{"id":1143,"date":"2016-11-10T00:31:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T05:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2016-11-10T00:31:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T05:31:31","slug":"compelling-closing-argument-defense-justin-ross-harris-hot-car-murder-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/compelling-closing-argument-defense-justin-ross-harris-hot-car-murder-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Compelling closing argument by defense in Justin Ross Harris Hot Car Murder Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was no verdict in the Justin Ross Harris hot car death trial. \u00a0Lawyers delivered closing arguments in the Justin Ross trial. \u00a0The defense argued that it was an accident that Justin Ross left his infant son Cooper in a hot car that caused his death. \u00a0Ross&#8217; lawyer Maddox Kilgore presented a skillful closing argument where he contends that Ross had no motive to kills his son. \u00a0The State claimed that he wanted to escape from his child to have more time to be with other women as there was extensive evidence of him sex texting other women and having affairs. \u00a0The defense claimed that Ross was living the life he wanted, there was no need to kill his son who the defense said the evidence showed he loved. \u00a0At the time of his son death, Ross the defense claims was planning a family cruise and was looking for a house in a good school district. \u00a0Ross&#8217; ex-wife who despised him for cheating said that he loved Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>Ross left his son in the car according to the defense when he got out of his normal routine of dropping his son off at daycare prior to going to Chick Fillet and then to work. \u00a0The defense presented an expert about false memory. \u00a0The defense expert explained to the jury that it is very easy to believe you did something when you habitually do it and people can easily get distracted.<\/p>\n<p>The defense further argued that the State incorrectly presented how the car seat looked and that he was not in the line of sight of Ross. \u00a0A key point for the defense was that Ross parked in the middle of the parking lot, rather than in a wooded or more secluded area of the lot where Cooper was less likely to be seen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/compelling-closing-argument-defense-justin-ross-harris-hot-car-murder-trial\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Compelling closing argument by defense in Justin Ross Harris Hot Car Murder Trial\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was no verdict in the Justin Ross Harris hot car death trial. \u00a0Lawyers delivered closing arguments in the Justin Ross trial. \u00a0The defense argued that it was an accident that Justin Ross left his infant son Cooper in a hot car that caused his death. \u00a0Ross&#8217; 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