Fairfax County Double Murder

[Anonymous]

I wonder if she regrets taking the deal now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if she regrets taking the deal now.

10 years for manslaughter instead of 1st degree murder is still a good deal

[Anonymous]

That was very satisfying.

[Anonymous]

Joe’s mom wore butterfly 🦋 glasses today. So very fitting and a kind gesture to Christine and her Family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That was very satisfying.

💯
That Judge is a badass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That was very satisfying.

💯
That Judge is a badass.

Yes she is and it's unfortunate she is retiring. I can't think of another judge in VA who cares about transparency in the legal system like she does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will she even serve 92-98 months?

I dunno about VADOC or VSCC

50 months if she stays out of trouble, some of which has already been served.

But Magalhaes' attorney, Ryan Campbell, said she will serve about four years and two months, with credit for time served and good behavior, regardless of the what the judge expressed, according to NBC Washington.

BB will get life, but I do look forward to the judge's comments to him.

[Anonymous]

Did she find some supply of free food in prison? Because…. Ugh.

[Anonymous]

Wouldn’t it be best if BB could just be left unsupervised in his cell for a bit and have the opportunity to do the honorable thing and …ya know… be an hero?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn’t it be best if BB could just be left unsupervised in his cell for a bit and have the opportunity to do the honorable thing and …ya know… be an hero?

No. He needs to live a long miserable life in prison. Rotting slowly.

[Anonymous]

Is there anywhere I can watch a recording of the sentencing?

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Anonymous wrote:I did feel empathy for Juliana in her statement, I cannot pretend that I didn’t. But then when I heard the judge speak and deliver the sentence, I could not argue with that either. I believe the sentencing was just.

I also thought it was unsettling how Juliana appeared to turn to stone when the judge was speaking and did not have any visible emotional reaction to the sentence. It made me wonder, maybe she is a legit psychopath after all, not just a young and stupid and selfish person who made a massive mistake and then felt like she needed to double down to preserve herself in the aftermath.

Excellent observations and summary. I kind of experienced the same thing but wouldn’t have been able to put it in words nearly as well as you have.

I also noticed that when they showed her during Joe's aunt's statement (I missed the mother's statement), she was nodding her head and looking tearful. Then of course she was crying as she read her own statement. And when the judge spoke, and she had turned stony and emotionless, the only thing I saw her do was shake her head slightly when the judge pointed out that Juliana told the child to call her "mommy". As if she disagreed, or was angry at that part? I don't know what that means from a psychological standpoint but I do feel like she was giving the court what the court wanted to hear, and then once that didn't work, she seemed to want to argue with the court about that portion, at least. It also makes me wonder if her testimony was even truthful (I AM NOT SAYING SHE AND BB DIDN'T DO IT, I AM FULLY CONVINCED THEY DID). But she seemed so good at turning on and off her emotions at this hearing, and seemed so remorseful during her statement followed by being stone cold sober immediately afterwords, I just thought, wow, this woman can act however she thinks people want her to act, can't she. She can just turn it on and off. It colored her testimony a little in my eyes- made me wonder if she had a much greater role than she admitted to or even if the entire thing were her idea to start with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there anywhere I can watch a recording of the sentencing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaQLLvpfHVQ

[Anonymous]

4:20 is where the Judge really gets into it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did feel empathy for Juliana in her statement, I cannot pretend that I didn’t. But then when I heard the judge speak and deliver the sentence, I could not argue with that either. I believe the sentencing was just.

I also thought it was unsettling how Juliana appeared to turn to stone when the judge was speaking and did not have any visible emotional reaction to the sentence. It made me wonder, maybe she is a legit psychopath after all, not just a young and stupid and selfish person who made a massive mistake and then felt like she needed to double down to preserve herself in the aftermath.

Excellent observations and summary. I kind of experienced the same thing but wouldn’t have been able to put it in words nearly as well as you have.

I also noticed that when they showed her during Joe's aunt's statement (I missed the mother's statement), she was nodding her head and looking tearful. Then of course she was crying as she read her own statement. And when the judge spoke, and she had turned stony and emotionless, the only thing I saw her do was shake her head slightly when the judge pointed out that Juliana told the child to call her "mommy". As if she disagreed, or was angry at that part? I don't know what that means from a psychological standpoint but I do feel like she was giving the court what the court wanted to hear, and then once that didn't work, she seemed to want to argue with the court about that portion, at least. It also makes me wonder if her testimony was even truthful (I AM NOT SAYING SHE AND BB DIDN'T DO IT, I AM FULLY CONVINCED THEY DID). But she seemed so good at turning on and off her emotions at this hearing, and seemed so remorseful during her statement followed by being stone cold sober immediately afterwords, I just thought, wow, this woman can act however she thinks people want her to act, can't she. She can just turn it on and off. It colored her testimony a little in my eyes- made me wonder if she had a much greater role than she admitted to or even if the entire thing were her idea to start with.

I see your point, but I also think she knew she could very well be sentenced to 10 years. So it’s almost like “ok, it is what it is”