MISTRIAL - Sidney Moorer on trial for the kidnapping of Heather Elvis #4

[Hatfield]

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[COLOR=#5E6869][FONT="]Hi Russ. Yes, we did get jury interviews and they will be aired within the next hour.
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That should be interesting to hear.

Im pleased the jury was close but deeply saddened it was not decided.

TMs case does not yet have a date and I would hope SMs case can be retried before hers starts. New Judge Please. And no friends of anyone on jury please.

 

[suzyjackson]

This is my first time on a verdict watch and I'm staggered that they were allowed to give up so quickly.

I know it's a sticky Friday afternoon but I'd have hoped the judge would have put justice above the weekend, no one benefits from a mistrial imo

 

[Dr. Know?]

This sucks. I've deleted 5 posts before I hit the post quick reply button. grrrrr

Find Heather Elvis! Thoughts are with the Elvis family.

 

[TTF14]

That should be interesting to hear.

Im pleased the jury was close but deeply saddened it was not decided.

TMs case does not yet have a date and I would hope SMs case can be retried before hers starts. New Judge Please. And no friends of anyone on jury please.

They'll never try her without a conviction of SM first, IMO. And even then, I don't know......

 

[bestill]

This is my first time on a verdict watch and I'm staggered that they were allowed to give up so quickly.
I know it's a sticky Friday afternoon but I'd have hoped the judge would have put justice above the weekend, no one benefits from a mistrial imo

In my opinion, the Judge has done a disservice to the family of Heather Elvis. They have waited years for this and he can't get a jury to deliberate for more than 9 hours? He wanted to get home to Charleston for the weekend, that's my opinion about it. He's been rushing this trial all week, unless he was the one bloviating. I'm livid about this.

 

[Meemaw12]

So 10 used their thinking caps and 2 left it home.
Shaking my damn head.


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[bestill]

Summer Dashe ‏@SummerDashe [video=twitter;746437895150526464]https://twitter.com/SummerDashe/status/746437895150526464[/video]
#MoorerAttorney: Change of venue likely in future due to major publicity. #HeatherElvis

 

[ZooSleuth]

This is my first time on a verdict watch and I'm staggered that they were allowed to give up so quickly.

I know it's a sticky Friday afternoon but I'd have hoped the judge would have put justice above the weekend, no one benefits from a mistrial imo

Agreed. Watching this trial confirmed to me what others from the area have been saying on here, the justice system down there is filled with corruption and incompetence.

 

[LanieCoz]

It is times like these that I have to remind myself that God is the ultimate Judge and Jury. I feel like I must be bad luck for cases... I followed the CA trial, which undoubtedly should have rendered a guilty verdict (IMO), and well we knew how that turned out. Then this case it comes to a deadlock.

I consider myself a pretty objective person and I have tried to consider the various different scenarios and possibilities - all of which still point to SM and TM being responsible for the disappearance of HE. I truly wonder what the holdouts were for. Did they believe that SM was guilty but just didn't feel like the state proved the kidnapping to have taken place at PTL? I guess that is what frustrates me SOOO much about not only this case but society in general. They confuse reasonable doubt and without a shadow of a doubt. My husband (who had no knowledge of this case prior to this week) believes that he is guilty of whatever ultimately happened to HE; HOWEVER, says that he does not feel the state proved it either. The way he explained his rationale was that they no greater proved she was kidnapped as they might have proved he could have paid her off to disappear from the area. Of course, that is poppycock to me. Point being, some people think this way. Darn those people, husband included - LOL! He won't have a happy wife tonight, I'm afraid.

I had asked my husband last night, considering he would vote NG, if he were the only one or two holding out with NG vote, would he switch since he truly feels SM is guilty of whatever ultimately happened to HE, his response was that he wasn't sure but possibly. Makes you want to bang your head against the wall, doesn't it?

I am looking forward to a retrial, hoping and praying they go forward with one. I think this case was pretty much doomed with bias to begin with considering the Judge knew the defendant and the history there, in addition to KT's friend. The only silver lining is that it wasn't a NG verdict.

Can't wait for happy hour.

 

[TTF14]

In my opinion, the Judge has done a disservice to the family of Heather Elvis. They have waited years for this and he can't get a jury to deliberate for more than 9 hours? He wanted to get home to Charleston for the weekend, that's my opinion about it. He's been rushing this trial all week, unless he was the one bloviating. I'm livid about this.

I totally agree. He gave up on them way too easily.

 

[lonetraveler]

Nobody from the jury spoke. It was a note.

Thanks, I was hoping to find out who is the jury foreperson

 

[Knox]

Well frustrated to hear the verdict, but not surprised. IMO, the jury did not understand the charge and how to apply the evidence the State laid out. New judge please. Willing to bet it was who drove the black truck to PTL that hung up the two holdouts. That was my husband's view also.

 

[TTF14]

Summer Dashe ‏@SummerDashe [video=twitter;746437895150526464]https://twitter.com/SummerDashe/status/746437895150526464[/video]
#MoorerAttorney: Change of venue likely in future due to major publicity. #HeatherElvis

Does this mean a new judge and no friends of the defense attorney on the jury? I'm all for that.

 

[TTF14]

Well frustrated to hear the verdict, but not surprised. IMO, the jury did not understand the charge and how to apply the evidence the State laid out. New judge please. Willing to bet it was who drove the black truck to PTL that hung up the two holdouts. That was my husband's view also.

You could be right. If that's the case, the prosecution needs to HAMMER home the point of luring being kidnapping.

 

[Knox]

So 10 used their thinking caps and 2 left it home.
Shaking my damn head.


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Me too, I hate that the Elvis family is going to have to go through this again.

 

[concernedmother]

When there has been a hung jury they usually get a verdict the next time.

 

[Hatfield]

This is my first time on a verdict watch and I'm staggered that they were allowed to give up so quickly.

I know it's a sticky Friday afternoon but I'd have hoped the judge would have put justice above the weekend, no one benefits from a mistrial imo

Me too. Very shocked.

It makes it too easy for juries to just wash their hands and go home. If they are hopelessly deadlocked after about 4 or 5 days of trying then I can understand it but in this case I am afraid the judge wanted out of there more than the jury. He seemed to be rushing things every step of the way.

Ill never forget how when the Prosecuter asked him if she can play her presentation during closing when he shot her down and said NO you have taken too long as it is.

This was one of the most upsetting trials I have ever seen from a judicial procedural point of view. Very shoddy and mostly the judges fault IMO.

 

[NFYIAMY]

If they do retry him, I hope the State reads HERE and heeds some of the recommendations of things they should have done/questions they should have asked.

Someone down here should go talk to them - and show them the stuff on here etc!!!!

 

[ZooSleuth]

You could be right. If that's the case, the prosecution needs to HAMMER home the point of luring being kidnapping.

Yes, I have to admit that Nancy Livesay was pretty terrible as a prosecutor for a case of this magnitude. So how do we convey this to the Solicitor's office in a way that we will be heard?

 

[LunaticFringe]

SM is not out of the woods yet!I think they will retry him.It's also comforting to know that he has to go home with <modsnip> his wife.<modsnip>Lucky you Sidney.:facepalm: