My hands were tied...

So most of you know already that when we met with the defendant, we videoed the meeting to share with our closest friends and family who were unable to attend the meeting. Our attorney mentioned it in passing to the state's attorney because I'm guessing he though the SA already knew about it.

John Gregory, the SA, called and "requested" a copy of the DVD. I told him that I gave my word to the family that we would only use it for family. I know I don't "owe" them anything, but my word is my word, no matter who I give it to.

He went on to say that he would just charge me with withholding evidence and subpoena the video tape because it's damning evidence. Then I realized, I am not doing anything criminal to hurt myself over keeping my word to that girl. So I gave the links to watch the video on Google Video (which are private, except for by direct link) and told him I would send him a hard copy when I bought some blank DVDs. I also typed a word-for-word transcript and sent that to him too.

I know I gave my word. I know that family is going to think I told them it was just for family and then turned around and ran to the SA to give it to him. That's not how it happened.

Apparently, the girl told a lie to the arresting officer and still sticks to that story. Something she said in the video proves she lied. That's why he needed the video so bad.

So I tried to keep my word, but my hands were tied.