Comments on: Jurors in Missouri murder case to deliberate today

By: Dorothy Craft

Dorothy Craft — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:36:07 +0000

I think that the mother did her oil thing on the porch tring to help her son. Then the son came and set the fire. the mother not knowing her son had done tis thought her oil had started the fire. Who wouldn't go crazy??????

By: missouri resident

missouri resident — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:49:28 +0000

I can't say if he is guilty or not. I can say that as a resident of a small town in Missouri I am disgusted that some people seem to think that the people living here are so homophobic! For the most part people living here are kind, compassionate, basically nice people. I don't care what someone else does with their personal lives. I do care that there is this false impression of what the people here are like. Come visit sometime and meet some of the people. Hell as long as you promise to be nice you can stay at my house. Maybe then you would have a better more honest opinion of who we are.

By: Beverly Nickel

Beverly Nickel — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:14:34 +0000

I just heard Frish say that the prosecution has the big picture on their side. What ? I thought that by the evidence the jury is to judge whether the prosecution has met the burdon of proof. PROOF being the operative word here. No evidence no Proof not guilty is the only option left to a jury. Or have things changed here in America's Law's?

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:31:22 +0000

It suprises me to see people post on here that have no clue what they are saying.Have you been watching the Court room on the Web Like I have. strange that no one thought that something that looked like poison ivy was on the inside of his arm. Are the PD there Drs Did they really take a close look. By the way they never said what type of hairs were found on the Kid. And the DNA under his fingers were more Towards Rios Then the other Person He was involved in. Please Keep your Comments To yourself Unless you have Wached and listened,Those that have should be educated enough to see the truth and those that are just picking out little things and are willing to let Rios go are being very foolish..

By: missy

missy — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:11:46 +0000

I don't think Steven Rios commited this murder.
Even though there seems to be some circumstantial evidence, there definitely was not enough to prove his guilt beyond a resonable doubt. The jury should go in assuming his innocence till proven guilty and personally I don't feel that was the case here.

By: preach1

preach1 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:08:09 +0000

I am always amazed jurors seem to have problems convicting policeman to first degree murder when it is deserved. In this case it sure was. Setting aside his sexual choice, He killed a man. Would I have been so fortunate.I see no differance between Bobby Cuts, & Rios, they are both convicted murderers, just of differant races.

By: Paula Loveless

Paula Loveless — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:30:14 +0000

I thought jurors could take notes during the trial ... I am thinking back to the Spector case, the media made comments about the plethora of notes taken by the engineer on the jury.

Is it up to the discretion of the judge, or is bound by the state the trial is taking place in.

Paula – GA

By: Martha Johnson

Martha Johnson — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:37:59 +0000

Hello, I just wanted to state that cops like this exist due to situations like we have here in Yakima, Washington. The Yakima City Police are NOT required to take random drugs tests and actually spent thousands of dollars fighting random drug tests. If nobody can Police the Police, situations like this no-good cop will continue to exist! Something needs to be done, they are not Gods, yet they feel they should have the rights of Gods. I must say, the Police Chief here in Yakima fought this the whole way and lost,...his Officers continue to roam the streets, yet we as citizens really have no idea of who these 'officers' are, nor is there ANY accountablility for them. Its not right, Its not fair and situations like this continue to happy all over the United States until there is some accountablility.

By: Suzy

Suzy — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:28:50 +0000

GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY!!!!

By: rhonda townsend

rhonda townsend — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:10:02 +0000

I watch in session all the time and 95percent of the time I believe they are guilty because of the evidence but this case has so many reasonable doubts it's unbelieveable that he was found guilty with all the tampering that went on with the evidence and all the lack of investigation in this case of jesse,s other lovers I believe the jurors convicted him on his secret gay affair not the evidence I'm a straight woman and married and don't believe in cheating but i was shocked when i saw the verdict if theres ever been a case with so much reasonable doubt this takes the cake it's scary