Michael has certainly tried to kill Terri for illegimate reasons on multiple occasions. Would it make any difference whether he was prosecuted for four counts of attempted murder instead of three? Adding in the various cruelty charges, fraud charges, etc. along the way, it would seem he'd should have to be Methuselah to see the light of day as a free man, regardless of whether he's charged for an initial attempted murder the night of Terri's collapse.
Indeed, the first murder attempt would probably be the one meriting the lightest sentence, since Michael could probably argue that it was done without premeditation, and might even be able to argue that he wasn't really trying to kill Terri, but she'd said something that put him into a rage (per such an argument, had she died then, he might have been found guilty of manslaughter rather than murder; that she lived would make the charge aggravated battery, whose statute of limitations has lapsed, rather than attempted murder). To be sure, if evidence were found that showed that Michael had tried to kill Terri on that night, that may make it somewhat easier to score a conviction on the other attempted murder charges, but even without that Michael had plenty of motive to kill his wife. If a prosecutor really tries to score a conviction, there's going to be plenty of evidence to convict Michael even if the cause of Terri's initial injuries isn't established.
However, at the moment it looks as though Michael will get away with all his attempts to kill Terri, and soon may finally succeed if someone in authority doesn't stop him.
True. But Michael would need Terri dead regardless of whether he tried to kill her on the night of her initial collapse. Why speculate about the collapse as a motive, when there are other motives which are clear as day?
You don't ignore some crimes a person has committed because that person commits MORE crimes, even if it is against the SAME victim.
We are going to continue to disagree. But that's.... okay.
Prayers for Teri.
Bump!