This case was over when the investigator said she called him over and over and finally said she would do what ever it took to keep Doug away from her child. And was screaming this in an irrational way. Case closed!!!!
I agree, he is very fair also. He also does due diligence to be fair and if he doesn’t know he takes a break to read the law. He is truly a great judge. If anyone has a trial, they would be lucky to have him as a judge!
Abuse of injunction system if she wanted him arrested for sending a dang gift…screeching at the police officer? She had a plan from the get go..his attorney tried to warn him….
I am struggling to understand how ANYONE could believe that this woman is innocent.....by any stretch of the means. I am completely unbiased on this case. I could care less whether she gets off or she doesn't. But I have watched every single day without skipping a beat. Not once did I even question or lean towards believing the self-defense narrative.
It's interesting that the defense tried to bring in all this theory, wheels of fortune, stories of other people etc, but not one eyewitness of the alleged violence, not one person she told contemporaneously about the alleged abuse. They'd bring a clairvoyant to testify if the judge allowed it!
What I noticed is that she was even dating someone else and she wasn’t afraid what Doug was going to do? She didn’t feel comfortable telling the dr she wasn’t going to get back together but she said she felt comfortable telling him no they were alone many times. I find that hard to believe.
I don’t know what it is about this one. I have only watched the trial to this point no outside commentary and I thinks she is guilty. I think she is manipulating everyone. Anyone else?
7:12:42 If doug was shot in the chest and it gave him instant paralysis that he was unable to move and fell backwards, then why is ashley saying that "he kept comming at me" ? If he is instantly paralysed and unable to move how come doug was shot in the back of the thigh right leg into the knee on the second shot if doug was on his back after the first shot which paralised him when he was on the floor on his back ? Ashley is guilty !!
Agreed. I believe this is what brought the manslaughter verdict. Finding out one shot missed and the next was the side and then chest, case done. They needed this witness to be incompetent and he came through lol first time i have been hooked to an expert's testimony
I keep flipping back and forth on this one. Every new thing I hear outside the trial causes me a new pause! I know our justice system includes rules of law that vary court-to-court, but imagine a system that allowed all things true? Prior bad acts, reputation-makers, etc… imagine not limiting what truth gets to be known? Again, I get how it got like this, but limiting truth might just be limiting justice. Ya think?
@@PEBBLEZ21 that’s true too. I’m not trying to argue. Just commenting. I’ve served as a juror 3 times. Doesn’t make me smart, but each time, I found out stuff I wished I’d known, after the fact. Just sharing my thoughts. Don’t get mad honey.
In the proctoring, this counselor said he TREATED Ashley. That is not allowed. He was there to diagnosis, not treat. In other trials, this has been very clear when experts are called for opine about a defendant's mental state. They are not hired to treat; he crossed the line in doing that.
Btw She claims he also abused the little girl. Where is the evidence of that or reports made of that? Where is the psych evaluation if the little girl was being abused by him. And having her little girl stand outside of courthouse & petition for her to be set free. That is a shame. I think that is a pure ploy by her to play on the juries emotions imo.
Seriously, this isn’t a TV drama for your entertainment. They are busy and focused on doing their job, which includes shuffling through documents and don’t give a microsecond of concern about you hearing paper crinkle.
What confused me is that he was coming towards her from the door she shoots his he falls backwards but yet the offers say they seen his legs in the doorway from the hall. So if he falls backwards whilst she is shooting from in the room wouldn’t his head be at the door not his legs?
Here's an abuser's trick. They apologize publicly to pretend to take accountability. Said abusive behavior doesn't stop. It may become more covert. It may become more private. It doesn't stop.
Where is the evidence or proof that it was one sided. They both had heated arguments together over disciplining Eva, the ballet company etc. There is loads of evidence not bought to trial but the jury won't know all that
Did she have any character witnesses testify besides her mom? Where is her first husband? Where are her bridesmaids? Where's all the people saying how she changed from happy and outgoing to cowering and fearful? ....strange
Very little weight is given to character witnesses because of course they’ll only say nice things. She was never married before. She was 24 the same age as Eva when she married Doug. There ran away to Hawaii to do it. NO FAMILY No bridesmaids. They had a reception later on back home and she had 12 of her closest friends and family there. It would really help you greatly if you actually watched it and listened carefully so others don’t have to educate you!! 🤦♂️
@@Beeezkneeez or maybe you could educate without berating the question. Some are just catching up and might not have watched every moment. If it’s so taxing for you to educate, why not scroll on? 🤦♀️
I do not understand why she planned for a baby with him if he was abusive to her. Have him go through an unpleasant procedure of a reversed vasectomy . To bring a little child into that is very selfish of her. Then to go & plan to murder him because he is so controlling & abusive. Take the father away from not only the child but also from a stepdaughter who lost her other parent 6 months ago. Did she think about her little girl at all? Obviously not. What this is going to do mentally to her daughter if she is convicted . She is so self absorbed & narcissistic to me. She could have divorced this guy & met some one else & had a child . She is still young enough to have had a child with someone else. Why commit murder & possibly have your little girl be without both parents? I just don’t get it. I think she also wanted that ballet company. It didn’t work out like she had planned. It went belly up because Doug ended up loosing the money. He was in some financial troubles I think. He was’t extremely wealthy to begin with. Anyway she seems very narcissistic to me. I would love to know about how her first marriage went. What she was like with ex husband. Why haven’t we heard anything about him? Where are all these girlfriends she had? Why aren’t they helping her defense. That is suspect for sure.
i agree with everything you said. I want to know about her relationships with previous men. Im sure they will say that she is manipulative, abusive and psycotic. She didnt have to marry him if he was so abusive, she didnt even live with him before she got married.
Sorry, but she's guilty as the day is long!!!!!! I feel it was premeditated, why else would she do it 3 days before going to court. Plus she was dating another guy.........yah, something rotten in Denmark
People fail to realize it’s not just about innocent or guilty it’s about reasonable doubt and this whole case has reasonable doubt tied all around it the right verdict is not guilty !
@@cjharris3680 incorrect. this is the jury instruction: (Defendant) does not have the burden of proving that [he] [she] was justified in [using] [or] [threatening to use] deadly force. Instead, for you to find the defendant guilty, the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt the defendant was not justified in [using] [or] [threatening to use] deadly force.
7:09:31 Dr Lui says that the arm shot is consistent with the bullets entering the wall in the rooms. But she obviously didnt see the ballistics experts diagram and reports, because all the shots where at a lower angle pointing downward in the bedroom. Not a single shot was at chest height. The ballistic photos shows all bullets ending up in the wall at a knee height or waist line which explains that the back of right leg was shot first when doug was standing with his back turned and then he bends over to the right to grab his leg and then is shot when his body is bending over at a lower height
The judge should never have allowed the dv expert to testify. There was no proof the he did any of those things to her. If anything those roles were reversed. She lived and went where she wanted when she wanted. When people come to him for dv awareness etc, he never questions whether they are guilty of this abuse or not. He is too biased to come to that conclusion fairly and has to much information about her already. Just like in the Jody Arias case, swap out Alyce Laviolette with an unbiased, trained person to do testing on her personality.
@@michelero4297 He did not admit to all of those things, no he certainly did not. She wore the pants and got him to admit things that would help her after she killed him. He certainly did not admit to everything that she claimed on the stand. And he can’t admit, nor deny attacking her with a “ shove of a box”, because she shot him 4 times until he gun jammed! Since when does shoving a box at someone (BS!) equal the right to shoot them 4+ times?!
Evidence was admitted -his own txt msgs admitted it But worst was his late wifes txt msgs ....RIP she already lived through it and left her own evidence of the life she lived w him. @jill2066
Ashley demonstrated on cross, Doug was coming at her, whilst making these fighter ninja moves, but defenses gun projectile expert proved Doug was shot from the side....makes sense with where the bullet lodged in his back and the leg wound...poor guy didn't see it coming! GUILTY
These prosecutors are trying to litigate the defense’s case away, instead of putting up their own evidence to fight against… This case should go before a jury not be litigated in front of the judge the defense should have the case that she wants to put on. I think the jurors are smart and they understand exactly what’s going on on here. She will be found not guilty b/c there’s been enough evidence shown that he was abusive
"Abuse" isn't enough of a reason to shoot someone 4x in "self-defense". The defense has not proven that at the time of the murder she was in imminent danger of any kind. It's all speculative and she's been caught lying numerous times.
@@thewaver8 the marks on her face, his touch DNA on her arm. The evidence, imo, of her panic firing. If I was on the jury, I'd believe this man was a controlling abuser and I'd give Ashley the benefit of the reasonable doubt. I think it's very odd that the prosecution didn't put their lead detective on the stand. None of us except Ashley know for sure what happened in that room. I can't say for sure it was self defense, but I also can't say for sure that it wasn't self defense. You can't convict someone based on what you think might have happened. The prosecution didn't prove their case. The defense proved he was an abuser, in my opinion. That's enough for reasonable doubt in my mind.
@@francesca6301 what about his touch DNA on her arm? Countless harmless ways it could have gotten there. If the accusation is that it came from aggression, oes that not deserve reasonable doubt too? And what about the abuse? "He was abusive" does not equate "she had reason to believe that she was in mortal danger". Notice how each and every instance of CLAIMED abuse did not materialize as physical harm to her? He had a bad temper. He channeled it towards furniture and dry wall, not her. Everything else is her word not backed by evidence. No tracker found, no evidence of poisoning found, no evidence of DV found by the prior court... The prosecution stated at the start that we'd hear certain accusations being levied against him, and warned against taking unsubstantiated claims at face value -- seems like several people are ignoring that warning completely.
He married her only 9 months after the death of his wife. That's a major red flag. He seemed to be an unstable man in his very late 50's -- marrying a woman almost 30 years younger than him just a few weeks after meeting her!!! Another red flag. Another red flag is that his daughter doesn't seem at all surprised about her father's weird behavior. People out there, get out of relationships when they show weird signs in the beginning. They obviously waited too long. Asheley was probably too young to realize how screwed up the whole thing was and ended up getting caught into a never ending nightmare. The man was almost 60 when they met and she was only 24. She lacked the life experience needed to get away from a manipulative, unstable man-child.
Leaving the abuser is the most dangerous time to tell the abuser that you are leaving him. So what does ashley do ? She calls him to the house, tells her mother to leave the house, makes sure that she is alone with doug in the house and then tell him that she doesnt want to move in with him because she is leaving him. And all the years before, she was so afraid of doug when he shot his gun to the ceiling that she married him a week later
He knew the ENTIRE time she was moving into her grandmother's home. She was to be dropped off First. This was stated 4x....were you in the bathroom? 😳⚠️💙⚠️
You would also be aware ashley testified that the reason why doug came to the home that day was because "my mother and i pre staged the heavy furniture in the garage , for doug to put them into the truck" and she called him over to help with that , She was all day with her mother in that house packing up. And during this time, ashley and her mother positioned guns around the home , hidden, and doug was not aware of any guns in the house. She also told her mother to go to the park with emerson. So ashley knew on this day she purposly made herself to be alone with doug. To kill him. From experience doug would know that ashley would keep a gun in her bra as she wore it at the event that they went to few months earlier. So why would doug attack ashley knowing how she wears her gun in her BRA ? That is why it would be impossible for doug to think even to attack her or lunge at her. That is why she placed guns around the house so that she would shoot him in the back of the leg first , when he is unaware when he was lifting items for her. 100% she waited for doug to turn his back in the door way of the bedroom and she shot his right back leg, he turned to the right to see who shot him and then she shot him in the right chest . And then pretended to shoot a few more else where.
@dannyb3976 she put one gun hidden in the bin and the other one hidden in her back pack in the closet and the other one in her bra . Also all the guns were loaded. Which mother who has her child in the house have loaded guns laying about ? I guess you forget that she wears her gun in her bra also, you know like at the event that she went with doug a few months earlier
This woman is a dangerous cold hearted killer ...got him there by pretending they are getting back together so she could get him to her house to kill him.. no proof he did anything to her why would he attack her when he was so happy they were getting back together...he loved his daughter so thought they were moving in together all we have is her word for everything.. hope shes convicted lock her up...
@dannyb3976 what trial did u watch she told him they were moving to another state together he hired a U haul didn't u watch the trial she invited him over to finish putting the boxed in the U haul it makes me laugh people asume things I go by facts of the case u should try..
@dannyb3976 wrong!!! look it up u will see doug thought he was moving but ashley didnt want him moving but led him on...iI can't believe u don't actually know the facts of this case and ur arguing with me who knows the facts of this case like I know the back of my hand... u are making yourself look a bit silly 😅
The trial is not over yet. The jury will then decide verdict. Who knows? I would say soon. The defence said they could finish today and judge said he will direct the jury today.
@@michelero4297 Just because a person says it happened doesn't make it so. She made many allegations against him and he was never charged or arrested. A judge in family court said her allegations about him poisoning her was not truthful.
@@Deepwld10 Smart one, the letter where he admitted all the abuse was on the web for some time. We need individuals of discernment & wisdom. All we have is a low class, spandex wearing in Walmart at 300 lbs......don't hurt yourself by making decisions of merit. SCARY...... ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️🎯🎯🎯🎯
@dannyb3976 A family court judge said that there was no evidence that Doug tried to poison her and the baby. So a family court judge did find she was lying. Smh 🤌
What’s the point of getting a restraining order and trying to go to the police to document the stalking and abuse? They’re ordered to leave you alone and they don’t. The stalking and psychological abuse is sometimes worse than physical. Nobody takes it seriously until the abuser kills you. When you use self defense and end up charged with murder, all of the times you’ve tried to get help are hearsay. THIS is why women stay and try to get along.
Does anyone else notice how she is no longer "small, docile, scared & emotional" when the jury is not in the room??? She perks right up! It is sick! There is something about her that screams guilty just by her body language in court.
I have noticed that also. She shot Doug four years ago, and has been out living with her mother and daughter with no threats anymore. She only "witnessed" anger shown by Doug. After four years should should be showing strength she got through it. I would completely agree with her for DV happening if it were true. Fake!
✨Absolutely brilliant judge! Did you hear him speaking about how he feels his former days acting as a little league baseball empire prepare him for his current role as a judge, lol☺️ Judge Whyte is phenomenal! And, I can't wait for his speech at sentencing⚖️🦢🖤
This judge should have allowed STAND YOUR OWN GROUND. We paid for this trial. Women who finally stand and say you can't hurt me, threaten me, hurt my innocent animals any longer are CRIMINALIZED. The days of those with intelligence quotients over 70 is over. Can't understand empirical evidence, and see beautiful women as a constant threat. ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️
Oh, also, was there evidence of Ashley possibly being in a relationship and engaged presented in trial?? I've been watching recaps and didn't hear that so interested to know who or what presented that evidence?
@@dr.tamaraworley6174 ✨ mooched off other people because AB NEVER WORKED!!! AB leached again, from Doug to her mother. Only filing for divorce as a master of mind games and manipulation tactics. AB is guilty as charged!⚖️
@@dr.tamaraworley6174 ✨No, she mooched off her mother just like she has everyone else because she's a parasite, and moved in with her mother. Then, she played major mind games with Doug for years because she's a master manipulator and filed for divorce, then rescinded on the divorce, then filled again, then murdered Doug⚖️🦢🖤
Guilty all day long! Ashley is a manipulative liar and used every avenue to prove DV, although there were no police reports etc in the state of Florida. The room was extremely small where she ended Doug’s life. I bet she caught him by surprise in that room as he was moving stuff.
I agree. She never filed any DV reports against him to police in the state of FL. For being in such fear of him. She also seemed to put herself in times of being alone with him. If she was so scared of him, all the name calling & yelling at her as she claims he did with her, why invite him over to help you move with just herself & him to be alone???? She sends the mother & little girl away so she is there alone with him? Because she had it planned I believe to take him out. She did not want the mother & daughter to witness or have her daughter see that she killed her father. She was losing full time custody of her child. She did not want that to happen at any cost.
He is one of the best prosecutors I have seen as of late. I provided witness in court for MANY women. This is a obvious case of stalking, threatening, & hurting her animals. The baby was sexually abuse. The baby would be killed soon, to get back at Ashly. Women who don't back up abused women are useless. ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️🗑
When your spine is injured and your legs are rendered incapacitated, they do not jerk up into the air. They fail to sustain body weight and you drop to the ground like a sack of potatoes. How does the defense pathologist know which bullet struck first? According to Ashley she doesn't remember anything about the shooting or even how many bullets she shot. How was she able to tell the pathologist anything for her to make that decision???
The hit of discharge allows for the off loading of one's weight. The feet fly up. Marriage has never been a safe institution for women nor their issue. ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️
Judge dismissed so many more objections by the defense than from the state that one has to assume that either the prosecutors are much better than the defense (which personally don't think they are) or bias is to the state in which case if found guilty, an appeals court might well reverse a potential guilty verdict on those grounds.
She is sooooo manipulative and vengeful. Also a big liar… hope the jury sees through her droopy face she is putting in. She trapped Doug in the bedroom to inalive him. Defense is very slimy and untruthful..GUILTY!! Lock her up. JUSTICE FOR DOUG AND HIS DAUGHTERS❤️❤️💙
@@m.g.2645 Please spare us with your inability to reason, think anstractly & lack of discernment. The letter where he admitted he was NOT a Christian husband and that he terribly abused her was on the web 4 years. Try not to hurt yourself thinking, we don't want to have to send you an ambulance. ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️🎯🎯🎯🎯
6:28:48 Why did micheal haag only show the direction of the bullet of the bullet which did not hit doug ? He didnt present the evidence video if there was 5 shots. Where are the other 4 shots ?
UPDATE: Just filed today on the Manatee County Clerk of Court site: Judge Whyte DENIED Ashley's Motion for Acquittal. Get comfy in your orange outfit Ashley! You're not going anywhere except for a bumpy ride in the back of a inmate van to prison after October 22nd!
7:08:25 Dr Lius Defense Medical Examinter Autopsy witness findings is now irrelevant and biased , because she just testified that Ashley has told Dr Liu information such as where she shot first , where she didnt shoot, where she was standing where she wasnt to benefit herself in this case. And when Dr Liu stated that she spoke to ashley, in person , Dr Liu could have been manipulated by ashleys fake crying, sadness, and explanation of how bad doug was or wasnt, she could have told her , positions of where doug was positioned in the hosue which isnt true etc. And now Dr Lius is telling the jury because ashley said she shot him in the chest first , it must be true because i came to the same conslusion because ashley said so. That is not how an Expert witness medical examiner supposed to come to conclusions and findings , they are supposed to just read the report or go to the crime scene and not speak to the defendant.
She’s guilty, the ME that testified last confirmed for me. She shot 4 times , once in the wall and then his arm, chest and then leg. Doug was running away from her and she intended to end his life. You don’t shoot the father of your child because he checked you with a box. You ended his life because you said you would do anything to get rid of him and you did. I feel bad for all the kids involved
The issue is did the prosecution convince the jury she did this planned and with malice. I believe she was terrified and believed he would seriously hurt or kill her. Its not what I would do in that situation, or what some bell-beefer might do in that situation, its what did Ashly think at the time. And we all better hope we are treated as innocent until proven guilty BEYOND a reasonable doubt.
Huge power dynamic with a thirty year age difference. Why the wedding is less than two weeks? Doug, knew he could only keep the ruse up for a short time period.
Thank you for saying this , at 24 your brain isn’t even fully developed. Eva Doug’s daughter is now around the same age Ashley was when she married him.
Clearly he didn’t know she was planning on not being with him! She used him to move her out the house but had no intention of having him back! The Wednesday hearing is proof of that! She’d moved on with someone else! She misled him! He found out at the house while moving & clearly became enraged! Which she knew he would! Said you are done as in, “I want a divorce”! IMO she had the gun ready to take him out or told him knowing he wld retaliate, on hearing b/f & cc! She knew he’d be upset! She was a regular at the shooting range knew what she was doing! The bullets all low down cld be that he was probs shot in the leg first to stop him, he fell to the side & next bullet shot while he was down on his side! She certainly had motives for having him dead! Loosing her court cases over visitation, no proof of DV so she was loosing that, a new lover & a move to a new house in a new state!
Only Ashley knows what exactly happened. Listening to these analysis I wonder what she is thinking. 6:27:35, 7:01:06, 7:11:32. Is it: "They are all so wrong and I'll get away with it" or "They are so accurate and I'm going to jail"? She is looking unusually very, very attentive during that period. Also, Doug had his arm up. Why? Was he really attacking Ashley or was it just the reflex of him trying to remove the gun from her?
@dannyb3976 He seemed unprepared and lost at times and could not argue his point with the judge and was constantly shot down by the State. Can't believe this guy is a veteran of 300 odd trials. Hope he came cheap. She should ask for her money back and he should be charged with impersonating a lawyer.
Shouldn't the DNA evidence be allowed (or even required to be introduced by the state) as exculpatory evidence under Brady? Ok they are arguing this as well. I think the judge is wrong.
6:10:00 yes doug was in motion only when he got shot in the doorway with his back towards ashley . From turning around. If doug was lunging at ashley, it would mean doug would have been in a lower possition and the angle of the shot would have been higher on the right chest or shoulder. And the angle of the bullet if he was standing face to face with ashley wouldnt have gone right to left, the bullet would have gone through the right chest and down his lower right back in a straight line. Ashley was standing to his right when she made the chest shot or doug turned to the right after he got shot in the right leg to see who shot him , and the leg shot she would have been standing to his left. So the left shot in the knee is when his back is turned in the door way and she shoots him when she is standing on his left, she shoots the right leg from the back. Then he turns to the right and then she shoots him in the chest .
The prosecutors argument about the domestic violence wheel is absolutely ridiculous. The prosecutor is trying to argue that domestic violence isn’t domestic violence basically. It’s patronising and victim blaming. There was evidence that this guy had emotional and behavioural problems in two different relationships.
Older men that seek out younger woman are known to be controlling, abusive and jealous. When Ashely moved, Doug couldn't control her, we was terrified she would find a guy her age and because he got away with the abuse once he kept doing it. The defense put on a great case except they didn't put up any character witnesses which was a missed opportunity.
Just because Ashley said it does not make it TRUE!! Just the opposite. A lot of defense witness keep saying what Ashley told them… NO DOUBT AT ALL….GUILTY
@@barbarahenninger6642 He surely did not admit much of what SHE SAYS. He admitted parts of things and she thoroughly exaggerated many others. Shooting someone four times til the gun jams, and you have only a minuscule scratch on your hip..?! Come on. Where is common sense nowadays?!
Please go to graduate school obtain a degree in marriage & family counseling as a clinical psychotherapist. Your dangerous walking around in your present state. 😳⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️
@@barbarahenninger6642 Agreed, Barbra, it's all backed up by empirical evidence. Thank you for having an intelligence quotient over the average. Most people on here are soooo dumbed down it's arresting. 😳⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️
@@jill2066 The letter he admitted abusing her & begged her to come back. The letter was on the web for a long time. We need women of high level education with high level intelligence quotient. Unfortunately, we are scraping the bottom of the barrel at this time in our nation's history. 😳⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️
Yeah, becsuse every stalker tells their realtor, “let me talk to the woman I’m stalking to make sure she’s ok with this….” Before renting a property that is intended to use to stalk said victim. Must be the most considerate stalker on the planet..
NOT GUILTY ........Anyone having any knowledgebase of domestic abuse should clearly see by the reaction of Ms. Benefield. She is unable to look at physical evidence, her reaction to the Detective who performed the arrest warrent along with the non chalant attitude of that detective, her physical appearance and her lack of movement other than to comfort herself with her sweater. She is frightened to death. The victims daughter seems pretty non reactive to anything where as the victims brother I'd getting angry and unable to see anything other than what he chooses to see. It truely appears that the SYSTEM FAILED HER. NONE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HELPED HER TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE SHE HAD HELP GETTING OUT OF THE ABUSIVE SITUATION. MS. BENEFIELD APPEARS TO NOT HAVE TGE CONFIDANCE IN HER OWN MOTHER TO GET HELP FROM.THE DA IS USING THE CHILD AS A WEAPON AGAINST MS. BENEFIELD AS ITS PRETTY HARD TO NAVIGATE THE ABUSE AS WELL AS DEALING WITH THE FATHERS RIGHTS. UNBELIEVABLE THAT THE DA NOR JUDGE WILL ALLOW TGE DNA INTO EVIDENCE. SO SAD
Judge Whyte is very tolerant and thoughtful. His knowledge of the law is amazing in my opinion. The defense attorney has had many lapses in judgment and strategy. Not sure what I would vote as a juror in this case. All parties seem way off the norm. Poor baby who’s mom killed the dad.
5:18:53.."Judge I feel like we litigated all of this!" So wait! You "feel like" you did, or you know you did! Shouldn't she be making that more clear?..🤔
They were together all day so she could have got the DNA at anytime during the day. Maybe they held hands or touch hands while moving stuff… Does not mean he grabbed her.
That judge seems like he knows what he is doing, I like him. He is very thorough also.
This case was over when the investigator said she called him over and over and finally said she would do what ever it took to keep Doug away from her child. And was screaming this in an irrational way. Case closed!!!!
It's crazy how much time, work, effort and other resources it takes to lock up one criminal! 🤯
This is the most cool, easy going, patient judge I've ever witnessed!
I agree, he is very fair also. He also does due diligence to be fair and if he doesn’t know he takes a break to read the law. He is truly a great judge. If anyone has a trial, they would be lucky to have him as a judge!
Abuse of injunction system if she wanted him arrested for sending a dang gift…screeching at the police officer? She had a plan from the get go..his attorney tried to warn him….
Judge is spitting straight fire about the oxford comma
I am struggling to understand how ANYONE could believe that this woman is innocent.....by any stretch of the means. I am completely unbiased on this case. I could care less whether she gets off or she doesn't. But I have watched every single day without skipping a beat. Not once did I even question or lean towards believing the self-defense narrative.
It's interesting that the defense tried to bring in all this theory, wheels of fortune, stories of other people etc, but not one eyewitness of the alleged violence, not one person she told contemporaneously about the alleged abuse. They'd bring a clairvoyant to testify if the judge allowed it!
What I noticed is that she was even dating someone else and she wasn’t afraid what Doug was going to do? She didn’t feel comfortable telling the dr she wasn’t going to get back together but she said she felt comfortable telling him no they were alone many times. I find that hard to believe.
She did tell the doctor alone she wasn't going back.
Listen & attend....❤🎉
She wanted laid , Is that ok with you ?
Right!
I don’t know what it is about this one. I have only watched the trial to this point no outside commentary and I thinks she is guilty. I think she is manipulating everyone. Anyone else?
7:12:42 If doug was shot in the chest and it gave him instant paralysis that he was unable to move and fell backwards, then why is ashley saying that "he kept comming at me" ? If he is instantly paralysed and unable to move how come doug was shot in the back of the thigh right leg into the knee on the second shot if doug was on his back after the first shot which paralised him when he was on the floor on his back ?
Ashley is guilty !!
she'll get off because she only needs one jury member who "believes women"
She didn’t even shed one real tear during her testimony…her crying was the fakest I’ve ever seen.
Because I think the chest shot was second that's why he was able to keep coming at her
The forensic scientist knows his craft. He is intelligent. Super testimony.
Agreed. I believe this is what brought the manslaughter verdict. Finding out one shot missed and the next was the side and then chest, case done. They needed this witness to be incompetent and he came through lol first time i have been hooked to an expert's testimony
It sickens me how she goes from smirky and smug to looking so sad and demure when jury enters room.
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Yes I agree you are sick! 🤦🏻♀️
She doesn't seem smug at all.🤔
I haven’t seen that from her at all
You much be watching another case…like the others said she never looks smirky or smug. Instead she always looks timid and insecure.
I keep flipping back and forth on this one. Every new thing I hear outside the trial causes me a new pause! I know our justice system includes rules of law that vary court-to-court, but imagine a system that allowed all things true? Prior bad acts, reputation-makers, etc… imagine not limiting what truth gets to be known? Again, I get how it got like this, but limiting truth might just be limiting justice. Ya think?
Limiting justice would be accusing a dead person who can’t defend themselves. That’s why there are rules.
@@PEBBLEZ21 that’s true too. I’m not trying to argue. Just commenting. I’ve served as a juror 3 times. Doesn’t make me smart, but each time, I found out stuff I wished I’d known, after the fact. Just sharing my thoughts. Don’t get mad honey.
@ChrisFWebber2222 theirs more exculpatory evidence then inculpatory evidence why would they bring this to trial and think they could win!
In the proctoring, this counselor said he TREATED Ashley. That is not allowed. He was there to diagnosis, not treat. In other trials, this has been very clear when experts are called for opine about a defendant's mental state. They are not hired to treat; he crossed the line in doing that.
Her whole demeanour changes when the jury comes in. Such an actress, sulking and not making eye contact. It’s all an act,lock her up.
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I don't agree. She seems pretty blah no matter what
I always know when Ashley is back in the courtroom just by listening to her sniffing…hmmmm
I think she has studied too many Amber heard videos.... Terrible acting not a tear in sight
@@chloenelson6684 i had the same thought
This woman shot Doug 4 times to make sure he died. She is guilty and should be locked up.
sleezy defense
Totally agree but I fear she will walk the prosecution is useless waste of time they on cross asked a couple of silly questions and that's it
@@Gabriel-hf1yy I thought they presented their case well, but one never knows. And the Florida law stand your ground is a license to kill.
Beeee needs to be held to account
Plus the gun jammed according to the firearms expert!
Btw She claims he also abused the little girl. Where is the evidence of that or reports made of that? Where is the psych evaluation if the little girl was being abused by him. And having her little girl stand outside of courthouse & petition for her to be set free. That is a shame. I think that is a pure ploy by her to play on the juries emotions imo.
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Idk. That’s her mom
Defense lawyer 8:35:50 asking the judge question like a confused toddler. He's not preparing anymore, it's a lost cause and even he knows it.
THE PAPER CRINKLING AND SHUFFLING MUST END!!!!
I know! Seems to be the prosecution table. Really annoying!
Seriously, this isn’t a TV drama for your entertainment.
They are busy and focused on doing their job, which includes shuffling through documents and don’t give a microsecond of concern about you hearing paper crinkle.
@@MichelleHotchkissArt BIOYA. It was a goofy comment for humor. You must be a blast at parties. Fold your hands, NO TALKING!!!
@@MichelleHotchkissArtthe judge has made comment OUTLOUD to stop the shuffling of papers. It’s disturbing.
@@Alex-vn3dnthe comment the judge made was to O’Keefe crinkling a food wrapper.
What confused me is that he was coming towards her from the door she shoots his he falls backwards but yet the offers say they seen his legs in the doorway from the hall.
So if he falls backwards whilst she is shooting from in the room wouldn’t his head be at the door not his legs?
The police are lying
Here's an abuser's trick. They apologize publicly to pretend to take accountability. Said abusive behavior doesn't stop. It may become more covert. It may become more private. It doesn't stop.
You forget to add that the abuse becomes worse each time the abuser gets away with something.
@@TXFireChick1 yes!
Where is the evidence or proof that it was one sided. They both had heated arguments together over disciplining Eva, the ballet company etc. There is loads of evidence not bought to trial but the jury won't know all that
You two are able to cognitively desern. 🎉❤😮
Seems like his trick was to never lay a hand on her based on the photo of her face, and her own words
Did she have any character witnesses testify besides her mom? Where is her first husband? Where are her bridesmaids? Where's all the people saying how she changed from happy and outgoing to cowering and fearful? ....strange
Very little weight is given to character witnesses because of course they’ll only say nice things. She was never married before. She was 24 the same age as Eva when she married Doug. There ran away to Hawaii to do it. NO FAMILY No bridesmaids. They had a reception later on back home and she had 12 of her closest friends and family there.
It would really help you greatly if you actually watched it and listened carefully so others don’t have to educate you!! 🤦♂️
@@Beeezkneeez or maybe you could educate without berating the question. Some are just catching up and might not have watched every moment. If it’s so taxing for you to educate, why not scroll on? 🤦♀️
@@Beeezkneeezgood lawd that last part was harsh…
@@sblechlyikes..that last part was inappropriate..I feel for you.
@@sblechl I didn’t see you helping by answering now did you? I always love hearing from those who have $#!+ 🧠🧠🧠🧠 🤦🏻
I do not understand why she planned for a baby with him if he was abusive to her. Have him go through an unpleasant procedure of a reversed vasectomy . To bring a little child into that is very selfish of her. Then to go & plan to murder him because he is so controlling & abusive. Take the father away from not only the child but also from a stepdaughter who lost her other parent 6 months ago. Did she think about her little girl at all? Obviously not. What this is going to do mentally to her daughter if she is convicted . She is so self absorbed & narcissistic to me. She could have divorced this guy & met some one else & had a child . She is still young enough to have had a child with someone else. Why commit murder & possibly have your little girl be without both parents? I just don’t get it. I think she also wanted that ballet company. It didn’t work out like she had planned. It went belly up because Doug ended up loosing the money. He was in some financial troubles I think. He was’t extremely wealthy to begin with. Anyway she seems very narcissistic to me. I would love to know about how her first marriage went. What she was like with ex husband. Why haven’t we heard anything about him? Where are all these girlfriends she had? Why aren’t they helping her defense. That is suspect for sure.
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i agree with everything you said. I want to know about her relationships with previous men. Im sure they will say that she is manipulative, abusive and psycotic. She didnt have to marry him if he was so abusive, she didnt even live with him before she got married.
Pleasantly surprised by the defense case in chief. Great witnesses.
Sorry, but she's guilty as the day is long!!!!!! I feel it was premeditated, why else would she do it 3 days before going to court. Plus she was dating another guy.........yah, something rotten in Denmark
People fail to realize it’s not just about innocent or guilty it’s about reasonable doubt and this whole case has reasonable doubt tied all around it the right verdict is not guilty !
This is about self defense which the defense must prove. The state cannot prove she killed him in self defense.
@@sandrablosser9888 The state cant prove she didnt.
@@gigiis526 The burden in on defense to prove self defense, not the state
@@sandrablosser9888 Not true. The state must prove she did not do it in self defense. You got it backwards.
@@cjharris3680 incorrect. this is the jury instruction: (Defendant) does not have the burden of proving that [he] [she] was justified in [using] [or] [threatening to use] deadly force. Instead, for you to find the defendant guilty, the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt the defendant was not justified in [using] [or] [threatening to use] deadly force.
Love this judge
7:09:31 Dr Lui says that the arm shot is consistent with the bullets entering the wall in the rooms. But she obviously didnt see the ballistics experts diagram and reports, because all the shots where at a lower angle pointing downward in the bedroom. Not a single shot was at chest height. The ballistic photos shows all bullets ending up in the wall at a knee height or waist line which explains that the back of right leg was shot first when doug was standing with his back turned and then he bends over to the right to grab his leg and then is shot when his body is bending over at a lower height
The judge should never have allowed the dv expert to testify. There was no proof the he did any of those things to her. If anything those roles were reversed. She lived and went where she wanted when she wanted. When people come to him for dv awareness etc, he never questions whether they are guilty of this abuse or not. He is too biased to come to that conclusion fairly and has to much information about her already. Just like in the Jody Arias case, swap out Alyce Laviolette with an unbiased, trained person to do testing on her personality.
Totally agree with you! Well said! 👏
But Doug did admit to doing those things and he admitted it to more than one marriage councilor. And he admitted to it in text msgs.
the judge allowed it because Doug admitted abusing her.
@@michelero4297 He did not admit to all of those things, no he certainly did not. She wore the pants and got him to admit things that would help her after she killed him. He certainly did not admit to everything that she claimed on the stand. And he can’t admit, nor deny attacking her with a “ shove of a box”, because she shot him 4 times until he gun jammed! Since when does shoving a box at someone (BS!) equal the right to shoot them 4+ times?!
Evidence was admitted -his own txt msgs admitted it
But worst was his late wifes txt msgs ....RIP she already lived through it and left her own evidence of the life she lived w him.
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Where is the Juans of the world to make sure she is proven guilty?!
Ashley demonstrated on cross, Doug was coming at her, whilst making these fighter ninja moves, but defenses gun projectile expert proved Doug was shot from the side....makes sense with where the bullet lodged in his back and the leg wound...poor guy didn't see it coming! GUILTY
She's trying to blink out a tear.
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Funny it’s all about her, her, her…men are victims of domestic violence and all those on the wheel too!!
The handmaids tale attire isn’t fooling anyone. Ashley is guilty 💯
What did the defense think he was talking about toilet paper meaning the tissue😅
The biggest crime here is naming your baby girl "EMERSON".
I’ve heard of worse names
These prosecutors are trying to litigate the defense’s case away, instead of putting up their own evidence to fight against… This case should go before a jury not be litigated in front of the judge the defense should have the case that she wants to put on. I think the jurors are smart and they understand exactly what’s going on on here. She will be found not guilty b/c there’s been enough evidence shown that he was abusive
"Abuse" isn't enough of a reason to shoot someone 4x in "self-defense". The defense has not proven that at the time of the murder she was in imminent danger of any kind. It's all speculative and she's been caught lying numerous times.
@@thewaver8 the marks on her face, his touch DNA on her arm. The evidence, imo, of her panic firing. If I was on the jury, I'd believe this man was a controlling abuser and I'd give Ashley the benefit of the reasonable doubt. I think it's very odd that the prosecution didn't put their lead detective on the stand. None of us except Ashley know for sure what happened in that room. I can't say for sure it was self defense, but I also can't say for sure that it wasn't self defense. You can't convict someone based on what you think might have happened. The prosecution didn't prove their case. The defense proved he was an abuser, in my opinion. That's enough for reasonable doubt in my mind.
@@francesca6301 what about his touch DNA on her arm? Countless harmless ways it could have gotten there. If the accusation is that it came from aggression, oes that not deserve reasonable doubt too? And what about the abuse? "He was abusive" does not equate "she had reason to believe that she was in mortal danger". Notice how each and every instance of CLAIMED abuse did not materialize as physical harm to her? He had a bad temper. He channeled it towards furniture and dry wall, not her. Everything else is her word not backed by evidence. No tracker found, no evidence of poisoning found, no evidence of DV found by the prior court... The prosecution stated at the start that we'd hear certain accusations being levied against him, and warned against taking unsubstantiated claims at face value -- seems like several people are ignoring that warning completely.
@@thewaver8the defense doesn’t have to prove she’s innocent; the State hasn’t met the burden of proof that she’s guilty.
@@sblechl really? pretty sure the guy's dead...
Pretty sure it's been established that she pulled the trigger too.
He married her only 9 months after the death of his wife. That's a major red flag. He seemed to be an unstable man in his very late 50's -- marrying a woman almost 30 years younger than him just a few weeks after meeting her!!! Another red flag. Another red flag is that his daughter doesn't seem at all surprised about her father's weird behavior. People out there, get out of relationships when they show weird signs in the beginning. They obviously waited too long. Asheley was probably too young to realize how screwed up the whole thing was and ended up getting caught into a never ending nightmare. The man was almost 60 when they met and she was only 24. She lacked the life experience needed to get away from a manipulative, unstable man-child.
He also told his daughter that he was never gonna get married again and didn't tell her when they did get married
Leaving the abuser is the most dangerous time to tell the abuser that you are leaving him. So what does ashley do ? She calls him to the house, tells her mother to leave the house, makes sure that she is alone with doug in the house and then tell him that she doesnt want to move in with him because she is leaving him. And all the years before, she was so afraid of doug when he shot his gun to the ceiling that she married him a week later
He knew the ENTIRE time she was moving into her grandmother's home.
She was to be dropped off First.
This was stated 4x....were you in the bathroom? 😳⚠️💙⚠️
You would also be aware ashley testified that the reason why doug came to the home that day was because "my mother and i pre staged the heavy furniture in the garage , for doug to put them into the truck" and she called him over to help with that , She was all day with her mother in that house packing up. And during this time, ashley and her mother positioned guns around the home , hidden, and doug was not aware of any guns in the house. She also told her mother to go to the park with emerson. So ashley knew on this day she purposly made herself to be alone with doug. To kill him.
From experience doug would know that ashley would keep a gun in her bra as she wore it at the event that they went to few months earlier. So why would doug attack ashley knowing how she wears her gun in her BRA ? That is why it would be impossible for doug to think even to attack her or lunge at her. That is why she placed guns around the house so that she would shoot him in the back of the leg first , when he is unaware when he was lifting items for her.
100% she waited for doug to turn his back in the door way of the bedroom and she shot his right back leg, he turned to the right to see who shot him and then she shot him in the right chest . And then pretended to shoot a few more else where.
Hit the nail on the head! Straight to Jail
Exactly I’m survivor of dv and once I left I knew if I was alone with him again he might kill me in revenge
@dannyb3976 she put one gun hidden in the bin and the other one hidden in her back pack in the closet and the other one in her bra . Also all the guns were loaded. Which mother who has her child in the house have loaded guns laying about ? I guess you forget that she wears her gun in her bra also, you know like at the event that she went with doug a few months earlier
These attorneys are terrible.
I disagree. I think they're fighting hard for their clients.
This woman is a dangerous cold hearted killer ...got him there by pretending they are getting back together so she could get him to her house to kill him.. no proof he did anything to her why would he attack her when he was so happy they were getting back together...he loved his daughter so thought they were moving in together all we have is her word for everything.. hope shes convicted lock her up...
@dannyb3976 what trial did u watch she told him they were moving to another state together he hired a U haul didn't u watch the trial she invited him over to finish putting the boxed in the U haul it makes me laugh people asume things I go by facts of the case u should try..
@dannyb3976 wrong!!! look it up u will see doug thought he was moving but ashley didnt want him moving but led him on...iI can't believe u don't actually know the facts of this case and ur arguing with me who knows the facts of this case like I know the back of my hand... u are making yourself look a bit silly 😅
When is sentencing expected to be for this trial?
The trial is not over yet. The jury will then decide verdict. Who knows? I would say soon. The defence said they could finish today and judge said he will direct the jury today.
it's basically over, will happen in a week or so
Ashley and Doug- Deplorables.
She makes it hard for real victims of domestic violence. I hope she gets at least 40 years.
Only your abuse is valid? Only abuse where there are bruises and broken bones?
@@michelero4297 Just because a person says it happened doesn't make it so. She made many allegations against him and he was never charged or arrested. A judge in family court said her allegations about him poisoning her was not truthful.
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Smart one, the letter where he admitted all the abuse was on the web for some time.
We need individuals of discernment & wisdom.
All we have is a low class, spandex wearing in Walmart at 300 lbs......don't hurt yourself by making decisions of merit.
SCARY......
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@@dr.tamaraworley6174 What are you talking about? "HE"? I said "Her" allegations against him. Smh
@dannyb3976 A family court judge said that there was no evidence that Doug tried to poison her and the baby. So a family court judge did find she was lying. Smh 🤌
What’s the point of getting a restraining order and trying to go to the police to document the stalking and abuse? They’re ordered to leave you alone and they don’t. The stalking and psychological abuse is sometimes worse than physical. Nobody takes it seriously until the abuser kills you. When you use self defense and end up charged with murder, all of the times you’ve tried to get help are hearsay. THIS is why women stay and try to get along.
I couldn't agree more with you thank you for acknowledging that great statement😎🤓👍👊
EXACTLY
Does anyone else notice how she is no longer "small, docile, scared & emotional" when the jury is not in the room??? She perks right up! It is sick! There is something about her that screams guilty just by her body language in court.
I have noticed that also. She shot Doug four years ago, and has been out living with her mother and daughter with no threats anymore. She only "witnessed" anger shown by Doug. After four years should should be showing strength she got through it. I would completely agree with her for DV happening if it were true.
Fake!
I’d hate to be a victim of DV and have these state attorney’s prosecuting my abuser. He’d get off scott free!!
The victim was Doug, she willfully kept his baby from him. Abuse.
Show the screen with the shots shown!
Great Judge
yes he is.
✨Absolutely brilliant judge! Did you hear him speaking about how he feels his former days acting as a little league baseball empire prepare him for his current role as a judge, lol☺️ Judge Whyte is phenomenal! And, I can't wait for his speech at sentencing⚖️🦢🖤
This judge should have allowed STAND YOUR OWN GROUND.
We paid for this trial.
Women who finally stand and say you can't hurt me, threaten me, hurt my innocent animals any longer are CRIMINALIZED.
The days of those with intelligence quotients over 70 is over. Can't understand empirical evidence, and see beautiful women as a constant threat.
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Going over jury instructions.... How many charges are there? Damn!
One charge
Oh, also, was there evidence of Ashley possibly being in a relationship and engaged presented in trial?? I've been watching recaps and didn't hear that so interested to know who or what presented that evidence?
If you really listen to the evidence she is guilty. Dating someone else and living alone in another state. Come on now she was NOT afraid of him!!!!
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She moved in with her mother & filled divorce papers.
Please learn to attend and listen for dissemination of a crime. ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️😳
@@dr.tamaraworley6174 ✨ mooched off other people because AB NEVER WORKED!!! AB leached again, from Doug to her mother. Only filing for divorce as a master of mind games and manipulation tactics. AB is guilty as charged!⚖️
@@dr.tamaraworley6174 ✨No, she mooched off her mother just like she has everyone else because she's a parasite, and moved in with her mother. Then, she played major mind games with Doug for years because she's a master manipulator and filed for divorce, then rescinded on the divorce, then filled again, then murdered Doug⚖️🦢🖤
Guilty all day long! Ashley is a manipulative liar and used every avenue to prove DV, although there were no police reports etc in the state of Florida. The room was extremely small where she ended Doug’s life. I bet she caught him by surprise in that room as he was moving stuff.
So do I
I agree. She never filed any DV reports against him to police in the state of FL. For being in such fear of him. She also seemed to put herself in times of being alone with him. If she was so scared of him, all the name calling & yelling at her as she claims he did with her, why invite him over to help you move with just herself & him to be alone???? She sends the mother & little girl away so she is there alone with him? Because she had it planned I believe to take him out. She did not want the mother & daughter to witness or have her daughter see that she killed her father. She was losing full time custody of her child. She did not want that to happen at any cost.
Judge kept this civil. Defense lawyer is extremely rude and hopeless....
He is one of the best prosecutors I have seen as of late. I provided witness in court for MANY women.
This is a obvious case of stalking, threatening, & hurting her animals. The baby was sexually abuse. The baby would be killed soon, to get back at Ashly.
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How do we not know if he was lunging at her because she was holding a gun at him?
i thought she already took the stand a few days ago?
When your spine is injured and your legs are rendered incapacitated, they do not jerk up into the air. They fail to sustain body weight and you drop to the ground like a sack of potatoes.
How does the defense pathologist know which bullet struck first? According to Ashley she doesn't remember anything about the shooting or even how many bullets she shot. How was she able to tell the pathologist anything for her to make that decision???
The hit of discharge allows for the off loading of one's weight.
The feet fly up.
Marriage has never been a safe institution for women nor their issue. ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️
This Doc is VERY smart, & experienced!...👍👍
The ME said it was difficult to know the order of shooting.
I’ve been really impressed with the witnesses for the defense.
Yes, he is AWESOME.
I used to be in court doing the same 4 abused women & their issue. ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️
Judge dismissed so many more objections by the defense than from the state that one has to assume that either the prosecutors are much better than the defense (which personally don't think they are) or bias is to the state in which case if found guilty, an appeals court might well reverse a potential guilty verdict on those grounds.
This isn’t a game where the one with the most objections sustained wins. The defense doesn’t make proper objections.
I won't be surprised at all if he gets sanctions from the judge for his continued disregard for decisions and court procedures.
If the judge is biased toward the prosecution that will happen…
@@sandrablosser9888 it makes defense look desperate to the jury
I think the judge has given a lot of latitude to the defence. He’s been very patient with their sneaky attempts to get evidence in.
She is sooooo manipulative and vengeful. Also a big liar… hope the jury sees through her droopy face she is putting in. She trapped Doug in the bedroom to inalive him. Defense is very slimy and untruthful..GUILTY!! Lock her up. JUSTICE FOR DOUG AND HIS DAUGHTERS❤️❤️💙
You don't like her face so she'd guilty?
@NancyBriant-wr9vo ✨Absolutely!!! YES, YES, YES!!!😉👏🎯⚖️
@@barbarahenninger6642✨And, no. I don't like her face!
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Please spare us with your inability to reason, think anstractly & lack of discernment.
The letter where he admitted he was NOT a Christian husband and that he terribly abused her was on the web 4 years.
Try not to hurt yourself thinking, we don't want to have to send you an ambulance.
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Why don't you deactivate the wicked devices problem solved
To bad the the dog, cat and child can’t testify?
6:28:48 Why did micheal haag only show the direction of the bullet of the bullet which did not hit doug ? He didnt present the evidence video if there was 5 shots. Where are the other 4 shots ?
Did she a tually take the stand?? I haven't found it. Anyone have a time stamp?
Yes she did and not very well!! It was quite a 'performance'!! You won't see it on this You Tube but you will have to look at another one.
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Thanks, I found it
UPDATE: Just filed today on the Manatee County Clerk of Court site: Judge Whyte DENIED Ashley's Motion for Acquittal.
Get comfy in your orange outfit Ashley! You're not going anywhere except for a bumpy ride in the back of a inmate van to prison after October 22nd!
@@jmgood2870 Big Bertha is waiting!!
To bad the the dog and cat can’t and child testify?
7:08:25 Dr Lius Defense Medical Examinter Autopsy witness findings is now irrelevant and biased , because she just testified that Ashley has told Dr Liu information such as where she shot first , where she didnt shoot, where she was standing where she wasnt to benefit herself in this case. And when Dr Liu stated that she spoke to ashley, in person , Dr Liu could have been manipulated by ashleys fake crying, sadness, and explanation of how bad doug was or wasnt, she could have told her , positions of where doug was positioned in the hosue which isnt true etc.
And now Dr Lius is telling the jury because ashley said she shot him in the chest first , it must be true because i came to the same conslusion because ashley said so.
That is not how an Expert witness medical examiner supposed to come to conclusions and findings , they are supposed to just read the report or go to the crime scene and not speak to the defendant.
Last night as a free woman . Spend it hugging the lil girl you have been using as a pawn.
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She’s guilty, the ME that testified last confirmed for me. She shot 4 times , once in the wall and then his arm, chest and then leg. Doug was running away from her and she intended to end his life. You don’t shoot the father of your child because he checked you with a box. You ended his life because you said you would do anything to get rid of him and you did. I feel bad for all the kids involved
The issue is did the prosecution convince the jury she did this planned and with malice. I believe she was terrified and believed he would seriously hurt or kill her. Its not what I would do in that situation, or what some bell-beefer might do in that situation, its what did Ashly think at the time.
And we all better hope we are treated as innocent until proven guilty BEYOND a reasonable doubt.
Well said!
The prosecution did a terrible job.
@michelero4297 ✨Here's a lollipop 🍭 AB found another sucker with you
Huge power dynamic with a thirty year age difference. Why the wedding is less than two weeks? Doug, knew he could only keep the ruse up for a short time period.
Thank you for saying this , at 24 your brain isn’t even fully developed. Eva Doug’s daughter is now around the same age Ashley was when she married him.
Or she knew he'd see her temper and manipulation if he had a bit of time to see it. She didn't hide it long and started in on his daughter.
Doug and Ashley were heavily attracted to each other. Anyway she could have refused his proposal.
Ashley is back-sniffing begin…. What’s happening 👃
Cocaine
She is guilty. Normal people have no idea what true DV is. Sbe murdered him straight yp
Clearly he didn’t know she was planning on not being with him! She used him to move her out the house but had no intention of having him back! The Wednesday hearing is proof of that! She’d moved on with someone else! She misled him! He found out at the house while moving & clearly became enraged! Which she knew he would! Said you are done as in, “I want a divorce”! IMO she had the gun ready to take him out or told him knowing he wld retaliate, on hearing b/f & cc! She knew he’d be upset! She was a regular at the shooting range knew what she was doing! The bullets all low down cld be that he was probs shot in the leg first to stop him, he fell to the side & next bullet shot while he was down on his side! She certainly had motives for having him dead! Loosing her court cases over visitation, no proof of DV so she was loosing that, a new lover & a move to a new house in a new state!
1:07:24 those are not hypothetical statements
Only Ashley knows what exactly happened. Listening to these analysis I wonder what she is thinking. 6:27:35, 7:01:06, 7:11:32. Is it: "They are all so wrong and I'll get away with it" or "They are so accurate and I'm going to jail"? She is looking unusually very, very attentive during that period. Also, Doug had his arm up. Why? Was he really attacking Ashley or was it just the reflex of him trying to remove the gun from her?
Agree! I think she shot him in the arm first and THEN Doug lunged towards her!
Woohoo, a Saskatchewan Doctor!
That happens a lot more than I would have thought!..Hey Sask!!..💁🏻♀️
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Defense lawyer got his licence out of a cereal box. He lost every point of contention during this trial. Hopeless.
@dannyb3976 He seemed unprepared and lost at times and could not argue his point with the judge and was constantly shot down by the State. Can't believe this guy is a veteran of 300 odd trials. Hope he came cheap. She should ask for her money back and he should be charged with impersonating a lawyer.
Shouldn't the DNA evidence be allowed (or even required to be introduced by the state) as exculpatory evidence under Brady?
Ok they are arguing this as well. I think the judge is wrong.
He came at her with Jazz hands so she had to shoot him. He was a bad dancer so he had to go.
Exactly
There are so many ugly spirited people in these comments.
This is not a laughing matter but I just burst out laughing!
Everyone including the judge knows she’s guilty. She’s fooling nobody…Life in Prison
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6:10:00 yes doug was in motion only when he got shot in the doorway with his back towards ashley . From turning around. If doug was lunging at ashley, it would mean doug would have been in a lower possition and the angle of the shot would have been higher on the right chest or shoulder. And the angle of the bullet if he was standing face to face with ashley wouldnt have gone right to left, the bullet would have gone through the right chest and down his lower right back in a straight line.
Ashley was standing to his right when she made the chest shot or doug turned to the right after he got shot in the right leg to see who shot him , and the leg shot she would have been standing to his left. So the left shot in the knee is when his back is turned in the door way and she shoots him when she is standing on his left, she shoots the right leg from the back. Then he turns to the right and then she shoots him in the chest .
The prosecutors argument about the domestic violence wheel is absolutely ridiculous. The prosecutor is trying to argue that domestic violence isn’t domestic violence basically. It’s patronising and victim blaming. There was evidence that this guy had emotional and behavioural problems in two different relationships.
9:11:23 defense is that a nervous tic?
59:42 abuser will use kids….. yes she did
Older men that seek out younger woman are known to be controlling, abusive and jealous. When Ashely moved, Doug couldn't control her, we was terrified she would find a guy her age and because he got away with the abuse once he kept doing it. The defense put on a great case except they didn't put up any character witnesses which was a missed opportunity.
Wow.... best comment yet!!!
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dumbest generalization ever
Just because Ashley said it does not make it TRUE!! Just the opposite. A lot of defense witness keep saying what Ashley told them… NO DOUBT AT ALL….GUILTY
If you'd watched the trial, you'd see that Doug admitted just about everything he did, plus letter from his former wife how he abused her.
@@barbarahenninger6642 He surely did not admit much of what SHE SAYS. He admitted parts of things and she thoroughly exaggerated many others. Shooting someone four times til the gun jams, and you have only a minuscule scratch on your hip..?! Come on. Where is common sense nowadays?!
Please go to graduate school obtain a degree in marriage & family counseling as a clinical psychotherapist.
Your dangerous walking around in your present state.
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Agreed, Barbra, it's all backed up by empirical evidence.
Thank you for having an intelligence quotient over the average. Most people on here are soooo dumbed down it's arresting. 😳⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️
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The letter he admitted abusing her & begged her to come back. The letter was on the web for a long time.
We need women of high level education with high level intelligence quotient.
Unfortunately, we are scraping the bottom of the barrel at this time in our nation's history.
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Wow... Doug stalked her even with a restraining order... trying to lease a house right by hers... what a creep!!
Agreed, he is a stalker who beat his first wife on their honeymoon. 😢❤🎉
You ever think he wants to be near his daughter who she was trying to keep away from him and finally did by murdering him?
@@LawnBunny777my thoughts exactly.
@@LawnBunny777 You ever think it doesn't matter what he wanted because there was a restraining order against him?
Yeah, becsuse every stalker tells their realtor, “let me talk to the woman I’m stalking to make sure she’s ok with this….”
Before renting a property that is intended to use to stalk said victim.
Must be the most considerate stalker on the planet..
The defendant lawyer is doing an excellent job I think
Wow. Im surprised so many people think that. I truly have nothing on his knowledge, but his behavior is a wreck
Why don't they do some Voodoo and call Dough to the stand
What’s the time stamp she takes the stand? I scrolled and I don’t see either
It was not today. It was last week
It was day 4. Search for day 4
She took the stand on Friday unexpectedly. I didn't see it coming.
I’m so not fan of these prosecutors 😑
Not guilty
NOT GUILTY ........Anyone having any knowledgebase of domestic abuse should clearly see by the reaction of Ms. Benefield. She is unable to look at physical evidence, her reaction to the Detective who performed the arrest warrent along with the non chalant attitude of that detective, her physical appearance and her lack of movement other than to comfort herself with her sweater. She is frightened to death. The victims daughter seems pretty non reactive to anything where as the victims brother I'd getting angry and unable to see anything other than what he chooses to see. It truely appears that the SYSTEM FAILED HER. NONE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HELPED HER TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE SHE HAD HELP GETTING OUT OF THE ABUSIVE SITUATION. MS. BENEFIELD APPEARS TO NOT HAVE TGE CONFIDANCE IN HER OWN MOTHER TO GET HELP FROM.THE DA IS USING THE CHILD AS A WEAPON AGAINST MS. BENEFIELD AS ITS
PRETTY HARD TO NAVIGATE THE ABUSE AS WELL AS DEALING WITH THE FATHERS RIGHTS.
UNBELIEVABLE THAT THE DA NOR JUDGE WILL ALLOW TGE DNA INTO EVIDENCE. SO SAD
the only abuser was HER!
Poor woman doesn’t stand a chance because of that judge, but she will on appeal
Poor woman are u kidding she's pure evil
@@Gabriel-hf1yy you
at least you acknowledge she will be found guilty
I think she's going to be found not guilty.
Judge Whyte is very tolerant and thoughtful. His knowledge of the law is amazing in my opinion. The defense attorney has had many lapses in judgment and strategy. Not sure what I would vote as a juror in this case. All parties seem way off the norm. Poor baby who’s mom killed the dad.
It looks like Ashley looks sleepy
She got two massive bags under her eyes!
DV expert has bored me in listing his expertise
Did he have any? All I heard was bias - he couldn't even keep the testimony gender-neutral.
5:18:53.."Judge I feel like we litigated all of this!" So wait! You "feel like" you did, or you know you did! Shouldn't she be making that more clear?..🤔
Tough judge
Terrible judge most rulings are to benefit the prosecution when the defendant is the one who is supposed to get the fair trial
They were together all day so she could have got the DNA at anytime during the day. Maybe they held hands or touch hands while moving stuff… Does not mean he grabbed her.
Exactly. The neighbor’s DNA was on her, did he abuse her too!