The prosecutor RW told Lori's sister SS that at some point Lori was ready to talk but Chad, who was free at the time (meaning that the children were still missing), persuaded her not to (I'd like to hear how that went down). That was before her case was paused for mental health issues. After her trial, I wonder if there was any truth to RW's claim. I can't believe she was ever close to waking up from her delusions. Maybe she would have just made up another story. Did she ever even consider betraying Chad? I'd also like to know what made her attorney MM call for her mental evaluation that found her unfit.
ETA: Speaking of MM, he recently complained about the police/prosecution's (but also journalistic) bias upon Lori's extradition to Arizona:
(You are often my eyes on sources I am curious about, but just can't stomach enough to eat. This lawyer being one of them. Thanks for chewing it up and spitting it out for me.)
I think it is possible that RW was referring to Lori being ready to spit out the whole translated being/preparing for the 144,000/doing Jesus' work story...thus admitting to illegal actions without remorse or regret. The deal would be prosecution removes death and possibly adds a lifetime of the comfort of knowing believers heard her side, in exchange for her full confession with explanation, saving the costs of a death penalty trial.
I have always agreed that it would make his defense more difficult, because she would have to inculpate him too, in breaking worldly laws. But Chad still would have a chance to play the "caught up in the net of a delusional black widow," defense better than now, IMO. Lori could speak her deluded truth, and Chad could laugh it off and say, she just got crazier and crazier. I should have known she and her crazy brain-damaged brother would have killed. I had thought Chad took a bigger chance letting Lori go to trial and be influenced by her attorneys ther, than by letting her make that kind of confession.
That is a little different than talking along the lines of "Chad told me I would be unsafe from demons if I did not kill my children," which is a fair approximation of what he said and she gobbled up, although she absolutely has never used this as an excuse. If she confessed to being controlled by Chad, manipulated by Chad, afraid of Chad, it would be a more uphill battle, IMO. But she seemed 100% opposed to ever making such statements, so I had thought, why would Chad talk her out of it?
Either way, Chad's general defense seems to be Lori and Alex did it, and anything I did nearby was only because of being pulled by the storm. I think that defense is much more weakened by the second scenario. The first scenario, IMO, wouldn't harm him any more than her trial did.
(And, of course, his defense is a ridiculous defense anyway, but I'm sure some rapy jurors could feel sorry for him if they want to justify male privilege. And plenty of female jurors might be inclined to blame women more, too.)
At first I thought that if the first scenario was going down, Chad wouldn't have lost anything. And he is lucky that Lori did not change her mind during her trial and allow her lawyers to blame him. We know vindictive Lori has no boundaries. I thought, why did he risk her going to trial and turning on him there?
But now I get why letting Lori go to trial first was better for Chad. Her statements could change, and Chads glow might be lost when he blames Lori and Alex for everything and mocks Lori for believing the second coming BS. (Not saying Jesus is never coming back, I wouldn't know, just saying it was BS that Chad had special insight into the deets.) If he repeats enough times that he never believed it and just wanted to be with a hot blonde, she could turn on him hard. But now, any turning on him will not be with the help of her defense lawyers. She lost the ability to tangibly benefit from stepping down to earth.
I hope Lori turns on Chad and on herself in the future. I hope she turns on some of her prepper family members and "Visions of Glory." I hope she apologizes to countless people. I know it's never going to happen. At least not until dozens of doomsdays have been anticipated and passed uneventfully, and dozens of charlatans have profited, thousands of believers ripped off. But I do keep hope even for that wretched person to show some humanity-to understand why she deserves no mercy.
MOO
