afitzy
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Thanks for this. So agree, but countering a well oiled disinformation campaign by Defence Counsel aided and abetted by MSM local press is difficult.I've been saying from the beginning that Troconis camp has taken advantage of the United States being the only country that still applies the felony murder rule and instead of learning the true charges against MT (i.e., MT conspired with FD to kill Jennifer, and then helped him dispose of evidence and hinder investigators), they have garnered support for MT by spreading false claim MT is being charged with murder. IMO, the defense witness Petu fell victim to this claim, and the idea she could prove MT's innocence is based on her belief that MT was not present at the murder scene. Except this has never been alleged! In other words, who cares if MT was at Petu's store while FD was murdering Jennifer. MT's part in the conspiracy was already done! JMO
I do wonder if the reasons the Jurors wanted to hear Petu commentary was for exactly the reason you point out. Petu was claiming MT was 'innocent' as she was in her store as FD was driving back from NC where he had murdered JF?
The Press has been repeating this false narrative on the MT charges for years (they simply repeat what the Troconis Crew state and ditto for Jon Schoenhorn who has said the exact same thing) so imo it was entirely possible that someone on the jury had seen what folks like NBC CT etc. have been endlessly repeating and so questioned entirely what was going on. Just a guess based on what we have experienced here on WS regarding disinformation with this tragic case due to the fact that there never was a counter narrative from the State or the Victim on the issue of the charges brought against MT imo. Disinformation is difficult to counter and because there was no gag in this case its been allowed to be in the public consciousness now since the murder of JF in 2019!
Yes, the Troconis Crew has consistently chosen in their public remarks to not understand (or correctly state) the MT top charge which is (Class B felony vs Class A for Murder):
53a-54a | CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER | B |
The Family has been saying on rinse and repeat now for years that, "MT did not commit murder" and is innocent and the Press reported it exactly this way (stupidly also as few did anything to explain the exact nature of the charges). The Troconis crew also have repeated claims to 'not understand' why the trial of MT has seemed to be the trial of FD.
As you point out the Troconis crew has made the false claim that MT is being charged with Murder. I do believe this is why we see MSM stations such as NBC CT and CBS making the statements they do as I'm not sure they understand the charges properly either and have never bothered to correct the error laden statements of the Troconis Crew imo. I could never understand the Press in the case not explaining the charges but it fit with the imo absolutely false narrative of being charged with murder, persecuted by the State and LE and being innocent of murder. Most of the Press followed along with this narrative and it imo impacted the public perception of the trial but more importantly imo it stopped any real investigation of the Press into who was MT and what she had done to assist FD in the murder of JF.
State had burden of proving the murder of JF by FD prior to advancing their case of MT but all that happened is that Family repeatedly said "MT is innocent of Murder and why is this trial all about FD". This false narrative made it out to the Press and has been repeated endlessly.
As you point out, Petu stood on the stand and claimed MT was innocent because she was in her store while FD was on his way back from NC where he had murdered JF. As you point out, Petu stupidly or ignorantly didn't understand the charges either. Why should she when the Troconis Crew has been misleading the public now for 4 years and their narrative was repeated endlessly by att Jon Schoenhorn as part of their longstanding disinformation campaign imo.
The jury instructions which were read in full on Tuesday to the jurors made clear what each of the charges for MT are - she has 6 iirc. The Judge went through all the elements for each with the jury and the instructions alone I believe are 50 pages or more long!
On the Conspiracy Murder charge the Judge really read through it slowly so jurors understood exactly what it was that you are correctly describing in your OP. The Judge went through exactly what the elements of the Conspiracy Murder charge are and explained that MT didn't have to be in NC with FD and present for the Murder of JF.
I don't have the exact instruction that the Judge read to the jury but I believe the essential point is:
Jury instructions on conspiracy to commit murder must indicate that state was required to prove intent to agree or conspire to commit murder and intent to cause murder.
The State made clear that in their estimation the Defendant wasn't physically with FD in NC on the Murder Date (she didn't need to be with the charge) but that she conspired with FD as you point out to kill JF.
This tragic case has imo suffered greatly from misinformation and disinformation and the charges of MT imo were never fully understood by the public because the Press never explained it properly to begin with and simply repeated the error filled statements (deliberately done imo) of the Troconis Crew and Atty Jon Schoenhorn.
Hope the jury gets in right and fully understands the charges.
MOO