| The prosecution has rested in the case against Senator Hiram Monserrate, and two of the charges (the ones that claim he was reckless) have been dismissed. Meanwhile, the press is eerily silent about what could be the make-or-break evidence in this case.
The prosecutors claim that Sen. Monserrate slashed his girlfriend's face with a broken glass. He claims that he tripped and fell into her on the bed, breaking the glass and cutting her face accidentally.
So where is the shattered glass?
Once Sen. Monserrate was arrested, it stands to reason that somebody got a search warrant to look around his bedroom and find the shattered glass. If the shards were on and around the bed, that would support Monserrate's claim that it was an accident. But if the shards were elsewhere, around a radiator or hard piece of furniture, it would support the prosecution claim that he broke the glass on purpose in order to slash his girlfriend's face.
But if there is a press report on the location of the shattered glass, I haven't seen it.
Could it be that the police (or the district attorney's office) failed to search the apartment? Is it possible that the one piece of evidence that could prove which side is telling the truth was never gathered?
Or is the press just failing to report this evidence? Worse, is the press refusing to report it in order to keep the story active, so that they can continue to file meaningless reports?
Where is that shattered glass? |
