05-13-2013, 11:23 PM
(05-13-2013, 10:21 PM)username Wrote: I guess if there's not a white, female protagonist, it's not newsworthy.
I also think that the politics of abortion + the fact that the victims had no voices/personalities/photos with which to identify + the reality that the baby victims' parents didn't want them to live (rather than being sympathetic surviving victims who who were robbed of wanted/loved ones) = major reasons that this case attracted fewer followers than some others. Not saying that the victims were any less victimized and the murderer is any less a monster; I think the jury got it right. Just that the factors I listed are amongst those that differentiate this case from widely followed ones like OJ, Scott Peterson, Casey Anthony, Drew Peterson, Jodi Arias...
With first degree murder established for Gosnell, I think aggravation is almost attached by default. Since the jury essentially voted that the babies were alive and defenseless, rather than stillborn, cruelty as a component of the murders seems almost a given to me.
For some reason, I have a feeling that he won't be given the death penalty, but I think the prosecutors have a strong case for it. Dr. Death may just die on the row - couldn't happen to a nicer guy.