Posted on 01/30/2007 10:44:00 AM PST by newzjunkey
The jury finds the woman accused of poisoning her Marine husband so she could cash in on his $250,000 life insurance policy guilty.
Cynthia Sommer, 33, was charged with murder and special circumstance allegations of murder by poison and murder for financial gain in the Feb. 18, 2002, death of Sgt. Todd Sommer. She faces life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted.
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Well, she'll have the plasti-boobs to keep her company in jail.
For those not familiar with this case, she poisoned him and used his $250,000 policy to get breast implants and party wildly. Her defense lawyer tried to claim during the trial her flashing of men was just her way of grieving.
I followed this trial fairly closely and there was never any doubt in my mind that she poisoned her husband. Her husband was a brave Marine that loved his wife and this is how she returned his affection. I say let her take a ride on Saddam's swingset.
Yup. I'm not sure how the special circumstances only get her life without parole rather than for death considering she poisoned him with intend to profit. It's that enough?
Look at where the trial was held for your answer. If FL or TX this woman would have a date with the needle.
I accept the jury's decision. Hope she stays in prison for life.
This case leaves us wondering just what their law really is.
I have been following this on CourtTV, and I didn't think there was proof enough to find her guilty.
And the forensic testimony by that one expert made me doubt if arsenic poisoning even occurred. The experts didn't agree.
SOme people shouldn't have large life insurance policies payable to their spouses.
She faces life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted.
That's some quality journalism right there, I tell you what.
I would like to see the Jury system be required to explain their verdict the same way a judge explains their opinions.I hope that those on the jury find themselves in the same boat
There is no reason to doubt it occurred.
His internal organs had enormously high levels of arsenic in them.
The defense tried to create reasonable doubt by arguing that someone could have either purposefully or accidentally injected his body with high levels of arsenic in the time between his death and the toxicology examination.
That's frankly ridiculous.
The only evidence they have for that is one toxicologist's claim that it would have been impossible for a person to cling to life as long as he did with that much arsenic in him.
However, other toxicologists were of the opinion that a 23 year old Marine in peak physical condition could have lived for days before succumbing.
People who watch too many crime shows on TV should not imagine that they are experts on criminal law.
In 99.9999% of murder cases there is no telegenic CSI who discovers 9 discrete peices of physical evidence that can all be traced only to the killer.
Were this "idea" (for lack of a more accurate word) implemented, every single conviction ever obtained would be overturned on appeal.
It would give every defense lawyer 12 extra bites at the mistrial apple, inundating our courts with costs and emptying our prisons of predators.
Two ex-co-workers of a woman accused of poisoning her Marine husband testified Wednesday that she participated in wet T-shirt and thong contests a few months after he died, and three military men testified they had sex with her in the weeks after she became a widow.She's all class.
It seems only fair to point out that it was a black t-shirt and a black thong.
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