Alethea
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This is what gets me. They are going to attempt to show there is nothing that warrants a murder charge but willing to bargain down to 2nd degree?? I don’t know about anyone else but if I was accused of murdering my husband and I didn’t, I would not agree to something like that no matter what my lawyer advised me. I just couldn’t do it. I’d rather die in jail professing my innocence and remain true to myself. Also, I would have done everything in my power to find him and the person who murdered him.
We all know how Barry handled it.
They weren't saying he would plead to second degree murder but rather the maximum the state should be able to try to prove at trial should be second degree murder. Essentially they want first degree murder taken off the table. Then at trial they'd presumably try to prove that the elements for second degree aren't met. Whether they claim it was an accident or someone else did it and BM is totally innocent who knows. But they are trying to get the goal posts moved.