Defense Team Proclaims Shanna Gardner’s Innocence Amid Allegations of Misconduct

In a case fraught with allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, Shanna Gardner‘s defense team is taking a firm stance on her innocence as she faces charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy, and solicitation in connection with the murder of her ex-husband, Jared Bridegan. With the State of Florida pursuing the death penalty, the defense is alleging a troubling pattern of falsehoods and omissions that, they argue, have tainted the judicial process and put Gardner’s life at risk.

Central to the defense’s position is a motion to unseal Detective Christopher Johns’s grand jury testimony, which they claim was riddled with inaccuracies. Key points include misrepresentations about Gardner’s knowledge of evidence and her financial connections to Henry Tenon, a man implicated in the crime. The defense argues that these inaccuracies misled the grand jury and undermined Gardner’s constitutional right to due process​.

The defense also accuses prosecutors of withholding critical evidence. Among the alleged violations, Jose Baez, Gardner’s lawyer, claimed are financial misrepresentations.  Baez claim’s that evidence suggesting Gardner financed the crime was distorted by omitting the timeline of financial transactions, some of which occurred well before the crime.

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