I Had A Feeling

When I saw this defendant on television yesterday, I knew he was going to get off light. I know you're saying "how did he get off light when he was convicted of second degree murder on all four counts?" The reason I think he got off light. He's looking at 15 to 25 years instead of life without parole or the death penalty. In any other court with any other lawyer he probably would have been found guilty of the latter. He had the best defense in this city money could buy....Leslie Ballin.

This trial set somebody back a pretty penny. Judging from the fathers outburst yesterday it was probably him. Some think Ballin expected even more of a break than he got, but I don't see how. Based on the stoic look on Chris Jones' face he was expecting a miracle too. In my opinion he almost got one. When they brought up the fact that meth was in the victims' system, I had a feeling,

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/may/22/jury-chris-jones-murder-trial-goes-deliberations/