tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047665621527595201.post275824446413446117..comments2023-02-21T08:29:58.502-06:00Comments on Society Garlic: Verdict In; Sentencing Phase Tuesday 9 a.m.Irishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05517165081477969468noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047665621527595201.post-23520004208334196482007-09-02T10:25:00.000-05:002007-09-02T10:25:00.000-05:00Texasmom, I understand being in fear for your life...Texasmom, I understand being in fear for your life and maybe I can understand NOT calling the police--in that moment--however, this girl has bragged about being a part of this, she's tormented family members of Jennifer, she still refuses to see what "all the fuss is" over Jennifer's death. She believes herself to be superior and above condemnation. If she were in fear for her life, why didn't TeenDreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09421217733491579210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047665621527595201.post-75795852177381251552007-09-01T19:07:00.000-05:002007-09-01T19:07:00.000-05:00Bud, No connection to LH. Just a past battered wo...Bud,<BR/> No connection to LH. Just a past battered woman that almost served time for a crime in which I did not commit. Although I did drive the car that took him out of state after he commited a simular crime as CP. Does that make me just a guilty as LH? Also I did not turn him in due to fear I would be next. After sitting i jail until trial I have realized the only crime I commited was texasmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02570399253693005477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047665621527595201.post-45586631452212303372007-08-31T22:07:00.000-05:002007-08-31T22:07:00.000-05:00Glad you didn't take it as a criticism, Bud. And, ...Glad you didn't take it as a criticism, Bud. And, since you brought up "circumstantial evidence"... MANY, if not most criminal cases rely upon circumstantial evidence versus direst/eyewitness evidence. <BR/><BR/>I'm under the impression that lots of people have thought, "oh, phooey, that's only a circumstantial case"; but in reality, so many cases are made up of putting together "circumstantial" Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05517165081477969468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047665621527595201.post-53638776600008498332007-08-31T21:47:00.000-05:002007-08-31T21:47:00.000-05:00Good point Iris, should have said the overwhelming...Good point Iris, should have said the overwhelming circumstantial evidence (ie: facts and circumstances surrounding a action from which the jury or trier of fact may infer other connected facts which reasonably follow). Guess I was just thinking most folks would understand it as a perponderance - but your right - perponderance is more of a civil term. Circumstantial is actually a higher Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04682308205173199114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047665621527595201.post-76727609015561911562007-08-31T20:31:00.000-05:002007-08-31T20:31:00.000-05:00Just for the record, in criminal trials, the juror...Just for the record, in criminal trials, the jurors must find that, based on the evidence, the defendant is guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt." This is a much higher burden than what's used in civil cases, "preponderance of the evidence", which I believe translates to "more likely than not."<BR/>--Iris (not a lawyer)Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05517165081477969468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047665621527595201.post-19903771243942073862007-08-31T20:08:00.000-05:002007-08-31T20:08:00.000-05:00Texasmom, Obviously your connected to LH, so it ...Texasmom,<BR/> Obviously your connected to LH, so it must be hard to hear. That said remember the term "preponderance of evidence". In other words, to many people told the same thing on LH. There is a pattern and although she might now change her story - to many things point to her guilt. She is a very scary person and I lean towards hoping she gets the maximum time in jail, without paroleBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04682308205173199114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047665621527595201.post-78491298372336132552007-08-31T19:14:00.000-05:002007-08-31T19:14:00.000-05:00We have now reduced ourself to judging a book by i...We have now reduced ourself to judging a book by its cover? This was not a fashion show or do's & do not's of the court room. Although gruesome I agree, what proff that LH did this.texasmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02570399253693005477noreply@blogger.com