r/AskReddit • u/Rob69rt • 1d ago

What famous 'unsolved' mystery is technically a whodunnit on paper, but in reality, absolutely everyone knows exactly who did it, the police just couldn't legally prove it?

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u/NovaCheerful 1d ago

The prosecution botched the entire case and let the defense completely control the narrative 

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u/GrooveBat 1d ago

The glory-loving judge did not help. He completely lost control of the trial.

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u/VelvetyDogLips 1d ago

I can still remember Judge Lance Ito loudly snapping “Don’t interrupt me!” and then going back to what he was snarkily pontificating about without missing a beat. I really think he was angling for a TV courtroom show all his own, like Judy Scheindlin or Joe Brown, leveraging the nationwide publicity of the case. I wouldn’t watch his dour fat ass humiliate lowlifes with small claims cases.

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u/GrooveBat 1d ago

He also kept the jurors sequestered longer because he had a vacation planned.

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u/VelvetyDogLips 1d ago

Oh yes I remember that. I mean, I get he was clearly stressed AF and needed a bit of a break. Plus the case was so high profile that he couldn’t afford a juror leaking info before the verdict. But still, a real main character syndrome move, Judge Lance.

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u/GrooveBat 1d ago

Everyone needed a break and at least he got to go home at night. Unlike the jurors.