Quote From: eyewitness You got it. The abuse defense, taking a plea bargain, not getting on the stand at the trial, cooking up a story about driving back because she forgot to give him something (creating reasonable doubt) are classic guilty-guilty-guilty criminal defenses. The incredible "old tire tracks" story is a reasonable doubt ploy as well. The abuse defense is embarassingly phoney. There is not a shred of evidence, and I can't see anyone abusing that tough little cookie or her parents standing for it. The whole remorseless family seems to truly believe that if they all lie long and hard enough someone will buy it.
Well, Dr. Phil always asks "How's that working for ya?" In this case, based on the number of posters who now think Daniel was an abuser who was responsible for his own death, it seems like it's working pretty good for them. I'm just concerned that Brandi's refusal to admit now what she plead guilty to in court will come back to haunt them when she comes up for parole in 2008.
