 complaints that Rivers made involving a misdirected jury, prosecutorial misconduct, and "insufficient evidence." The Judge went over them and dismissed them all as petty. 2/
Example: Rivers complained that he made a request to get a haircut, and the judge denied the request. In fact, the judge tried to obtain a haircut for Rivers, but was unable to do so in a safe way. Also, wtf, why does that matter?? 3/
I was today years old the first time I found myself picking egg shells out of my hair and clothing after a MRA threw a raw egg directly at my head. 1/5 
A local media outlet reported that we were "crying" afterwards. 2/5
We weren't crying. We were actually in great spirits. 🤣🤣🤣 More news coverage to come. 3/5
Thank you @AirDhatu.
There has been a media black out, apart from a Daily Mail article, so this trial for the murder of Patricia Wright and Charlotte Reed and their son 19 year old Toto Diambu-Wright would not be reported without you and @KDansky.
#DanaRivers
There has been a media black out, apart from a Daily Mail article, so this trial for the murder of Patricia Wright and Charlotte Reed and their son 19 year old Toto Diambu-Wright would not be reported without you and @KDansky.
#DanaRivers
@KDansky has kept a focus on this crime during the six years that #DanaRivers born David Warfield was on remand and hosts @AirDhatu's reports.
Thank you, Kara.
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Thank you, Kara.
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The People vs. #DanaRivers, 11-9-22 (week 2 day 4): This was the most dramatic day so far imo, in terms of lawyers going at each other with objections, as well as the witness testimony. It's also apparently the last day of evidence, which is why we got out early. 1/
The day starts on an almost comical note. Instead of continuing with Sandra, an expert witness testifies virtually on screen at home with a crying baby. He is an expert on the ethnography of tattoos and teaches in Criminal Justice sciences at Illinois State. 2/
He talks about the research he's done with people who get tattoos, as well as tattoo artists. He has seen pictures of the tattoos Rivers has. He says you cannot read much significance into tattoos without knowing more info — the same tattoo can mean different things 3/
The People vs. #DanaRivers, 11-9-22 (week 2 day 3): This day started slow, but got exciting later, so please read through the whole thread 🧐. Day starts with defense doing cross-x of ballistics expert Lau. Mostly just technical questions, nothing significant imho. 1/
Next witness is Timothy Latibeaudiere from the Oakland Police Department. His testimony was very brief --- he just mentioned how he discovered a bloody orange lighter near the bloody fence at the victims' house. There were also footprints nearby. 2/
It's clarified that in fact there were *two* orange lighters discovered at the scene, the one near the fence that the witness T.L. discovered, and one found inside. During defense cross-x, T.L. also answers that he did see an RV parked nearby. That's all for this witness. 3/
The People vs. #DanaRivers, 11-8-22 (week 2 day 2): first witness is Dr. Tom Rogers, who did the autopsies on Reed and Diambu in the coroner’s office. He goes through the various injuries found on Reed, with graphic images of them. He says there were blunt force injuries, stab 1/
wounds, and 2 gunshot wounds. The gunshot wounds had “stippling,” or marks from gunpowder that are present when the gun is fired close to the victim. Also, they both had hemorrhaging, meaning Reed was still alive when shot both times. 2/
Reed had over 40 stab/incise wounds. Some of them had hemorrhaging, and others didn’t, meaning that the assailant stabbed Reed while she was still alive and continued to stab her after she died. 3/
The People vs. #DanaRivers, 11-7-22 (week 2 day 1): Criminologist Helena Wong, who did the DNA testing of the case, continues her testimony. Prosecution asks Wong if she can tell Rivers is trans based on DNA. Wong says yes because DNA reveals "biological gender," 1/
which is male in Rivers' case. This is the first time during the trial that Rivers' trans status is disclosed. Wong & the prosecution go on to talk about the results of DNA tests taken of blood stains from the scene of the crime, as well as from items at the crime scene. 2/
One swab has Diambu's DNA. Most of the rest had Rivers' DNA, Reed's DNA, or a mix. However, the slide of the pistol had 2 DNA donors, neither of which were the victims or Rivers. One of the unknown donors was male and the other's sex was undetermined. 3/
