One of the problems with trials is that there's always people involved outside of the courtroom. The murder trial that I've been blogging about is no different. Today I spoke with the father of the defendant. Once I found out who the father was (he has been waiting outside the courtroom on a daily basis, but sat inside to hear the closing arguments today), I felt compelled to compliment him on his son's manners, as something like that comes directly from how someone is raised. The old man couldn't help but get choked up and kept saying how he tried to raise his son right. Made me almost cry because you could tell that it broke his heart to see his son getting mixed up with some unsavory characters and eventually end up charged with first-degree murder (which is essentially a planned murder done in cold blood, as opposed to the heat of the moment, which I find impossible given the circumstances). The jury will begin deliberations first thing Monday morning. Knowing what little I know about the case and the defendant, if he is convicted, I doubt the judge will put him on death row. I am of the opinion that some people should go on death row (serial killers, etc.) if only to keep them from spreading their ethos to other people in the prison system and continuing their cycle of harm.
Once the conviction comes in, I will likely expand upon Kyle's testimony because at that point there'll nothing worth protecting (either he will get convicted and it'll come out somehow aside from me, or he won't be in prison).
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