I've scrolled through some of this thread, not all, so I apologize if this has been stated. Buy WHY OH WHY, if this was an accidental drowning, no matter how you dealt with it rightly or wrongly ~3 years ago, sit in jail for 3 years, and possibly subject yourself to the death penalty? That is what makes the least sense to me of all. At some point, after several months in jail, if the accidental drowning was really true, why not throw yourself on the mercy of the court or the prosecution, plea, whatever? Why NOW are you going through a trial to get either LWOP or the DP, if the accident is TRUE?? I cannot understand this, no matter if you were abused or not, acting out of reality at the time or not...... MOO, etc.