Isn't it though 2gf! Emma has justice and Judge Z handed SB her posterior in a most wonderful way.
Juror number 8 (a young dad) came by and shared with us:
Her emotion did matter to us very much- or her demeanor you could say. What we saw was a lack of remorse and the ability to turn tears on and off. We heard from multiple police officers how she was able to stop and start crying, and I found that during her interviews that she became more emotional in later interviews (like she was supposed to) when Nava said she wasnt very caring.
When the verdict was read, I did not see an ounce of anything in her expression (similar to how she appeared on tapes during interviews). So, yes, I saw through the ruse. I also saw the same defensiveness on the stand when Kelly caught her in a lie, which is the same defensiveness when she was lying during interviews. Her testimony neither hurt nor helped her case. In my opinion, enough evidence was there either way.
[re letters to X] Many of us read the letters; I read them for purposes of establishing her demeanor after the fact. Again, there was no remorse, and they were very sexual and immature. She spent a lot of time writing fantasies and expressing future desires (marriage, etc.). Some were disturbing, and not something someone who truly cared about the loss of a daughter would write, especially to someone whom he/she had just met.
For me, the smoking gun was the blood in Emmas nose and the double dose of Benedryl (which to me along with the made up story and the lies in the texts while she was driving, demonstrated premeditation). A meticulous mother of an 18 month old would not give a double dose of any medication for any reason.
It was a hard case, and five of us stayed behind to thank Kelly for her service in such a hard case; for a prosecutor she cared very much for Emma. Im very impressed by her.
[Re BB] I think most of us (I definitely do) believed he was involved after-the-fact, but not with the actual murder. He was most likely lied to after the murder, but hes still an accessory. With the scent dogs picking up a drivers scent going eastbound on S, its pretty evident he was there. Plus, its impossible to get to Staceys house from Brendons in the amount of time he did after Staceys initial call unless he was on stand-by. We were there, however, to examine Staceys guilt, so that was fairly irrelevant.
We did examine all of the applicable evidence when coming to a final verdict, and we took many votes- one at the beginning to see where we stood, and then several others (if I had to put a number on it, Id say around 5). I dont think we ever really moved from murder, but many were torn between second and first degree murder (I never moved from first degree because of the evidence presented). Three people had trouble with premeditation, so there was a lot of speaking out against other, what I considered unreasonable, interpretations of her actions. We also had read back from several testimonies to refresh the memories of several jurors.
Her demeanor was very problematic for many of us, and even if she wasn't the emotional type, her behavior was evidently faked many times.
JMO
