Trying a case that shouldn't be risks incurring an unjust result, usually the acquittal of a truly guilty person, he said. If the evidence is iffy but prosecutors are sure they have the right man, it's better to negotiate some punishment rather than chance no punishment, he said. Moody has remained on Death Row in prison while his series of appeals continues. Self, who had been a prosecutor 18 months, was allowed to sit second chair to gain some experience, Eidson said. It was my conviction.
Self remembers it differently.
They started by alternating in questioning prospective jurors, and ended by dividing closing arguments in both the guilt-innocence and punishment phases, she said. Self opened and Eidson gave the rebuttal to the defense attorneys' summation, which was sandwiched in the middle. She was co-prosecutor in the Moody trial, she concluded. Eidson said the key part of the prosecutor's summation is the rebuttal, which he gave in the Moody trial. The two candidates' showdown will come March 10 in the Republican primary.