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« Update: Clinton to appear at Whitehouse fund-raiser at URI | Today | Open update: Pros get to practice, but fans are barred » June 26, 2006Carpio trial: Jurors end first hours of deliberationsPROVIDENCE -- The jury that will decide Esteban Carpio's fate has been released for the day, after deliberating for about 3-1/2 hours. Jurors will reconvene tomorrow morning at 9:30. Earlier today, attorneys for both sides delivered closing arguments to a packed courtroom in the high-profile case. The prosecution labeled Carpio, accused of killing a police detective at headquarters last year, cunning and cool. But the defense held that it was easy to find Carpio psychotic and unable to follow the law.
Fictional spy James Bond would have envied the cool cunning that Carpio used to murder a Providence police detective and elude authorities, prosecutor Paul F. Daly Jr. told the jury this morning. “This would have gone down in the annals of history as the crime of the century,” Daly said. "James Bond would have been envious." Daly called Carpio "cunning," "manipulative" and "evil." Emphasizing the high stakes of the case, just as the defense attorney had done before him, Daly told the jury: "You represent the collective will of the people in this state." The defense lawyer for Carpio presented his closing arguments to the jury this morning before a standing-room-only crowd. The easy part, attorney Robert L. Sheketoff told the jury, is to determine that Carpio was psychotic and couldn't follow the law. The hard part, he said, is, "Do you have the courage to actually follow the law?" Before the beginning of closing arguments, Superior Court Judge Robert D. Krause instructed the jury that Carpio is not legally responsible for the murder of a Providence police detective if Carpio was "unable to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct," or was "unable to conform his conduct" to the requirements of the law at the time of the offense. Sheketoff told the jury to "look at this crowd," during his 20-minute argument, referring to the huge public interest and impact of its decision. Posted by Steve Peoples CommentsRosemary | June 26, 2006 5:16 PM link We all know that the man was insane at the time of this murder. Nobody in their right mind will shoot a police officer. THINK ABOUT IT stacey | June 26, 2006 5:48 PM link Hey, this scum was a genius enough to MAKE SURE THE DOOR WAS LOCKED FIRST and then comitted the Murder!!!! He was of course a coward to face the officers who would come in to rescue the detective. But of course in RI, where is that DEATH PENALTY when we need it??????????? RED | June 26, 2006 6:05 PM link Carpio should face the same death as Jimmy Allen. No more, no less. Dan | June 26, 2006 7:20 PM link That is the problem with allowing this type of defense - who is to decide if he is insane (NOT)? He asks for a cup of water, the 2nd detective leaves the room, he locks the door, gets hold of Det. Allen's firearm, shoots him, jumps (not falls) out a window and runs like h***. This is how an "insane" person thinks - NO! I believe that half of the shenanigans in jail were to set himslef up for this. As to the behavior in prior weeks - speaks to his use of ectasy and other drugs, too, not mental illness. Let's get the defense of "not guilty by reason of insanity" out of the law once and for all. I am sick of seeing it abused by everyone who thinks they can avoid responsibility for their actions by going down this road. Jodi | June 27, 2006 1:52 PM link Dont do the crime,if you cant do the time. He murded someone. Let him pay the price. If drugs were responsible,then we should let go everyone who kills someone because they drove while drunk. After all,drunks dont know what they are doing either. GIVE HIM DEATH PENALTY. Carl | July 10, 2006 9:43 AM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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"instructed the jury that Carpio is not legally responsible for the murder of a Providence police detective if Carpio was "unable to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct," If Carpio didn't realize the wrongfulness of his conduct, why did he jump out of the window and run?
"or was "unable to conform his conduct" to the requirements of the law at the time of the offense.
I run across large numbers of students who daily, on varying degrees are unable to conform their conduct to the requirements of the law at the time of their offense. Over the past few decades, I have found larger numbers of folks who are unable to conforem their conduct to the requirements of the laws of daily living, which becomes habitual and the broken laws more serious over time. Are they psychotic? On their way over the edge? or fellow citizens in Rhode Island?