1.   The judge dismissed most of the police evidence, saying it was clearly fabricated.

2.   Mr Tweddle said while the police evidence did not provide a complete picture of what happened he was able to record a verdict of accidental death.

3.   At first both denied having anything to do with the abduction and murder but later changed their stories when presented with police evidence.

4.   Blacks, he said, have already learned to view police evidence with skepticism.

5.   But charges of tampering with police evidence sat on the shelf and lapsed under the statute of limitations.

6.   He said he had taken the evidence to the police evidence processing room that night, but conceded there were no records to corroborate his account.

7.   His denial contradicts police evidence.

8.   On Tuesday, Martin filed a motion seeking any police evidence of another person at the scene.

9.   Prentice is among more than a dozen convicted felons who have asked that their convictions be overturned because of state police evidence tampering.

10.   There are legitimate questions about what, if any, evidence the police have against Van de Velde.