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Martin Bell Quoted in The Wall Street Journal on Prosecution Challenges Presented by Video Footage
01.31.23
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Litigation Partner Martin Bell was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article titled, “Tyre Nichols Footage Could Be Key to Prosecution, but Video Evidence Presents Challenges in Court,” which detailed the prosecutorial challenges presented by the body-camera footage capturing the police encounter that led to the death of Tyre Nichols. Martin, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, explained how “video footage can sometimes magnify the importance of what you can’t see,” and that “Jurors may decide that if every element of the crime isn’t visible on the tape, it didn’t happen.” He further noted, “If there are required elements that don’t jump off the screen as clearly as the sheer excessive use of force, you could start to see the beginnings of real challenges for the prosecution.”
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