What did you think about the openings?
What stood out the most was how calm GC is - true throughout whole trial. Ms. Kawass genuinely believes in KM's innocence. Impression from Mr. Z. was he was just trying to do the best he could for SG. KM's attorneys seemed emotionally invested.
Georgia's opening - content didn't stick out. She gets a "B." She's not very relatable. She's very steady. Very impressive person, but not relatable in openings.
Ms. Kawass - excellent. Mr. Z. - tried really hard, but wasn't as confident.
What did you think about Mr. Z.'s colloquiums?
For her age group it was fine, but might have not been received as well with older jurors. He was trying to paint a pic of CA as a good-looking rich kid who never had to work for anything. That's the impression they all got. Both defense attorneys made CA look really unflattering.
Credibility of WA?
Juror laughs. WA didn't do herself any favors with that testimony, at all. Most of the things she said were quickly shown to be not true. Either by cell phone evidence, or by JL. Blatantly lied about things (i.e. Ferrari or Porsche, being able to see crime scene tape, etc.) She believed WA made a 3 point turn at the crime scene.
Demeanor - she was suspiciously calm, had obviously been practicing, knows what she's doing. She laughed in GC's face about the possibility of being arrested! She seems very confident. But did not leave the jury with the impression she is innocent, at all.
What about the Adelsons not being charged?
Yes, it bothered all of us. A lot of us felt like the wrong people were on trial. Not that SG and KM shouldn't have been on trial eventually, but the evidence GC presented was largely about the Adelsons. Meanwhile these two people haven't seen their kids in 3 years.
The Adelsons don't look good right now.
Lacasse?
He was good (giggles). She went back and watch the interviews with him from the 20/20 special after the trial. He was a good witness. Talks about June 4th - she's ill, then cancels the trip they have planned.....was this evidence discussed? Not that they forgot about it, but since nobody had the impression WA was innocent they didn't even talk about it.
Charlie for sure? Or WA and CA? Who ordered the hit?
We went through cell records and WA didn't have contact with anyone on the day of the murder. We were trying to figure out how Wendi would have known he was shot. But it seemed obvious from all the evidence that she seemed to know something was going to happen and seemed to know when. There was no phone call from anyone to Wendi after the murder so they didn't know how she knew.
There are a lot of holes in the story which is why it ultimately ended in a mistrial for KM.
