A lot of people have said in this case 'I can't believe that he didn't go in and try to save those kids, it's just 4 feet of water.' Well, he did and he knew it was hopeless. |
But that's not going to happen. I'm confident that's not going to happen. |
He is calm. He knows he's going to testify and he's going to explain what happened, and he's ready to do it. |
He is very calm and comfortable. |
He's going to be the first defense witness. |
He's not some cold-hearted killer who went to the hospital out of a show. He was extremely upset and distraught to the point of severe depression that evening. |
How could you make that up? You can't. |
I believe Amanda would have testified exactly like she told the police seven times -- this was an accident and how it happened. So I wasn't concerned about that. |
I can't imagine you could convict someone of murder on the basis of a person like that. |
I can't say it entered into any of my decision making. |
I think it was because it was six o'clock at night ... I will be asking the judge to reconsider it considering the lateness of the night and we'll see. |
I think this jury was left with no choice. They were put in a position of finding him guilty of murder or letting him go home. |
I think we can say this is an absolutely wonderful thing that the jury takes their job and responsibility as seriously as the lawyers and police did in this case. |
I would be shocked if we had a verdict before the first of April. |
If that's the only evidence you've got, it's a sad day in the justice system to prosecute people for murder on the basis of that. |