Steve Groene, father of the victim, sat stoically in the courtroom, as he has through much of the case, as the verdicts were read finding Joseph Duncan eligible for the death penalty for the murder of 9-year-old Dylan. Groene, his black sunglasses tucked into the…
Joseph Duncan is eligible for the death penalty, a jury of eight men and four women found just now after just under two hours of deliberation. Now, the case will move into its second phase, in which prosecutors will offer evidence of victim impact and…
Duncan said he wasn’t telling the jury about the effect little Shasta had on him – prompting him to change his mind about killing her – because he thought he’d been redeemed. “This is not for my own salvation, but it’s for the hope of…
Joseph Duncan began his closing argument by addressing the jury directly, saying, “You people really don’t have any clue yet on the true heinousness of what I’ve done. … I’ll try to fill you in on some of the details.” When he went on the…
“I should actually thank the government for helping me get my eye for an eye, by showing you the evidence that you have seen, by showing you the videos,” Joseph Duncan told the jury, “… helping me to take away your heart and your innocence.…
In his closing statement, Joseph Duncan told the jury, “Everyone tends to lie to children. It’s not something that should be considered to weigh upon my own honesty. … I have been honest, I have been forthright.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson is a little over an hour into her closing argument for the first phase of Joseph Duncan’s death penalty sentencing trial, and is weaving a narrative that ties together the various, disparate pieces of evidence presented to the jury during…
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