I read this article over and over a few times trying to make sense of what this juror had to say was the reasoning behind the guilty verdict in this case. I still ride with my initial belief that this nurse is innocent. It seems as if this verdict continues to be based on the opinions of each juror and "what if's. There has been no solid, concrete evidence that makes A+B=C.
How many possible scenerios have been played out as to what may have happened. The possibilites have been endless. With that being said, here is my 'what if". What if this nurse is truly innocent?~

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I see you're new to TalkBack. Glad you felt comfortable jumping in on a controversial topic.

Under the American system of jurisprudence, juries don't have the option of declaring someone innocent. They only get to say whether the prosecution was successful in establishing guilt, or not successful.

Juries are not handicapped, as we are, in having to read summaries in the paper of the trial. They get the entire trial, and in addition to what is in the transcript, they can hear the people testify, and use such evidence as pauses in answers, clearing the throat, touching the face with their hands, etc., in order to determine whether someone is telling the truth or not.

As a general rule, it's not a good idea for defendants to testify on their own behalf. In this case, the defendant didn't really have any information to add, and yet her attorney called her to the stand. He must have felt that the prosecution had pretty well done its job, and he was hoping against hope that the defendant would be able to sway the jury on emotional appeal.

That doesn't mean she gave Brent the morphine. That means the prosecutor presented a compelling argument. Perhaps if Ms. Woomer had charted regular monitoring through the night, instead of stopping at 2:30, a point at which she testified she didn't know whether he was dead or alive, it would have made a difference.

I"m hoping that the judge gives her a very light sentence, but I've been told, in PM, that it's not likely to happen, that this judge is relatively harsh.
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it means that there is a guilty person out there who got away with murder. if someone else did this they planned it which makes it murder 1.
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guilty people generally do not take the stand in their own defense. the defense announced at the beginning of the trial that she would take the stand before the prosecution "had pretty well done it's job".
convincing a lancaster jury that someone is guilty as charged doesn't take much brains or talent on the part of the d.a.
lawyers are not all created equal. i had a lousy lawyer when i had a car crash.i missed 4 months of work and he couldn't get me back wages despite broken bones and letters from 2 doctors saying i was physially incapable of working. the insurance adjuster hung up on the lawyer after eating his lunch and then wiping her mouth with his tie.
so there are lousy lawyers out there.
i read on lipnews that 2 of the jurors were college girls that had to be back at school the monday after the friday verdict. if this is true i wonder how rushed they were.
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This article looks like a spin attempt to me ... no lead in to say how the anonymous source showed up ... did the reporter contact the jurors? did the juror contact the reporter? When did the interview take place? Where did the interview take place?

One thing stuck out like a sore thumb, and it was this quote:
"We all took copious notes, listened intently to everything that was said," he said.

Really? One anonymous juror is speaking for every juror ... they all listened intently and took copious notes? Even the one that many people saw sleeping during the trial?

That set off alarm bells to me, because it would be much more believable if the anonymous juror said "I took notes, I listened intently." By speaking for all the jurors, this sounds like either the anonymous juror or the reporter is trying to paint a picture for us. I don't buy it.

The nurse was railroaded (and compare her outcome to the doctor who accidentally overdosed his son) ... and in what world do the parents escape a close examination because of their tearful testimony.

There are two victims in this case ... Brent and Joy. And a murderer who escaped justice.
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