Recent content by Heliotrope

I might write that in lipstick on my bathroom mirror. It seems like you need that warning just to get out of bed and read the news these days. What's happening to this country?!

I absolutely agree it shouldn't be considered character evidence. 'Deviant' sex is one thing - S&M, fetishes, etc - these are consenting adults and we live in a capitalist society. That's character evidence, and should be omitted. To consume child 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 is to participate in the...

So, if I understand correctly, there won't be any surprises tomorrow - three life sentences, no eligibility of parole for 25 - the judge doesn't have any control over concurrent vs. consecutive, does he? It will be concurrent? I don't imagine there will be any remorse. I noted TLM threw up...

I don't think Derstine was a villain. He was an actor playing a role. At the same time, I don't think he was a hero. If he's passed sleepless nights, he probably did it in high thread-count sheets. He's probably earned, what $200K-$300K for this? Ten years' salary for a lot of Canadians. His...

When the reporter asks if he still believes if his client is an innocent dupe, watch the answer... You don't have to be a behavioural scientist. He never believed his client was an innocent dupe.

Thanks for that. Men reduced to animals, throwing their own feces like monkeys and screaming "Forty seven, forty seven." I get a chill every time I drive by the Pen. I hope it doesn't close. ETA - Maybe Canadians would be less disenfranchised with the criminal justice system if we realized...

What a roller coaster of a week. The biting of the tongue through the defence's closing statement; cheering for the crown, when Gowdey cut him and the defence off at the knees, again and again. Waiting through the judge's statement. Then, hearing the worst, the excluded evidence. I don't...

Just saw Gowdey speak - he's a powerful speaker. I bet the closing statements had a huge impact. Someone yelled "ATTA BOY GOWDEY" as he walked away. Ha.

Hope all is OK.

It feels good to say: Bye-bye, Mikey.

Thank God. Thank God.

What's roll call? To confirm unanimous?

I would like for Rafferty to learn his fate late at night. May he never again feel the sun on his face.

Yikes! I've heard from friends that the third, fourth, fifth... etc can come pretty quickly when they decide it's time. Don't they have WIFI in delivery rooms these days?! Good luck!

Is that a good sign or are we desperate? For some reason, I think the sex assault would be the last thing they would debate. The kidnapping and murder are tied together.