CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
But the secret can no longer be kept from Anabel or anyone else in the world. His fingerprints, his blood, his DNA are on the knife, confirmed by the forensics lab. The knife missing from Helena Morales’ chef set, matched to the knives that Marc kept in a storage room. The knife sent to Marc’s office via Fed Ex from some anonymous person intent on implicating Amador Ibarra as the man who murdered his mother.
This time, on the advice of his attorney, Herman Farmer, Amador does not waive his right to a jury trial. While the judge still has a major role in determining which evidence may be considered by the jury, the jury is the fact-finder, left to "find" facts only from the evidence which is legally admissible.
“Juries can be unreliable. They are often unintelligent
