Brilliant closing argument. He linked the opening statement so well with the closing. Great timing in his delivery. I liked the way he used Gypsy's part and separated it from what Nicholas did. Explicit and measured. Bravo!!!!
This sums up my feelings on this case perfectly. Did he have a disorder? Yes. Was he manipulated? Maybe. Is any of this relevant? No. At the end of the day, he took a life, he knew he was doing it, and he knew it was wrong. That's all that matters.
@@McCucumber Life in prison when she already spent every moment of her life imprisoned by her mother? Please, she conspired to have her mother murdered but it wasnt out of cruelty and it wasnt to be malicious, she was trying to escape her mothers abuse. If the circumstances were different and Nick never came along Dee Dee wouldve eventually killed gypsy herself. Gypsy didnt ask Nick to stab her 17 times or to do it so severely he cut down to her bone. Nick wanted to rape her mother whether it was before or after the murder. Nick might have a disorder, but hes clearly a danger to society and while I dont agree on life in prison only because he's autistic, I can see why he's there and why Gypsy isnt. Gypsy was trying to escape, Nick was brutal in his murder when he didnt need to be. If he had simply slit her throat once and killed her, his sentence might've been less harsh, but he took pleasure in what he did and thats wrong.
@@littleinfinitie4146 No you just make excuses for a psychopath. I don't care the reason a person is nuts, if a person is nuts and the public isn't safe with them on the streets I don't really care the backstory. But according to you, crazy people, get to do crimes, because of their past that drove them to be crazy. Your idiotic logic says that it's ok for children who were molested to grow up and molest other children. Logic and reason doesn't hurt, just sucks you don't have any.
Bad parenting , no loving relatives. This is very important when raising a child. Especially if they are mentally and/or physically challenged. I feel sorry for those two but they cannot be let loose on society at this point in their young lives.
I wonder how the court recorder/typist copes with all these disturbing cases? Because they sit and listen to all of these crimes. Maybe they are numb to it? I hope they are all offered counselling
they get free counselling to them just as they do cops and judges. They offer many resources for the ones who have to handle things that are deemed disturbing.
The key is the difference between factual guilt (what the defendant actually did) and legal guilt (what a prosecutor can prove). A good criminal defense lawyer asks not, “Did my client do it?” but rather, “Can the government prove that my client did it?” No matter what the defendant has done, he is not legally guilty until a prosecutor offers enough evidence to persuade a judge or jury to find “legal guilt.” In the end the FACTS aren’t really important. It’s all about what can be proven in a court of law. In this case the prosecutor did his job. The defense attorney did not. Horrible case. Three mentally ill people who no one ever helped. So many culpable people who ignored all of the signs on all three of them.
GYPSY is guilty as him full stop!. If she did not wanted to live with her mother, LIKE GYPSY SAID HER MOTHER SAID OK, JUST GO. When her mother gave GYPSY PERMISSION WHY DID GYPSY GET HER MOTHER MOTHER MURDERED. YOU KNOW WHY BECAUSE SHE WAS THE ONE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN HER MURDER IF NOT INSTIGATER & A PLANNER for her poor mother murder
This entire case is just way wrong... This boy had bad attorneys who used this case to benefit themselves. This kid should have been given the same chance as the girl.
If he was a normal man and not a creep on “”Christian”” dating websites he would’ve advised for her to speak up never did he once say, hey love murder is not an option! Let’s speak up! I will support you! He was a sick man that groomed her into believing that murder was normal and that his demon kills and made her believe that since he was ok with killing that was an option! She deserves freedom!
Very reminiscent of the prosecutors closing argument in the theater shooting case. He bought certain items because the victim would try to fight or flee. He wore clothes that he thought looked scary to the victim. Good point about no plan to save Gypsy, just plans to control the murder and what happened afterward.
I am still not convinced that he had the capacity to know how else to help her. I think he was just trying to save her. Of course he didn't want caught. But I wouldn't have wanted him to go free
I have a lot of sympathy and empathy for gypsy. I’ve seen some comments here and there claiming she manipulated and used this poor disabled guy. I don’t understand that or see it at all. I cannot even imagine the total LACK of empathy necessary to not see just how brutally abused gypsy was! The ONLY support system she ever had caused her to be ill lied about her bing ill forced her to lie about various diseases made her believe she had various diseases ..isolated her from those who might’ve helped her ...refused to let her have even the barest of the freedoms other children teenagers and a stinking adult child crave or even just have.. that has to be a VERY rare lifetime of lies stacked on fraud stacked on exploitation stacked on theft and on and on..you can also tell the defendant is DEFINITELY NOT manipulated by gypsy by just reading/hearing their texts/messages. Prosecutor’s closing was excellent!
I think what people are concerned about is that Gypsy grew up with and was completely isolated with a manipulative, abusive, con artist so could she (by no fault of her own) have possibly absorbed some of these characteristics from her mother? It's impossible for us to be in other people's minds or hearts so who knows for sure but the whole thing is definitely disturbing and sad.
Brooke M That is exactly why I think Gypsy should be sentenced to a mental hospital for 10 years instead of prison. She faced so much trauma and abuse and lack of age-development that she should be getting rehabilitations, so she is ready to live in the actual real world with real people.
@@Johnny-ci8mw I agree with you completely. Her upbringing not only harmed her but did not prepare her for the adult world in any way shape or form. Sadly our mental health care system is a joke so she will stay in prison. I believe her only hope is her father and step mom who are more than willing to help her adjust to life and basically re parent her. We can only hope it's not too late
Brilliant closing argument. He linked the opening statement so well with the closing. Great timing in his delivery. I liked the way he used Gypsy's part and separated it from what Nicholas did. Explicit and measured. Bravo!!!!
Agreed
This sums up my feelings on this case perfectly. Did he have a disorder? Yes. Was he manipulated? Maybe. Is any of this relevant? No. At the end of the day, he took a life, he knew he was doing it, and he knew it was wrong. That's all that matters.
Facts!
This is her trial not his. She deserves life in prison, she is just as guilty.
@@McCucumber Life in prison when she already spent every moment of her life imprisoned by her mother? Please, she conspired to have her mother murdered but it wasnt out of cruelty and it wasnt to be malicious, she was trying to escape her mothers abuse. If the circumstances were different and Nick never came along Dee Dee wouldve eventually killed gypsy herself. Gypsy didnt ask Nick to stab her 17 times or to do it so severely he cut down to her bone. Nick wanted to rape her mother whether it was before or after the murder. Nick might have a disorder, but hes clearly a danger to society and while I dont agree on life in prison only because he's autistic, I can see why he's there and why Gypsy isnt. Gypsy was trying to escape, Nick was brutal in his murder when he didnt need to be. If he had simply slit her throat once and killed her, his sentence might've been less harsh, but he took pleasure in what he did and thats wrong.
@@McCucumber truth hurts dont it lol
@@littleinfinitie4146 No you just make excuses for a psychopath. I don't care the reason a person is nuts, if a person is nuts and the public isn't safe with them on the streets I don't really care the backstory. But according to you, crazy people, get to do crimes, because of their past that drove them to be crazy. Your idiotic logic says that it's ok for children who were molested to grow up and molest other children. Logic and reason doesn't hurt, just sucks you don't have any.
Bad parenting , no loving relatives. This is very important when raising a child. Especially if they are mentally and/or physically challenged. I feel sorry for those two but they cannot be let loose on society at this point in their young lives.
The judge said " you have 5 minutes" Not "I agree"-Meaning 5 minutes left for his closing arguement.
I wonder how the court recorder/typist copes with all these disturbing cases? Because they sit and listen to all of these crimes. Maybe they are numb to it? I hope they are all offered counselling
they get free counselling to them just as they do cops and judges. They offer many resources for the ones who have to handle things that are deemed disturbing.
I wanna know how she types words with a single press of a button.
@@FlorenceIsOnFire its all codes for actions. it then gets decoded in a machine. its awesome.
He was in fact manipulated by an expert manipulator who chose him because of his feeble mind.
Not to mention she used all her orifices as bargaining chips
The key is the difference between factual guilt (what the defendant actually did) and legal guilt (what a prosecutor can prove). A good criminal defense lawyer asks not, “Did my client do it?” but rather, “Can the government prove that my client did it?” No matter what the defendant has done, he is not legally guilty until a prosecutor offers enough evidence to persuade a judge or jury to find “legal guilt.” In the end the FACTS aren’t really important. It’s all about what can be proven in a court of law. In this case the prosecutor did his job. The defense attorney did not. Horrible case. Three mentally ill people who no one ever helped. So many culpable people who ignored all of the signs on all three of them.
Yep.
GYPSY is guilty as him full stop!. If she did not wanted to live with her mother, LIKE GYPSY SAID HER MOTHER SAID OK, JUST GO. When her mother gave GYPSY PERMISSION WHY DID GYPSY GET HER MOTHER MOTHER MURDERED. YOU KNOW WHY BECAUSE SHE WAS THE ONE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN HER MURDER IF NOT INSTIGATER & A PLANNER for her poor mother murder
This kid’s lawyers screwed him. They shouldn’t have ever put him in this position. He belongs in a mental institution
This prosecutor is amazing. Job well done!
This entire case is just way wrong... This boy had bad attorneys who used this case to benefit themselves. This kid should have been given the same chance as the girl.
You're nuts
Thank you Lisa.
If he was a normal man and not a creep on “”Christian”” dating websites he would’ve advised for her to speak up never did he once say, hey love murder is not an option! Let’s speak up! I will support you! He was a sick man that groomed her into believing that murder was normal and that his demon kills and made her believe that since he was ok with killing that was an option! She deserves freedom!
Lmao gtfoh
Gypsy was the one who did that post on Facebook tf😂🤦♀️
Very reminiscent of the prosecutors closing argument in the theater shooting case. He bought certain items because the victim would try to fight or flee. He wore clothes that he thought looked scary to the victim. Good point about no plan to save Gypsy, just plans to control the murder and what happened afterward.
Love this prosecutor. He has me convinced that the Boston Tea Party is fiction.
Very effective closing by the prosecutor.
I find them both guilty... gypsy should of known better, she could have gotten help in many different ways.. Nick is just as quilty as well.
I am still not convinced that he had the capacity to know how else to help her. I think he was just trying to save her. Of course he didn't want caught. But I wouldn't have wanted him to go free
Did the judge just say " I agree" to what the prosecutor said? that was totally inappropriate.
no he said 5 minutes.
I have a lot of sympathy and empathy for gypsy. I’ve seen some comments here and there claiming she manipulated and used this poor disabled guy. I don’t understand that or see it at all. I cannot even imagine the total LACK of empathy necessary to not see just how brutally abused gypsy was! The ONLY support system she ever had caused her to be ill lied about her bing ill forced her to lie about various diseases made her believe she had various diseases ..isolated her from those who might’ve helped her ...refused to let her have even the barest of the freedoms other children teenagers and a stinking adult child crave or even just have.. that has to be a VERY rare lifetime of lies stacked on fraud stacked on exploitation stacked on theft and on and on..you can also tell the defendant is DEFINITELY NOT manipulated by gypsy by just reading/hearing their texts/messages. Prosecutor’s closing was excellent!
I think what people are concerned about is that Gypsy grew up with and was completely isolated with a manipulative, abusive, con artist so could she (by no fault of her own) have possibly absorbed some of these characteristics from her mother? It's impossible for us to be in other people's minds or hearts so who knows for sure but the whole thing is definitely disturbing and sad.
Brooke M
That is exactly why I think Gypsy should be sentenced to a mental hospital for 10 years instead of prison. She faced so much trauma and abuse and lack of age-development that she should be getting rehabilitations, so she is ready to live in the actual real world with real people.
@@Johnny-ci8mw I agree with you completely. Her upbringing not only harmed her but did not prepare her for the adult world in any way shape or form. Sadly our mental health care system is a joke so she will stay in prison. I believe her only hope is her father and step mom who are more than willing to help her adjust to life and basically re parent her. We can only hope it's not too late
Where are the videos of Gypsy on trial? I can’t find them
Type in "gypsy blanchard takes the stand" they will pop up.
sabrinabailey77
I believe she took a plea (if that’s what you’re asking).
Gypsy didn't go on trail. Type Gypsy takes plea deal and there will be a video of her pleading and getting her sentence.
In 2021, gypsy The Manipulator is out of prison. Terrible.
@@annfrost3323 I think it'll be 2024, not this year.
I don’t feel sorry for Gypsy she planned the murder of her own mother . I feel sorry for nick
At 24:45 does the judge says I agree? (To prosecutors closing argument) is that proper procedure? Just asking
I was thinking the same thing...
He said 5 minutes
Just got to that part. Judge says "5 minutes", letting Prosecutor know he's almost out of his allocated time. Prosecutor answers "Okay".
I'm so happy for gypsy now
25:41
Okay, folks, who think badly of Gypsy and that she is slime. I found some really good therapy sources to give you the help you need.