I’ve been cutting Buster some slack during the trial, juvenile hand gestures aside.
Last year in the jail phone calls he seemed to be trying to pull away from his dad and the Murdaughs, but here at the trial it’s hard to gauge. He almost seems the heir apparent.
He’s in a tough spot. His mother and brother killed, his father, the defendant.
I can’t imagine being in that spot, so I’m cutting him slack for now.
Today, I expect the defense to use him to paint a beautiful portrait of a kind, benevolent, family man named AM. I expect tears, especially from AM. I expect Buster to say his dad couldn’t done this.
The prosecution could probably do some real work here but I kinda doubt they will. They may not question him at all.