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At the boys memorial. the preacher was there. the family was there. prayers, crying. emotion you would expect, all appropriate behavior. i have silly string. her sister brought the silly string. it wasn t darlie s idea. this was my son s birthday, devon s birthday, and my sister and her boyfriend went and got silly string. he loved silly string. we did for them what devon didn t get to have and what we knew that he would want and enjoy. they took that, and they twisted it, and they turned something that was supposed to be beautiful and tried to make it into something very ugly. when doug mulder brought up the tape during the trial, the detectives who were asked about it pled the fifth. we had a lady on death row in ....
i stand behind darlie 150%. i know she didn t do it. i know all the millions of little pieces of this puzzle that will come out in the trial. after their radio interview, darlie s mother and darin were handed subpoenas after violating orders not to talk about the case. they hired douglas mulder who also agreed to take on darlie s case. it s an interesting case, and i m going to look forward to trying it. i m very happy. he s the best. mulder s fee was $250,000. and the routiers scrambled to raise all the money they could. we started selling everything in the house. all our family members started taking their children s college funds. we sold everything. greg davis was the lead prosecutor assigned to the case. the only real announcement we made today was that the state will be seeking the death penalty in this case. ....
In routier s case originally scheduled for today. we re the voice for darlie routier. the issue with the court reporter literally changed the court reporting industry. and there are many people to this day who are astounded that that trial record did not result in a new trial for darlie routier. darlie s defense now faced the uphill battle of appeals. but as cooper dug through evidence, he came across a second videotape which never was shown to the jury. it cast the silly string incident in a very different light. the silly string incident was a major factor in her conviction from the jurors own mouth. but what was not shown to the jury was this two-hour memorial video that took place before the silly string incident. the second video was secretly filmed by police attempting to capture any guilty comments made ....
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 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 ....