OK now I've watched it, I think Peter agrees with me more than I agree with myself!
I think she's guilty, but will probably be found innocent (of murder-2 at least, they might be able to get her on some sort of lesser included if they can get that jury instruction in), and I think they'll find her innocent because that "reconstruction" moment in cross examination was an attempt to impeach the defendant on the exact piece of evidence that I believe makes her guilty. And they failed to do so. Spectacularly!
I fully expected that cross examination to be a disaster for AB, instead it was a disaster for the State. She gave pretty good answers to many of the leading questions that O'Donnell put to her that I did not see it coming at all. The only thing I can think of to compare it to was when Chris Darden asked OJ Simpson to try on the gloves. A practical demonstration in front of the jury borne out of sheer desperation, that backfired completely!
If she is acquitted, it will be because of that. moment.
MOO
I don't know.
Peter did make a good point about the prosecutors.
Did they hold back under cross and are waiting for their closing arguments?
IMO:For closing and a jury discussion
There's the why did she ever go back with DB if she believed he physically and sexually abused their daughter?
Did she lie then in making the accusation about her daughter's father and if the jury believes she did lie over something so despicable then why would she not lie about the circumstances she killed him under?
That's become the false accusation some women use all too often now knowing it will at the very least put all visitation rights of the father on hold until it's investigated.
Another biggy for me is her description of what came down starting with her claimed shoulder
bumps by DB, a box into her side and her description of her running to her bedroom and having the time to retrieve her gun from a storage bin all before DB entered the room.
Doesn't look like a raging guy who hit her in the face (no marks left though) and ran after her in a way that she feared for her life.
So far I think the state and the defense put on cases that are lacking big time.
I see it as the state having their hands tied by the judge's rulings on evidence that can't come in and the defense conjuring up a self-defense trying to prove that AB was some innocent victim of an abuser when it's not difficult to see her cunning manipulations of DB, LE and the courts.
Facts vs emotions and what AB claims?
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