AB 9/12/18 Jean Casarez substituting for AB
1. There may be evidence proving it was premeditated.
2. New documents from court- Defense is claiming there are leaks coming from Prosecutors Office, want an investigation. Examples: 100’s of hairs, talking about it being premeditated. The prosecutors response was that the leaks are not coming from Prosecutors Office, they may be coming from Police, and then prosecutors asked who is supposed to do this investigation? Who is going to pay for it?
3. Saying it was premeditated is a vague statement because it’s not backed up with any evidence.
4. Police and DA must know things we don’t know.
5. CW was charged w/ 1st Degree murder. They must have overwhelming evidence.
6. CW went about this Crime in a methodical manner. Prosecutors will say he premedited and was methodical.
7. CW said, “Front door was locked. The garage door was unlocked, but that’s normal for when she comes into the house, she leaves it unlocked...but the back sliding door was locked as well.” And then, “”I don’t want to put anything out there, like suspecting if somebody pulled her in the back because we have a driveway back there from the new town homes, but it’s so hard to tell. There’s no cameras in the backyard or anything like that, so. It’s really hard to even suspect anything right now as far as how she could have left or if someone came and picked her up or if someone took her.” Sounds like CWs trying to paint an abduction, but then he admitted to committing the crime. Everything comes back to him. There’s no one else.
10. CW, “I hope she’s safe.....I want them back now.” Two separate things to look at...commission of crime and action taken to cover it up. This does not pose to the question of first degree or second degree murder as he is claiming. Coverup possibly disproves 1st degree. He doesn’t have practiced answers, if this was premeditated he would have done something with her personal effects, purse, wallet, etc.. The way the bodies were disposed of and disposing the bodies at his job shows there wasn’t a great deal of planning.
10. Everything that CW says he’s painting himself into a corner. He’s not that bright. Dumb people premeditate all the time.
11. All of CW’s interviews can be played for the jury and it shows that somebody isn’t telling the truth.
12. Judge ordered all new filings and Court documents are to be suppressed.
12. What are the challenges for defense? How hard to defend? Guest, Kirk Nurmi, Jodi Arias’s Attorney says, “It’s like having hand grenade thrown in your lap, trying to get a sense of what’s going on. Try to diffuse as best you can, if you’re assigned case as public defender, you pretty much have to do it.”
13. How hard is it to defend a high profile case when Public is against defendant? “Sympathy with victim is understood. Everybody gets 6th Amendment Rights. They detach and proceed.
14. The defense attorneys are probably hoping for a plea, but CW will determine the direction his defense will go. LE probably have hours of interrogation tape of him.
15. Defense will try to take it down to lesser charges. Avoid death penalty.
16. Kirk Nurmi got cancer 4 months after trial, blames it on the stress of the trial.
17. Kirk Nurmi advice to CW Defense Attorneys - “focus on trial in courtroom, not in the court of public opinion. Focus on your serenity. The stress of the trial can kill you.
Viewers questions
1. If SW really did kill the children, does CW get away with killing her? Justified homicide? It would not get him off. Wasn’t self defense or protecting children. May take him down from 1st degree to 2nd degree. Premeditation can be formed in an instant.
Guest Medical examiner says “whoever strangled children will have left fingerprints, evidence, finger impressions, markings, or finger damage on neck. They can size them, generally, according to the size of the injury, and include or eliminate some people from the list of suspects.
Crude oil probably removed loose hairs from the bodies, but father lived with children, so it would be expected his hairs would be on him.”
2. Is it too late for CW to claim insanity? It’s very important to get a psychological assessment of defendant as soon as possible. Do CWs interviews make insanity a tough climb? He seems like he know right from wrong. But were talking about two levels of time, during crime and after crime.
3. Has the question arose about CW taking lie detector test? Lie detectors are not absolute. Not reliable.
4. Were authorities able to explore Alexa recordings at Watts home? If there’s anything there, the prosecutors will try to use it. It’s new technology but it would probably make it through.
5. Who was CW on phone with when he gave interview? Don’t know, but they think somebody important.
