Nancy Grace Drives Woman to Suicide

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miketheidiot

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Originally posted by: ProfJohn

GRACE: Why?

MELINDA DUCKETT: Because I was told not to.

GRACE: Ms. Duckett, you are not telling us for a reason. What is the reason? You refuse to give even the simplest facts of where you were with your son before he went missing. It is day 12.

MELINDA DUCKETT: (INAUDIBLE) with all media. It`s not just there, just all media. Period.
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ProfJohn

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Originally posted by: miketheidiot
Originally posted by: ProfJohn

GRACE: Why?

MELINDA DUCKETT: Because I was told not to.

GRACE: Ms. Duckett, you are not telling us for a reason. What is the reason? You refuse to give even the simplest facts of where you were with your son before he went missing. It is day 12.

MELINDA DUCKETT: (INAUDIBLE) with all media. It`s not just there, just all media. Period.

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Lame excuse. "I can't tell you where I went shoping because my lawyer told me not too."
What kind of advice was she getting?
Most innocent people are willing to do everything, answer every question and go out of their way to prove their innocence.

Edit: Her ex-to be husband agreed to a polygraph, guess he had nothing to hide.
 

LunarRay

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Grace is a former prosecutor. She is currently a role filler on a TV show. She does what she gets paid to do. Remember there is the role of the prosecutor to consider... they believe in their case when they bring it and not in the innocence of the person they have brought before the bar.
I don't think for a minute that Grace was on a verbal trip to find a video tape of anything.. the FBI or Police would have covered that base already... Grace was 'badgering the witness' .... Objection... asked and answered.. !!!
It is obvious to me that her attorney should not have allowed her to be on any show that didn't further her own position.. her attorney has her for a client not the missing child.

The tragedy IMO is that there is a presumption of guilt resident in many posters in this thread and not one of us knows the details or the forensic evidence thus far generated with certainty or completeness..

What we can assume to be true is that a woman is dead presumably by her own hand and some event caused that. Guilt perhaps but if so she'd not have been on that show.. too many reasons why not.. Totally stressed out.. likely and consistent with suicidal behavior.. IMO..
The child is missing apparently.. some one caused that.. Perhaps Guilt and the associated stress of that so if that is the case then Nancy Grace is likely the stimuli that caused the event... IMO
 

Red Dawn

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Why would anyone in their right mind be on that show? Well obviously this gal wasn't in her right mind seeing that she offed herself. Didn't she have a Lawyer or Family around to persuade her not to be on that hack show?
 

Wheezer

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The tragedy IMO is that there is a presumption of guilt resident in many posters in this thread and not one of us knows the details or the forensic evidence thus far generated with certainty or completeness..

no, there is a presumption that she knew more than what she claimed based soley on the evidence presented and her reluctance to answer questions that may help find her child.
 

Zedtom

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I have no respect for Nancy Grace. She portrays herself as a guardian of justice and advocate for the abused, but she is all show biz and ego gratification.

The problem with family members is that they are advised to go public and use the media to facilitate the resolution of their unfortunate incident. This leads to some embarrassing situations for them when the media starts pumping them for details.

The question we all need to deal with: How would you conduct yourself if your wife, girlfriend or daughter was in trouble and you were on a tv show discussing it?
 

outriding

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I watched that show the other day and what I could not understand why she yammered on about polygraph this and polygraph that. It was like oh well you dont take a polypragh you must be gulity. And was was worse she asked the FBI about the polygraph and the FBI agent agreed with Nancy that there should be a polygraph.

For those who do not know a polygraph test is crap, it will more often say a innocent person is guilty and a guilty person innocent.
 

LunarRay

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Originally posted by: Wheezer
The tragedy IMO is that there is a presumption of guilt resident in many posters in this thread and not one of us knows the details or the forensic evidence thus far generated with certainty or completeness..

no, there is a presumption that she knew more than what she claimed based soley on the evidence presented and her reluctance to answer questions that may help find her child.


Well.. lets see... IF INNOCENT.... then her actions may be in keeping with the instructions given her by the Officials investigating and your statement would go towards guilt.

IF GUILTY.... then her actions may be in keeping with that... and still your statement would go toward guilt...

Finding the child in either case is the job of the investigators and WE don't know what they know or have said to her regarding this matter...
 

Starbuck1975

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Maybe it was the fact that he slaughtered his pregnant wife and tossed her into the sea?
True, but Grace made a determination of guilt well before the trial even started....she was on the war path against Peterson based on his character, which granted wasn't all that great...but last I checked, being an a-hole isn't a part of the legal criteria used to establish guilt.

Don't even get me started on the Peterson trial...now, I think he did it, but I don't think there was enough evidence to prove he did it...and the media circus that followed the case is as disturbing as the actual murder of Laci.
 

JEDI

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Originally posted by: astrosfan90
This is really unbelievable. Text

So this woman, who's child is missing, goes on Nancy Grace's show, and Nancy Grace just lays into her, accusing the woman of having something to do with her son's disappearance, causing the woman to break down. Shortly after appearing on the show, the woman killed herself.

All in the name of ratings. Hope Nancy Grace is satisfied with herself.

her and Glenn Beck are tabloid garbage. it's not news. it's one sided junk. *RANT* it deserves no place in a 24hr news channel lineup!!!
 

blackllotus

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Originally posted by: JEDI
Originally posted by: astrosfan90
This is really unbelievable. Text

So this woman, who's child is missing, goes on Nancy Grace's show, and Nancy Grace just lays into her, accusing the woman of having something to do with her son's disappearance, causing the woman to break down. Shortly after appearing on the show, the woman killed herself.

All in the name of ratings. Hope Nancy Grace is satisfied with herself.

her and Glenn Beck are tabloid garbage. it's not news. it's one sided junk. *RANT* it deserves no place in a 24hr news channel lineup!!!

Every show on "Headline Prime" sucks
 

techs

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Actual title of this post should be:
Suspected killer gives interview with Nancy Grace to deflect suspicion away from herself. Woman is asked tough questions by Grace.
Woman committs suicide.
Woman is primary suspect by police.
Did the woman kill herself over guilt over what she did to her kids?
Or did a woman whose primarily responsibility was to get her kids back mysteriously "freak" out over some tough questions?

Oh, well. I guess brief, theatrical thread titles work better
 

Trevelyan

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Originally posted by: loki8481
what!? someone in the media attacked someone and accused them of a heinous crime without any evidance? go figure...

SERIOUSLY. You might be innocent in that you don't go to jail, but try getting a job or having a normal social life ever again after the media gets word of your story.
 

Trevelyan

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Originally posted by: judasmachine
Originally posted by: Wheezer
Originally posted by: judasmachine
Just a few weeks ago I was watching her show at work, and thought, WTF, this woman belongs in a nuthouse, not TV where she can spread her disease.

what disease is that? Finding the truth?

more like a total lack of respect for the accused. from what i've seen there is no presumption of innocence, only an overhyped woman playing up for ratings.

Yeah, exactly...

Maybe this lady did murder her son, but honestly I'd still rather we as a society try to salvage her life, rather than push her toward suicide. The fact that this is broadcast nationally makes it even worse.
 

silverpig

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I go shopping sometimes and don't go into any stores... My neighbourhood has stores all along the main road and you can window shop to your heart's content without entering a single one.