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Edrick Faust Defense Shows Photos of Boyfriend's Injured Hands to the Jury

Two days after Tara Baker was stabbed to death in her bedroom, police photographed cuts and wounds on her boyfriend's hands. Today, the defense showed those photos to the jury. Detective John Newton worked the Baker case in 2001 for Athens-Clarke County Police. The prosecution called him to establish chain of custody for hair samples collected from Baker's roommates and her boyfriend, Chris Melton. But defense attorney Ahmad Cruz had other plans for this witness. Cruz introduced 14 photographs of injuries on Melton's hands, taken January 21, 2001, and published them for the jury to see. Watch what Cruz does with Newton's own reports. He walks the detective through a May 2001 phone call with Melton where the boyfriend couldn't clearly remember the Thursday before Baker died, refused to let police review his finances, and couldn't provide the phone number or address of his claimed employer. Newton confirms police never verified Melton's employment. Pay attention to what happens when Cruz tries to bring in evidence about a jailhouse informant and the judge's response. ⏰ KEY MOMENTS 01:10 - Detective John Newton is sworn in 03:21 - Newton asked about collecting hair samples from Baker's circle 08:35 - Newton traveled to Gainesville to collect additional samples from Melton 12:40 - Cruz begins cross-examination with questions about photos 17:16 - Defense publishes 14 photographs of Melton's injured hands to the jury 40:18 - Cruz asks about a jailhouse tip and the jury is sent out 52:58 - Cruz questions Newton about Melton's memory gaps and unverified employment CASE BACKGROUND REPORT: https://www.justiceisaprocess.com/ga-... 📖 CASE BACKGROUND Tara Louise Baker was a first-year UGA law student from East Point, Georgia. On January 18, 2001, she was last seen at the law library and called a friend around 9:46 p.m. saying she planned to leave around 10. That was the last time anyone heard from her. The next morning, firefighters found Baker's body inside her burning off-campus apartment on Fawn Drive in Athens. She had been beaten, stabbed, strangled, and sexually assaulted. The fire was intentionally set. The only item taken was her laptop. She was one day from turning 24. The case went cold for 23 years. In 2023, the Coleman-Baker Act, named in part for Tara, created a GBI Cold Case Unit. That unit matched DNA from Baker's autopsy to Faust through the FBI's national database. Faust lived in Baker's neighborhood but was never a suspect. Investigators say they did not know each other.Defense attorney Ahmad R. Crews has challenged the DNA evidence and stated he believes Faust will be acquitted. 📂 PLAYLISTS & RESOURCES 🌐 Website: https://justiceisaprocess.com LIVE BROADCAST:    • LIVE BROADCAST: GA v. Edrick Faust   NO BREAKS EDITION:    • NO BREAKS EDITION: GA v. Edrick Faust   PODCAST:    • PODCAST: GA v. Edrick Faust   KEY MOMENTS AND TESTIMONY:    • Key Moments and Testimony: GA v. Edrick Faust   ► Subscribe for Daily Coverage:    / @justiceisaprocess   ⚖️ ABOUT JUSTICE IS A PROCESS This channel continues the work of Steven M. Askin, a criminal defense attorney who was disbarred in 1998 for refusing to violate attorney-client privilege, then criminally convicted in 2010 for teaching people their constitutional rights from a coffee shop in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He passed away in February 2024, but not before he and I started this channel together. I am Steven M. Askin II. I am not an attorney. I am a watchdog. I cover criminal trials to educate the public about due process, the presumption of innocence, and constitutional protections. Every video on this channel is part of building the machine the system feared my father would create: a public trained to watch, question, and demand accountability. This is not entertainment. This is education. This is oversight. This is Justice Is A Process. ⚖️ FAIR USE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE This content is produced under Fair Use (17 U.S.C. § 107) for news reporting, criticism, and educational purposes. We provide transformative commentary on public court proceedings, advancing public understanding of the judicial process through timestamps, analysis, and educational context. No copyright infringement is intended. All video content is used for transformative educational purposes with added legal analysis and commentary. #GeorgiaTrial #TrueCrime #ColdCase #UGA