Well I'd like to respond to this although the fine Sam Paine is excoriating me for having an opinion, an opinion based on sound judgement I'd argue. Although by Sam, heh, one cannot have an opinion as we must assume that fine husband innocent which I must do IF I were on his jury.
But anyway, for the sake of discussion, and I will not respond to the very personable Sam or the very sweet and knowledgeable Hildy, let me state that the FIL SAID that his daughter told him that her soon-to-be husband asked her to change her beneficiary.
There's really no proof of that although I kind of believe him. Still and so, I would think this to be a "hear-say" kind of thing and am not at all sure it would be admissable in court. This would be up to the judge I surmise and if that bit of evidence causes him to go free than so be it. OJ still combs the links for his wife's killer and our justice system survived that assault upon it.
BTW, OJ was declared innocent in a criminal court. Is it okay for me to say I still think he is guilty? Or do I become garbage and riff-raff as Sam Paine would have it?
Also, as I understand it, the life insurance beneficiary was NOT changed so that fact brings to question the victim's father's assertion although, again, I believe him but I know that makes me a rabble rouser.
The biggest single item making this fine, fine husband who loved his wife so that he couldn't save her life, the singular person who he should have fought to the death to save what with his training is how he willy-nilly changed his story once he checked his facts. Gracious the guy even called the investigators and made a big deal about how he had been mistaken about the currents, or those lies he told the prior day.
I will also never understand to the day I die how her air got turned OFF. What, she turn around and turned it off?
Again, I think he's guilty. There's no law anywhere in this country that people not on a jury can't discuss guilt or innocence and to so claim is just to display ignorance.
“I will also never understand to the day I die how her air got turned OFF. What, she turn around and turned it off?”
Its pretty much impossible to turn your own air off once you have the tank on. Unless you have a very very flexible arm.
In some of the training I’ve had we would turn each others air off to practice out of air conditions. We were in a pool or very shallow water. Its not hard to do it without the owner knowing about it.