Appeals court reverses another conviction because nobody appeared in court to testify man's gun was really a gun

such as why pedophiles get a free pass around here.

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who and the what now?

argued Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts in front of the Supreme Course herself. According to some, her performance that day not do justice to the Commonwealth's case. Link:

Justice Anthony Kennedy asked Coakley to explain why California, where lab technicians do take the stand, had not experienced such a burden. She responded that California was one of the 35 states supporting Massachusetts in the case. But Chief Justice John G. Roberts, in an awkward moment, had to point out later that California was not one of the 35.

Pressed by Kennedy, Coakley said she had no substantive knowledge of California’s experience. “I don’t have enough information about the way California works or doesn’t work,’’ she said.

That prompted Justice John Paul Stevens to interject, “Well, it seems to me it’s a very important point.’’

In addition, she had trouble dealing with two other justices’ questions over distinctions between crime lab reports and eyewitness testimony, and, at one point, Kennedy pounced when Coakley began to respond to a question. “That’s a nonanswer,’’ he interrupted, with clear irritation.