Finally watching Jason Poirier's testimony. A few minor thoughts:
1) "That's what you said, right?" I wonder if there is a way to find out how many times he has said this in the trial. So irritating! His wife or mother needs to pull him aside and work with him on different ways to phrase it. Can you imagine a drinking game, based on that statement? Everyone would be passed out, drunk, within the first five minutes of listening, Go away, bad dream!
2) I wish I had confidence Jason was going to go straight, when all this was done. He seems like a decent guy who has a really messed-up system of ethics. The comment I keep thinking about was when he was asked about telling his wife to tell the landlord they planned on buying the house they were in. Clark Howard asks him, "You committed fraud in telling your landlord that, right?" He responds, "Well, he committed fraud first, by not telling us about mold!"
Ugh! He seems like he can justify things too easily. And, when he eventually gets out, just one of those situations is going to put him back in, for a long, long time.
Anyway, it's just an aside. I feel for him, because he clearly has a system of morals and ethics. Unfortunately, it's not a strong enough system to keep him out of trouble.
3) I truly don't understand Clark Howard, the defense attorney. I had read your comments, before listening to the testimony, so I expected it to be long and drawn out. But - oh my gosh - it's painful! Everyone listening to him - even his client and the other defense attorney - seems irritated with him. And I've heard him apologize at least twice for being long-winded, so he's obviously aware that he has a propensity for it. GET. TO. THE. POINT!
