bolded #1: I stated this in the last thread, but again I'll say that Winters letting the assistant lead in the courtroom the other day made better sense (and didn't look as bad) once I fully understood from media reports that the defense apparently had planned to call him to the witness stand about the post if necessary. He had no way of knowing how that would pan out, I'd think. Still was awkward, in the watching, but at least that was a fairly good reason, to me.
bolded #2: I've wondered about Stephen's car for a long time now -- can authorities hold it indefinitely if they have not detected "evidence" relating to it? IIRC, as far as we last heard, they still have it. Can they hold for possible need to run further tests, for example, or to make some point about the mileage, or maybe it showed up on camera in some way they plan to use, or something like that -- or does their holding it mean for sure they have forensic evidence like fibers, canine hits/dna, etc. relating more directly and physically to the car? I've felt like this is kind of a dummy question so haven't asked it before, but I just want to hear what others think on this.
I thought I read somewhere along the line, that it was the car accident. Maybe one of Lauren's friends will chime in with that detail.
Thanks, tomkat, and for posting the Lauren and Butterbean pics, too. Little guy's eye does seem to be OK in those, you're right.I'll be on the road today but I think I can be here off an on til 730
Thanks, tomkat, and for posting the Lauren and Butterbean pics, too. Little guy's eye does seem to be OK in those, you're right.
It was mentioned in one of the articles that Butterbean lost the eye when he was hit by the car in Macon.
Without a doubt Lauren has touched so many lives, in life and even more so in death.. she is such a strong, beautiful woman MOST OF ALL ON THE INSIDE..IMO it is that beautiful strength within that literally radiated from her that made her into someone that struck you when seeing her.. struck you when seeing her for the first time.. but just as much even after knowing her.. she was someone who entered a room and heads turned.. her presence known.. strength and beauty from within that radiated outward and brought joy to all those who were blessed to know her in life..
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Nygiants I, too can understand your frustrations and I strongly believe that it is not that people want to see and hear the evidence to have Stephens guilt proved to them.. of that I have no issue and completely understand.. the issue lies in the angry and very much hateful at times way in which some are totally confrontational using Lauren's tragic death as a platform to confront and argue for mere self serving motive.. IMO it is what at times makes this all together beautiful place we have created for and about Lauren into a cold and even at times ugly place..
IMO there have been thousands of posts of healthy debate over the most tragic issues of the case..with all sides covered and debated to the hilt.. I believe the very essence of who/what Lauren is are throughout these threads and most reflect who and what she was in being someone who strongly debated what she felt was right.. it is that, that I am proud to have been a part of and only one of the tiny ways of millions that prove that Lauren will live on forever..
Can anyone recall exactly what field of law Lauren planned to enter into? If I recall, it was criminal defense work, which is why one of her law graduate friends said something akin to "Lauren could even talk to normal people and tell them they would have to face some jail time".
Since this is a memorial thread perhaps we should all reflect on Lauren Giddings future profession and wonder how she would have viewed the various debates that go on here? If she did indeed plan to go into criminal defense I would think such a bright woman would analyze every angle and be quite logical when it came down to real evidence or lack thereof.
http://www.macon.com/2011/06/30/1616531/body-found-mercer-law-giddings.html#storylink=misearch... Mercer law professor Sarah Gerwig-Moore said she was one of Giddings’ instructors at Mercer. Giddings had been in the process of trying to get a job with the Georgia Capital Defenders Office or in the Atlanta Public Defender’s Office. ...
http://www.macon.com/2011/07/08/162...emains-of-dismembered.html#storylink=misearchGiddings also had a soft-spot for underdogs. Her professor said she had wanted to be a capital defender, representing suspects facing the death penalty.
Giddings also had a soft-spot for underdogs. Her professor said she had wanted to be a capital defender, representing suspects facing the death penalty.
I think reports of the field she was most interested in have differed slightly from report to report, but I, too, have heard mostly defense work, and capital crime defense work has been mentioned more than once.