I think that if he were arrested, he'd have eventually confessed.

Jan 17, 2019
11:00:51am

Benfica1 Walk-on

I think they held off arresting him because of the double jepardy rule. They wanted to make sure he went down the first time. Nobody knew that he'd murder his children.

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Time

POLL: If Josh Powell had been put on trial for murder and you were on the jury, what would your vote be?

Jeff Spicoli

1/17/19 9:24am

Guilty

LaVellIfIKnow

1/17/19 9:25am

Before or after he torched the house with his children inside?

Sea Chicken

1/17/19 9:26am

Well it would be hard to put him on trial after he killed himself, Indy.

LaVellIfIKnow

1/17/19 9:27am

RE: Well it would be hard to put him on trial after he killed himself, Indy.

Sea Chicken

1/17/19 9:29am

Although I would have suspected he was guilty, it's easy to say you would have

Jericho

1/17/19 9:26am

so, like, we know he killed his kids?

smokymountainrain

1/17/19 9:27am

I think he was guilty. But if I were on a jury my vote would have to be not

Murray

1/17/19 9:28am

I would have voted guilty — based on circumstantial evidence. The only thing

Benfica1

1/17/19 9:34am

And that's the problem. Hard to convict without a body.

John Doe

1/17/19 9:37am

So hard to up and disappear in this digital age. Unless his defense team

Left Shark Coug

1/17/19 10:30am

Agreed - the only reasonable theory I've heard is that Josh murdered her

BYU Fan

1/17/19 10:41am

And she wrote: "If I die, it is because of my husband."

Benfica1

1/17/19 10:47am

I've watched too many movies. She could have been framing him with a note like

Left Shark Coug

1/17/19 10:57am

The numerous inconsistencies in his story. The lying about cleaning blood...

Blue Ghost

1/17/19 10:11am

Do you believe Susan is dead?

BYU Fan

1/17/19 10:13am

It's been 10 years... and the more time that goes by without any trace of her

Jericho

1/17/19 10:16am

Even after 2 years, what other reasonable scenarios were there?

BYU Fan

1/17/19 10:27am

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Millhouse

1/17/19 10:21am

There is little to no chance she is still alive. There has been zero trace of

joeycougar

1/17/19 1:36pm

Gotta respect the system and how it works.

ditch

1/17/19 9:31am

Sure it's valid, just not legally binding

TEXAS

1/17/19 9:35am

RE: Sure it's valid, just not legally binding

ditch

1/17/19 9:42am

I'd say that it mostly is those things

TEXAS

1/17/19 9:45am

Has wife's phone with the SIM card removed, blood, fans, weird story, guilty

Benfica1

1/17/19 9:31am

The "blood" wasn't very sigificant at all. You can't convict someone for murder

Jericho

1/17/19 9:34am

It was huge that he lied about cleaning blood off the couch.

Blue Ghost

1/17/19 10:16am

The evidence that is most damning in my opinion is his actions after she went missing

Remigius

1/17/19 10:45am

But none of that is strong enough evidence to convict someone of murder, IMO. It's weird and concerning, but that's it.

Superkid

1/17/19 10:47am

Its difficult without a body

Remigius

1/17/19 10:53am

I think that if he were arrested, he'd have eventually confessed.

Benfica1

1/17/19 11:00am

No way. He is a psychopath or sociopath. He has no feeling

Jericho

1/17/19 11:05am

I’m only on episode 6 but I couldn’t convict him, sadly, based on what I’ve heard so far.

Superkid

1/17/19 9:37am

Yep, everyone knows he killed her, but there is not enough evidence to convict.

WJCougar

1/17/19 9:40am

But I do think that if I was on the jury and sitting in court and all the stuff was explained further by the prosecutor,

Superkid

1/17/19 10:17am

Agree.

Benfica1

1/17/19 10:49am

There was just enough evidence to get a hung jury. Some would see it as enough,

Blue Ghost

1/17/19 10:20am

Well, we already know the court of public opinion knows he was guilty

WJCougar

1/17/19 10:33am

Beyond a reason doubt doesn’t mean no doubt, I often see Mormons especially

vegasnative

1/17/19 9:45am

And beyond reasonable doubt doesn't even begin to compare to

CougsBeatU

1/17/19 10:15am

lol I bet some defense attorneys in small Utah towns try to slip those words in.

vegasnative

1/17/19 11:04am

I feel like I have a good understanding of reasonable doubt and I’m willing to vote no if a prosecutor doesn’t prove a

Cougar-Duck

1/17/19 9:47am

Because?

SandYFan

1/17/19 9:56am

LOL. Here we go!

Superkid

1/17/19 10:07am

Because of the totality of the evidence we have - all the pieces taken together.

Cougar-Duck

1/17/19 10:13am

Right then.

SandYFan

1/17/19 10:20am

If there was a body with no strong evidence linked to Josh.

Blue Ghost

1/17/19 10:23am

Why is this the cross you chose to die on?

GAINZ

1/17/19 11:43am

I like to be sure before sending people to prison. Seems a good hill.

SandYFan

1/17/19 12:00pm

Certainty is a funny thing

BYU Fan

1/17/19 12:02pm

Many disagree with you.

SandYFan

1/17/19 12:11pm

I'd be fascinated to hear other reasonable theories for Susan's disappearance

BYU Fan

1/17/19 12:16pm

There were no tracks out of the house in the morning, which lead to the CO Fear

Blue Ghost

1/17/19 12:32pm

Exactly - plus no car and Josh claims to not have left until as late as 2 am

BYU Fan

1/17/19 12:47pm

It's better than your woman hating one I'll give you that.

GAINZ

1/17/19 1:08pm

My what now?

SandYFan

1/17/19 1:46pm

It would be very interesting to hear both arguments

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