I must say that Karma sent the Martens a frightening message this week that coincided with the launch of the civil suit. What was it? It was the fact that the newspapers were full of the parole of OJ Simpson...after years inp federal prison.
What message did Karma send? One, that "justice" has many avenues to punish the guilty. The OJ trial should remind the Martens that even if they are acquitted, Justice can pursue them civilly. And there is more...beyond courtrooms....
It should remind them that the civil trial imposed a huge financial burden on OJ that he can never escape. He kept his pension but his big lifestyle, his reputation, even any future earnings ...all are encumbered. Tom, Molly and Sharon all named in the civil suit. Uh-oh. After the costs for criminal lawyers, now they need civil lawyers...and if they lose...
But more than that,I hope the Martens ask themselves... why was OJ even in jail? Because, even years later, he was WATCHED.
He was watched. Suspicion was a bad smell that could never be covered by lies.
And when another trial had a crack at him...they threw the book at him.
This same thing happened in our case. The false accuser walked away uncharged...but in just a few years, she committed arson, then murder. And those who supported her were left speechless...or trying to push a narrative she HERSELF had killed along with her boyfriend. She was also bipolar, by the way.
The Martens will either be in an actual prison or in the prison of being watched constantly by the public. They will see noses twitching at the smell of suspicion. What a burden on Miss Molly! To have to forever hide from the public when she is cycling through her bipolar episodes in the future. She says she's cured. Well, SHE BETTER BE!
She will be watched and judged. How will that work with the paranoia Maginn described...where even before she brutally murdered her husband, she thought people hated her, were judging her? How will she handle that? How will the Martens handle her?
What a tremendous ongoing burden on the Martens who vouched for her sanity and the safety of the general public with Molly out and about. They will all be watched.
"Because...wherever you go, there YOU are."
Karma had OJ paroled this very week. I hope the Martens are thinking of the parallels here. I hope they see the grim future for them even beyond this criminal trial. OJ's lies and his slick attorneys couldn't spare him. Nor will the Martens ever lead their respected, comfortable life again.
This is a good omen. Wake every night, Martens, thinking of the horror you inflicted in that bedroom. And lay there and remember OJ.
Karma gonna get you...one way or the other.
