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Their entire case is circumstantial.
I was confused as to how they were really going to prove their case. There's no direct evidence.
They believe that the killer is Mr. Reginald Reed. So anything that goes to contradict that, they're going to completely block out.
It couldn't be introduced at trial. And the reason why his criminal rap sheet couldn't be introduced at trial is because these aren't convictions.
False imprisonment and aggravated assault, aggravated battery with a dangerous weapon, murder. These are things that the jury had a right to know, but because of the law, they didn't find out.
All of the information that we've received about Jimmy Ray Barnes is that he was borderline obsessed with Salonia. I believe that maybe he encountered her, tried to make a pass at her, that was rejected, and that's where you see that anger, that rage, that hatred.