I'm in the BDI group but also the TTCTT (Tell the court the truth) group and NDOVUBSMTC (No decision on verdict until both sides make their case) group.
I believe BC lied in his depo to cover up what he had done. At the same time, I think JP was a liar, and it would be easier to describe the times when his story was consistent than try to catalog the various changes and untruths he told.
In the end, the jury will be charged to use their common sense to consider all the testimony and evidence in the totality, weigh and disregard various things as they see fit, and then decide if they are satisfied the defendant is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Unfortunately for the defense they will not be asked to consider any remote possible scenario as equal to reasonable doubt. Unfortunately for the state they will not simply be asked if it is likely BC did it.
I don't begrudge Kurtz his defense methods so far. IMO he is doing what he is supposed to do. Further, I haven't seen either side get as nasty as I had often seen in courtrooms. And, if not nasty, simply hard on witnesses who are changing stories (either side) or presenting opinion as certain when it should not be.
With a severe prison term as stake, tough challenges and sharp exchanges should be expected.
I want BC to go to prison for what he did. And I want it clear that he was placed there after consideration of all evidence available, and not merely on the probabilty of evidence that supports my current belief.
NC lost her life. Her friends and family lost someone they loved deeply. And it was no accident; someone acted as the worst sort of coward to further their self interest by killing her violently, without regard to her life of the lives of her children. This trial is in no way going to reduce that loss. Nothing said in it will diminish her in the eyes of those who love her, I am sure.
The prime goal of the trial, though, is not to satisfy the desire to see someone punished, but rather to make sure the person the state seeks to punish has been proven guilty in the eyes of his peers, the jury.