You know this trial will prolly be moved out of the area... too bad they can't move it to my area. I would gladly volunteer to sit on this trial. I would patiently give him his due process, and listen to his defense (whatever that would be), but I already know what my decision would be. :furious::furious::furious:
My true hope, really, is that he waives trial and pleas guilty. That would spare everyone. It happened in our town, where a man brutally murdered his wife- kids were at Grandma's. He then went, picked kids up, and they found their mother's body in her bedroom, stabbed repeatedly, on the floor. They were in shock and thought it was one of their dogs at first. The oldest locked herself in the bathroom and called 911. I shudder at what he might have done to the kids if she hadn't called 911. When it came time for a jury selection, he finally plead full guilt, and the kids were spared testifying. BTW- he was a lawyer, and rumor has it, was planning to use the "Prozac defense".
I have thought about "what if" I get called for Jury Duty, if it's here. Do I want to see the evidence (crime scene photos, and worse, the bodies?). Do I really want to hear the details of what he did to those people? So I don't know what I'd do if called. Could I honestly answer I don't know a lot of pre-trial details about the case? lol, I don't think so. And if I were to lie to get on (wouldn't happen, but hey), what if they found out I was a member here? It does show up in Google searches, first page. Mistrial? Verdict reversal? Ugg.
But that case in your town had that "typical suspect" aspect to it. Horrible as it was, isn't that the way it usually goes? Speaking of the panic in Knox County. My (delayed) panic only really happened *after* I heard it was not LM or GB. Had I known that before he was caught OMG. Because you can set the fear aside and think "well, it wasn't a stranger probably ... probably someone they knew" and there isn't that self danger aspect to it. So going back to Sheriff Barber's chosen wording, that's probably why.
I'm not sure if I were to be murdered, which would be worse though: stranger or someone who knew me/used to care about me etc.
hmmmm