The Jeffrey Macdonald Case
I'm so mad about that stupid case. For my forensics class, we have to do this mock trial thing and I'm on the defense side meaning I have to prove that man innocent.
OKAY, I REALLY THINK HE DID IT.
Which is why I'm not going to make a good lawyer because I'll be blogging about why my client is actually guilty when I should be proving his innocence, and then the world will see how much of a fraud I am. But it just gets on my nerves. Even reading the freaking "he's innocent!" evidence is like wow . . . he's actually not.
Okay, first of all, everyone keeps using that whole "Helena Stoeckley confessed she did it!" thing.
Um, GET A CLUE.
She's a freaking drug addict. Okay, so what if she can describe in detail the state of the room yaddia yadda that only crime investigators would know? She's probably been there before. She was probably connected in some way to MacDonald (some people say after he joined the army, there was some weird trade going on with the army and the drug dealers), but he described seeing someone who looked exactly like her (i.e. ratted her out) when he was explaining what happened the night of. Then she CONFESSED because she's half insane and wants attention. You know what kind of money you get for appearing on television, and especially for something as serious as that? If anything, she could easily be bribed to admit to it, because really, who would turn down a large sum of money if you're really in need of it? And drug dealer = $$$$ so . . . you know. Okay, so opposing sides would say "government didn't listen, and she was trying to confess, and later some other person did, etc. etc." But the government is right. How can you fully trust someone who claims they were high that day, but can fully remember small details of the room? It's RIDICULOUS.
And what's with this whole thing against investigators IN EVERY CASE. Every time somebody MAY possibly be guilty, they always point the finger at the investigators, saying they planted everything. I understand corruption like that happens, but you can't really
a. Take blood from a possible suspect rushed to the hospital for days and just plant it everywhere
b. believe MacDonald about the pajama top and how he used it to protect himself when all this blood and these evenly patterned ice pick holes were found on it
Also, look at his background. He was a successful doctor. If he was found abusing is wife or even almost killing her, he would ruin his reputation and his days as a doctor would be over because nobody would want treatment from a possible murderer. And then he's have no job, and he's pretty much be sentenced to jail (although it would be a lighter sentence if he did the crime, felt guilty, and confessed!) BUT NO, it makes more sense that he got in a fight with Collette (wife), possibly killed her, and then tried to kill his children because they would be witnesses otherwise. So he pretty much made it worse for himself.
And one more thing. Why the heck did MacDonald need to find someone to publish a book about him? I mean, to show him in a good light? Oh, because he knows he did it and he wants to prove himself innocent, or have more people back him up. I mean, it makes more sense. It's like O.J. all over again. These guys and their books! It's crazy!
My only ounce of sympathy would go to him if one day he is proven innocent. But that won't happen, and I'm sure he'll end up spending the rest of his life (if not most) in jail. So, oh well. You do the [major] crime, you pay the [major] time.
OKAY, I REALLY THINK HE DID IT.
Which is why I'm not going to make a good lawyer because I'll be blogging about why my client is actually guilty when I should be proving his innocence, and then the world will see how much of a fraud I am. But it just gets on my nerves. Even reading the freaking "he's innocent!" evidence is like wow . . . he's actually not.
Okay, first of all, everyone keeps using that whole "Helena Stoeckley confessed she did it!" thing.
Um, GET A CLUE.
She's a freaking drug addict. Okay, so what if she can describe in detail the state of the room yaddia yadda that only crime investigators would know? She's probably been there before. She was probably connected in some way to MacDonald (some people say after he joined the army, there was some weird trade going on with the army and the drug dealers), but he described seeing someone who looked exactly like her (i.e. ratted her out) when he was explaining what happened the night of. Then she CONFESSED because she's half insane and wants attention. You know what kind of money you get for appearing on television, and especially for something as serious as that? If anything, she could easily be bribed to admit to it, because really, who would turn down a large sum of money if you're really in need of it? And drug dealer = $$$$ so . . . you know. Okay, so opposing sides would say "government didn't listen, and she was trying to confess, and later some other person did, etc. etc." But the government is right. How can you fully trust someone who claims they were high that day, but can fully remember small details of the room? It's RIDICULOUS.
And what's with this whole thing against investigators IN EVERY CASE. Every time somebody MAY possibly be guilty, they always point the finger at the investigators, saying they planted everything. I understand corruption like that happens, but you can't really
a. Take blood from a possible suspect rushed to the hospital for days and just plant it everywhere
b. believe MacDonald about the pajama top and how he used it to protect himself when all this blood and these evenly patterned ice pick holes were found on it
Also, look at his background. He was a successful doctor. If he was found abusing is wife or even almost killing her, he would ruin his reputation and his days as a doctor would be over because nobody would want treatment from a possible murderer. And then he's have no job, and he's pretty much be sentenced to jail (although it would be a lighter sentence if he did the crime, felt guilty, and confessed!) BUT NO, it makes more sense that he got in a fight with Collette (wife), possibly killed her, and then tried to kill his children because they would be witnesses otherwise. So he pretty much made it worse for himself.
And one more thing. Why the heck did MacDonald need to find someone to publish a book about him? I mean, to show him in a good light? Oh, because he knows he did it and he wants to prove himself innocent, or have more people back him up. I mean, it makes more sense. It's like O.J. all over again. These guys and their books! It's crazy!
My only ounce of sympathy would go to him if one day he is proven innocent. But that won't happen, and I'm sure he'll end up spending the rest of his life (if not most) in jail. So, oh well. You do the [major] crime, you pay the [major] time.