{"id":1118,"date":"2016-10-11T05:15:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T09:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/?p=1118"},"modified":"2016-10-11T05:15:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T09:15:54","slug":"trial-justin-ross-harris-begins-hot-car-death-22-month-old-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/trial-justin-ross-harris-begins-hot-car-death-22-month-old-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial of Justin Ross Harris begins in the hot car death of his 22 month-old son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Murder trial of Justin Ross Harris will require the jury to piece together the circumstantial evidence of the prosecution and determine the intent of Harris, did he accidentally leave his son in the car as the defense content or was it intentionally, as the prosecution claims. \u00a0Monday\u2019s opening statements showed defense attorney Maddox Kilgore refer to his client as being responsible, for a \u201ctragic accident\u201d and not for malice murder. The defendant, Justin Ross Harris, has plead not guilty to charges of malice murder, two counts of felony murder and first degree cruelty to children.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, Attorney Kilgore plans to use testimony from Harris\u2019s ex-wife who- despite hostility towards Harris and the ending to their relationship- will testify that Harris was a good father and loved his son.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/trial-justin-ross-harris-begins-hot-car-death-22-month-old-son\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Trial of Justin Ross Harris begins in the hot car death of his 22 month-old son\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Murder trial of Justin Ross Harris will require the jury to piece together the circumstantial evidence of the prosecution and determine the intent of Harris, did he accidentally leave his son in the car as the defense content or was it intentionally, as the prosecution claims. \u00a0Monday\u2019s opening statements showed defense attorney Maddox Kilgore [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-criminal-trials"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trial of Justin Ross Harris begins in the hot car death of his 22 month-old son &#8212; 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