Recent content by loreet

Thank you for the advice! lol

Much of what brought me to this case was the intelligence of the accused and the deliberate planning. Things seemed to go according to plan until people started getting sick. It seems like even the most intelligent criminals with solid plans get tripped up after things go through to the...

During another trial I watched — Charlie Adelson’s for the murder of Dan Markel — the defense said something like ‘reasonable doubt is when you are going back and forth in your head between guilt and innocence.’ Truly the simplest and best explanation I have ever heard. <modsnip>

I’m so sorry. This has to be very difficult for you, truly.

I’m sorry I’m tired. I should have said In US prisons it’s a thing to send and receive books. There are lists of prohibited materials though, long lists. Poisonous mushroom books would be prohibited. Electrical manuals, and other things that make a lot of sense to disallow. But some of the...

Totally irrelevant to EP’s guilt or innocence but generally I think imprisoned individuals are allowed to receive books in prisons — both ordered on their own and also sent from their family and friends ‘outside.’

I seriously wonder if Lori will take the stand. In her interview after the guilty verdict for murdering Charles with media reporter Brianna (forgive me if I got her name wrong), she seemed like she was teasing her ‘final statement’ during this trial.

I’ve kept on the other investigations and trials but have been slow to join this one. I’ve been thinking ‘why? Why pursue this conviction when Lori is already down for life so many times over?’ But I believe this is about leading up to finally charging Melaniece. And I am SO up for watching her...

They *had* to put her on the stand though I think? There was no other way to refute the voluminous evidence. But. Erin is her own worst enemy. So many of her very specific answers are problematic. I think my favorite so far is the one about ‘mushrooming’ vs ‘foraging’ not being recognizable as...

During the defense questioning of EP I really thought ‘Maybe she will get away with this. She has a reasonable answer for everything.’ But this cross exam is really showing the cracks. Every other person who has testified is wrong in their testimony. That just cannot be possible. The hole she...

Oh I agree. The better solution would have been to have a more timely trial. Which she might have had, if not for the antics of her lawyers during the first day of jury selection for her trial. Even I saw the conflict coming and I have zero legal education. To spare innocent persons from...

I really do feel sorry for DA. Jail is not a comfortable place. Beyond the basic necessities — food and a place to sleep — she is definitely not getting the medical care she would have on the outside. My experience is with another state so someone else can chime in? I believe while her...

A PSA: THANK YOU!! To those of you who are teaching our children. At this moment in time, your work is challenging and changing and often thankless. But your work is equally as important as it is difficult. Our children are the future of our world. I am so thankful for you.

And the defense continues to criticize the victim. Questioning the decisions of the court, LE, other professionals.

Watching the sentencing. Is this common, the inability of victims to discuss the effects of the actions a convicted murderer has had upon their lives, continues to have upon their lives? The law indicates these guidelines are for capital cases. The judge is sustaining many defense objections...