Nearly three years since Jussie Smollett claimed to be the victim of a hate crime, he is back in court this week as a defendant for allegedly staging the whole thing and filing a false police report. Those of you who frequent the Sidebar posts here know that I defended Jussie even as more and […]
Sidebar: VERDICT WATCH! The Trial Of Kyle Rittenhouse
I’m starting a new thread for the Rittenhouse Trial and I will probably start one for the trial of Ahmaud Aubrey trial right after this. The Rittenhouse comments are very political which is kind of funny because one party says this is not a political trial and then calling me “the far left.” It’s gotten […]
Sidebar: Verdict Watch! Durst Jurors Have Begun Deliberations
The Jury in the Durst Trial began deliberations today a noon PT/ 3 ET. I think this was probably the most ridiculously drawn out trial I have ever seen. I would not be shocked if we get a verdict today. However, there is always a lot of ridiculous paperwork to get through, so tomorrow is […]
Sidebar: California v. Robert Durst
Where are all my trial watchers? Just yesterday I discovered that the Robert Durst trial is live on Court TV. I’ve missed most of it. However Durst is on the stand and is currently being grilled by the prosecutor. I had it on all day yesterday and he asks the same question 47 times about […]
Open Forum: Saturday Night Jodi Arias Shows
Lifetime is airing the Jodi Arias movie that I know I must have watched back when it first came out but I don’t remember much of it. At ten PM, there is a new episode of Cell Mate Secrets about Jodi Arias. They interview two of her cellmates that she was friends with. It looks […]
Derek Chauvin Trial: Closing Arguments And Verdict Watch!
Well boys and squirrels, the judge is reading the jury instructions to the jury. And since I just woke up, it is kind of putting me to sleep. His measured tone is kind of like a lullaby. I am hoping for a verdict today, but that is probably unlikely. The jury is being sequestered and […]
New Post: The Derek Chauvin Trial
I thought we might need a new thread for discussion. Just when I think the prosecution makes some good progress, they go right back to their repetitive mind-numbing behaviors. They began on day one introducing a lot of significant footage. Then they called everyone they could possible find who was a bystander and dragged them […]
The Derek Chauvin Trial
I sleep with the TV on and usually don’t wake up until afternoon. It’s just the struggle bus I am on and I am tired of worrying about it. It is what it is. So I woke up today and opening statements were happening. I have no idea why CourtTV was the channel I was […]
Sidebar: The Trial Of Derek Chauvin Is A HOT MESS!
Today was a no good, horrible, very bad day. I was unable to watch jury selection today. However, I do know that things are a complete and total clusterfuck. It is insane to me that during jury selection news broke that the Floyd family was awarded $27 Million dollars in damages. First of all, $27 […]
SIDE BAR! Where My Gurls At? (and Guys)THE DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL
In case there is anyone here who knows what SideBar means on my site… Back in the day we broke my site talking about the Jodi Arias Trial. I was a moron and didn’t even have ads then. But at the time all the true crime fans and all the reality fans hated each other […]
Sidebar: Witness In Amber Guyger Case Murdered
It’s been a long time since we’ve talked about a trial. I started this as a post a comment in the Open Forum post because I’m exhausted. I’ve been watching videos of the Amber Guyger trial on Youtube. Because I am really trying to be productive regarding house cleaning, I decided that I should work […]
Sidebar: Brendan Dassey & Ross Harris
A Wisconsin judge has granted Brendan Dassey’s motion to be released from prison while his court proceedings continue. He will be on probation until all the proceedings are completed and is not allowed contact with Stephen Avery. That is good news. In local news, the jury just reached a verdict in the Ross Harris […]
Dr. Phil: Crazy Lady Who Wants to Marry Stephen Avery Part 2
In case you missed yesterday’s post on Dr. Phil, you can read about that here. The short version is that some crazy lady watched Making A Murderer and believed the hype that Stephen Avery is innocent. She apparently decided that Avery will eventually be paid millions of dollars for his former wrongful conviction and she […]
Dr Phil Interviews Crazy Lady Who Wants To Marry Stephen Avery
UPDATED: SPOILER ALERT! Apparently Avery dumps the crazy lady on Dr. Phil tomorrow. So now I guess I have to watch tomorrow. Dr Phil continues his charade of interviewing people related to major trial news. Today it is a woman who wants to marry Stephen Avery the guy from the Netflix Series Making A […]
The Case of JonBenet Ramsey on CBS Reveals Nothing
Are we up for one more Jon Benet investigative show? The CBS miniseries was supposed to be six hours long and has been cut down to four hours, two hours Sunday night and two hours Monday night. The series was also supposed to be called Case Closed which makes it seem like they were going […]
Making A Murderer’s Brendan Dassey Set to Be Released From Prison
The Netflix “documentary” Making a Murderer set out to make it appear that Steven Avery was wrongfully convicted of a murder in a small town after previously being wrongfully convicted of rape. Most people feel that the evidence proved his guilt, but the show was able to give many others reasonable doubt. The one thing […]
Sidebar: Curtis Lovelace Posts Bond; Set To Be Released Within Days
This post is based on the Twitter feed of Don O’Brien a local reporter in Quincy with a close eye on the case. Some somewhat surprising events occurred today regarding the Case of Curtis Lovelace. If you haven’t read about this case here previously, Lovelace is accused of murdering his wife on Valentine’s […]
Sidebar: Lovelace Trial Update
There are two previous posts on this trial HERE and HERE. The second post is about the even jury spilt in the first trial resulting in a hung jury. The jury seems to be a fairly accurate representation of the townspeople’s sentiment which is also reflected here in the numerous comments from both residents of […]
SIDEBAR Update in the Lovelace Case: The Jury Was Spilt Down the Middle
Don O’Brien has just spoken with Curtis Lovelace’s legal team. According to his lead attorney, James Elmore. According to O’Brien’s tweets, the jury was spilt with six voting guilty and six voting not guilty. Elmore was not surprised by the hung jury as his read on the jury was that they were not a […]
Sidebar: Any Interest in Talking About The Lovelace Murder Trial?
It’s been a long time since we have had a sidebar. Someone pointed out this interesting case going on in Quincy, Illinois. In 2006, Curtis and Cory Lovelace were hometown heroes of sorts. Curtis was a high school and college track star who married his college sweetheart, Cory and together they had four kids. She […]
Justin Ross Harris Indicted on 8 Counts Related to Son’s Death
Justin Ross Harris, who may have deliberately left his 22 month old son to die in a hot car was indicted by a grand jury today in a Cobb County courtroom on eight charges. Harris will be tried for malice murder, two counts of felony murder, cruelty to children in the 1st and 2nd degree, […]
Sidebar: Judge Finds Probable Cause in Justin Ross Harris Case
Today in a courtroom about five miles from my house, Justin Ross Harris, the father accused of felony murder for leaving his 22 month old son in a hot car for nearly 8 hours, attended a probable cause hearing, A judge heard part of the prosecution’s case and it was pretty chilling. I admit to dozing […]
Side Bar: What Is Going On With These Fathers?
We haven’t had a sidebar in so long, I forgot what we called them! Anyway, there are a few interesting news stories I thought we might want to discuss here. First is the above Nancy Grace interview where she tells the father of a missing kid his son had been found. The second case is […]
Sidebar: Martin MacNeill Update
Martin MacNeill (Who is Martin MacNeill? ) returns to court in Utah for a competency hearing tomorrow. MacNeill has been on suicide watch since his failed suicide attempt while in custody early last month. He is scheduled to go to trial for forcible sexual assault against one of his daughters on February 4th. However his […]
Sidebar: Jodi Arias And Now With Nigella Lawson Trial News!
Troy Hayden of Fox News in Phoenix has an exclusive interview with Jodi Arias’s former cellmate. It’s um… interesting. The cellmate says that Jodi wondered why Juan Martinez did not love her. Yes, you did read that correctly. But she also claims that if Jodi gets the death penalty that she will put a hit […]
Sidebar: Jordan Graham (And Any Other Case You Wish to Discuss)
Ahh Wedded bliss. Young love. Such a pretty picture. I was never the type that really planned a wedding as a young girl. I’ve always desperately wanted to be married. Just not to anyone I ever met….well except that one guy from Isle of Palms when I was 19. But I had too many things […]