Defense Attorney

Yes. There's also conventional wisdom that the jury wants to hear the defendant say, I didn't do it.

Yes. There's also conventional wisdom that the jury wants to hear the defendant say, I didn't do it.

I believe Natalie Cochran has thought about the implications of testifying and may have consulted the parents, perhaps friends.

I believe Natalie Cochran has thought about the implications of testifying and may have consulted the parents, perhaps friends.

He is unconscious, let's assume. And you want him dead. Well, let him die then.

He is unconscious, let's assume. And you want him dead. Well, let him die then.

The action of a killer who wants to get away with murder?

The action of a killer who wants to get away with murder?

Because he, Michael Cochran, was as involved in this conspiracy as she was. He left jurors with a final thought. If you cannot answer these three questions, what, how, and first of all and foremost, why, then the state fails to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

Because he, Michael Cochran, was as involved in this conspiracy as she was. He left jurors with a final thought. If you cannot answer these three questions, what, how, and first of all and foremost, why, then the state fails to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

You never know what a jury's going to do, but I felt strong about the defense position.

You never know what a jury's going to do, but I felt strong about the defense position.

So these came from me. She's a whack job. She's gross. No nudes so far. No nudes so far, correct? Correct. And you said that to your bosses. Yes, sir.

So these came from me. She's a whack job. She's gross. No nudes so far. No nudes so far, correct? Correct. And you said that to your bosses. Yes, sir.

By the prosecution's account, and perhaps by some other accounts, Natalie Cochran is not a nice person. She defrauded friends, relatives, investors. She was involved in a Ponzi scheme. But ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the fact that she is perhaps a fraud and perhaps a cheat,

By the prosecution's account, and perhaps by some other accounts, Natalie Cochran is not a nice person. She defrauded friends, relatives, investors. She was involved in a Ponzi scheme. But ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the fact that she is perhaps a fraud and perhaps a cheat,

By the prosecution's account, and perhaps by some other accounts, Natalie Cochran is not a nice person. She defrauded friends, relatives, investors. She was involved in a Ponzi scheme. But ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the fact that she is perhaps a fraud and perhaps a cheat,

and that you wouldn't perhaps want to invite her home for a Sunday dinner, that you wouldn't like her, does not translate into being a murderer. And I will submit to you that the state's motive in this case, as they presented to you, is absolute nonsense. The state of West Virginia is trying to tell you

and that you wouldn't perhaps want to invite her home for a Sunday dinner, that you wouldn't like her, does not translate into being a murderer. And I will submit to you that the state's motive in this case, as they presented to you, is absolute nonsense. The state of West Virginia is trying to tell you

and that you wouldn't perhaps want to invite her home for a Sunday dinner, that you wouldn't like her, does not translate into being a murderer. And I will submit to you that the state's motive in this case, as they presented to you, is absolute nonsense. The state of West Virginia is trying to tell you