Convicting Casey White - Part II

 

You have two choices:

1. Casey Cole White obtained limited information from Vicky White on the murder of Connie Ridgeway and used it to write a confession that would bring him back to the Lauderdale County Jail.

2. Casey White was employed by an unknown individual whom he won't name to kill Connie Ridgeway for some unknown reason.

Remember, the more logical answer isn't always the correct one. The Lauderdale County District Attorney's office is contending the second scenario is true. White is under indictment on two counts of Capital Murder - one count is for murder during a burglary/theft and one count of murder for pecuniary gain.

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We have to ask how the state hopes to prove its case if it can't or won't name the individual who ostensibly hired White. There are many theories about who would gain from Mrs. Ridgeway's death, but most are worthy of Dale Gribble. (A jury could still find White not guilty on the murder for hire, while finding him guilty on the charge of murder during the commission of another crime.)

Is this a possible reason the state wants the Vicky White murder tried first? Will it be able to discover this mysterious Mr. X in the added time between the two trials? If they haven't found him yet, we're not betting the farm that they will by August.

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