It is times like these that I have to remind myself that God is the ultimate Judge and Jury. I feel like I must be bad luck for cases... I followed the CA trial, which undoubtedly should have rendered a guilty verdict (IMO), and well we knew how that turned out. Then this case it comes to a deadlock.
I consider myself a pretty objective person and I have tried to consider the various different scenarios and possibilities - all of which still point to SM and TM being responsible for the disappearance of HE. I truly wonder what the holdouts were for. Did they believe that SM was guilty but just didn't feel like the state proved the kidnapping to have taken place at PTL? I guess that is what frustrates me SOOO much about not only this case but society in general. They confuse reasonable doubt and without a shadow of a doubt. My husband (who had no knowledge of this case prior to this week) believes that he is guilty of whatever ultimately happened to HE; HOWEVER, says that he does not feel the state proved it either. The way he explained his rationale was that they no greater proved she was kidnapped as they might have proved he could have paid her off to disappear from the area. Of course, that is poppycock to me. Point being, some people think this way. Darn those people, husband included - LOL! He won't have a happy wife tonight, I'm afraid.
I had asked my husband last night, considering he would vote NG, if he were the only one or two holding out with NG vote, would he switch since he truly feels SM is guilty of whatever ultimately happened to HE, his response was that he wasn't sure but possibly. Makes you want to bang your head against the wall, doesn't it?
I am looking forward to a retrial, hoping and praying they go forward with one. I think this case was pretty much doomed with bias to begin with considering the Judge knew the defendant and the history there, in addition to KT's friend. The only silver lining is that it wasn't a NG verdict.
Can't wait for happy hour.
