New evidence found in Cynthia Sommer case

yea!!! i really really think she is not guilty!!!

Since arsenic is a heavy-metal element, it's one of the few poisons that one could test for in the ashes from cremation. They should do this!

I live in Wellington also and I just heard on tv that they dropped all charges against Cynthia Sommer because tests results show there is no arsenic found in new test. If this is true, I am glad... I watched most of the first trial... and I found it really hard to believe how they found her guilty in the first place... there was so much doubt... I'm pretty sure she didn't do it... but if she did... there is just not enough evidence to prove it... I believe she should be free!

Yippee!!! I knew she was innocent all along. Who cares if she slept around or got breast implants. She did all of those things AFTER her husband passed. Let this woman go home to her children.

Cynthia was released tonight from jail, ALL charges have been dropped and she is free

I was so delighted with the report that the charges have all been dropped against Cynthia Sommers. I watched the trial from beginning to end and was shocked that a jury could convict someone because they do not agree with their lifestyle. It seems that not one of us can predict how we will deal with the stress of the death of someone we love.

I watched the first trial last year and was shocked by the grieving widows behavoir after her husbands death, but no one grieves the same. I did not think that the evidence presented was handled well and now we know that is the truth. She walked out of prison last night and I wish her and her family well. I do hope that she finds some peace within herself.

I think that is great. It just proves how bad our justice system is, that we can send an innocent person to jail, and then say opps, you're free to go.

This was one defendant that I believed was not guilty.I think they convicted her based mostly on her lifestyle after her husbands death.Everyone grieves in a different way. I hope she gets justice from these new tests.

Lisa,
COME ON, You & I both know THE LAW SAYS It's the state's responsibility to proof beyond a reasonable doubt. They have not even come close, there is no glove & it sure does not FIT!!!!!
Let this beaten down Lady go home to her children.

i knew she was innocent !!! thank goodness she can get back to her kids now !!

Look on the periodic table. Arsenic is in Group 5 below Phosphorus it is barely even a metal. The only thing that can be tested is hair or tissue not bone.

I saw a special about this case. After seeing it, I knew that she was not guilty.

So happy for Cynthia!!!!!!!Her character was put on trial and it was very unfair!!! I do not believe she was guilty and hope for her happiness!!!!!

Justice has been done! I couldn't figure out how the jury found her guilty in the first place.

I am so happy for her. I was shocked when the jury came back with the guilty verdict with no evidence, what so ever, except her behavior.
No one knows how they would behave after the sudden loss of a spouse and being left to support four children. My prayers for her have
definately been answered.

I believe she is not guilty. I think she got convicted based on her life style after her husbands death.

If Cynthia Sommer is released, I will have no faith in our justice system. I also feel sorry for her next husband.

It's about time for Cynthia. Now if the State of California can get Phil Spector behind bars, many of us will have some faith in their judicial system again!!!!!!

I must say that I never believed she killed her husband...something just didn't add up...I didn't feel right about the veredict. I'm happy that finally this lady received justice, but I do not understand how this can happen? Why wasn't all the evidence reviewed the first time arround? How many people are sitting in jail right now who did nothing wrong? This is outrageous!

I always thought she was innocent-good to hear she is out!

I never thought she was guilty. I am glad that she has been released from prison and can try to get her life back together. Seems to me she has a good law suit for slander and false inprisonment.

It is about time she was set free. I could never, never figure out how they convicted her to begin with. They had no evidence what so ever she poisoned her husband.
YOU GO GIRL!

I am so happy for Cynthia!! I knew she was innocent. The evidence just didn't add up right!!!

shes guilty and she knows it he didnt swollow the poison by himself she should just plead guilty and accept her punishment maybe her and jp can be cell mates lol have a good friday ya'll

Dave

i am so relieved that ms.sommers has been released. her
conviction was always on my mind as one of the greatest miscarriages of justice i've seen on court tv. oops insession.

So who are the Bozo's that did the original tissue testing, these AFIP people? They should be the ones on trial. I think the system failed miserably.
And on the questions of Cynthia's conduct following her husbands death...Everyone mourns death diferantly. If I worked in fast food's,had kids and my Husband had just dropped dead, I cant say that I would make decisions of my life at that time either. She was in search of her healing, and we all do it bazaar ways. Boob-job, drugs, or Alcohol? Which is the least damaging? At least she has something tangable to remember the grief process other than a stay at rehab, or a major headache from a drunk binge.
Leave the poor girl alone to try and have a happy life.

Cynthia should never have been convicted. She was judged for her lifestyle after the fact. Her biggest problem was an attorney that was inneffective and could not even be understood in court. He irratated me and I was just watching on TV. I can only imagine the dislike the jury had for him. You have to pick a likeable Attorney.

Who in the world did the original testing? Lets get some more details.Iam sorry to say I thought she was guilty. now Ihave seen the light, and am happy she is free, I stay ever vigilant!

2 years in prison.I think that the state shoud have done a lttle more homework on her case.now I hope she and her children get a huge lawsuit going and win 932 Kazillion dollars!

Horay!! I hate to see someone's lifestyle and mistakes unfairly persucuted by anyone. Just because she gave some moralists the creeps by her handling of the stressful situation of her husbands death, doesn't mean she killed him. Women's, in general, sexual descions are under far too much scrutiny. I'm happy shes out and wish her the best!!!!

So is the prosecutor getting FIRED!! for OOOPpps let say making a mistake such as putting someone innocent in jail. It's so messed up how these attorneys take a person's life and play with it as if it was a baseball or a tennis ball. A mistake like that should have huge consequences.

I also think that a certain amount of the prosecution's check should be garnished to pay for the financial damaged they've done to Cindy and as a punishment and penalty for MAL PRACTICING LAW.