The last round of witnesses will likely make that point, whether they are experts brought in to review the case or people who encountered Cruz in the years before the shooting, said former prosecutor Ken Padowitz, now a defense lawyer. “They have to show the jury why they can’t really rely on what the defense experts told them. Show that they were wrong either in their diagnoses or in the implications of his mental illness.” By Rafael Olmeda South Florida [...]

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Attorney Ken Padowitz Local 10 Legal Analyst reviews witness Trial Testimony Criminal Defense Attorney and former Broward Homicide Prosecutor Ken Padowitz discusses Defense witness testimony during the Nikolas Cruz Murder Trial. The Horrific Shooting and murder of High School students by Nikolas Cruz who admitted guilt and is now facing a sentencing trial was ongoing Wednesday in a Broward County Courtroom.

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Former prosecutor Ken Padowitz cited the adage that it’s better for 100 guilty people to go free than for one innocent person to end up in prison. “The system is intentionally tilted to make the government have the more difficult burden,” he said. “Usually we don’t have the investigations go on after an acquittal. It’s a rare situation to see guilt confirmed after the fact because there’s usually no new evidence forthcoming after an acquittal.” By Rafael Olmeda South [...]

Defense lawyer Ken Padowitz is asking the judge to allow the 3D evidence in the case of his client Benjamin Siegel, 47, of Coconut Creek, Florida. Siegel is accused of trying to run over his neighbor with his Dodge Viper; the expert witness said it wasn’t intentional. “An expert’s opinion is admissible to present to a jury,” Padowitz told the South Florida Sun Sentinel in a prior story. “We’re just taking it one step further. They are going to be able to look [...]

It’s not clear whether virtual reality headsets have been used in criminal trials anywhere, but Padowitz is accustomed to breaking ground on the use of computer animation in court. As a prosecutor in 1992, he was credited with the first use of two-dimensional computer animation to illustrate an expert witness’ testimony. By RAFAEL OLMEDA SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL | MAR 11, 2022 AT 5:10 PM A Broward judge appeared to balk at the idea of allowing jurors in an upcoming attempted murder trial to use [...]

Ken Padowitz, the defense lawyer representing a Coconut Creek man accused of trying to kill his neighbor by running over him with a Dodge Viper, wants to put jurors in the driver’s seat through the use of the latest in technology — virtual reality goggles that promise to give them a look at the alleged crime from the perspective of the defendant. By RAFAEL OLMEDA SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL | MAR 10, 2022 A Broward jury may be among [...]

“The children of Stoneman Douglas High School and this community have suffered one of the most horrific tragedies at the hands of this guilty individual,” Padowitz said. “The tragedy would be further compounded if the death penalty were imposed after trial, only for the sentence to be reversed due to what is arguably an erroneous court ruling. A reversal would require a new sentencing trial.” By RAFAEL OLMEDA SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL | OCT 28, 2021 AT 5:40 PM The judge [...]

...and the only other way to remove the death penalty as a possibility would be for the defense to somehow persuade jurors to convict Cruz of a lesser charge, such as second-degree murder. “The odds of that are slim to none, with an emphasis on none,” said former prosecutor Ken Padowitz, now a defense attorney. “The evidence in this case is so public and so overwhelming that it’s insurmountable.” By RAFAEL OLMEDA SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL | OCT 14, 2021 AT 8:42 PM [...]