Dr. Judson Welcher
Appearances
Dateline NBC
The Crystal Rogers case at trial. Karen Read prosecution wrapping up. And a lawyer on objections.
Sustained. You can ask it differently.
Dateline NBC
The Crystal Rogers case at trial. Karen Read prosecution wrapping up. And a lawyer on objections.
Is this the one in Mississippi?
Dateline NBC
The Crystal Rogers case at trial. Karen Read prosecution wrapping up. And a lawyer on objections.
Objection, Your Honor.
Dateline NBC
The Crystal Rogers case at trial. Karen Read prosecution wrapping up. And a lawyer on objections.
Only one person at a time. Mr. Alessi, let him finish, and then you can ask the question. Your Honor, I can't finish my question. Okay, then finish your question, Dr. Welch. Wait for the question. Then let Dr. Welch respond. It's a nightmare.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
The Crystal Rogers case at trial. Karen Read prosecution wrapping up. And a lawyer on objections.
Sustained. You can ask it differently.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
The Crystal Rogers case at trial. Karen Read prosecution wrapping up. And a lawyer on objections.
Is this the one in Mississippi?
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
The Crystal Rogers case at trial. Karen Read prosecution wrapping up. And a lawyer on objections.
With the gold bars? Yes. Silver bars? Okay. Okay.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
The Crystal Rogers case at trial. Karen Read prosecution wrapping up. And a lawyer on objections.
My name is Judson Welcher. Sir, what do you do for a profession? I'm an accident reconstructionist and biomechanical engineer.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
The Crystal Rogers case at trial. Karen Read prosecution wrapping up. And a lawyer on objections.
Well, I originally submitted my presentation with my original report way back, I believe, in January.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
The Crystal Rogers case at trial. Karen Read prosecution wrapping up. And a lawyer on objections.
Okay, your question wasn't clear.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
The Crystal Rogers case at trial. Karen Read prosecution wrapping up. And a lawyer on objections.
When I'm trying to explain to somebody what I do, I say, hey, it's like a civil engineer who's designing a bridge. So many trucks and cars on the bridge. Are that gonna cause the beams in the bridge to fail? So a human body is governed by the same laws of physics just like the bridge. In a human body, my beams are bones. My cables are the muscles and ligaments.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
The Crystal Rogers case at trial. Karen Read prosecution wrapping up. And a lawyer on objections.
Objection, Your Honor.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
The Crystal Rogers case at trial. Karen Read prosecution wrapping up. And a lawyer on objections.
Yes, based on the totality of the evidence, DNA, everything I've talked about, that is consistent with that happening. With a reasonable degree of scientific certainty, that is what happened.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
The Crystal Rogers case at trial. Karen Read prosecution wrapping up. And a lawyer on objections.
Absolutely not. I'm an engineer. You're asking me about proof. And so proof is somebody looked at it. Somebody took an x-ray. Somebody found a comminuted fracture. So we're talking about proof.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
The Crystal Rogers case at trial. Karen Read prosecution wrapping up. And a lawyer on objections.
Ask me about the opinion of a medical examiner. I'm not a medical examiner.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
The Crystal Rogers case at trial. Karen Read prosecution wrapping up. And a lawyer on objections.
Only one person at a time. Mr. Alessi, let him finish, and then you can ask the question. Your Honor, I can't finish my question. Okay, then finish your question, Dr. Welch. Wait for the question. Then let Dr. Welch respond. It's a nightmare.