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Yes, thanks so much for that, otg.
I have to say that watching JJ is my passion, like a drug. I think I've only disagreed with her verdict twice in all the thousands of shows that I've watched over the years.
I like the way she can instantly sum somebody up. That's a gift. I wish all judges were just like her.
Anyway.....regarding JBR....I am not certain what JJ meant by this:
"Whatever I think you're going to find, you're going to find something within that household, and it may be different from the parents"
I agree that Sheindlin is pretty sharp about getting down to what is relevant quickly and seeing through the facades that people put up. I really don’t see why it’s difficult to understand what she was saying on LKL. She was obviously avoiding being too specific (as Kolar was in his book) because of concerns about actually making an accusation based on her opinion about who was responsible for JonBenet’s death (having no more information than what was made public at that time). The tabs understood what she meant and weren’t afraid of spelling it out (this was before they got sued for some of their stories about Burke). Did you read the articles from the tabs about her appearance which I included in my post? Again:
http://web.archive.org/web/20060812183700/http://www.joshua-7.com/jonbenet/03_16_99.htm
it means more if you read it in context:
KING: But you know about child abuse, and this was an -- ultimately, an abused child.
SHEINDLIN: I know about child abuse, and I know about parents protecting their children, and I know about what mothers will do in order to protect their children. I think that if the story is ever told about the death of that child, I think -- and this is just sheer fantasy on my part, which I am absolutely not going to share with you, Larry -- that I think that the country will be very -- might be very surprised. I certainly never got the sense that this was a -- based upon what I've read -- I've read most of the stuff that's come out -- that this was an intruder, a strange intruder. Whatever I think you're going to find, you're going to find something within that household, and it may be different from the parents.
JJ is basically saying, there was no intruder and parents are lying.
that's what she means by "different to the parents (story)". She missed off a word.
Sorry,
Charlize (why do I feel like I’m about to do a tuna commercial), but I don’t think the word “
story” is what she left unsaid. I do agree with you that it should be read in context and that the Ramseys are obviously lying about what happened, but she really couldn’t have been any more clear without actually stating Burke’s name (whether anyone chooses to agree with her or not). Here are some of the things she said (with her disclaimers removed for clarity):
I know about what mothers will do in order to protect their children.
Who would Patsy be doing things to protect? Certainly not JonBenet after she was dead.
I think that if the story is ever told about the death of that child, I think that the country might be very surprised.
Why would the country be “
very surprised?” Many people already believed that either John or Patsy had killed her. Why would the country be very surprised “
if the story is ever told?”
I certainly never got the sense that this was an intruder, a strange intruder.
This eliminates everyone in the world except the immediate family and maybe someone close to them (not a “
strange intruder”
.
Whatever I think you're going to find, you're going to find something within that household, and it may be different from the parents.
I think here she meant something -- some dynamic -- would be found “
within that household” that caused JonBenet’s death. That something was the person responsible who is “
different from the parents.”
If (according to JJ) it’s not an intruder and it’s not the parents, who does that leave? I’m not saying that JJ is an expert, and she doesn’t even have any inside information about this. I’m just passing on what she expressed as her opinion. (I do agree with her on this though.)
