Post by paulienyc84 on Mar 9, 2020 5:01:30 GMT
Regarding the opinions of victims and their families, I think in this case the prosecution is going to do what's best for the state and not the victims. Just in the murder charges, you have 13 different families with possibly 13 different opinions. How does the prosecution decide whose opinion is more important than the others? If 3 families want a trial with the possibility of a death penalty sentence, 4 families want him to take this plea to avoid a trial which means he escapes the death penalty, 4 families don't want him to get the death penalty and don't care if he pleads or goes to trial and 2 family wants him to plea to all the counts, which ones do the prosecution listen to? And I know that some of the murder victims were married but it's possible that Lyman's children could want a trial while Charlene's family want JJD to plead and avoid a trial. So there really could be 13 different opinions in regards to the opinions of the families. Now add the opinions of the surviving victims and it gets more complicated. I could see the prosecution giving him a pass for the non-murder charges if he pleads guilty to all the murders, allocutes and receives a life sentence.