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Yes, they said she is at home, and yes, a "prescription medicine" (IIRC) problem.
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Yes, they said she is at home, and yes, a "prescription medicine" (IIRC) problem.
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are they done? ABC link is broken and my computer does not like wral
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Coffee-san,
My link (given nearly every morning on here) is how I get to WRAL thru Mozilla/Firefox -- maybe that's your problem???
I guess you've tried www.wral.com ??
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Jurors are deliberating. There won't be any video/audio until or unless the judge needs to talk to them (break, release for the day, etc). When the jury has decided the sentence then WRAL will start the video.
If the jurors cannot decide unanimously then the default is LWOP, which the judge will give.
If the jurors cannot decide unanimously then the default is LWOP, which the judge will give.
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There's no in-stream link w/the usual live-trial announcement on WRAL, as is the case when it is ongoing, so I guess verdict watch is either not going to be streamed, or we will possibly get an alert when there is a verdict -- ya got me, Sanka-Not.
And, as I have said before, my dad was an alcoholic, and everything you have said about the sickness that it is, not being a choice, is correct. The choice lies in that first drink after knowing you have that sickness. "Make a call, not a cocktail," was my thought, although I stopped drinking before I knew whether I had that sickness. Again, why take a chance? If you can't swim, don't jump in a lake that is 50-feet deep.
And Bravo! to you.
Experience is the only true authority when it comes to alcoholism, as well as, I'm sure, any other true addiction. And that's my child-of-an-alcoholic experience, coupled with long talks with my sober dad.
Stay strong, you wonderful woman, and one-day-at-a-time serenity, courage and wisdom to you.
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The judge will declare LWOP by default, so to speak. Case closed.
Two choices here, and one failed -- DP must be unanimous.
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LOL...yeah. ALOTTA Talk, like I said. Mitigating circumstances. The judge has to explain everything, but in explaining everything - it all sounds like mush after a while.
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I just listened to David Saacks' closing again. Really one of the best and he's a great orator. Had I been in the gallery I would have wanted to give him a standing ovation.
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Yes Kathy's family was there. Looked like all 4 of her children were there in the first row, with additional family behind them.
We don't know if Kathy's family is against the DP or not. Okay we now know the daughters at least are for it and think it's warranted in this case. For their sake I hope they get it. The state obviously feels okay going for it since they did just that, and since the crime and charges meet the burden for them trying to get the DP.
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Oh I long for the likes of Gregory Peck. :fence:
Years & YEARS ago, IIRC it was in NYC??? There was an attorney I saw on a Court TV case. He was so good! Sounded a bit British, he wasn't, but he had a regal accent and way of orating. Hope that's a word. Does anyone remember of whom I'm speaking?
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No idea who that is/was.
Gregory Peck was just an actor--a good actor, but still an actor.
David Saacks is the real deal! And best of all, he's alive!
Gregory Peck was just an actor--a good actor, but still an actor.
David Saacks is the real deal! And best of all, he's alive!
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Yes, Prance, it looked like a pretty large Kathy contingent. Her color was yellow -- she had mentioned seeing those little yellow (moth-sized) butterflies as one of her favorite things, so the family/friends had agreed to wear the yellow color as often as they could at trial. Again, I had hoped to see someone I thought might be DH, but no luck, as best as I could tell -- if she were there, she might have been at the back of the courtroom anyway. We all have our demons, and this trial has probably got her really on edge -- for no good reason, IMO, but I'm thinking she is still carrying an undue but heavy load.
IMO, the DA/ADA's office probably never asked the family for their opinion on the DP -- I'm sure they informed them, but this near-mandate, IMHO, was not to be abandoned in this case. Period.
This answers your question about how Kathy's daughters feel about him getting the DP.
http://www2.nbc17.com/news/2012/jun...-jury-williford-deserves-death-pe-ar-2337009/
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Oh my, Gregory Peck. My forever and ever first love.
I'm sorry Glee, I don't know the other fellow you mentioned. But I can tell you about my fantasies and Gregory Peck's beautiful lower lip
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Thank you for the link.
I am beginning the detest the word mitigating. I heard it so much during the jury selection in the CA case I thought I'd throw up. Now, in this case, I don't care if there were mitigating factors. He did it, with evil and vengeance. And left her bleeding and dead.