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S2: Why did the prosecute Byrd?

posted 8 years ago by morgant6911
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Why even go to the hassle of putting Omar on the stand, when Wee-Bey already confessed to killing Gant?

[–] McGibbs22 8 years ago

Because they knew Wee Bey was only confessing to killing Gant to try and get Byrd out of jail and back on the street.

[–] morgant6911 8 years ago

Right, but the bosses don't care about who did it, they care about clearing murders. It's a big risk using a violent felon as your only evidence in a trial.

[–] prolifik5 8 years ago

Omar wasn't their only evidence. They also had the old lady who corroborated the details of how the deed was done.

[–] prolifik5 8 years ago

Wee-Bey's description of how he did it didn't match the forensics.

[–] hammerbutt 8 years ago

They caught Bird with the murder weapon

[–] daveyh (623) 7 months ago

i've wondered about this too. All the evidence and testimonies wouldn't matter - Wee Bey's confessed to it and is happy to do the time for it, so the bosses wouldn't care, so it wouldn't even get as far as going to trial.
You saw in Season 4 the flak that Bunk got for "unsolving" the murder in Andre's store. Why would this be any different