Re: 1st Season New Amsterdam - Pilot - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY !

On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 19:37:19 -0500, "Obveeus" <Obveeus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>"jayembee" <jayembeenospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>> You've never actually looked at finished furniture, have you?
>> Unless the varnish is still wet or sticky, you can't really
>> tell if it was finished two days ago, two weeks ago, or two
>> years ago.
>
>You are kidding, right?  If you walk up to any piece of furniture that
was 
>just finished in the last week, your nose will tell you that it was
freshly 
>finished.

Even after being blow torched?

>> If there's a knob that the perp used to open it, then any
>> forensic evidence (eg. fingerprints) will be on the knob and
>> on the door. The evidence their case needs is the exit itself,
>> not the mirror that covered the entrance.
>
>I agree, though I will say that they did not seem to have enough evidence
to 
>win a conviction in this case.  What are they going to do, have the cop 
>claim he 'lip read' the confession?  the existence of a peep room does
not 
>constitute guilt.  If neither the father nor the son confessed/testified,

>the cops wouldn't have much of a case.

The father confessed to Eddie Riley within earshot of John Amsterdam.
-- 
"Are you hiding somewhere behind those eyes?"
         Ira Davies and John Oates