It does leave me a little skeptical regarding comments made about the upcoming trial. In theory, it`s probably true that during any second trial, where the suspect testified during the first trial, the prosecution will attempt to contradict that testimony. That`s pretty much common sense. Specifically, regarding this trial, I don`t think the suspect`s testimony left him open to contradiction - but that remains to be seen. I wonder if his testimony will be misrepresented ... like suggestions during the last trial that he didn`t provide an alibi.
I was speaking of the NG episode that we agreed on.
Obviously, we do not agree on the facts of Michelle Young's murder, the subsequent investigation, or the results of the first trial.
I do not see how JY's testimony could be misrepresented. JY is not a person who is low-functioning or a person who has a low I.Q. He completely understands what he said on the witness stand in the first trial, and he is bright and verbal enough to defend himself against misrepresentation, which I do not believe the PT would attempt to do. He also has a cunning lawyer; the NC taxpayers are providing JY with one of the top performing lawyers there is.
Otto, I respect your right to have your own opinion, and I respect your right to voice that opinion. Believe it or not, I am usually very skeptical of an accused person's guilt. I try to find a reasonable "out" for the accused because convicting an innocent person is a tragedy. I guess that is the "innocent until proven guilty" coming out in me that I so believe in.
I served on a murder trial about 13 years ago in a county that neighbors Wake. It lasted 3 weeks and was a DP case. The DA had nothing on the guy. No confession, no fingerprints, no one to put him at the crime scene, no known relationship between him and the victim, no evidence that he even knew the victim, they did no forensic testing, there was no unaccounted time in his alibi, and they did not have one piece of circumstantial evidence against him.
I fought hard for him in the jury room. He was Hispanic, and unfortunately, I think that swayed some of the other jurors. In the end, we found him NG.
I'm telling you this so that you will know that I am not a person who thinks that just because someone is accused of a crime or arrested for a crime that it means he/she is automatically guilty.
Having said that, I have studied this case for a long time, and I cannot see that anyone other than JY committed this murder. My reasoning skills cause me to believe without a doubt that he killed his wife and unborn son. I wish it weren't true because it is a horrifying thought that someone as intelligent and caring as Michelle would fall in love and marry someone who was capable of rendering a beating upon her that was so vicious that it made seasoned LE sick at the scene of the crime.
I pray my girls choose wisely when they pick a mate for life. I do not know how the Fishers have survived this. I wouldn't wish this on anyone, ever.