NO ANGELS: The Short Life And Brutal Death Of Brandaline Rose Duvall

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Her future was looking bright; she was an honor roll student, and had recently brought home her first rose from a boy. The deputy was suspicious. It was far too late at night to go fishing, and there weren't any lakes or bodies of water nearby. But the officer had no reason to detain the couple, and the accusations of a young child weren't enough to make an arrest. He had no choice but to let the couple go, but, as he did so, the officer warned the May family to keep a close eye on Davis and Fincham. In his closing arguments to the jury, Truman made clear his resentment towards his client. "There are times in this case when I hate Gary Davis. Gary Davis has lied to me. In a lot of respects, he has set me up for failure, and the crime he committed is reprehensible", he said. "Nevertheless," he concluded, "in the face of all of this, I ask you to consider the moral justification of imposing the death penalty in this case [...] I ask you to spare Gary Davis' life." At about 9:00 PM, Gary May called the police and told them that his wife was missing. It took two hours for a deputy to show up to the ranch, and, once he arrived, he wasn't of much help. Gary would later recall that the deputy seemed unconcerned with Ginny's safety. "This happens all the time", the deputy told Gary May. "These housewives get bored with their lives and take off with another guy."

We believe the court’s sentence does not reflect the horrific and unspeakable nature of the assault, torture and kidnapping fourteen-year-old Brandi DuVall suffered before she was brutally murdered," King says. "This was not the outcome that we or those who loved her requested." The law does, however, invite a certain ruthlessness of character. Lawyers are trained, for example, to represent people and causes that others may find repugnant. Criminal defense attorneys, for example, are often asked how they can defend someone who is obviously guilty. Some respond by reference to the law, to the fact that one is presumed innocent before being found guilty, and that guilt requires proof of each element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt (irrespective of what that really means in practice). Whether the attorney is representing a criminal defendant, an injured plaintiff, a large corporation, or a lunatic, the lawyer is basically asked to dial down personal moral judgments and, within the limits of the law, do whatever is necessary to win the case for the client. Winning the case may not be in the best interest of the community or persons directly affected by a client’s behaviors, but those concerns are secondary, if not largely irrelevant, to a lawyer’s duty to his or her client.

Virginia May

Interestingly, few of us in the law have been trained philosophically, spiritually, or theologically to understand the meaning of justice. Is justice only about accountability? Is justice ever about transformation, redemption, compassion, or forgiveness?

The town of Byers had grieved over the loss of Virginia May. But now, their grief turned to anger. And the town was now united in seeing to it that the killers of their beloved Ginny would be brought to justice.

Davis served less than a year in prison for that crime, but, after his release, his deviant behavior continued. Just months after getting out of prison, Davis set his sights on the 15-year-old daughter of one of his wife's friends. One night, he cornered the girl and raped her while holding a knife to her throat. They let me down, they let Brandy down”, the mother wept to a news reporter who interviewed her after the commutations. “It makes it like it was a waste of time”, she said. “It makes it like he got away with it”. But Truman found that the biggest obstacle to his defense was, in fact, his own client. Despite his attorney's best efforts, it was Davis himself who would ultimately seal the case against him. Finally, at 8:30 PM, the exectioner administered the final drug, potassium chloride, to induce cardiac arrest. As the drug took effect, Davis' face turned a slightly blue color. His clenched fist slowly relaxed as he took his last breaths. New York Times–Bestselling Author: The true story of a teenager’s horrific murder by a vicious Denver gang—and the investigation and trials that followed.