PRESTON, Minn. – In a battle of briefs, competing attorneys have filed massive documents about what should be allowed as evidence against twin sisters in a 2023 automobile crash into a horse-drawn buggy that killed two Amish children. In October the defense delivered a 21-page argument that most of 18 criminal counts against Samantha Petersen should be dropped. Now the prosecution has countered with a 41-page brief. Among issues is a taped conversation between the twins as they sat in a squad car while police were outside investigating the crash. The prosecution claims there was no attempt to entrap. The tape has the sisters conspiring to switch identities. Another issue is delays in taking blood samples from sisters to ascertain ir level of exhilerants, or lack thereof, in their systems.
