CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, found deceased, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 *Arrest* #68

[JusCurious]

Thought the same thing. We may not get a verdict today.

The only thing that makes me feel *a little* better is her anxiety must be through the roof, hopefully shes not medicated.

We may get to see Maria!!!

 

[arielilane]

Jury deliberation one hour and 15 minutes today. moo

 

[lonetraveler]

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The jurors in the murder trial for Letecia Stauch have asked for a list of exhibits admitted as evidence in the trial, to which the council said they will be able to get.

The jurors also asked for a preliminary report and final report from Dr. Dorothy Lewis, to which the council said jurors will not be able to get. The council said they will not be able to give that report because expert reports are not introduced as evidence.

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Jury probably wanted a written report because they couldn't understand a word she said.

 

[arielilane]

Court is now in recess until verdict or further jury questions.

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[Soulmagent]

I feel bad for putting this out there but with all the talk about a hung jury requiring a retrial, what happens if there’s a hung jury, a retrial and then another hung jury? Could we get stuck perpetually in a cycle of constant retrials or will an 11 out of 12 result be accepted or does the defendant eventually walk free?

So Tommy Hennis was tried 4 times, There was a guy in Arkansas ,Last name Dunn I think he had 3 mistrials. 3 mistrials and I think they cant bring you back with the same charges. Tommy was convicted in military court on his 4th trial the other 3 were regular court. Then there is Phylisha Barns case in Maryland convicted, granted a new trial and charges dropped (seems like he just got off on a murder conviction because the jury found him guilty but..Ya lets not think about these things right now.

 

[nyvictoria]

Not sure I like 2nd question

I don’t like it either. At all.

After Lewis’ performance. I can’t imagine giving her testimony any weight. I hope it’s not one hard headed juror who wants to go through every line.

Maybe they just need a laugh before getting down to business?

 

[Blondiexoxo]

TCK?

Got it in one. Can’t say much more as don’t think they are an approved source here but the things I’ve seen are sickening.

Hoping this jury get it right, they haven’t even been deliberating long but feels like an eternity even for us, can’t imagine how Gannon’s family must be feeling

 

[arielilane]

Support for Gannon Stauch and his family is pouring in from all across the country. Heather Poole traveled from Rhode Island to show her support and post these signs outside of the El Paso County Courthouse.

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[Cindizzi]

Is there a link to her testimony?

Good to see you here!

Here’s some of the first day.

Day 2 they played her recorded interviews and she moved to a chair in order to see the screen behind the witness stand, but they did not give her a microphone ugh. So the audio was pretty crappy.

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[arielilane]

Scene outside El Paso County Combined courthouse during verdict watch.

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[arielilane]

Jury questions+answer #1 Can we have a list of all the exhibits? GRANTED #2 Can we have the preliminary report and final reports of Dr. Lewis? NO – EXPERT REPORTS ARE NOT ADMITTED AS EXHIBITS. YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED

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[arielilane]

JURY IS DELIBERATING for the second day in the #LeteciaStauchTrial. Around the courthouse, #GannonStauch family supporters hand out bands and ribbons that say “hope” and “Justice for G Man.” The jury of 7 men 5 women deliberated four hours on Friday before going home @CourtTV

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[TheLoadedGoat]

I don't think it is a big deal. Somebody probably was trying to remember something she said (relevant or not) and thought if they could see the report it would be in there. They won't have an opportunity after the verdict to ask their questions.I think they are just taking their time because they don't want anyone to say they had their mind made up before deliberating.

 

[Blondiexoxo]

It was so wrong of Lewis to confuse the jury the way she did. She gave no straight answers, she rambled on and deflected every question. Even the judge had to ask her to answer the question directly. She lied about the EEG and still wouldn’t admit it. Probably the worst testimony from an ‘expert’ I’ve ever seen. And the jury are obviously still wondering what exactly she said because it was so unclear.

If we get to the end of today without a verdict I fear they are hung. I wonder at what point the judge would give an Allen charge to the jury.

Thinking about it though, they haven’t actually been deliberating all that long really just feels like an eternity for us!

 

[wary]

That could happen. I would think that after a second hung jury, some process by which there could be a bench trial (or a plea bargain that goes straight to NGRI) would be put in place.

If anyone is going to know whether there have ever been three trials where two had a hung jury and a third trial was ordered, it will be some of the people watching this thread. I can't think of any.

Cameron Brown, California, was convicted on the third try, of throwing his 4 year old daughter off a 120 foot cliff, because he was mad about having to pay child support. First two trials were hung juries. I suspected at the time that the prosecution had decided: as many tries as it takes!

His appeal on grounds of double jeopardy was denied.

Court upholds murder conviction for father who threw 4-year-old daughter off RPV cliff

The three-justice panel turned down the defense’s contention that Cameron John Brown’s May 2015 conviction for the Nov. 8, 2000, death of his daughter should be reversed.

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[Thinker Belle]

LS googled “I hate my stepson”
One week later Gannon was dead.

That tells you all you need to know. She was of sound mind and had both judgement and forethought before she did what she did.

Please let the jury realize what is common sense.

 

[LaineyJ]

I feel like I’m the only one here who’s not overly nervous or concerned, and especially about the jury’s questions today. Considering they’re barely into deliberations (didn’t someone say they didn’t even start on Friday?). I feel like they’re being thorough as they should be; they hold the power to send someone to jail for a very long time if they delivery a guilty verdict. Though I know the judge ultimately sentences LS, not the jury. The judge imo knows what’s up.

Tbh I don’t feel this is worth losing faith in the justice system (think someone said this upthread). That’s imo kinda dramatic. The jury has been asking good questions all along so I don’t feel they’ve been slacking or missing the train wreck that was right in front of them. Not all trials are gonna come back with verdicts in a few hours, especially if you take into account how long this trial was and how much information the jurors had to take in and now consider. Then there’s a dozen of them who have to share their thoughts amongst each other. I don’t know, I’m just feeling like this is going how it should be (time-wise) so far.

jmo

 

[10ofRods]

Is there a link to her testimony?

Good to see you.

I think it was afternoons of Day 18 and 19. Be forwarned that the 19th day audio is terrible. I can't remember if that's the day where she also failed to recognize her own son in the interview room.

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Law and Crime has it too, I just prefer Recovery Addict and the camera angles.

 

[SandyQLS]

We may be waiting a long time...

This weekend I felt compelled to reread Girl, Interrupted which is available for free as an ebook at readanybook.com. This is the personal non-fiction account of a young woman hospitalized for 18 months with a diagnosis of BPD and she was clearly having a psychotic breakdown. She describes seeing faces as lumps of clay, but objects have life and animation. The floor tile patterns disturb her and she cannot tolerate looking at them. She gnawed her hand to bleeding because she wanted to check to see if her bones were really in there. She was 18 years old. The movie was good, but IMO the book really exposes her BPD thinking and psychotic break better.

JMO but people who are so impaired by BPD or DID will encounter the mental health system between age 15-25. In a cruel twist, if successful in leaving the abusive home of origin to enter young adulthood, a person might achieve just enough safety that repressed memories of early abuse flood or swamp the individual and they end up in a hospital. BPD "transient psychotic thinking" or "psychotic breakdown" or a DID "amnesiac state" or "alter personality" that is so severe that a person at age 36 murdered their 11 year stepson by multiple means over 24 hours - JMO this is a person with a long mental health history, and a person who would be in need of hospitalization in the aftermath, not a cross country trip to dump the concealed body and then just moving on to a new life. All MOO

 

[Turkeytrot]

We may get to see Maria!!!

I was randomly singing "maria, maria" by Santana over the weekend and it took me a minute to figure out why that earworm was stuck in my head. Haha