Judges must balance rendering appeal-proof cases with introducing risky, but relevant evidence
His Google searches and downloads–however sick–were not the point
In the months before Tori Stafford was kidnapped and killed, Michael Rafferty, the man accused of her murder, performed Internet searches for “underage rape”, “real underage rape” and “real underage rape pictures,” according to a computer search conducted by police but never shown to the jury now deliberating in Rafferty’s trial.
The Crown is expected to finish its closing arguments at the trial of Michael Rafferty on Wednesday, charged in the death of the eight year old Victoria Stafford, who disappeared in the spring of 2009 outside a school in Woodstock, Ont.
The defence for for Michael Rafferty, accused of raping and killing the eight-year-old Victoria Stafford, has told the court Terri-Lynne McClintic, the crown’s main witness, is a “prolific and accomplished liar.” Rafferty’s lawyer made the comments in his closing arguments to the jury on Monday.
McClintic had initially blamed Rafferty for the killing of Tori Stafford; she now says she was the killer