She walked into office of Erie Manufacturing and Garment Conveyor Systems, intending to see what had prevented her son from returning home after work. What she found was beyond grisly.
In all there where five people coldly murdered, two of them Frank Dosso, 35, and Diane Patisso, 28 where her son and daughter, a third was her son in law -George Patisso, 26.
What makes this case even more angering, is the reaction to her testimony in court, where she openly broke down while recalling the events of that night.
A fear that tears of a grieving mother who stumbled upon her loved ones gruesome murder would sway the jury. Yes, let's not show the victims in this case as having had lives, friends, family- people that loved them. Let's not display the complete and tragic loss their families have incurred at the hands of a thug.
Let's forget who the victims were, make all trials solely about how sympathetic we should be to the "misunderstood" criminals. Let's not cry, thus reminding the jury that PEOPLE WERE CRUELY MURDERED.
You know, I condemn those who would take justice into their own hands, who would openly deny the right to someone to have a fair trial. I always say 'yes, the crime was horrific, but let the legal system do it's job.' I've been a big supported of the "justice system", but every now and then, I see a case and I realise that the justice system is only as good as those involved in it.
No crying when testifying about the murders of the children you gave birth to, the ones that you watched over at night and helped grow into upstanding adults. Tell the jury, without showing any emotion, the details about the night you found them, gunned down and left to die.
Circuit Judge Susan Roberts, I grieve for the justice system that you have disrespected by your blatant removal of all emotion in an emotional situation. I mourn the loss of the ability to show that those lifeless bodies where once the pride of a mothers eye. I'm ashamed that you forget the fact that you are sitting in front of that case because people were savagely killed. Don't like my crying? Well, Circuit Judge Susan Roberts you may kiss my ass.
Categories: murders
Nicoletta was the first to come upon her daughter's body, lying in a pool of blood. [...] As she continued through the offices, she saw George Gonsalves' foot sticking out of her son's office, and discovered the bodies of the three other men inside.
In all there where five people coldly murdered, two of them Frank Dosso, 35, and Diane Patisso, 28 where her son and daughter, a third was her son in law -George Patisso, 26.
What makes this case even more angering, is the reaction to her testimony in court, where she openly broke down while recalling the events of that night.
The emotional display prompted a swift response from lawyers representing the defendant, Nelson Serrano, who faces the death penalty if convicted of four counts of first-degree murder.
"Mrs. Dosso's role in this case is more emotional than any witness identification situation I can imagine," defense lawyer Robert Norgard told the court after the jury was quickly rushed out of the room. "If she breaks down in front of the jury, we will ask for a mistrial."
Circuit Judge Susan Roberts agreed that an emotional display would unfairly bias the jurors against the defendant, and issued a stern warning to the prosecutor and, indirectly, to the witness and her family.
"If she gets emotional, I will grant a motion for a mistrial," Roberts said, eliciting emphatic headshakes from Dosso's friends and family. "If [the prosecutor] wants to put her on the stand with that in mind, he may do so."
A fear that tears of a grieving mother who stumbled upon her loved ones gruesome murder would sway the jury. Yes, let's not show the victims in this case as having had lives, friends, family- people that loved them. Let's not display the complete and tragic loss their families have incurred at the hands of a thug.
Polk County prosecutors contend that Serrano, 67, went to Erie Manufacturing to kill Gonsalves, who had removed Serrano from his position as president of Garment Conveyor Systems and cut his salary. He killed the others, they say, so there would be no witnesses.
Let's forget who the victims were, make all trials solely about how sympathetic we should be to the "misunderstood" criminals. Let's not cry, thus reminding the jury that PEOPLE WERE CRUELY MURDERED.
You know, I condemn those who would take justice into their own hands, who would openly deny the right to someone to have a fair trial. I always say 'yes, the crime was horrific, but let the legal system do it's job.' I've been a big supported of the "justice system", but every now and then, I see a case and I realise that the justice system is only as good as those involved in it.
No crying when testifying about the murders of the children you gave birth to, the ones that you watched over at night and helped grow into upstanding adults. Tell the jury, without showing any emotion, the details about the night you found them, gunned down and left to die.
Circuit Judge Susan Roberts, I grieve for the justice system that you have disrespected by your blatant removal of all emotion in an emotional situation. I mourn the loss of the ability to show that those lifeless bodies where once the pride of a mothers eye. I'm ashamed that you forget the fact that you are sitting in front of that case because people were savagely killed. Don't like my crying? Well, Circuit Judge Susan Roberts you may kiss my ass.
Categories: murders