12-12-2013, 06:11 PM
MONTANA NEWLYWED PLEADS GUILTY TO MURDERING HUSBAND
This case and trial had been getting a lot of media attention, but didn't really grab my interest; only been following it loosely.
It did surprise me to read today that the bride/defendant agreed to a plea deal after both the prosecution and defense had rested their cases, and before trial proceeded to closing arguments and jury deliberations.
She really could have had a good chance of getting away with it scot free had she just called and reported her husband's "fall" from a cliff as an accident rather than pushing an elaborate lie to police for days. That did her in, IMO.
Were I her attorneys, I'd probably have suggested she roll the dice anyway, based on the evidence presented. Maybe they did and a guilty conscience motivated her to plead.
Anyway, I think second degree is murder is the right sentence for her, in any case (she was charged with first degree murder).
Convicted murderer Jordan Graham with victim/husband Cody Johnson - married for 8 days
Here's the background:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/12/justice/mo...?hpt=hp_t2
This case and trial had been getting a lot of media attention, but didn't really grab my interest; only been following it loosely.
It did surprise me to read today that the bride/defendant agreed to a plea deal after both the prosecution and defense had rested their cases, and before trial proceeded to closing arguments and jury deliberations.
She really could have had a good chance of getting away with it scot free had she just called and reported her husband's "fall" from a cliff as an accident rather than pushing an elaborate lie to police for days. That did her in, IMO.
Were I her attorneys, I'd probably have suggested she roll the dice anyway, based on the evidence presented. Maybe they did and a guilty conscience motivated her to plead.
Anyway, I think second degree is murder is the right sentence for her, in any case (she was charged with first degree murder).
Convicted murderer Jordan Graham with victim/husband Cody Johnson - married for 8 days
Here's the background:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/12/justice/mo...?hpt=hp_t2