Allie Beth Stuckey

Carmelo looked away.

Okay, so at least we see one moment of shame there or discomfort.

That discomfort and that shame in Carmelo Anthony is good spiritually.

Like we want him to be confronted with the evil that was perpetrated by him.

During cross-examination, one of Carmelo's attorneys suggested Austin may have impaled himself

on Carmelo's knife, okay?

So that's how things were going for the defense.

He focused on the wound depth and angle and asked about several different scenarios in which Metcalf could have suffered a wound at the angle he did.

You know, I'm not even criticizing the defense.

I think they had so little to work with.

Honestly, when you have someone who said in police custody, I'm not alleged, I did it.

You don't have much to work with.

And remember, the defense is not trying to prove innocence.

The defense is trying to put enough doubt in the jury's mind that there is a possibility that Carmelo is not guilty.

The jury has to believe that Carmelo is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

And so the defense is trying to put a reasonable doubt in the minds of the jury, not trying to prove innocent.

That's why verdicts are guilty and not guilty, not guilty and innocent.

But it didn't work.

Carmelo Anthony chose not to take the stand, or I'm sure the lawyers advised, like, hey, you're clearly not your own best advocate here.

Carmelo Anthony, without a doubt, murdered Austin Metcalf.