On releasing the video
I asked Drummond about when the video might be released. He said he wouldn’t release video evidence to anyone outside his office and police investigators until he had to.
“I’m not showing it to anybody else. I’m just not going to,” he said.
There are a couple of reasons for that.
1) Drummond said prosecutors are ethically bound to provide a fair trial. Releasing evidence – whether a video, a confession, DNA – can compromise the ability to provide that fair trial. Jury pools can be tainted.
2) I asked him specifically about the case at OU, and how that video could help school officials determine Mixon’s playing future. Drummond wouldn’t discuss the specifics of that case, but he said if he showed evidence, it would create a problem.
“As a prosecutor, it would not be appropriate to release evidence to a third party. I’m supposed to be independent,” Drummond said. “It’s not going outside our office. Only law enforcement and prosecutors are going to see it.”
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