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i remember hearing about this case back in 2018 but had forgotten about it until i was reminded of it on a true crime podcast recently. If he had gotten rid of the gun on his own and not told any of his friends about it - does he get away with it? Or do they nail him with a circumstantial case...

I hope these guys get off. The whole thing reeks of sixth amendment violation.

was I surprised by this? Not really. His original conviction was overturned only on a mere detail. He should have avoided this whole thing and tried to see if he could plead guilty to murder second in exchange for a truthful recollection (including his daughter). Although its certainly possible...

even if they seemed sort of aggressive in there defense of there son - I still believe they're just as much a victim as Sheri's family. I mean losing three family members and then losing your son two weeks later has to be a terrible experience. While I have no doubts Chris is guilty - I can kind...

what makes you think that?

the time to crack was when he was arrested and admit the jig is up or at the very latest over the past three weeks so as to avoid LWOP. Of course maybe he did ask Boring for a plea bargain and got turned down?

had anyone heard of this case before? I watched it last month on this show called "Unusual Suspects". It was one of the best episodes of that show I've seen and it seemed like his wife did just about everything she should have except for screwing her husband's lawyer. I'm surprised the case...

i wonder if Steve Champagne has gotten out of prison? I looked him up at the TX DOC website and he's not on there. In any event, he was the least involved and basically handed the other two guys on a silver platter so it would make sense.

since in any given hearing, a commissioner will probably deny the applicant, how do you determine if you get the 3, 5, 7, 10 or 15 year delay? I mean I know it has to do with your likelihood of ever being paroled but does it seem kind of arbitrary. Like Doug Mowser, who never admitted to killing...

if you're not a spree-killer (i.e. James Holmes) or serial killer, the highest you can rank is 14.

Mike Stone's scale (22 being worst, 1 being benign). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129175964 It must be noted though that this is partly based on what they did and not how they are now. Tex Watson, for instance, doesn't strike me as overly psychopathic at least now...

I've watched a lot of forensic files and other crime shows and being the fifth largest state (population wise) you'll find cases that happened in Illinois. From what I know, there was no such thing in the 80s and 90s as life sentences or even provisional life sentences (15-to-life or...

does it seem that the randomness means that any of them could disappear into the woodwork and never be seen for decades? There was a case in Southern California decades ago that reminds me of this.

as one can already tell, I've been interested in cases where a (usually grown) child of a couple decides to kill them, often with the want for money. In many of those cases it is almost an exaggeration of the picture one has of a spoiled brat. But this case interests me because it is...

yes he didn't get what he wanted, but why did he fire him? Bernie was as good of an advocate as he could ask for and it seemed like they were best buds, but then he all of a sudden turns on him and calls him a "neurotic jew" or something to that extent. I think the whole thing really...

I've posted on the JMDB before numerous times and I'm not going to advertise myself out there who I am but I will give you a hint: Pink Floyd.

isn't it time to move on? You're nearing 70 now and have otherwise retired from the DOJ.

my general opinion is that Bart has some kind of antisocial personality disorder and that before the shooting (and for a few months after) the parents were either in denial or in the dark about what he was. The phrase "ignorance is bliss" applies here. He had ostensibly been going to college for...

guy sounds like a fanatic. Yes its hard to lose your family but threatening to order a hit on an ex-in-law!? Also his last comment on the judges is revealing - guy sounds like Archie Bunker.

does this case interest any of you guys? I find it interesting because the plan was so well executed and involved something that allays suspicion (getting shot by the trigger-man as a diversion). What I find more interesting is that Bart had an unlikely profile for someone sitting in Polunsky...