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I voted for LWP. If I had to guess, I think that that's how she'll be sentenced, too.

I've read that he'll make his decision sometime before the competency hearing in March.

The thing is, her book may be considerably less graphic than the grand jury testimony, so it may be upsetting to her if the grand jury testimony is released. The D.A. is against the release for privacy reasons, so if I had to guess, I'd say that's why. Pretty much everyone can agree that the...

Thanks, Dr. Doogie! It'll be interesting to see what the judge decides regarding the grand jury testimony. Personally, I think it should stay sealed for Jaycee's privacy. Not only that, but I think the defense has a good point about its release making it harder to find an impartial jury. A...

I agree, Dr. Doogie. The dude obviously has mental issues, but I think he is perfectly capable of understanding what's going on.

They definitely seem to have screwed up, no doubt about that. I wonder if it's standard procedure to ask adults like Jaycee for identification. It would make sense if it was, and if it's not, it certainly should be. I think it would have been interesting had this gone to trial. It's hard to...

IMO, $80 million would be way too much, especially since it would be funded by the taxpayers. Remember, even the mediator in this case said that the settlement was not for reparations, and remember that that'd be $80 million that could have been used to help find other missing kids. Some...

What's interesting to me is how settlement awards are calculated. The report pertaining to Jaycee's settlement that was recently released briefly discussed other claims that had been paid out. Several settlements were for people who had lost a family member due to mistakes made, but the average...

Mistakes come in all shapes and sizes, and I agree that this was a pretty big -- and very tragic! -- mistake. Jaycee's situation is rare, but what about the people who were killed due to mistakes? Do you think their families should be awarded $20 million? What about wrongfully convicted inmates...

Eww! I'm not sure I want to set foot in a public pool ever again. LOL.

Personally, I've always been a bit skeeved out by public pools. One of my cousins actually got a really nasty stomach bug from swimming at a water park once.

Oh, there's no doubt that they screwed up here; however, I don't think that's the issue at all. They? There are thousands of police officers in CA, but not all of them failed Jaycee. Fewer than 1% were directly involved with monitoring Garrido. An example of a great cop would be Ally Jacobs...

The Caylee one? Yeah, you're probably right. LOL. Geez, that's pretty messed up!

You sometimes hear about wrongfully convicted inmates receiving large, multi-million dollar settlements, but I don't know if that's the norm. According to this site, wrongfully convicted inmates from CA receive about $36,500 for each year they were incarcerated. Generally, they would receive...

Yes, but that eighteen years had an ending. I'm sure it was hell for Jaycee and her family, there's no doubt about that. But Amber's family's suffering will never end. Not that this is funny, but I kind of laughed when I typed that because when I thought about it, I was like, "Well ..." LOL...

She may not decide to sell her story, and personally, I wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't. As I've said in this very thread, I am glad she won't have to do that to make ends meet. At the same time, speculation that she may write a book in the future isn't new or out of left field. In fact...

That's a tough one, KBL, and I think it's relative. Personally, I would rather die than be subjected to extreme sensory deprivation for a month, but it's possible that others would disagree with me; however, I don't think Jaycee's situation is worse than death. Obviously, it was horrible beyond...

Maybe, but maybe not. Getting kidnapped by a sicko like Garrido and being forced to live in his backyard for eighteen years is pretty damn bad, and there's not much worse than that, but getting killed is worse, I would say. No, definitely not. What's done is done, but that doesn't mean I have...

That's certainly possible, but as was the case with Jaycee's claim, they may feel that allowing it to go to court could be too big a gamble. That is, like with Jaycee's case, they could feel that it would be less expensive to award the victim $20 million as opposed to $100 million or more. But...

Human nature being what it is, there will always be mistakes. It's unfortunate and tragic, but it's true. And to effectively eliminate the problem of the criminal, you need to have a strong police force and a strong corrections department, both of which require money to operate.