GUILTY NC - Kathy Taft, 62, Raleigh, 6 March 2010 - #6

[seattlechiquita]

Are they on lunch break or done for the day or what?

 

[gracielee]

Are they on lunch break or done for the day or what?

Lunch, back at 2:00, just about now.

 

[seattlechiquita]

So the state just had Mary Jo on the stand and that was that? wtf

 

[gracielee]

So the state just had Mary Jo on the stand and that was that? wtf

I think KT's family will be on *after* JW's witnesses.

 

[NCEast]

I took a 2 hour break as I couldn't stand listening any more....and came back just now to find the father is still on the stand. I must be cold and heartless too but I don't give a darn about all of this time wasting mess. Get on with it.

 

[seattlechiquita]

The dad is as exciting as my first husband. Enough said.

 

[seattlechiquita]

aaaaawwwww... he does origami.... the muthafk....

 

[seattlechiquita]

NOW he cries? NOW? Not when at least 2 women accused him of forcible intercourse? Not when the injuries HE caused on Kathy Taft were brought into evidence? Eff you Jason W, eff you twice.

 

[gracielee]

I kept waiting for Mr. W. to express how sorry he was for the loss of KT. It doesn't appear that JW's immediate family feels or shows any sort of compassion towards the innocent victim and her children/family.

 

[seattlechiquita]

I kept waiting for Mr. W. to express how sorry he was for the loss of KT. It doesn't appear that JW's immediate family feels or shows any sort of compassion towards the innocent victim and her children/family.

This family should change their last name to DeNial.... just saying. I am mad right now. :maddening:

 

[borndem]

Oh for god's sakes, this reminds me of that gainesville killer and his courtroom songfest.

Mzzz. Glee, how are you feeling, little one? Better, or must we swear out a warrant for your arrest & have the High Sheriff take you to the Doc-in-a-Box?

:waitasec:

 

[NCEast]

Jason was lucky in many ways to have had these people as parents. Even though they may still be in denial to a degree, and were enabling him from his first baby steps onward, it's obvious--especially with the father--to see that Jason was loved. It touched me when his dad looked over at Jason and responded "I love Jason unconditionally'. I grew up in a home in which that was not felt, much less stated. And even as old as I am it still hurts deeply.

 

[seattlechiquita]

Jason was lucky in many ways to have had these people as parents. Even though they may still be in denial to a degree, and were enabling him from his first baby steps onward, it's obvious--especially with the father--to see that Jason was loved. It touched me when his dad looked over at Jason and responded "I love Jason unconditionally'. I grew up in a home in which that was not felt, much less stated. And even as old as I am it still hurts deeply.

I am sorry to hear about your not feeling loved NC, because you are fabulous. KNOW THAT. You are a miracle of survival, and you give love to those around you, even when you didn't get it while growing up :hug:

 

[Boodles]

I kept waiting for Mr. W. to express how sorry he was for the loss of KT. It doesn't appear that JW's immediate family feels or shows any sort of compassion towards the innocent victim and her children/family.

Good point, the defense should have asked that. Mr. W was answering the questions asked of him. However, they are not the guilty ones, as much as someone might like to blame his parents in some way. But with respect gracielee, we don't know that they don't feel compassion toward the Taft family. I believe they do. I wish the defense had asked Mr. W. about that.

Will the Taft family testify? Will they express their wishes? Rumor has it they (or at least their mother) was not supportive of the death penalty. I have no idea if that's true, but will they be asked how they feel about it?

I have never witnessed this process before. It's pretty bizarre. This is the first time JW has looked directly at a witness (his father). Will Jason speak? Is that customary?

 

[borndem]

Oh goodie. JW can serenade his new cell mates.

This only confirms how JW threw away every good thing that he had, all the support he had, etc. I don't think it's a good strategy to remind the jury that this guy wasn't abused, was well taken care of, had advantages, was given help... and still turned into an alcoholic, drug-addled, deviant perv who everyone coddled right up to the point he raped and murdered a sleeping woman.

So tru, Mad -- but what have they got?? Nuttin' as usual. Grabbing straws this whole time.

Would they have been better not to have KW up there at all? Certainly a different line of questions might have been better -- leave out nearly all the first part. Just ask him, do you love him, and what about his EXECUTION -- use that word -- make it an ugly word -- I think that would have been better, but I am no DP defense expert...

 

[NCEast]

I am sorry to hear about your not feeling loved NC, because you are fabulous. KNOW THAT. You are a miracle of survival, and you give love to those around you, even when you didn't get it while growing up :hug:

Thank you SeaChiq, I honestly appreciate it....and the hug. I have gone overboard with my children and grandchildren verbalizing how much I love them, hugging them, praising them--probably to an obsessive extent,,,,all the positives that I never got, because I don't want them to ever feel some of the same emotions I have felt/still feel. My mom was a good person, probably even a great person, but not a good, nurturing, loving mother.

 

[Prancy]

I'm not expecting the def. to speak. The case will be appealed and there is too much danger in him making comments with his case on appeal. I guess his attorneys could write something for him to read, but I doubt it.

 

[NCEast]

I am so bored with all of this I have lost my place.....what are we waiting for? Evidence to be introduced? I have no idea what's going on.

 

[NCEast]

I'm not expecting the def. to speak. The case will be appealed and there is too much danger in him making comments with his case on appeal. I guess his attorneys could write something for him to read, but I doubt it.

I do not have a soft spot in my heart for murderers. I can't imagine that anything JW could possibly say would affect me in any way if I were a juror. I am afraid the defense has wasted most of the day with the father to the extent that it may have backfired with the jury. They have lives then need to get on with and most of today has been a wash and a waste.

As an aside, I watched an interesting murder case on tv last night in which the defendant testified on his on behalf--and lied. He was found guilty but a couple of weeks later the guilty verdict was thrown out on a technicality. In the second trial, the prosecutors called some of the first trial JURORS to testify against him as to his lies and what he had testified to in the first trial. I thought that was a terrific idea. He was found guilty again.

 

[seattlechiquita]

Oh goodie. JW can serenade his new cell mates.

This only confirms how JW threw away every good thing that he had, all the support he had, etc. I don't think it's a good strategy to remind the jury that this guy wasn't abused, was well taken care of, had advantages, was given help... and still turned into an alcoholic, drug-addled, deviant perv who everyone coddled right up to the point he raped and murdered a sleeping woman.

I concur with most of your statement, except the bolded part. No one "turns" into an alcoholic or drug addict. Alcoholism is a disease, and is classified as such. We do not choose it. It is hell on earth. It has nothing to do with whether your parents love you, abuse you, etc.

Not defending JW at all; but as an alcoholic I do carry around a banner that reads: I am NOT responsible for my illness. I am, however, responsible for my recovery.