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I've been reflecting on the testimony of MH, AM, BD and MM based off on someone post challenging who has the most to lose by telling the truth and/or lying/hiding information.
1) I've have been unfortunate enough to been called as a witness for the prosecution in a sexual assault case about 15yrs ago. I was asked about 6 questions, requiring very little elaboration and was told beforehand to be brief and answer the question. All these witnesses have a fully more robust version of events that we didn't hear. It's very hard for me to say so-and-so had no reason the lie. Complexities of relationship and the ability to formulate an answer on the spot can skew this. I know it's up to the jury to determine who and what they believe but they all took an oath to tell the truth and don't face charges themselves so why wouldn't they tell the truth? ETA, scratch that, I think they all have something to hide, even if subconsciously, but I have to think they told the truth. IMO.
2) I think MM knew way more. I believe the discussion on May 4 on who to steal the truck from would have lead to the question, how do you plan to do that? And so I think her woman's intuition that something would go wrong had to do with the answer to that question. Her text the next day specifically said, I thought you died or something, not I thought you got hurt, or something else. I do believe she was young and naive enough to not ask a lot of questions but if they were joined at this hip and MS was just doing what he was told, I believe he would have broke down in private and told her. ETA if he lunatic Millard killed someone and he had no idea. MS was a little too cool May 7> and so I feel he was in the know/comfortable with what was happening. IMO.
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1) I've have been unfortunate enough to been called as a witness for the prosecution in a sexual assault case about 15yrs ago. I was asked about 6 questions, requiring very little elaboration and was told beforehand to be brief and answer the question. All these witnesses have a fully more robust version of events that we didn't hear. It's very hard for me to say so-and-so had no reason the lie. Complexities of relationship and the ability to formulate an answer on the spot can skew this. I know it's up to the jury to determine who and what they believe but they all took an oath to tell the truth and don't face charges themselves so why wouldn't they tell the truth? ETA, scratch that, I think they all have something to hide, even if subconsciously, but I have to think they told the truth. IMO.
2) I think MM knew way more. I believe the discussion on May 4 on who to steal the truck from would have lead to the question, how do you plan to do that? And so I think her woman's intuition that something would go wrong had to do with the answer to that question. Her text the next day specifically said, I thought you died or something, not I thought you got hurt, or something else. I do believe she was young and naive enough to not ask a lot of questions but if they were joined at this hip and MS was just doing what he was told, I believe he would have broke down in private and told her. ETA if he lunatic Millard killed someone and he had no idea. MS was a little too cool May 7> and so I feel he was in the know/comfortable with what was happening. IMO.
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