Monday, January 6, 2014
Dateline: Killing in Cottonwood
If you caught Dateline Friday night, they profiled the story of Mark & Karen Duenas. One night Mark woke up when he heard a noise and found his wife Karen stabbed multiple times. Mark says he had nothing to do with Karen's murder. Karen died as a result of her injuries and Mark was eventually convicted of her murder after two trials. The first trial however voted to acquit 9-3, but one juror hung it up.
Having watched the show, I did not see any hot spots in Mark's behavior. This was an interesting case that left me wanting to see more of Mark.
I did find it odd that his "texting friend" testified that Mark said for anything to happen between them something "bad" would have to happen to his wife. That was the only red flag I found...which is not conclusive.
What did you think?
I think the prosecutor reached for everything she had. She did not want to tarnish her perfect record so she sent an innocent man to jail with no conscience of her own.
ReplyDeleteI just saw it too and searched out to see if others also found this to be a horrible injustice. The man didn't read guilty to me at all either. And I trust my instincts. I really cannot comprehend a prosecutor so ambitious she's ok with putting an innocent man away. Btw, anyone know what this 'other' evidence dateline has?
ReplyDeleteI trust my instincts and I trust Keith Morrison. I've never seen him go after a prosecutor like that, and she had no real evidence against this man. Huge miscarriage of justice here, in my opinion.
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