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ooh! I got so annoyed by the Rosen book I feel like my mind glazed over and I totally missed those interesting details!!! I didn't know any of that. Very interesting! I hope he testifies about everything he knows, with no agenda. Who knows, maybe he doesn't really know anything else. But I'm...

Also, today Judge Volland invalidated the grand jury indictment of a man accused of murdering his wife. He invalidated the indictment because the prosecution asked an investigator (Gifford) to offer his opinion that the defendant (Wease) was guilty of the murder. Volland discussed the Linehan...

Interesting! I thought the ADN had previously stated that Carlin's conviction had ALREADY been set aside? That the Supreme Court is still deciding on that issue makes a lot more sense to me. I wonder how far he and his attorneys got in developing his appeal. I hope there's a way to have his...

It's very interesting!! And I agree that if the defense opens the door to Linehan's character at trial, these kinds of witnesses are likely to be called by the prosecution. After reading comments about this case all over the internet for years, I find absintheminded very credible. I found the...

Whoa. Cindy's intonation and speaking style really do sound a lot like Diane Downs. Odd. I forgot how grating that particular Cindy interview was. eek!

I hope you're feeling better! I agree with what you've written-- I didn't know about Susan Smith's refusal to meet with a forensic sketch artist!-- very interesting. That definitely reminds me of Casey's refusal to meaningfully assist investigators while Caylee was "missing." And I also see...

I thought the Amazon box was funny. In reading the Free Mechele blog, I was struck by the volume of people who sent her things from her Amazon wishlist. Of course the wishlist has now been deleted after allegations that it was "hacked" :waitasec: Does anyone know anything about that?

Thank you! I hate it when things disappear from the internet and I'm left thinking "I KNOW I read that somewhere..." :banghead: I wonder if , like so many inmates, she shared details of the events with someone. But since she said she tried hard to avoid them, the prosecution may not get this...

I don't know much about retrial after successful appeal. To me, the State has a much better shot at conviction if they allow the jury to consider some lesser charges (Linehan was only charged with first degree murder in the original indictment). I think if jurors were allowed more options, the...

Say someone is convicted of first degree murder. The sole count of the indictment is first degree murder and the jury receives no instructions on lesser included offenses. The conviction is reversed on appeal (trial court erred in admitting improper hearsay evidence). The State will reprosecute...

You can watch the full episode online here. ABC usually makes full episodes available a few hours after the west coast broadcast :)

The new ADN interview's revelations about Mechele being put in "the hole" for trying to blackmarket barter for fresh fruit piqued my interest because it was interesting Mechele acknowledged her rumored disciplinary record in the interview at all. As previously mentioned, there have been a...

lol! Thanks for pulling out the interesting parts! And for emboldening HAM :dance: hehe. I think it's interesting Linehan admits she was in "the hole" and says it was because she had chewing tobacco so she could barter for fresh fruits. Mechele's mother posted on the Free Mechele blog--...

The Anchorage Daily News sat down with Mechele Linehan for a two-hour interview about her life in prison. Now Free, Linehan Sets Up a New Life (ADN, 5-14-10) Photo Accompanying Article, reprinted by http://www.thenewstribune.com/, Credit: Marc Lester / © Anchorage Daily News

Tracy Press, 5-13-10: Cantu Family & Now DA Oppose Case Publicity. The family of murder victim Sandra Cantu will oppose lifting a gag order and unsealing court records — and in a swift reversal — the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s office will now do the same. On Wednesday, three...

Whoa. That video freaks me out. Thanks for finding it :-)

I don't know if this has been posted elsewhere, but I just noticed that this week's 20/20 episode is going to focus on Diane Downs. Psychologists will assess various interviews Downs gave after the crime. Within a month of the shootings, with her two surviving children still in the hospital...

I'm very sorry for your loss. And for your frustration. Like others have noted, Facebook is a virtual dead end if you're looking for deleted items because it doesn't get cached like other websites. If the post in question were on Myspace or Twitter, for example, you could probably find it in a...

I don't know if I understand your question exactly, so forgive me if this is not what you're looking for. This website offers a cool little interactive flash program which allows you to click through the various stages of a capital trial (and shows you what happens during each stage/offers a...

Trial is divided into two parts: Guilt Phase and Penalty Phase. Penalty phase is the same as sentencing.