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What relevance does the sexting have to the trial?

• Natsu 12y ago
  I assume they plan to use it to argue that he wasn't very remorseful. When people are really depressed or sad, they often avoid anything pleasurable.
  • danso 12y ago
    That reminds me of Rule 4 in the "Homicide Lexicon", in David Simon's fantastic non-fiction book, "Homicide", of the Baltimore homicide squad: "An innocent man left alone in an interrogation room will remain fully awake, rubbing his eyes, staring at the cubicle walls and scratching himself in dark, forbidden places. A guilty man left alone in an interrogation room goes to sleep." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide:_A_Year_on_the_Killing_Streets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide:_A_Year_on_the_Killing...
• waterlesscloud 12y ago
  I think that was a mis-step. It plays well in the press, but it won't serve much use in court, and even if it does, I'd expect an appeals court to tear it to shreds. Random aside, this all happened a mile or so from where I lived growing up, and the defense attorney is someone I went to high school with. I was reading about it this week and then saw his very distinctive name and was surprised...