[Henrietta]

"The jury may erroneously consider his absence from the courtroom as an indication that he voluntarily elected not to attend because he doesn't care about the outcome, has something to hide and/or doesn't provide emotional support to his wife, who is obviously still attending the trial," attorney Spencer Busby stated in the court documents.

Amazing. They care about what the jury thinks about him, and he's not even on trial.

They don't seem to care about creating false impressions to the jury about the defendant, however, in excluding evidence that might tend to be exclupatory (that phone call on the 16th) and including evidence more prejudicial than probative (the kiddy porn, downloaded by his son.)

What a farce.

[Freedom2specul8]

Well, according to some he should be on trial...The defense has shown the conservative jury members that the parents weren't conservatives, weren't self-disciplined, were selfish pot smokers, and the home might be vulnerable to outsiders because of the things brenda said at the bar and damon isn't on trial...See the connection? Oh Damon's on trial, but in a different way. He's been on trial since the LEO leaked the info to rick roberts. The LE leak's mission is accomplished.