06-18-2014, 10:51 AM
(06-18-2014, 04:38 AM)cannongal Wrote: Lacey's been arrested
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/investig.../10665173/
Good news, cannongal.
Should be an interesting trial if she doesn't end up avoiding a jury of her peers by pleading out with a mental defect defense instead.
Tricky trial for prosecutors though, I imagine. If she sticks to a straight not guilty plea and denies killing her son, a lot of what she posted can be used by her defense attorney to position Lacey as an extremely loving and attentive mother to the jury.
Seems she's not being charged with premeditation (only manslaughter), so doesn't look that prosecutors have enough evidence to prove that she killed Garnett purposely -- looks more like they feel strongly that they can prove she was indifferent about his life and death in the pursuit of her primary goal -- acquiring attention and sympathy for herself. Maybe they'll be able to the up the charges later, as they gather more evidence?
Anyway, I'm glad she's not running around free as a bird any more.