Edrick Faust Defense Attorney Blocked From Impeaching State's Key Eyewitness (

She described him as "nondescript." But the forensic sketch tells a very different story. Tiffany Schroeder lived at 415 Deer Park Drive, steps from 160 Fawn Drive where Tara Baker was murdered on January 19, 2001. That morning, between 8:00 and 8:30, Schroeder saw a young man walking through the neighborhood. She waited for him to pass her driveway, then left for class. The encounter lasted 20 to 30 seconds. She later sat with a forensic sketch artist and produced a composite drawing that became State's Exhibit 100. But defense attorney Ahmad Cruz isn't letting this sketch go unchallenged. Watch what happens when Cruz plays Schroeder's original recorded statement from January 19th and confronts her with what she actually told police that day. Pay attention to the difference between what she described then and what the sketch shows now. And watch what the judge does when Cruz tries to get the prior statement admitted. This one gets heated. ⏰ KEY MOMENTS 00:00 - Schroeder takes the stand and is sworn in 01:16 - Identifies where she lived in the Deer Park neighborhood 02:07 - Describes seeing a man walking near her driveway the morning of the murder 07:51 - Defense attorney Cruz begins cross-examination 09:12 - Cruz presses Schroeder on the word "nondescript" 19:26 - Jury excused so Schroeder can hear her original recorded statement 37:04 - The clothing description that sparks a courtroom confrontation 38:38 - Cruz moves for a mistrial outside the jury's presence 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