05-07-2012, 01:14 PM
I followed the Coleman case from the morning the bodies were found. Like the Clarke/Straub case, there was a lot of info put out by locals commenting on the case that came out before it officially did in the media. Within a few hours,it became clear to almost everyone that Chris had done this.
I had figured the guilty verdict was a foregone conclusion and when it came in, I stopped reading about the case. I was shocked to hear in this show that the first vote the jury took was 7-5 for acquittal. Yes, the evidence was mostly circumstantial. But what a mound of it there was. And it was proven that Chris had made the threats against his family. And he had scratches on his arms. And there was the medical evidence that Sheri and the boys had been dead before Chris went to the gym. I thought a guilty verdict would be a slam dunk - I'm glad the jury finally got there, but it's scary to me that more than half the jury initially didn't think the case was strong enough.
Edited to add - I just wanted to say how much I hate CC's parents for how they treated Shari's family.
I had figured the guilty verdict was a foregone conclusion and when it came in, I stopped reading about the case. I was shocked to hear in this show that the first vote the jury took was 7-5 for acquittal. Yes, the evidence was mostly circumstantial. But what a mound of it there was. And it was proven that Chris had made the threats against his family. And he had scratches on his arms. And there was the medical evidence that Sheri and the boys had been dead before Chris went to the gym. I thought a guilty verdict would be a slam dunk - I'm glad the jury finally got there, but it's scary to me that more than half the jury initially didn't think the case was strong enough.
Edited to add - I just wanted to say how much I hate CC's parents for how they treated Shari's family.