Trial - Ross Harris #9

[JerseyGirl]

Boring testimony continued:

No witnesses called by the defense or prosecution who had been in Harris’ car ever said you couldn’t see Cooper from the front seat, Boring said.

If Cooper was visible even without all of the other things that would have drawn Harris’ attention to his son, the defendant is guilty of all counts, Boring said.

Harris was an expert in hot car deaths by the time he killed Cooper, Boring said. In the hours after Cooper’s death, he was already talking about wanting to be an advocate – drawing more attention to himself that way, he said.

Harris thought he was going to get away with it, the prosecutor said. “He thought he was smarter than anybody else and he didn’t think anyone was going to call his bluff,” Boring said.

The defendant’s own brother said that sometimes the victim is someone the defendant actually loves.

“Oftentimes it is the last person you would expect to do evil to a child,” Boring said.

“Now that you’ve heard all the evidence there is no doubt that Cooper was burned to death in that car” Boring said.

In its opening statement, the defense said that Harris was responsible for Cooper’s death.

“Responsibility is guilty in this case,” and there’s no doubt that Harris is guilty of all of the charges, he said.

 

[SuperTmo]

"The torturous murder of Cooper Harris." "There is no doubt Cooper burned to death in that car."

That is gutting. Poor Cooper.

 

[byo]

Duffie Dixon 11Alive Verified account ‏@DuffieDixon 3m3 minutes ago

Prosecutor: this defendant #RossHarris thought he was going to get away with murder and didn’t think anyone was going to call his bluff

 

[minor4th]

An expert in hot car deaths, more so than anyone on earth??? Seriously?

Worst closing argument I've ever heard.

Reasons Ross killed Cooper:

1. Jaynie was slipping through his fingers

2. Sometimes victims are killed by people who love them

Brilliant ...

 

[katydid23]

I remember another person who had a secret double life - a sordid sexual life even though it was against everything he believed in and preached, and whose friends and family had no idea what he was really like. Travis Alexander. It obviously didn't make him a psychopath, a violent person or a murderer, though. Luckily the jury saw that.

He was not a married man cheating on his wife and son, nor was he seeing hoookers or sexting 14 yr olds...

 

[blue22]

Boring testimony continued:

While he is on the way to Chick-fil-A and sitting there with his son, he was responding to a Whisper message from someone saying they had nothing to show for being married.

He told this other person he couldn’t lead his other life the way he wanted,” Boring said.

It’s been days and days of testimony, he said. “It’s like groundhog day.” You all know you’re going to hear filthy stuff and gruesome facts every day, Boring said.

But what it all comes down to in this case can be summed up by the defendants own witnesses.

This case doesn’t fit the typical case of a failure of memory systems, Boring said. That was clear from the defense’s own expert witness, he pointed out.

He was in the car for 30 seconds with Cooper before leaving. He had to lean over to get a briefcase on the passenger side door, and he also got his Chick-fil-A cup – that he had just gotten while having breakfast with Cooper.

bbm.

I don't know how I feel about the closing so far, but that was very important to point out.

 

[arkansasmimi]

What the heck? Just tell us the flipping facts

 

[MsJosie]

I have often wondered why RH does not wear headphones so he does not miss any thing spoken in court. Deaf in one ear, turning his head away he could miss testimomy....but with head phones he always would get the conversation in the good ear. DH has done that.

 

[Cinnalauda]

Worst closing argument I've ever heard.

Reasons Ross killed Cooper:

1. Jaynie was slipping through his fingers

2. Sometimes victims are killed by people who love them

Brilliant ...

:lol:That about sums it up!

 

[Hope4More]

"I'm telling y'all, he wanted an escape."

Soaring rhetoric.........

 

[blue22]

I have often wondered why RH does not wear headphones so he does not miss any thing spoken in court. Deaf in one ear, turning his head away he could miss testimomy....but with head phones he always would get the conversation in the good ear. DH has done that.

I suspect it's because he can hear just fine.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

"The torturous murder of Cooper Harris." "There is no doubt Cooper burned to death in that car."

That is gutting. Poor Cooper.

Burning implies fire. No fire here. Confusing remark. :moo:

 

[JerseyGirl]

Boring closing continued:

Direct evidence and circumstantial evidence are equal, Boring said. They are just two different ways of proving a case.

Circumstantial evidence is proof by inference.

It’s like when you pump gas, said Boring, who drives a Nissan Versa. You don’t actually see the gas go into the tank but when you’re done, the tank is full. You can then infer that the gas went into the tank.

Circumstantial evidence includes the defendant’s route from work to the movie theater wasn’t the right route.

The smell in the car is circumstantial evidence.

The lies in his timeline about lunch – not initially telling the police that he stopped at his car after lunch.

His demeanor with people saying his reactions were inconsistent, Boring said.

 

[arkansasmimi]

Leave your tie alone! Reminds me of Rodney Dangerfield. smh

 

[Safeguard]

Prosecutor seems all over the place to me... I am just not feeling it. This the first time I've watched live stream, but I almost can't stand to keep watching ...

Especially when the guy grins like he's being clever when he is just so incredibly boring. Wow he's so 'flat' sounding. It's like he's faking outrage, and poorly at that. Huh. Was he always this bad?

Not making a very convincing argument so far. jmo

 

[JerseyGirl]

another source with tweets of Boring's closing:

Boring says the defense's expert witness agreed with them that this case doesn't fit in with other memory failure cases he's seen.

Boring says Cooper's car seat was visible from all angles, especially when you looked through the front of the car.

"It was the only manner in which he could escape his son and in some sick, selfish, perverted, grandiose manner, became an advocate and get attention in that manner," Boring says. He says Harris thought he was going to get away with it.

Boring says Harris' own brother said that sometimes the victim is someone whom the defendant actually loves. "Often times it's the last person that you would expect who would do evil to a child. Outwardly a great person, who appears to love and care for kids, can do the worst to children."

"Guilty is responsible in this case," Boring says in response to the defense's opening statements in which they told jurors responsible isn't criminal.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/ross-harr...the-ross-harris-hot-car-death-trial/464790712

 

[SuperTmo]

Burning implies fire. No fire here. Confusing remark. :moo:

Burning probably isn't the correct word... But when someone has a fever a common phrase is, "they are burning up!" So I can connect the dots.

 

[just the facts pls]

:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:

Chuck Boring's closing is good and strong. Keeping to the FACTS of this case and how it all points to malice murder.

From now on, if anyone wants to know why I think JRH is guilty, I will refer them to closing arguments.

 

[minor4th]

Boring is using a lot of words to say nothing ...

He keeps saying "we have a ton of circumstantial evidence" but he never actually says what it is

 

[MyTinkieGirl]

Burning implies fire. No fire here. Confusing remark. :moo:

I'm guessin' the alternatives - cooked to death, baked, etc.- don't sound much better. One does in fact get "sun burnt/burned", though. Guess he'd be called "Boring", again, if he went into how the temperature of the inside of the car rose, Cooper had not even a cracked window to breath, he couldn't get himself out of his car seat, his body's temperature rose, he was sweating profusely....etc. Maybe he could have used cooked, or baked.