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Post by c21king2queen on Oct 1, 2012 16:14:35 GMT -5
On August 17th I burried my Mom after she lost her nearly 12 year battle with Kidney Cancer. Three days later on August 20th I walked into a Courtroom with my Dad and some members of my husband's family to begin Jury Selection and start my husband's murder trial. I waited nearly 4 and 1/2 years for this. The trial was rough. The Defense had no defense so the Defendant (Murderer) and his horrible Defense Attorney manufactured a bunch of trash lies about my husband and our family. The Defendant was actually taking us into his world. This was his world he was bringing into the Courtroom and wrongfully introducing as my husband's world. I think we all got an education about drugs and prostitution, wife beating, and womanizing. All of this had nothing to do with my husband or his murder. None of the Defense Witnesses panned out for the Defense. One of the Defense Witnesses even admitted that he was paid by the Defense. The Defense Attorney claimed that he paid him for his time. That is allowed but you have to report it to the State Bar Association, which he failed to do. I think the Judge was planning to report him to the State Bar Association for all his crazy antics during this trial. Everyone, even people who have sat through many trials, said they have never seen any thing like what this Defense Lawyer was doing to further Victimize the Victim and his family in this case. What this murderer did to my husband was so inhumane, evil, selfish and greedy. He didn't stop there. He was planning to kill my son and I as well. Somehow my son and I were spared. I wish my husband had also been spared. He continued to terrorize our lives in the Courtroom. Wrongful and unfair Character Assassination would be putting it mildly. This was a blatant and vicious attack on the innocent murder victim and his family. Everyone in the Courtroom saw right throught it all and got so sick and tired of it. After a month of this horrible junk, on September 17th the Jury came back with a Unanimous Verdict. GUILTY OF 1ST DEGREE MURDER, GUILTY OF 1ST DEGREE CONSPIRACY TO COMMITT MURDER, AND GUILTY OF FELONY ARMED ROBERRY WITH A DEADLY FIREARM. The 1st offense of 1st degree murder got him LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. The other 2 offenses added another 27 YEARS. So he was sentenced to LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE PLUS 27 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is only a small piece of Justice. We will leave the rest to God. The other suspect plead Guilty to 2nd Degree Murder and 1st Degree Conspiracy To Committ Murder and testified against the main suspect (the shooter). She was sentenced to 12 and 1/2 years minus the 3 years already served. This weekend my son and I went to my husband's nephew's Wedding. I kept thinking the whole time that my husband should be here. He would have loved seeing his nephew get married. We spent some time with my husband's family, also my son's blood family. The day after my husband's nephew's Wedding was our Wedding Anniversary. I celebrated our 6th Wedding Anniversary by visiting my husband's grave. I have been a Widow for 4 years 5months and 5 days. I know that he is always with us in love, in our hearts and memories. It seems like we have been fighting a nearly 4 and 1/2 year battle with the devil that ended with the devil being put in his place where he belongs in prison for the rest of his life. He will have it rough in prison, especially with his small size. He will probably be a girlfriend to some of the inmates. A few people have told me that he will be somebody's *female dog* in prison. Excuse the B word. My son and I have been through too much in the last 4 and 1/2 years. I think from the moment my husband was murdered he was in Heaven with God watching over us and working to protect and keep us safe. I only wish God could have spared my husband's life and protected and kept him safe as well. I know my husband is always with us in love, in our hearts and memories. I miss having him physically here with us everyday. What my son and I have been through and will continue to go through, you never get over or forget. We just have to live with it for the rest of our lives. My son and I are Survivors!
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Post by Janet-Beth's Mom on Oct 1, 2012 17:37:37 GMT -5
I am so sorry for your loss of your Mom, no doubt she is watching over you alongside your husband. Oh how I wish she could have been with you to see this measure of justice for your husband. LWOP plus 27 years is GREAT NEWS. Yes C21 you are survivors, bless your hearts this walk has been long and so hard for you. I hope and pray there is some relief for you now that these monsters are locked up. I am so glad at least this part of the fight is over for you. I believe your husband is watching over you too.
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Post by c21king2queen on Oct 2, 2012 18:34:11 GMT -5
Thanks, Janet Beth's Mom! My Mom was really trying to hang on. She really wanted to be at the trial. The last 2 and 1/2 months were really so rough with my Mom. It was a blessing when she passed that she would no longer suffer. It was a bit of relief that I wouldn't have to worry about her during the trial. I am the one who took care of her and she couldn't be left alone. We didn't want to have to postphone the trial after waiting nearly 4 and 1/2 years for this. The closer we got to the trial the more I worried that we would have to postphone or recess the trial for a while because of my Mom. She passed away less than a week before the trial was set to start. We buried her 3 days before the trial began. I know she was with us in spirit just as my husband was during the trial. My husband and Mom will always be with us in love, in our hearts and memories. When the Verdict was read I grabbed my Dad's hand and the hand of my husband's sister and we all cried tears and breathed sighs of relief. It was a relief to know that this man would be locked up for the rest of his life and never be able to hurt me, my son, or anyone else ever again. The other suspect broke down and cried and apologized directly to me and my family during her sentencing hearing. She was truly remorseful and apologetic. She also admitted that he said if she went along with him in luring my husband to the place where his murder would take place, he would not kill the wife and baby, too. The Judge asked the question the DA's Office wouldn't ask that I wanted to know. The Judge asked her what she meant when she said, "I wasn't going to let him kill the wife and baby, too."? He was planning to kill my son and I whether or not she went along with him. He came to my home when my husband had been missing for 2 days and the day before his body was found. He was posing as a landscaper trying to interest me in mulch samples. My Mom was there with my son and niece. I thought my parents were hovering too much at times. Now I am glad they never left my son and me alone as long as this guy was not locked up. I really believe my husband was working with God to keep us safe, protected and not let any harm come to us. I am thankful for that because now my son has a chance to grow up and have a shot at a good and decent life despite being on the Autism Spectrum and growing up without his Dad. I still wish more than anything that God could have spared my husband's life, too. This is only a small piece of Justice. We will leave the rest to God. I still have to face a Civil Court Case for the land that the murderer stole from my husband illegally. I shouldn't have any problems getting the land back in my husband's name so that it can go to my son and I. I will still have to deal with the rest of this murderer's crazy family as they attempt to fight for the land. I shouldn't have any problems pressing charges or getting restraining orders if they give me any more trouble after everything that has already happened. I am so glad that all of this is over. At the same time I feel lost. I am asking God now what? I buried my husband and spent nearly 4 and 1/2 years fighting and waiting for some Justice. In the middle of it all my son was diagnosed with Autism. My son has made a lot of wonderful progress and just started Kindergarten. I was taking care of my mother while she was battling cancer. My Mom took a turn for the worst and was given 1 to 2 months to live and actually lived another 2 and 1/2 months. She died right before the trial started. Now the trial is over and we finally have some Justice. Now what? Where do I go from here? What do I do now? I feel lost with no direction. Other than taking care of my son and checking on my Dad, what do I do now?
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Post by cowsrmom on Oct 5, 2012 22:20:56 GMT -5
God bless you, for your love, patience, trust and faith. You are overcoming the evil in our world by your belief in justice in the next. Bitterness and hate tear apart our hearts but trust in divine justice sets us free. (Not that we will be happy and feel contentment after losing loved ones but that we can come back to our senses after grieving and cursing to see that someday, true justice and not earthly solutions will make things right) <3
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