Bob Ramsey (Attorney)
Appearances
Dateline NBC
A Crack in Everything
These were just salt of the earth, small town country people. And they were stunned at the way the system had worked against Brad Jennings. First, Bob and Liz Ramsey read the trial transcript. The first thing that jumped out at me is I don't recall seeing a defense attorney do so little for his client in my 38 years of practicing law. Oh, come on. Not the worst, surely.
Dateline NBC
A Crack in Everything
It's just incomprehensible that he wouldn't follow up and say, hey, what happened to my gunshot residue test that I ordered? Well, he was either grossly negligent or he suppressed it deliberately.
Dateline NBC
A Crack in Everything
I thought, it's a classic Brady violation. It's the kind of evidence that makes a difference.
Dateline NBC
A Crack in Everything
Finally, a ruling. My first reaction was to go right to the last paragraph and see what the result was. And the last sentence of his order is, at a minimum, the suppression of the gunshot residue test undermines confidence in that verdict. Conviction overturned.