Chapter 116 Section 19

Mansfield Mayor Duane Murphy was on vacation in Colorado at the time.He remembers returning to their hotel room in Denver after sightseeing that day, Doon telling his wife to turn on the TV and tune to the local news station.Dunn is actually not interested in the local news in Colorado, he just wants to know the weather tomorrow.Colorado is one mile above sea level, or 1,600 meters, and the climate is fickle.The weather forecast hadn't started yet, so Dunn was busy with other things first.Suddenly, he heard the word "Mansfield" and wondered how his town was pronounced by a Colorado announcer.

Duane Murphy later told reporters: "It is rare for Mansfield to make news, but it is because of such a tragedy... But I believe that everything will pass quickly." Field's attention. The news reached Mansfield Secondary and Crowley Secondary, and on Monday, many children cried.No one was gloating or even outraged, everyone was feeling sorry for Devon Glenmonds and Diana Zamora who had been the best of them all.In particular, when the children later learned that Devon had told investigators that he had not actually had sex with Artian Jones at all.Yes, they did turn into the parking lot of an elementary school on the way to send Artian home, and they did almost do it, but at the last moment, Devon's reason overcame his desire.What was irrational about Devon was that he later deliberately made up a set of mixed stories, in an attempt to test Diana's reaction or stimulate the girl's jealousy.Because Diana valued her chastity too much, every time she had sex with Devon, she had to think about it, hesitate and feel unhappy, which made Devin feel very disappointed.

It was such a "nonsense" that ruined the youth, future and life of the three young people! The children in Texas didn't know at the time that there was a fourth person who was ruined by this koan.Jay Gelder was dismissed from the U.S. Naval Academy on September 9 for knowingly failing to report. Before the trial of this case in early 1998, the prosecution included him on the witness list, and after many twists and turns, they found Jie in a pizza restaurant in the suburbs of Chicago.He delivers food from that store.People may say that Jie is still young, and there is still the possibility of a comeback.But his "glory and dreams" of sea soul shirts and streamer hats are gone forever.

Scott Moore, a retired judge in Mansfield, made a sobering statement about the case: "The biggest difference between children and adults, or one of the greatest causes of juvenile delinquency, is that children Not knowing how to value life — one's own and others'." Marco Simpson of "Time" put another aspect of the case from another angle: "Just as they tried their best to overcome all kinds of obstacles in the classroom and on the sports field, they treated Artian Jones as a If you are an obstacle between yourself and your goal, you must remove it quickly.”

The reaction of the majority of the American people was: "Air Force Academy and Naval Academy? Those are special talents who hold national security!" In mid-September, Devon Glenmond was extradited from Colorado to Texas, where he was being held at the Tyrant Regional Prison, southeast of Fort Worth.Diana Zamora is also in the same prison, but according to the relevant regulations of the prison, they are not allowed to meet.The former lovers who called themselves Romeo and Juliet lived close to each other, and they could only rely on letters to convey their love, and they also supported each other through letters, and survived the most painful and difficult first year of their prison life.The lawyers of the two sides had tried their best to oppose them, because all the correspondence had to be reviewed by the prison authorities, and the lawyers did not want to give the prosecution any leverage.Also because the lawyers had reached an agreement with the prosecution to split Devon's and Diana's cases and try to get a lighter sentence for their client, perhaps by blaming his or her accomplices.However, the two young men ignored the advice of the lawyers and wrote more than 1,000 letters in the one year before the trial of the case, an average of more than one letter per person per day.The lawyers had no choice but to say: "No matter what, this is the right granted to them by the Constitution."

The case was quickly transferred to the Tyrant District Attorney's Office, where it was assigned to Assistant Attorney General Mike Palicki.After two full months of investigation and verification, on November 11, 1996, the public prosecutor formally submitted two indictments to the court, accusing Devon Grammond and Diana Zamora of capital murder (Capital Murder) respectively. ).According to Texas law, murder is the premeditated killing of others, while the "capital" murder crime applies to murder for the purpose of obtaining property, and the process of committing murder involves such things as kidnapping, robbery, rape, arson, obstructing official duties, etc. and other serious crimes.In the example of this case, the prosecution believes that there is reason to believe that the period between the victim Artien Jones from her door to the Foster Ranch should be counted as "kidnapping" because first, although Artien Jones is He voluntarily boarded the car, but was "deceived" from his home; second, during the last part of the journey, Yatian must have been "detained against his will" in the car, which is in line with "kidnapping" standard definition.

At the same time, the two criminals were also suspected of "obstructing official duties" because they violated the extremely strict "no killing of witnesses" law in Texas.When interpreting the indictment, Mike Palige pointed out that after Artian Jones suffered a head injury and escaped from the Mazda through the window, she was not only a "victim" but also a "witness" in this case because she personally experienced and Witnessed the whole process of the murderers committing the crime.At this time, Devon and Diana "could have left her a way out, but they chose to kill people to silence them."The two criminals also admitted in their confessions, "But I immediately realized that I couldn't keep alive, so I pointed the gun at Artian" (Devon Glenmonds), and "Devon carried Gun jumped out of the car because he didn't want to leave anyone behind to accuse us" (Diana Zamora).

The crime of "capital punishment" murder, that is, "death penalty crime" or "capital crime", as the name suggests, the criminal should be sentenced to death.Moreover, Texas is known for its strict law enforcement. The number of death row inmates and the number of executions in this state have always been the highest in the United States.Moderate politicians in other states can often be heard declaring, "We don't want to be another Texas." He made it clear that the prosecution is not prepared to seek the death penalty or the death penalty during the trial.