Is life in prison, just that? Or is it like 20 years and parole? I moved from Kenosha to Oklahoma 3 years ago, and capital murder here is lethal injection. My other question is, how long does Attorney Albee have to file an appeal? Thank you for everyones opinion in this trial, plus you were great Jean!

Are the members of Julie Jenson family going to try for custody of her children?

I believe the right verdict was reached. Mr. Jensen terrorized his wife, tortured her with threats and calculatingly kept an emotional distance from her. He denied her any feeling or care, both emotional and physically. He systematically broke her down; as any good manipulator does.

Good job Jean…loved watching the updates on CNN!

Regarding the ‘letter from the grave’. Back in 1995 there was an incident at my work that left me very frightened and concerned. I was so worried that I called my brother in California to tell him about it, and point to the individual involved in the event anything happened. Fortunately, it didn’t go any further, but I believed this letter based on my own experience.

I feel the jury did a terrific job in finding Jensen guilty of poisoning his wife, Julie. All of the evidence leading up to her death, including his actions with the porn pictures around the house, ect…, the computer findings, his affair, the lack of concern for taking her to a hospital for care. I can relate to why she stayed with him, she was threatened in so many abusive ways that caused her fear. She loved her children and her husband, she hoped it would work out, and that he wouldn’t carry out killing her. I have lived some of this also, she was a compassionate woman that wanted to keep her family together. In reality not thinking that he would carry this out.

K.H. Pennsylvania

I think In Session needs to be on later, no one wants to watch the reruns that are on after Banfield & Ford are over! This was a very interesting case to watch and it was so disapointing to not be able to watch it later in the day!
Thanks!

He probably did do it. But, it seems anymore that all the verdicts are based on “how they acted”. Just love the lady who got convicted for having a “boob job”. I think these prosecutors are just getting a little out of hand, more like witch hunts. Look out if something happens to your spouse, you’ll probably go to jail for it.

ONE MORE THING……..WOULD IT OF BEEN A BEAUTIFUL THING IF MARK WAS SENTENCED ON TUESDAY, 2/26, WHICH WILL BE THE 50TH BIRTHDAY OF JULIE……

Your wife and mother of your children commits suicide, would you deny your young sons the comfort of aunts, uncles and cousins of your deceased wife’s family? Whereas an angry, vindictive and controlling man would be compelled to destroy his murdered wife’s legacy to maintain the lie of her death, and deny her children access to the very family who know and loved her. The prosecution got it right and fortunately never gave up the good fight.

I’m really happy with the verdict in the Mark Jensen trial, however where was Kelly Jensen ?

Hooray for the justice system!!!! This time it really did work. I wish these jurors would have been in the Phil Spector trial.

Congrats to the jury. You not only disregarded the SNITCHES but from what I am watching and hearing You say You for the most part disregarded the letter from Julie. You looked at the computer searches and the like and realized that Mark was GUILTY as you should have. I can say like the judge did the jury system is part of what makes America work so well and YOU 12 did a GREAT JOB!!!!!!

looks like the D.A. did some serious celebrating last night!

Talk about fireworks… Put Lisa Bloom and Jami Floyd on the same set! Sorry Jami: Love your attitude, but you take “reasonable doubt” too far.

If Julie had the letter she wrote Notariized, would it had made a difference as to it being inadmissible or not.

I wonder why someone who claimed he was innocent would keep his boys away from their mother’s family after her death. He (Mark) thrived on control and wanted everything his way. I feel most sorry for those two boys who have lost their mother at the hands of their father. I feel that justice has been served.

How could the Jensen jury NOT have known they could go home whenever they wanted? Judge’s mistake?

I fail to see the brillance or relating the post it note to the letter from the grave.
Afterall, Julie did see the post it note and could
have adapted her letter to make the post it look
more ominous then it was.
First of all why be so cryptic about it , if the two
are related . Why not systematically go down
the list one by one and explain why these items
made her suspicious he was trying to kill her.
for example; 1. Nicotene , if you find lots of this
in my body I don’t smoke. 2. If there is lots of
alcohol in my body I don’t drink . 3. Razor blades
if you find me with my wrists slit I would never
so that because my brother had attempted suicide that way and saw what that did to my family.etc. etc.
She could have pointed out in a clear fashion
what it all could have meant.
Instead she did sound unstable and rambling.
If your going to use this as evidence the photo
of the post it note , you don’t stop halfway. You
explain it in a clear rational way what it means.

I don’t think Mark Jensen should be given the opportunity for parole, he’s already had his 10 years of freedom.

To Jamie Floyd, I have watched the Jensen trial, and felt there would have been reasonable doubt, if I had been on the jury.Its not about “closure” for either family, its about “justice”. I’m still not sure in my mind if Mark is guilty, but I also do not totally believe Julie was suicidal?? I’m sure the mixture of Ambein, Paxil, and other drugs was closely considered?I’m still perplexed and confused by this case!! Thankyou for the Best Defense and love your last word! Sincerely, Barb.

To the Jurors:
Thank you, from all of us in society that believed in Mark Jensen’s guilt…we again say, THANK YOU!….for serving this man what he deserved and giving to Julie her long over-due justice. I hope that Julie, somehow, knows this and is pleased. And if she wasn’t in peace before, that she is in peace now.
I believe that, not only did Mark hurt Julie’s family and friends, but he hurt ALL of decent society. He took her from us, as well. There is no way to put a number on the amount of people he hurt. World-wide, people heard of this case, and there is a world-wide number of decent people. We all grieved, and we all demanded justice. There will never be closure for any of us, but we are indeed grateful for justice.

After listening to the jury, most of last night and today… Thank God for the jury system… Finally ,level headed people who actually thought through the evidence and came to their own conclusion… I have to admit after Phil Sector trial, and hearing that there WAS an engineer on the jury, I was terribly worried. But he to has re-enstated my faith in the jury system. Thank You Jury… And Thank You Jean Casarez… And I really hope Julies brothers get to be a part of her sons lives now. And Mark gets to go and “compare” himself to other convicted murderers !!

Jean, we’ve seen you endure 25 below wind chill temp., a 16 inch snow fall, working a holiday most courts had off, a work day that went until midnight and all while you caught every detail, provided insightful analysis and you looked fabulous to boot! Remarkable, commendable and appreciated!

BITTERSWEET, ISN’T IT? EVERYONE LOSES. THE JURY DID A WONDERFUL JOB! THANK YOU EACH AND ALL.

Bravo to a good jury. I kept wondering why the defense fept getting their hired guns to make issue of the phone next to her bed, and why she never called anyone for help etc….when it was brought out that they were on dial up at the time, and “someone” (MJ) was in the den on the computer looking up the syptoms of coma, respiratory distress, etc… from EG poisoning. Even if she hadn’t been gieven 3 Ambian (enough to knock her out) , had she figured what was going on and tried to dial, the phone was in use.

This jury was exceptional, which one of us
ever thought that, The Computer searches
time line, the phone call, to the neighbor, to
say, “Mark is taking care of me”
was while Mark had gone to the Doctor’s office., there were 3 Ambien, missing, Juli
would have been, as one juror put it - Out of it, making any computer search on Dec 2nd, 3rd by her impossible. Then Marks own words from the first police interview. the EG search in Mid Nov, was to winterizing the pool. Some of the juror’s had pools, Nov 10th was a month too late, to be thinking about winterizing a WI swimming pool.
Very logical people. As Judge Schroeder stated
We’re lucky to have people that are willing to give up 6 weeks their life, to preserve freedom in this country.

Jean you are the best, what a classy lady.

I don’t see how the verdict could have been any thing but guilty, I work at night and was able to followed the case very carefully. Again, if I would have been on the jury the initial vote for guilty would have been 6. Bottom line, No if’s and and but’s, LAST WORD.

Stephanie,
You are way off base!!!

Jean, just want to let you know how much I appreciate your great work. You are intelligent and report with much less personal opinion than other reporters on tru.tv. I enjoy your reporting so much and love to read your reports. Keep up the good work.

Give me a Break!!! We all know what happened. I feel for Mr.Jensen at this point b/c he has probably grown up a little, but he has what is coming….and so does the current Mrs. Jensen. They robbed Julie. Now it is THEIR turn. Be a man and live up to it!!!!