Why didn't the person who heard the jailhouse confession and later recanted, or the boy who claimed that, when 5 years old, he saw another child put the baby in the microwave and caused the first mistrial by declaring so after the defense had rested, testify in this third trial? (She was convicted in the second trial, but ANOTHER mistrial was declared over death penalty issues)
I've been misreading things all over the place today, but I think I may give myself the prize for looking at that link and reading 'Nobody puts baby in the microwave.'
Axccording to this earlier news report (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2584889/Jury-hears-details-of-baby-microwave-killing.html), Arnold was too drunk to remember and possibly passed out, while everybody else present in the house gave differing accounts. It's altogether a horrible and sad story.
When a story line is that obfuscated, I think the death penalty is a bad idea. Actually, I think the death penalty is a bad idea, period, but especially here where, as you said, there was at the very least a whole lot of perjuring goin' on.
And as Sophia said, altogether horrible and sad, and oh my god, that baby.
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Date: 2011-05-16 02:44 am (UTC)It's a horrible, horrible story. Gck.
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Date: 2011-05-16 02:47 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-16 03:39 am (UTC)(Not reading the story, to scary to actually look at)
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Date: 2011-05-16 04:29 am (UTC)I mean, wow.
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Date: 2011-05-16 04:22 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-16 07:04 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-16 04:29 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-16 12:18 pm (UTC)It's altogether a horrible and sad story.
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Date: 2011-05-17 01:25 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-16 05:51 pm (UTC)And as Sophia said, altogether horrible and sad, and oh my god, that baby.