Why not interview the women again?

Submitted by MaskedMarvel (United States), Oct 23, 2009 at 02:54

The relatives of Al-Turki keep claiming the housekeeper "tried to rescind her statement and was threatened by the prosecutors to keep silent". Strangely enough, only Al-Turki's relatives seem to have access to this information. Why don't they do something very simple? Give immunity to the housekeeper and two other women that testified against Al-Turki, and then interview them under non-threatening circumstances. Let them give testimony at length. Let the housekeeper be asked if she did indeed try to "rescind her testimony", and if so, why? Did her husband coerce her to? Why did the other two women (conveniently not mentioned by Al-Turki's family and the defense afterwards) also testify to abuse? Let them all be interviewed with immunity, and see what they say.....

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