Will Alex Letkemans second degree murder sentence stay if the jury finds Orlewicz with something less than second degree murder since he was only the helper?

This is very interesting. It leads me to believe that the jury is leaning toward a guilty verdict in the case. Of course, I thought OJ was guilty so you never know with juries! I just hope the jury is being logical. To my thinking it is not logical that Alex Letkemann would accept 20-30 years if it really was self-defense. I have been rivited to this case from the beginning.

I was horrified to hear Alex Letkemann’s testimony, I felt myself getting physically ill hearing him describe all that happened. The lack of emotion from both Letkemann and Orlewicz is unbelievable! I dont know any of them, yet I had more emotion that both of them put together. It is very disturbing that young men like this are walking among us.

Will any of the choices affect the deal that the friend made? Alex? It seems to me that he shouldnt have to do more time than the person who actually committed the act of murder. Did I get the facts correct? did they say that Alex had nothing to do with the crime until the moment it happened in the garage and then with the clean up and disposal, which to me wouldnt be a life sentence of 20-30? Can he change his plea deal and go to trial? I dont think he would get more than 20 years if he did. Im not sure why, but I feel that this boy got a raw deal. Jean Perre just seems to be evil in his premeditation and the other boy doesnt.

It appears some jurors are having sympathy for the creep’s young age. Well, set him free and he may help removing more thugs from the society.

It was interesting to hear J.P’s mature voice in contrast with his “babyface” when he finally took the stand. Early on in his testimony I thought that some of the things he claimed were making sense, but something wasn’t settling well with me. He claimed that Dan allegedly brandished his gun and aimed it at Alex Letkemann then he (J.P) attacked Dan from behind and stabbed him in the back in “self defense”. It just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me because J.P was the last one to enter the garage and could have been the 1st one out the door to escape and notify the authorities. The gun wasn’t being pointing at J.P initially, as he claims… so, would defending Alex from being shot be justification for killing Dan? sigh…

The baby face is guilty. He is pretending to be innocent and it shows through. You don’t stab and stab and sever the head, and have a party afterwards. People who are afraid of life go home and tell their parents or call 911 right there and then. These young kids are prime example of young folks who are spoiled rotten to the core and don’t care about others, but themselves.

Unreal. The problem with juries is that they are made up of people, most of whom are idiots.

This case makes me wish Michigan had the death penalty!

If you know anything about law, you would know that Sorenson’s past has nothing to do with this case that is why the Judge wouldn’t allow it. Are you a lawyer do you know case law and the rules of the court? What I want to know is how a defense attorney sleeps at night having to represent a scumbag like this.

This kid did not act in self defense he beheaded a guy and lit him on fire. How is this self defense? This kid is manipulator, a liar, and a cold hearted killer.

My heart goes out to the Sorenson’s Family. No one should ever have go through something like this. I hope JP roits in hell and loses all his teeth.

The little creep JP is as quity as sin. I feel sorry for his parents, something is wrong there and they should not be punished but he should be throw in the pokey with a bunch of hard core convicts. He has no remorse, no tears, very cold little ass. Hard as it may be I would throw him in jail and throw away the key. He is a smart ass and will be until bubba sets him straight.

Guilty On All Charges i knew deep in my heart that he would be found guilty… thank you GOD For guideing the jury to find Dans Killer guilty Now may,12,08 the judge will give him life x3 Rest In Peace Dan/Cous….

Aubree,

The killing had nothing to do with his criminal history. If it had been allowed in, that would have been the same as sanctioning vigilanty justice. While I don’t think this guy was worth saving, it scares me more to think of vigilanty justice.

Well Aubree and Cathy you thought wrong. The little mafia wanna be was found guilty on all charges. Hope he likes prison food because thats all he will be eating for the rest of his life.

I believe all these boys know the differance of right from wrong. I feel J.P. does need to atone for murdering someone, let alone Sawing the body”s head off, and mutilation. I don”t believe incarcerating him for his whole life is the way to go. He seems to really, truely believe Dan was is a thug. It just seems much of todays youth is disattached with society. They play these crazy killing electronic games and are given computers to do whatever, whenever they want. All unsupervised. It just seems things like this will only just get worse.

Lock them ALL UP, and throw away the key!

The judge is so on the prosecution’s side, it’s amazing!!!

I believe the defense in the Jean Pierre Orlewicz case. I believe he killed Dan out of self defense and then mutilated his body out of duress. He needs to be acquitted and then that boy needs to be left alone! Sending him to prison for the rest of his life IS NOT JUSTICE!

And it would seem that everyone on “In Session” has been on the prosecutions side since day 1, which isn’t right at all.

Our justice system is a joke. Jean Pierre Orlewicz being found guilty and put in prison for the rest of his life, like I said before, IS NOT JUSTICE, in ANY sense of the word.

WOW !!!!!
I knew from the beginning, that people are not smart in this case !!!!!
They looked at only result and testimony of the friends, but they didn’t take to a seriou look at the connection of an ADULT men 27 yrs old and his treat to the teenage boy !!!!!
Where is USA JUSTICE !!!! VICTIM was PREDITOR !!!!!
BAD REPUTATION was in the record of Mr Sorenson !!!!NOT THE BOY !!!!
POOR !!!!, not smart look at the circumstances !!!!!
I feel so sorry for Families of these KIDS !!!!!

just wondering…even if its all done and set…why is a known sex offender hanging around a 17 year old kid…isnt that against the law? or is it different there?? just wondering if he was trying to get in trouble again or what????

They were so stupid, have they never learned that death is forever. I think that JP is a spoiled rotten child, he treats his parents without respect. While on the stand during the trial he spoke to the attorneys, like a punk, and showed lack of respect. Just so very dissapointing for so many young men.

Justice has been served – GUILTY.

I cannot believe that 3 minutes before the verdict, Court TVgoes off the air!! Outrageous to the viewers!! Not good television.
Also, in the past , other very important pieces of the trials are missing , Scott Peterson, Margeret Rudin,, Phil Spector and etc.
IfCourt Tv wants viewers than give us the ENTIRE trial , not just three hours.
I am ,going to think about whether I am going to continue to watch your programing.
Shame on you guys!!!!
Dianne Cheli

I can NEVER agree with sending a teenager away for life. He is not a punk he is a teenager. Dan was 26. I believe JP.

I would appreciation getting the verdicts on “in session” trials. Time does not me to see the whole show every day. If this can be done the beginning of the next day after the verdict one would get what the verdict was.

OT >PLEASE POST the verdicts of the trials you have been following.
I love watching you shows but become very frustrated when I miss the verdict after days of following a trial.

Thank you

I just want to say, JP is not guilty. I watched the trial and heard his side of the story today, give him a metal and set him FREE he did all of us a favor ok…He is a brave young man. Am I the only one that can see that, I believe him when he said Dan just dropped by, he wasn’t invited there, and I think JP looked up to Dan in the beginning and then seen what a monster he was to himself and his friends and he was affraid for his life, with Dan waving a gun around and making threats to his friend Alex, JP acted in self defense, he did what any normal person would have done, he has been in jail 2 years now, let that young man go free. He was affraid for his life after killing Dan because he thought Dans cousins or the Mafia would kill him and his family. People of the jury, wake up, think about this, what would you have done in that situation? Fear will make a person do things that they would not normally do. Have understanding for this young man, get him counsiling and help, remember he has to live with what he did for the rest of his life, thats something he will never forget, is that not enough for his young mind to have to deal with. Please, Let it be the Lords will for you the jury to give him probation and counciling. Thank You..Bonnie Mitchell…Alabama

I, too, believe JP. And I agree that fear will make one react for survival and not always with good sense. But, for the sake of argument, if JP was guilty of murder, then it would be more likely he suffers from a mental disorder. Sadly, this country has closed all long term mental health facilities and the result is a society filled with mentally ill people (many of the homeless we see–before the massive economy downfall–are mentally ill) who are being denied proper medical care and, thus, the jails are filled with people who should be treated in mental health facilities. Jail is not the right place for JP. He will not get the help he needs in jail. He was a teenager at the time of the killing, and should have been tried as a juvenile. Also, the expert psychiatrist should have been allowed to testify on behalf of JP’s mental state of mind. There was no fairness in this trial. As far as Alex, his fear of the unknown (possible jury verdict for life in prison) may have made him take a plea deal (and a lousy one at that) he will probably live to regret. It is a well known medical/scientific fact that the part of the adolescent brain that processes logic and common sense does not fully develop until age 25-30. Somehow, society needs to help our kids, not give up on them.