02-23-2016, 04:42 PM
Guilty Verdict
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Jurors found Dynel Lane ^ , 36, guilty of attempted first-degree murder, assault and unlawful termination of a pregnancy in the March 2015 attack on Michelle Wilkins, who was 7 ½ months pregnant. Wilkins survived, but her unborn daughter died.
Lane, who had posted online photos of herself with a distended belly and sent her husband ultrasound pictures, lured Wilkins, 27, to her home with a Craigslist ad for maternity clothes. Wilkins testified during trial that they chatted for about an hour before Lane hit, pushed and tried to choke her, then used two kitchen knives to cut the baby from her womb.
Lane's attorneys did not dispute that she attacked Wilkins but argued there was no evidence it was a calculated murder attempt. They said the assault was haphazard and impulsive and urged jurors to convict Lane of the lesser charge of attempted manslaughter. The jury didn't buy it; they believed the prosecution's contention that Lane planned the attack carefully.
Lane has two daughters and lost a 19-month-old boy in a drowning accident in 2002. She faces anywhere from 16 to 120 years in prison when she is sentenced in April.
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After the hearing Tuesday, the victim, Michellle Wilkins ^, said she doesn't hate Lane, but is angry about all the pain she caused.
"There is nothing ever in any shape or form that can remotely prepare you for something like this," said Wilkins. "It just never entered my world views that someone could be so cruel and value life so little."
Wilkins, speaking slowly and with composure, quoted Martin Luther King Jr. on the power of forgiveness. She thanked her supporters and said it's confusing that life can be both cruel and beautiful.
Ref: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dynel-lane-c...ing-trial/
Jurors found Dynel Lane ^ , 36, guilty of attempted first-degree murder, assault and unlawful termination of a pregnancy in the March 2015 attack on Michelle Wilkins, who was 7 ½ months pregnant. Wilkins survived, but her unborn daughter died.
Lane, who had posted online photos of herself with a distended belly and sent her husband ultrasound pictures, lured Wilkins, 27, to her home with a Craigslist ad for maternity clothes. Wilkins testified during trial that they chatted for about an hour before Lane hit, pushed and tried to choke her, then used two kitchen knives to cut the baby from her womb.
Lane's attorneys did not dispute that she attacked Wilkins but argued there was no evidence it was a calculated murder attempt. They said the assault was haphazard and impulsive and urged jurors to convict Lane of the lesser charge of attempted manslaughter. The jury didn't buy it; they believed the prosecution's contention that Lane planned the attack carefully.
Lane has two daughters and lost a 19-month-old boy in a drowning accident in 2002. She faces anywhere from 16 to 120 years in prison when she is sentenced in April.
After the hearing Tuesday, the victim, Michellle Wilkins ^, said she doesn't hate Lane, but is angry about all the pain she caused.
"There is nothing ever in any shape or form that can remotely prepare you for something like this," said Wilkins. "It just never entered my world views that someone could be so cruel and value life so little."
Wilkins, speaking slowly and with composure, quoted Martin Luther King Jr. on the power of forgiveness. She thanked her supporters and said it's confusing that life can be both cruel and beautiful.
Ref: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dynel-lane-c...ing-trial/