Trial

[nausicaa1]

It's over.  I didn't think we'd ever get through all the witnesses waiting out in the hall every day and the giant pile of evidence.  The state's prosecutors were young but pretty professional-seeming compared to the defense, who was representing himself.  It came out in the trial that his original lawyer said, "it's not a matter of if you're going

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[yoshimi]

did the wife testify?

[nausicaa1]

Yep. It was scary, watching him get his jollies from forcing her to answer his every question in the exact way he wanted. She handled it as well as she could, stayed passive and answered flatly. It was like she wasn't there, just a her-shaped robot answering questions. Then when prosecutors talked to her, she perked up and turned human again. I couldn't believe the way the husband talked to her. "Don't look at him [prosecutor]. You look at ME. He can't help you. You look at ME." was chilling. He had the jury up and down, in and out of that court room, all of us giving him power to do whatever he wanted. Fucking megalomaniac.

[yoshimi]

well, that's the last show he'll ever perform in the free world. and i'm incredibly proud of her for doing it. d.v. cases never go anywhere, largely because the women rarely come in to testify.

[nausicaa1]

The wife was so brave! I know I wouldn't have had the balls to sit there and take everything so calmly at the age of 26.

SO out of curiosity, how long do you think he'll get? I so hope it's not a slap on the wrist and out in 6 months. He'd just go right back to messing with her, not having done a damn thing in prison but work out and nurse his anger.

[linenspistils]

Whoo. Creepy. Glad for you that that's all over, and that you did your part to keep society safe as it can be.

[nausicaa1]

Thanks! I was feeling kind of bad afterward, but the more I hear about him (this whole region is like a giant small town) the more I'm surprised he didn't kill her that night, thus the Happier I am that he's behind bars for a good long while.

[planetdracula]

I was so stoked to see that the plaintiff was from Colo. I may have dumped grain for her family at some point!

Congratulations on doing your civic duty! You put a misogynist behind bars fair and square! He's not "a young guy," he's a creepy older guy in training!

[nausicaa1]

I wondered if you knew them: Jim Collins is her dad. If you'd met the defendant around town, you probably would have recognized TEH CRAZY right away!

And thanks, man. <3 You're right. I've been carrying the guy around with me in my head like he was my responsibility even though the trail was fair and done. I'm mentally putting him down this instant--it was only a matter of time before he really hurt the poor girl and I am okay with being one of the people who said "oh no you don't, asshole."