The Dangers of Representing Yourself In Court While Facing Death Part II

Just an update. In Baton Rouge Louisiana there was a bizarre and tragic First Degree Murder trial. I talked about it at Man In Louisiana Arguing Himself to Literal "Death" in Front of Jury . Mr Bell the "Accused" told the jury that: "This will be an exciting case," and "Don't sleep because it will be exciting." Exciting it was but not how he envisioned.

He was convicted. We have details here from WAFB TV at Anthony Bell Found GUILTY. In it we find:
Earlier in the day, however, unspoken words rocked the murder trial for Anthony Bell. The gesture of a 7-year-old little girl reduces most of the jury to tears. Destiny Mills, daughter of Darlene Selvage, took the stand and was questioned by prosecutor Mark Dumaine. He asked her, "Destiny, who shot you mommy?" Without saying a word and clutching a teddy bear in her arms, she reached out and pointed right at Anthony Bell.
At that point, female member of the jury were in tears. One woman had her face in her hands, while others were grabbing for tissues. It was quiet throughout the courtroom. Later, the jury watched a video tape of Mills from a few months ago in which she described what happened. In that video, she says Anthony Bell was indeed the person who shot her mommy.

The link has the artist drawing of the adorable little girl with the teddy bear. I feel fairly confident that a Lawyer would have kept the teddy bear off the stand.

The amount of people that Prison Libraries have convicted or given Harsher Sentences too is amazing.