CXXXIX. James Craig Trial — BROKEN PERCEPTION
“There’s so much missing,” Moses says. The jury cannot speculate about missing minutes. But what they can do is examine how perception got twisted. “Broken marriage. Broken lens. Broken investigation.”
CXL. James Craig Trial — DOTING, THEN REWRITTEN
Nurses testified James was kind, attentive. Present.
But the state now pushes a rewritten version — that he was cold, absent.
Moses hits back: “Go to the texts. Mark Pray said he was starving, sent a silly emoji. That’s not a man angry at Craig for being gone.”
CXLI. James Craig Trial — SHARP LENSES
Moses says the case became fixated after March 15.
Police honed in, “blinders on,” ignoring any alternative possibility.
“They saw a syringe in a blurry video. But there’s no poison, no substance. Just a drawer of meds — routine meds requiring syringes.”
CXLII. James Craig Trial — NO SHARP CONTAINER TESTED
They pointed to a sharps container down a hospital hall.
“But every hospital room has one,” Moses says.
Police never tested it. Labs wouldn’t go through it.
CXLIII. James Craig Trial — BROKEN INVESTIGATION
“Watch the video. Look at Craig in that chair. You can feel the anxiety.”
Moses stresses that police were looking through a distorted lens.
“They never wanted to see nuance. Just a story that fit the charges.”
CXLIV. James Craig Trial — LENSES & PRESUMPTIONS
Dr. Lear testified about manner of death. Homicide.
But Moses reminds the jury: she relied solely on police materials.
“No mental health records. No full picture. Just blinders and bias.”
CXLV. James Craig Trial — A PRIVATE CYCLE
Moses turns to the Redfern call.
Craig didn’t give the whole truth — but “how do you explain 23 years of dysfunction to someone when your wife is private and ashamed?”
She calls it a game of chicken: “I’ll leave, no I’ll stay. I love you, I hate you.”
CXLVI. James Craig Trial — WHAT HAPPENED ON MARCH 15?
Craig leaves early. Angela becomes sick late morning, crashes at 2 PM.
If Craig did poison her, why would he call attention to it?
He tells others: “She says her arm hurts.”
Moses: “That’s not the behavior of a killer.”
CXLVII. James Craig Trial — DOCTORS SAW NO RED FLAGS
Moses calls out the reaction of staff:
“No doctor, no nurse, no family member found his demeanor off.”
Even after learning she was brain-dead, one doctor called him bitter.
Bitter? Maybe — at Angela. Maybe at the whole situation.
CXLVIII. James Craig Trial — FORENSICS IGNORED
Investigators didn’t wait for the forensic team to process computer #9.
“They rushed. They skipped steps. They grabbed what fit the story.”
Yet they waited to extract the cell phones. Moses asks: “Why the inconsistency?”
CXLIX. James Craig Trial — PICK & CHOOSE
Moses slams the state’s cherry-picking.
“They want you to believe Craig’s messages to Kerry Hegeseth, but ignore what he said to Karen Kane. Believe this letter, not that one.
You can’t pick and choose guilt like a buffet.”
CL. James Craig Trial — YOU DON’T GET TO GUESS
“They don’t get to pick and choose based on blinders,” Moses says.
Investigators took photos of pills on the nightstand—but didn’t test them.
“You think she was poisoned? Then why leave it? Why not collect it?”
CLI. James Craig Trial — THE CAPSULE THEORY
State wants you to believe he tampered with capsules, perfectly resealed them, and nobody noticed.
“Cyanide that leaves no trace? No mess? No spill?”
Moses: “That’s fantasy, not fact. No cyanide was found.”
CLII. James Craig Trial — THE CUPBOARD
Jurors are reminded of the kitchen scene:
No assigned cups. No warnings. Everyone grabs freely.
“No evidence she was targeted with tetrahydrozoline,” Moses says.
“You don’t know who poured that drink—and you don’t get to guess.”
CLIII. James Craig Trial — THE MISSING URGENT CARE LINK
Angela went to Urgent Care. But prosecutors never followed up.
Moses: “No records. No explanation. You think it’s important? Then prove it.
They didn’t. And you can’t speculate.”
CLIV. James Craig Trial — NOT A SIMPLE CASE
The marriage was messy.
“This wasn’t a man greedy for a house. This was a man who ran back to her after Montana.
It’s not about being a good husband. It’s about proof.”
CLV. James Craig Trial — SYMPATHY ≠ GUILT
“This case isn’t about whether you like James Craig,” Moses says.
“Or whether you sympathize with the family. This is about evidence. Not emotion.”
She warns the jury: don’t confuse tragedy with certainty.
CLVI. James Craig Trial — DESPERATE ≠ GUILTY
Yes, he wrote that letter to his daughter. Yes, it’s heartbreaking.
But Moses tells the jury: “That is not an admission. That is the act of a scared, desperate, innocent man.”
CLVII. James Craig Trial — HARRIS IS NOT CREDIBLE
“They want you to trust Nathaniel Harris. But would you buy a car from him?”
Moses tears into his reliability: “This is a man who causes fear and desperation, not truth beyond reasonable doubt.”
CLVIII. James Craig Trial — THE BURDEN
Presumption of innocence never left the defense table.
“They accused. They must prove.”
Not vague. Not speculative.
“A doubt that would make you hesitate in matters of personal importance.”
CLIX. James Craig Trial — WHAT IT TAKES TO CONVICT
“You don’t get to leap. You don’t get to fill in blanks.”
The law requires certainty—not strong hunches, not bias, not hindsight.
“If you hesitate, that’s reasonable doubt.”
CLX. James Craig Trial — THE FINAL PLEA
Moses ends:
“You’ve heard them talk. Now take off the blinders. Look at what they gave you—and what they didn’t.
On behalf of James Craig, we ask you to find him not guilty.”
Defense ends Closing Arguments
CLXI. James Craig Trial — PROSECUTION REBUTTAL
Brackley: “James Craig deserves a fair trial.
He got one.
Now he deserves a guilty verdict. Because he is guilty.”
CLXII. James Craig Trial — FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
“We’ve never asked you to shift the burden,” Brackley says.
“We just ask you to follow the evidence that’s believable, credible, and reasonable.
If you do that—you’ll find James Craig guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”
CLXIII. James Craig Trial — THE CHARGES
Brackley barely touches the lesser-included offenses.
“He’s not guilty of second-degree murder or manslaughter,” he says.
“He’s guilty of first-degree murder. Why? Because this was intentional.
This was deliberate.”
CLXIV. James Craig Trial — ONE PIECE OF EVIDENCE
Brackley tells the jury: “I’m going to put it squarely on this one piece of evidence…”
CLXV. James Craig Trial — “DOZENS OF PIECES OF EVIDENCE”
Brackley: “We’re here not because of what we want to prove.
We’re here because of what he did.”
Craig researched how to poison, where to buy it, and how much to use.
Nobody wants to believe this was simple. But his actions are undeniable.
CLXVI. James Craig Trial — “THE POLICE DID THEIR JOB”
Brackley defends the investigation.
“You heard from Detective Harris, Olson, Ward.
They looked, they returned, they photographed everything.
If something’s missing, it’s because he went home and removed it.
The manifesto even admits it.”
CLXVII. James Craig Trial — “NO SUICIDE EVIDENCE”
Brackley: “There is no evidence Angela Craig was suicidal.
Every mention of suicide came from him.
The letters? The manifesto? All written by James Craig.
There is no outside evidence of Angela wanting to die.”
CLXVIII. James Craig Trial — “TEXTS DON’T LIE”
Angela spent the final 10 days of her life texting her family,
asking for help, and trying to understand why she was sick—
with him, the man poisoning her.
That’s not suicide.
That’s murder.
CLXIX. James Craig Trial — “IF YOU BELIEVE HIM…”
“To buy this suicide theory, you have to believe the man
who wrote fake letters,
gave fake instructions,
planted fake evidence,
and told his jailmate how to manipulate the narrative.”
Brackley: “You don’t have to believe him. And you shouldn’t.”
CLXX. James Craig Trial — “THE MANIFESTO TIMELINE”
While Angela lay dying in the ICU,
Craig wrote a manifesto blaming her for her own death.
He wasn’t grieving. He was covering.
By 12:05 AM, his mistress texted:
“Well, I guess it’s good you weren’t home. No one will suspect you.”
CLXXI. James Craig Trial — “REACTIONS OF A MURDERER”
His actions weren’t simple.
But they were calculated.
Brackley: “While she died, he typed. While she weakened, he schemed.
That’s not a grieving husband.
That’s a murderer.”
