I agree - it makes me angry too. I just haven't tried the case already as others have and I respect the opinions of others even if they don't align with mine.
Right, but we won’t be trying the case. The People of the State of Colorado will try it.
Based on the evidence currently available, I’m confident CW will be convicted. I have read every single pleading publicly available on this case, and it doesn’t look good for CW.
When I was in law school, I interned for a judge who was presiding over a death penalty case. It was my first time sitting through a criminal trial from beginning to end. And let me tell you, I walked into that courtroom and naively thought, this is BS - this guy didn’t kill that girl. But, I sat and listened to all the testimony, and boy was the State right. Sentenced to death. I witnessed the judge overcome with grief prior to sentencing the defendant to death. He was ordering someone to be put to death. Man, never did I think about what that could do to a person.
I later when on to clerk for that same judge and worked on hundreds of motions for post-conviction relief, and sat through more criminal trials where I wrote numerous opinions. I reviewed every single detail. In the same manner I’ve reviewed everything in this case.
I believe in the criminal justice system and I respect the rights of each and every defendant. I also believe in the victim justice system (I just made that up by the way).
Basically, I’m not going to put on a blindfold and disregard the avalanche of evidence currently available against CW. I guess this is why it’s difficult for me to understand how others can.
All my professional and personal opinions.
