I can only imagine how horrifying it would be to be falsely accused, let alone convicted, of something I, or someone I loved, was innocent.
They say that once convicted, it's EXTREMELY difficult to get an appeal, or any benefit of doubt, in ways I understand this, but it assumes all was just and fair in the trial, which we know isn't always the case. On one hand we don't want violent or harmful people back out on the streets to harm other innocent people. On the other we don't want innocent people to lose any portions of their lives in prison for something the didn't do.
It's gotten more difficult, now that so many people accept that. Defense attorney's JOB is to get their clients off, regardless of guilt, and so few plead guilty anymore. Pleading innocent, even if the defendants and their attorneys KNOW it's a lie, has become the default, and is accepted as such.
In this case, not being privy to video of the entire cas, but having investigated it as best I could, including reading trial testimony and watching the videos that are available, as well as reports, after 5 months of sitting on the fence I finally concluded that SA was most likely guilty. This is far longer a time to deliberate than the jury had.
I'm still unsure about Brendan. I think he knew something and tried to cover for SA as best he could, probably his life was threatened by SAm and or his family's lives. Brendan once sai this, but then he said so many things, and we know some of them weren't true. Ultimately, I don't know about Brendan, but I also have a great deal of difficulty believing that on his own, without being coerced, he would rape, stab, and help cover up for a murder. I may be wrong, bu that's my feeling.
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