They are playing recordings of the conversation where oe admits to his brother what he's done to that poor child.

 

 

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll...E&template=ovr2

 

Jailhouse confessions recorded

 

Over the course of the trial, jurors have heard testimony about telephone conversations Joseph Smith had with his brother and mother after his arrest.

 

Tuesday afternoon, they are expected to hear the recordings of the actual conversations.

 

Prosecutors were preparing to play jailhouse conversations that Smith had with his brother mother that, according to earlier testimony, include information about where Carlie's body was dumped and what happened to her.

 

Defense attorney Adam Tebrugge objected to the recordings on constitutional grounds, saying Smith had not been advised of his rights and that Smith's brother was, in effect, acting as an agent of law enforcement.

 

His objections were overruled.

Defense attorney Adam Tebrugge objected to the recordings on constitutional grounds, saying Smith had not been advised of his rights and that Smith's brother was, in effect, acting as an agent of law enforcement.

 

His objections were overruled.

 

On what grounds were they overruled? I think this guy needs to be buried in the deepest hole and forgotten, but he should get a fair trial. I didnt think it was legal to use recorded confessions if the confessor was not aware he/she was being recorded.

On what grounds were they overruled?  I think this guy needs to be buried in the deepest hole and forgotten, but he should get a fair trial.  I didnt think it was legal to use recorded confessions if the confessor was not aware he/she was being recorded.

 

 

He was in a jail holding cell... And if common sense didn't kick in.. signs plain as day stating that visits were being monitored and recorded are all over the place.

He was in a jail holding cell... And if common sense didn't kick in.. signs plain as day stating that visits were being monitored and recorded are all over the place.

 

fair enough. Now moving on to finding the deepest hole.

fair enough.  Now moving on to finding the deepest hole.

 

 

Not good enough... he should suffer as much as it's thought she suffered.. revived.. then repeated.

Not good enough... he should suffer as much as it's thought she suffered.. revived.. then repeated.

 

no arguments here. I am starting to think that the people responsible for paroling these repeat offenders need to start getting punished also. I am sure they would take their jobs a hell of alot more seriously if they were punished for letting some whacko out who went and repeated his crime.

Quote from the Herald Tribune site:

In a coded letter to his brother, Joseph Smith told his brother that he disposed of Carlie's backpack and other evidence into four Dumpsters around Sarasota, and that he dragged Carlie's body to the field where it was found four days later.

The testimony of theFBI code breaker were devastating to the defense, as jurors were shown a large poster with the decoded letter.

The "backpack and clothes went into four different dumpsters," it said. "I dragged the body to where it was found. Destroy this after deciphering it and shut up."

The code breaker said the letter was written in numbers and symbols, and was written from right to left and from the bottom of the page to the top of the page.

 

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll...70428/-1/CARLIE

 

 

The case has gone to the jury.

 

In a surprise move.. the defense waived making a closing statement.

 

I hope they return before noon.

Verdict is in..

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll...E&template=ovr2

 

 

Link to watch live coverage.

Oh thank God..

 

Guilty on ALL counts!!!

There should have been a guy standing right behind him, and as soon as the verdict was read he should have had his head bashed in with a bat. f***ing scum.

When the judge polled the jury the first jurors response to the judge asking if that was her verdict..

 

 

"Oh yes.."

 

Loud and clear

 

And the effing bastard shook his head as if he agreed.

What the jurors who will decide Smith's fate think if the DP..

 

http://www.sarasotaherald.com/apps/pbcs.dl...7/NEWS/51117023

 

Juror No. 96

 

A man in his 60s from Kentucky who said he has “no qualms” about the death penalty.

 

 

 

My mom is the only other person I have ever heard use that word.

I know you guys are probably sick of me posting on this.. but just one last thing..

 

I was searching in my mind last night for something positive out of this whole tragedy.

 

Joseph Smith might have made one contribution to America. With his idiotic coded letters, disgusting words to his brother, admission to his mother, and inability to spot surveilance cameras, he showed everyone in America how easy it is to violate a frightened child. He gave us a landmark case to refer to any time in the future. Never again should people entertain thoughts that brutal crimes bring about mountains of forensic evidence, or that a pervert set on kidnapping a child can't accomplish it without someone noticing.

 

That car wash tape was easily the most frightening footage I have ever witnessed. His confidence, the ease of it, Carlies' innocent child-like responses when she felt threatened, Carlies' attempt to avoid his eyes and his person.

 

If that tape doesn't scream to America that we need a one strike law for violent sex offenders, then we are headed down one ugly path.

 

We rarely see a childs' final moments of innocent life. We saw Carlies'. The rest of her life from the moment she exited the surveilance area was hell.

I haven't watched the footage yet. I see that little picture of it in the corner of that update site, and I don't think I want to. Everytime I have tried, it hasn't worked, and I am pretty sure I am thankful for that. I just know I will end up yelling at the picture for her to scream, break away, run, do whatever she can. That picture itself is too hard to look at. I don't feel like crying my eyes out right now, so I know I sure won't click on it now.