" Several neighbors, some camping buddies and a female friend Westerfield hung out with at a Poway bar have testified. In large part, they were "people who seem like nice, ordinary citizens," said San Diego lawyer Mike Still, a former prosecutor. "I don't believe the jurors missed this point. Westerfield's friends seem like normal, decent people. The van Dams' friends, like the van Dams themselves, are white trash with California valley-girl accents.
And I stress the word friends to distinguish between other witnesses at the bar who didn't know Westerfield. Neighbors, though, all spoke well of him, and had visited or gone camping with him in the past.
Quick quiz: How many neighbors spoke well of the van Dams? How many said they actually knew them?
When I watching Denise testify about it being a wife swap not a sex party, I was amazed tht she wasn't even embarassed, when she was talking about smoking pot, no shame. Like she was speaking about the weather. la la la... not even a blush.
I'm sure some on the jury picked up on that.
"How many neighbors spoke well of the van Dams? How many said they actually knew them?"
Hmmmmmmmmmm..........NONE? LOL