Trial - Ross Harris #9

[minor4th]

So Boring says Ross tossed light bulbs in the car and intentionally averted his head because he knew what he would see (a dead child).

Complete nonsense. If he wanted to avoid seeing a dead child he knew was in the car at lunch time - he wouldn't have gone to his car at all at lunch time.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Boring closing continued:

It took Harris 30 seconds to decide not to take Cooper to daycare, Boring said.

“Malice is shown in his two lives in this case and his desire to escape from one of them to leave the other,” Boring said.

It all comes down to a matter of inches – the distance from where Cooper’s head was to Harris, he said.

The defendant is guilty of malice murder and all of the counts, he said

 

[Hope4More]

So you say the prosecutor does not know what needs to be proven about malice murder?:thinking:

I'm sure he must know, but he surely isn't making sense in how he's explaining it.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Break time.

 

[MzOpinion8d]

I personally think this was a "perfect" plan for Ross because he can claim he simply forgot and that is hard to prove. I believe he had thought it over before actually going through with it, but was hesitant. Again, I'm not sure how far back he had thought this out, but I do believed he decided to go through with it at CFA and then blocked his mind from thinking of it further, done deal. He could then claim he forgot because he's heard of it happening before and would want to become a advocate. I truly believe he thought he was going to get a slap on the wrist and was taken aback when arrested and charged. Therefore why go through all the trouble of deleting things off his phone and computer. JMO!

I wonder what the drop off times look like in the weeks prior to the death. Seems like the prosecution would have wanted to compare his clock in times with the drop off times to see if he'd ever clocked in before he took Cooper to daycare...

 

[JerseyGirl]

Final tweets from second source:

Boring says they do not have to prove premeditation for malice murder.

Boring says malice is proved in Harris' short drive to work the morning of Cooper's death. He says Harris drove just .6 miles, which took him four minutes. He then spent 30 seconds inside his car with his son still in the car seat before going into work that morning.

 

[blue22]

Maybe it's different in GA, but where I live, lightbulbs are packaged well enough to even be dropped on the ground and not break.

Not here. They are flimsy cardboard with no tops.

Even if they were packaged strongly, I don't believe throwing or tossing breakable items is considered normal...anywhere.

I've found the morphing of abnormal behavior into something normal particularity interesting in this trial.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Boring closing concluded:

Boring showed the jury a photo of how the car seat looked the day of Cooper’s death. It’s right next to where Harris’ head would have been.

“It all comes back to this. That’s how that car seat looked on June 18, the defendant is guilty of all counts,” Boring said.






The court is now taking a break.

 

[Hope4More]

It doesn't help Boring's credibility to repeatedly say RH sexted as he drove that AM. He did not.

 

[SuperTmo]

The part that got me was that when detectives told him they were going to charge him with child cruelty because he caused Cooper's death, he asked "how is that against the law?"

If I had caused the death of a child, even by accident, I wouldn't care what the cops did to me. I'd either have to be put in a rubber room or on suicide watch.

I work for an anatomical gift (organ/eye/tissue) donation organization and get notified of every death in three states. I've dealt with a few cases of parents accidentally killing their kids and NONE reacted like RH. The police reports and medic reports were so sad to read. I remember the case of a family that was moving. They had a non-flat screen tv that the dad was carrying out of the apartment. Somehow the toddler got underfoot and he dropped the TV. It landed on his son's head and killed him. The ambulance took the boy to the hospital and the dad lost.his.mind. with grief and pain. The reaction of the dad was to beg the police to kill him to put him out of his misery. When they wouldn't he made an attempt to grab a gun from an officer, in hopes the others would kill him or he could do the job himself. One of the officers got him in what sounds like a big bear hug and the rest surrounded. The dad just started sobbing and they cried with him. I will never forget that heartbreaking case.

 

[GA_Peach]

Very weak closing. The closing statement felt completely uninspired.

 

[ScotAng]

So Boring says Ross tossed light bulbs in the car and intentionally averted his head because he knew what he would see (a dead child).

Complete nonsense. If he wanted to avoid seeing a dead child he knew was in the car at lunch time - he wouldn't have gone to his car at all at lunch time.

I don't know about you, but I don't act like a Meerkat when putting anything in the car. It's basic instinct to throw a glance in the direction you're laying something down.

 

[Gardenista]

Such utter nonsense. I'm just sitting here shaking my head.

 

[TexMex]

Boring closing concluded:

Boring showed the jury a photo of how the car seat looked the day of Cooper’s death. It’s right next to where Harris’ head would have been.

“It all comes back to this. That’s how that car seat looked on June 18, the defendant is guilty of all counts,” Boring said.






The court is now taking a break.

He should end with: you've all seen the car. Imagine yourself sitting in it, the position of the car seat. Now we will wait 30 seconds in silence...

 

[katydid23]

I'm sure he must know, but he surely isn't making sense in how he's explaining it.

I thought he made perfect sense. He was very simple and direct and used graphics to point out to the jury, what the wording was.

 

[Boodles]

The 30/40 seconds leaving CFA is key.

The second 30 seconds when he left Cooper in that car, is key.

The return to the car at lunchtime, is key.

Right. And how long was the total move from CFA to the treehouse including strapping cooper into the car seat? Three minutes, four total? And he "forgot" about the day care drop within 30-40 seconds? BS.

 

[TexMex]

Very weak closing. The closing statement felt completely uninspired.

That was just the overview. Next defense closes. Pros get the last word

 

[just the facts pls]

Not here. They are flimsy cardboard with no tops.

Even if they were packaged strongly, I don't believe throwing or tossing breakable items is considered normal...anywhere.

I've found the morphing of abnormal behavior into something normal particularity interesting in this trial.

Same, particularly with regards to the sexting with teenagers.

I don't care what age the kid, it's not okay. It's never okay.

I seriously question any adult that even pretends it might be.

 

[Boodles]

I don't know about you, but I don't act like a Meerkat when putting anything in the car. It's basic instinct to throw a glance in the direction you're laying something down.

Plus, you don't throw light bulbs. You could break the filaments, if they were those types of bulbs which idk.

 

[katydid23]

Very weak closing. The closing statement felt completely uninspired.

I know what you are saying, but he is not that kind of a speaker. He is a simple, casual kind of guy, imo. :moo:

I think he got to the basic simple facts of the case and did so in a way the jury could easily understand.