Recent content by maddie

I don't buy the bonfire story, either. I believe he has killed other women, and I suspect that he couldn't confess where Shannon's remains are because he probably left evidence of other murders in the area. I am glad he confessed. I sat on the jury, and we were all convinced he did it, but...

The jurors were not told the sentence before deliberations, and were, in fact, told that we were not to concern ourselves with the sentence. After the verdict, the judge told us that the sentence was a mandatory life sentence. I don't know the criteria for "life" vs. "life without parole," but...

Thanks! I'll admit I had originally only intended to post about this trial, but since then I've been reading through the other topics, and I think I'm hooked! And as I said, the people here are wonderful!

Hi Christine, I wasn't offended in the least. This community has impressed me with its kindness and its supportive nature. You people really are fabulous! With the Internet you never know for sure who's posting. Since I know Monique is here and that her family hadn't been able to hear...

Hi Monique, I'm glad you were able to read this. We all knew, and regretted, that it would be hard for your family not to know what the jurors were thinking, but we were all aware that there would probably be an appeal. We all came to the conclusion that Hinton is guilty (and it's a...

Since the jury was never shown in the media, if Angel's Lil Sis posts again, she can probably confirm that I was actually on the jury. There were two white females on the jury. I'm the one with the dark hair (the other was an alternate), in the front row. Oh, no! Now I've really outed myself!

Thanks, everyone! What a nice, thoughtful group of people you have here! I was surprised at just how stressful it was to have to make a verdict in a high-profile case like this and then listen to all the second guessing from the media and friends. Anyway, the stress has mostly drained away...

Hi, I'm new here. I was curious about reactions to the verdict in the Hinton trial, and I stumbled upon this site. I wasn't going to join, but angelmom asked an important question that really should be answered. Angelmom, the reference to Hinton's target changing referred to a phone call he...