Douglas Garland Trial - Guilty- 1st degree- 3 counts / 75 years no parole.

[Otto-matic]

Nancy Hixt ‏@NancyHixt 5m5 minutes ago
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There are comments in the statements about what would happen to #Garland in the afterlife.. defence wants these removed

Nancy Hixt ‏@NancyHixt 3m3 minutes ago
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Gates tells court “Well I have no control over God” in response to defence fighting victim impact statements #Garland

Nancy Hixt ‏@NancyHixt 2m2 minutes ago
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Gates agrees to remove some descriptors of #Garland by Jennifer O'Brien-also references to how he has appeared during the trial

Nancy Hixt ‏@NancyHixt 49s50 seconds ago
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Gates has now removed portions of Jennifer O'Brien's victim impact statement #Garland

Alluding to Garland to rot in hell?

[Hockey Fan #751]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

I wonder if he has any level of remorse?

Probably his only remorse is getting caught.

[CedarMeter]

Reading Rod O'brien's impact statement is absolutely heartbreaking.

[PepsiFree]

Kevin Martin
@KMartinCourts

"A life sentence on earth is nothing compared to what waits for you," Rod O'Brien tells #Garland

I don't believe in the afterlife, but this would be as good of a reason as any.

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

I wonder if he has any level of remorse?

He's shown nothing at this point, you'd have to be dead inside not to react to anything during the trial or victims impact statements.

[Huntingwhale]

Originally Posted by Otto-matic

Nancy Hixt ‏@NancyHixt 5m5 minutes ago
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There are comments in the statements about what would happen to #Garland in the afterlife.. defence wants these removed

Nancy Hixt ‏@NancyHixt 3m3 minutes ago
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Gates tells court “Well I have no control over God” in response to defence fighting victim impact statements #Garland

Nancy Hixt ‏@NancyHixt 2m2 minutes ago
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Gates agrees to remove some descriptors of #Garland by Jennifer O'Brien-also references to how he has appeared during the trial

Nancy Hixt ‏@NancyHixt 49s50 seconds ago
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Gates has now removed portions of Jennifer O'Brien's victim impact statement #Garland

Alluding to Garland to rot in hell?

I get the defence has a job to do, they are there to protect our rights, and all that jazz. But FFS. The guy murdered 3 people and was found guilty. There is now zero doubt he did it. And now you want to argue that the victim statements are too harsh? And you actually convinced the judge to get the mother to edit some of her words? Give me a f'ing break. It's crap like that, that makes people hate lawyers who defend scum like him. Hell if I was in her position, I'd make sure to stare at Garland and read it anyways, extra loud. Good riddance.

[CedarMeter]

Nancy Hixt ‏@NancyHixt 2m2 minutes ago
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Gates to defence: "what difference does it make? in 50 years what is the likelihood of your client being alive?" #Garland

Nancy Hixt ‏@NancyHixt 1m1 minute ago
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Gates to defence "what's the difference between 50 and 75" --adding "your client won't be alive" #Garland

[bigtmac19]

I don't think I've ever heard of a defense lawyer objecting to a Victim Impact Statement. I did not know that was allowed. Learned something new today. I agree it's very disappointing that they were censored. I'm guessing they have some sort of guideline to follow when writing them?

[Otto-matic]

Nancy Hixt ‏@NancyHixt 6m6 minutes ago
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Defence wants just one consecutive sentence- for Nathan, but not for Kathy..so 50 years before eligible for parole #Garland

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Otto-matic

Nancy Hixt ‏@NancyHixt 6m6 minutes ago
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Defence wants just one consecutive sentence- for Nathan, but not for Kathy..so 50 years before eligible for parole #Garland

Still not long enough.

[Luder]

Judge Gates sounds awesome

"What's the difference between 50 or 75 years? Your client won't be alive"

I hope he gives the full 75

[Otto-matic]

Reid Fiest ‏@ReidFiest 4m4 minutes ago
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Garland's lawyer says he lived in BC under an assumed identity. He was using the name of a dead AB teenager. #Garland

[Robbob]

Originally Posted by Otto-matic

Reid Fiest ‏@ReidFiest 4m4 minutes ago
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Garland's lawyer says he lived in BC under an assumed identity. He was using the name of a dead AB teenager. #Garland

Why would they even bring that up?

[Luder]

Originally Posted by Robbob

Why would they even bring that up?

Fiest's commentary is kind of all over the place, Hixt and Meghan Grant's twitter seem to be more clear

[CedarMeter]

Nancy Hixt ‏@NancyHixt 26s26 seconds ago
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Breaking: Justice Gates will give his decision at 1:30pm MT #Garland

[Robbob]

looks like decision will be @ 1:30

[Canehdianman]

Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

I get the defence has a job to do, they are there to protect our rights, and all that jazz. But FFS. The guy murdered 3 people and was found guilty. There is now zero doubt he did it. And now you want to argue that the victim statements are too harsh? And you actually convinced the judge to get the mother to edit some of her words? Give me a f'ing break. It's crap like that, that makes people hate lawyers who defend scum like him. Hell if I was in her position, I'd make sure to stare at Garland and read it anyways, extra loud. Good riddance.

I truly don't think that you do. That's ok though, a lot of people don't.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Canehdianman

I truly don't think that you do. That's ok though, a lot of people don't.

Please explain how the vetting of impact statements fits into the defense of a convicted killer.

(this comes across as a dick post, but isn't meant to be)

[me_dennis]

Originally Posted by Luder

Fiest's commentary is kind of all over the place, Hixt and Meghan Grant's twitter seem to be more clear

Agreed, Hixt and Grant's twitter feed has pretty good flow and tells a good story of the trial.

I was also following kevin martin (@KMartincourts) because he seemed to have the fastest tweets, but sometimes he gets the names wrong.

Overall, I liked Hixt's twitter feed

[StrykerSteve]

Please give this ####er life in prison with no chance of parole. Please.