[alexandria]

Funny you would say this because I have thought about it. He does have a huggable look about him.

The eyes it's in the eyes. Or in DW's case it IS NOT in the eyes. Seriously when Fres posts that photo of him looking at someone else talking, the close-up, he's not even smiling but his eyes are so kind.
The eyes are truly windows to the soul and frankly when I look at DVD I not only sense decit and evasiveness but dammit mostly SHAME I even feel shameful when I concentrate on a picture of him.
I came by a gift by gods grace and I am telling you when this story first broke, I had that niggling feeling that I've only gotten usually by looking at a photo of someone who is lost or may or may not be dead and I got it when I saw DVD and then the later confirmation when I saw Dnielle's photo.

[JudyB1938]

One time I cut just the eyes out of pictures of criminals and compared them. Some common features:

1) Heavy or very thin brows

2) Noticeable difference between each eye

a) Size
b) Shape

3) Stares:

a) "Crazy" look
b) No Emotion
c) Evil
d) Predatory
e) Sad

4) White showing around the pupil at the bottom

Also, another thing I noticed is that most of them had the corners of their mouths turn down. It takes years of hurt or hate to create that effect.

So, I've done the same thing other people have done and looked into the eyes and face of Westerfield. I see no evil there.

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

Boy......you've touched on a feeling here. He does have kind eyes. It's so very hard to look at him and believe he could have committed this crime.

It's a sense of right and wrong too. I'm not sure what all contributes to the feeling, but it's something I have felt in my gut from the beginning. Add the flimsy case that we have been shown and it all makes sense.

It's odd for me too. I am usually a rabid prosecution supporter and gung ho death penalty advocate.

If David Westerfield is found guilty by this jury, I will never feel comfortable with the decision. Normally I would be gleeful and especially with a child murder case.

But this case is different in so many ways. Maybe it's because we do catch a glimpse of David's soul. He may have many flaws, but I don't see a murderer.

[bvw]

Well, as much as you want to hold that, the eye contact stuff is theoretically reliable magic -- but subject to most common and usual vagarities in reading it, or otherwise gainfully using it. And it only works in person. Not across the 525x525 30 hz color bandwidth limitations of TV, nor even digital cable.