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Penalty in this case. davis would only try darlie for damon s death, since victims under age 6 qualify for the death penalty. the reason they try for one murder, is if she s found innocent they can try her for the second one. that s a way for the state to load up a double-barrel shotgun. given the media circus in dallas the trial was moved to kerrville, texas. why that was agreed to is really unfathomable to me. the second chair on darlie s defense was raised in kerrville. doug mulder always says to me, mosty, if i ever get murdered, i want you to promise that my murderer will get tried in kerr county. on january 6, 1997, darlie s trial began. her family who had all been called as witnesses were banned from the court. but darin s aunt sandy slipped ....
Happen was the blood on the sock. because both boys blood was found on the sock. they hadn t figured out what to do with the sock. there isn t but a couple of minutes for her to stab and kill the children, cut the screen, get this sock and run it down the alley in the dark, through a gate that doesn t really work very well, come back, then the state claims that she stood at the kitchen sink and injured herself. staged the crime scene. it really defies common sense to believe that all of that could have been done in that time frame. but during closing arguments, greg davis asked the jury what loving mother sleeps through the murder of her two children. and then he told the jury, the last thing each of these two children saw was their killer. everything pointed to darlie. nothing pointed to anyone else. and i had a hand in convincing a ....
this must be really hard for you. what would you say to your mom? i mean, i love you. i always will. i hope you get out soon. that s it. darlie is unique in the fact that she s maintained her innocence from day one. and she was convicted in my mind partially because of susan smith and what happened there. it became apparent because of the publicity that mothers kill their children. it created a perfect storm, and that perfect storm swept up a 26 year old housewife and mother with no prior criminal history and landed her on death row. i m at peace. i m at peace. i know i didn t do this. it gives me that peace inside. i can look people in the eye. i ve done nothing but tell the truth. my innocent blood will be on ....
it was very serious, the difference between yes and no. the difference between up and down. and i d never seen that before in 25 years of practicing law. when sandra halsey, the court reporter for darlie s trial was questioned, she pled the fifth amendment. cooper felt competent the flawed transcript could earn a new trial for darlie, preferably in a courtroom away from kerrville. this drew concern from prosecutors. when all this came to light, the state offered her a life sentence, and all she would have to do is basically admit that she had killed her children. and what did she say? no. and what does that tell you about darlie. she s strong, she s brave, and she s innocent. but just hours before the scheduled hearing, the judge denied darlie s motion. these demonstrators protested a state district judge s decision to cancel the case. ....
the first two officers who arrived, i think, essentially were just shocked. one of the boys was dead, but the other was alive. damon was found near a wall, and he d been stabbed multiple times in the back. he was barely alive, and he put down a bloody palm print to help himself up. when paramedics arrived, 6-year-old devon was already dead. as they tried to revive 5-year-old damon, he gasped his final breath. i got a phone call at 3:00 in the morning. devon and damon are dead, and darlie might be dying. and i just started screaming. darlie was rushed to baylor university medical in dallas and immediately taken into surgery. the necklace she was wearing at the time of the attack was so deeply imbedded in her throat it ....