frankly it is not a matter of something "working" this law is on the books and judge Garsh had no choice....I am pretty sure that she did not feel good about that ruling with Odin's family sitting there but as she said the law "left her no choice"...sort of like that second trial whereby he was acquitted...in that case the state just did not prove their case.
And it makes no sense to anyone really
It seems to me that if the prosecution was fighting it, the law was left up to some interpretation and she had some justification to rule the other way. Although I'm sure defense would have appealed it of course.
Either way, what needs to go is that law. Why aren't our politicians trying to get rid of stupid loopholes like this one? It seems like they go after abortion all day, but they can't work towards getting ridiculous old fashioned laws that cause the families of the victims undue pain off the books?
How is this justice? I can't even call this our "justice system" anymore. It sounds like a bad joke.