Susan Polk Defense!
Farese is so full of it, yet again. " ... "All I know is they entered sweepstakes," Farese said. "They got these checks in the mail, and they made calls to activate them." ... "
Made calls to activate them? They were bogus! How do you activate a fake check? She was caught with 5 checking accounts, 4 of which had been opened with the fraudulent funds and 1 of which was their personal family account.
At least one, maybe more, of the new accounts was in her name only and in a town elsewhere other than Selmer. She was depositing these checks and then immediately taking out the instant courtesy amounts from the ATM - $500 the day before the murder.
Enough to get her to Jackson, MS, for a night with her 3 darling daughters, before getting to Orange Beach and renting a beachfront room. Oh, and all she packed for the beach trip were: 1) a pair of socks for the baby; and 2) the shotgun with which she shot her husband.
Evidently, there was more money swindled from the banks, which hasn't been revealed yet - maybe up to the $17,500 mentioned. The first of these checks was $4800 last December! She had been check-kiting for months. That's not exactly being a victim of a scam. And I hope Farese has proof that Matthew knew about this. At this point, we only have murderess Mary's word on it.
a.) Sexually molested the daughters
b.) Physically abused her and the daughters
or
c.) He must have deserved it, because a woman doesn't just shoot her husband
are going to come to this thread and eat crow?
If this defense was used by a guy accused of killing his wife,he'd be laughed out the courtroom...after getting the chair.
But in at least some parts of the country,this just might work for a woman.