Even though the circumstantial evidence implicated Brad, the forensic evidence presented was sufficient to implicate Knox. The testimony made by Mrs. Knox was admissible as the spousal privilege was broken. However, the defense representing Knox could argue based on the Fourth Circuit to dismiss the testimony against him. The Fourth Circuit holds that Mrs. Knox’s statement should be inadmissible and as such, violates the confrontation clause. The use of this testimony to implicate Knox violates the aspect of spousal privileges. In order to charge Knox with murder, the defense should have raised a case against Mrs. Knox based on a conspiracy tactic. This would have convicted Knox for killing and Mrs. Knox for conspiracy to murder and obstructing justice.
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Knox against her husband, but find that they cannot compel her to testify due to spousal privilege. The defense seeks to find loopholes in the marriage, which can nullify the spousal privilege Knox enjoys (Agboh, 2010). Mrs. Knox agrees to testify against her husband, but argues that spousal privilege will deem her testimony dismissible. Mrs. Knox admits that her husband was not with her when Miles died. McVeigh testifies that Miles’s business partner had a strong motive to kill him. The defense indicates that Miles and Knox’s company was facing indictment on corruption charges and their bank accounts were frozen. The defense claims that Knox killed Miles to prevent him from testifying.
The defense also argues that spousal privileges apply only in marriages with open communication (Agboh, 2010). However, Mrs. Knox admits that she strongly disliked her spouse and they were sleeping in separate rooms. At the office, Alicia tries to figure out if Knox may have asked his wife to lie in the presence of their daughter. This would compel Knox’s daughter to testify. An anonymous person later submits the defendant’s gun to the