I wonder what exactly defines reasonable doubt. I mean, yeah, CR could have blacked out while aliens landed from outer space and the sharp force injuries are from being probed by sharp alien tools, but I don't think a reasonable person would consider that a likely enough possibility to let him walk. I mean, just because something could have happened differently (alien interference - we haven't proven they don't exist) doesn't mean a reasonable person would doubt it happened the way LE said it did. Do people really black out and find bodies in their trunks, or is CR the first? And if he truly blacked out and didn't remember there was a body in his trunk until he saw the earbud, what was he doing in the area of Guernsey driving through cornfields and how does an earbud in his lap equate a dead woman in his trunk? Seems like if he truly blacked out, it might have been the next time he needed to grab some antifreeze before he noticed the body in his trunk or when he or one of his co-workers noticed the smell.
Thank you, that makes sense in context here! I appreciate the clarification, thanks for paying attention and answering my question from so many threads and pages back!
children who are abused often grow up to be abusers. not all of them. It's not an excuse, either. It's also bad to have kids grow up in toxic environments with parents constantly bickering. It does the child no good. Yet, lots of people will stay in miserable marriages with bickering, sometimes shoving and hitting, and think that they're staying together "for the kids". IMO staying together for the kids, especially when two people can't get along, is not good for the kids. Kids learn from their parents how to relate to partners and eventually their own children. Lots of people are bad examples! The ones that don't wind up abusers can have self-confidence issues and trouble forming connections with others because they're afraid to put themselves back in the environment they grew up in. I know this because I grew up in it. I wouldn't doubt if there was some dysfunctionality in the home CR grew up in. Again, not an excuse.
I found it a struggle living on $13.00 per hour as a single. I mean, it's fine, until the car breaks down or you need a root canal.
The only published charge I’ve seen on MSM the day of the PC after CR was arrested was a charge by the Iowa State DA of “murder in the first degree with no chance of parole”. That doesn’t sound like it comes with any chances of getting out of prison forever, in the state of Iowa that doesn’t have the death penalty. Hopefully there’s no wiggle room, but who knows what legal beagles who are invested in trying for a reduced sentence may try. Hopefully it’s too rigid of a state law and there’s too much evidence to even go there. JMO
I took German translation a year ago, and one thing I learned is that there is almost always translation loss. When there is more than one or two words at play, it can't be helped. All that a translator can do is try to minimize it. That 400 level course was enough for me. I'm not even going to attempt the masters certificate. It's really a lot harder than a lot of people think.
