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  • "The Prosecutors" double episode:
    Ep 1 - When a mother and her infant daughter disappear from rural Huntsville, Texas, suspicion quickly falls on the woman's husband. Lacking evidence, authorities cannot make an arrest. With the case growing cold, a teenager hundreds of miles away confesses to the murder of Margaret and Kori Rae Owings.
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  • @jennifergilmore4221
    @jennifergilmore4221 Před 4 měsíci +278

    This is the exact reason Defense attorneys are so despised. The defendant killed a mother and buried an infant alive and wanted to appeal the conviction KNOWING he was guilty of the crime. If anyone deserved the death penalty, it was him.

    • @tonirose6776
      @tonirose6776 Před 4 měsíci +11

      That wasn't the point. The defense attorney was trying to prevent the state from killing his client. That state had the death penalty. We wouldn't want the government (in the name of the people) to sanction murder, would we?

    • @PutrefactiveDisease
      @PutrefactiveDisease Před 4 měsíci +9

      @@tonirose6776 That wasnt the point. The attorney was furious even tho the cops had no reason to contact him, like ruled by the judge.

    • @ourflippinglife
      @ourflippinglife Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@tonirose6776 yes

    • @patriciakeith6164
      @patriciakeith6164 Před 4 měsíci +18

      What if it was his wife and 16 month old daughter would he still feel the same.

    • @linagar9475
      @linagar9475 Před 4 měsíci +21

      How do defense attorneys of monsters like him sleep at night?

  • @sinneadfert
    @sinneadfert Před 5 měsíci +221

    I also feel sorry for the father of the murderer. While the right thing to do, that would have been one hell of a hard call to make.

    • @TawnyC_
      @TawnyC_ Před 4 měsíci +17

      Why? What else was he going to do? If he's a decent human being.

    • @peggyjones3282
      @peggyjones3282 Před 4 měsíci +45

      It's still pretty heartbreaking to realize your child has done something like that.

    • @sinneadfert
      @sinneadfert Před 4 měsíci +38

      @@TawnyC_ I don't believe I said he shouldn't? What I said if you choose to actually read and understand is that it would have been a heartbreaking call to make.

    • @fatsolutions
      @fatsolutions Před 4 měsíci +25

      That’s what you do as a parent, you don’t cover up your children’s mistakes that only makes bigger monsters

    • @jessiefrye3045
      @jessiefrye3045 Před 4 měsíci +27

      ​@@fatsolutions
      True. But. No matter what , you love your children.
      It would have broken my heart, knowing mine could even be capable of THINKING of such a heinous crime.

  • @RepentfollowJesus
    @RepentfollowJesus Před 5 měsíci +200

    No legal issues ,lawyer!! He was mirandized. Was offered counsel . He denied it and voluntarily confessed.

    • @adotintheshark4848
      @adotintheshark4848 Před 5 měsíci +30

      at least the judge had a level head. He wasn't going to fall for fat-faced shyster tricks.

    • @user-nx5ws7rf2f
      @user-nx5ws7rf2f Před 4 měsíci +31

      Agree absolutely. He had already confessed to his father. He'd had time to think between then and his police interrogation. He knew about and understood his Miranda rights perfectly well from the previous case. Perhaps some tiny remaining shred of decency in him recognised that there was no way out of this one. His humane execution will be nothing compared to what he inflicted on Maggie and Cory Ray.

    • @emmasurf8109
      @emmasurf8109 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Yeah all the gates on the attorney would want a good defense attorney if they get arrested.

    • @adotintheshark4848
      @adotintheshark4848 Před 4 měsíci +9

      @@emmasurf8109 I can understand a defense attorney negotiating for a lighter sentence for a client who's been found guilty, but trying to get the perp off despite the overwhelming preponderance of evidence? That's inexcusable.

    • @calgal5752
      @calgal5752 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@adotintheshark4848. That’s their job

  • @iJSabelle007
    @iJSabelle007 Před 4 měsíci +56

    What an awful thing to do! The husband was looked upon as the murderer after going through the heartbreak of losing and not knowing where his family was. Cold-hearted, burying a baby??
    And how dare he try to have a family!!

    • @theresarasche3173
      @theresarasche3173 Před 4 měsíci +8

      Unfortunately it doesn’t take much to get someone pregnant!
      That doesn’t make him a father just a sperm donor😡

    • @1432b
      @1432b Před měsícem

      ​@@theresarasche3173 Yes, I hate sperm donors that think they've done their job & do nothing else!

  • @charleylee4651
    @charleylee4651 Před 4 měsíci +347

    How in the hell does anyone defend someone that buried a 16 month old baby and throws the mother on top of her?!!!

    • @brigidtheirish
      @brigidtheirish Před 4 měsíci +39

      Sixth Amendment. All defendants in a criminal trial have the right to a lawyer to represent them.

    • @charleylee4651
      @charleylee4651 Před 4 měsíci +40

      @@brigidtheirish yes I know that, but still, how do they find anyone willing to defend them?

    • @brigidtheirish
      @brigidtheirish Před 4 měsíci +34

      @@charleylee4651 Sometimes they're assigned the job. Especially if the lawyer is a public defender.

    • @charleylee4651
      @charleylee4651 Před 4 měsíci +28

      @brigidtheirish that would be one of the hardest jobs,I could imagine doing, especially either knowing or thinking they are guilty.

    • @brigidtheirish
      @brigidtheirish Před 4 měsíci +29

      @@charleylee4651 Yeah. I honestly feel bad for a lot of public defenders. They probably go into the job thinking about the "if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you" and want to make sure that poor people get good counsel so they aren't railroaded into unjust convictions. Then they end up having to represent some real-life version of Norman Bates.

  • @RideoutMr
    @RideoutMr Před 4 měsíci +154

    Arrested while with his pregnant girlfiend after he had murdered a young mother & a live baby...WOW!!!!

    • @jennifermaddy2442
      @jennifermaddy2442 Před 4 měsíci +8

      Yes exactly wow he's having a child of his own

    • @bellaann-qb5pw
      @bellaann-qb5pw Před 4 měsíci +7

      Sadly that's karma

    • @AussieCrimeCases
      @AussieCrimeCases Před 3 měsíci +5

      and not to mention that he totally minimised both murders....so it was much worse than we heard.
      she didnt fall on the knife and her baby didnt just fall into that hole

    • @ElizabethKnights-mx9zv
      @ElizabethKnights-mx9zv Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@jennifermaddy2442i

    • @lauraadrianasalvatierragarcia
      @lauraadrianasalvatierragarcia Před 2 měsíci +4

      Probably, by doing this, they saved the life of his girlfriend and perhaps the baby's as well, considering he was drinking a lot and had become vi0l3nt with her

  • @haydeemaldonado1733
    @haydeemaldonado1733 Před 4 měsíci +40

    Kudos to that judge that took the right and decent decision to keep the confession.

  • @MariamKironde
    @MariamKironde Před 4 měsíci +217

    My eyes are literally watering at the imagination that the innocent baby was burried alive😢
    How do such people even go to sleep

    • @windwoman3549
      @windwoman3549 Před 4 měsíci +22

      They’re sociopaths. The only life beyond their own which has any value whatsoever might be their parents’, siblings’, children, and then ONLY because of the genetic relationship. The clincher with Cobb’s sociopathy is not that he killed the baby’s mother, but - as you pointed out - the fact that he was capable of burying an infant alive for absolutely NO REASON WHATSOEVER. And just to top off Cobb’s revolting qualities, he told investigators that he “didn’t mean” to kill the young mother & her daughter. Uh-huh . . . S-U-R-E, you betcha. What did you think was going to happen when you covered a living baby with DIRT?
      Finally, Cobb procreated - a tragedy in & off itself. Can you imagine being HIS kid? Had I been Cobb’s girlfriend, I would have given up the baby for adoption. Let him/her have a fresh start in life without the burden of knowing his/her origins.

    • @dianawatton7570
      @dianawatton7570 Před 4 měsíci +17

      Unfortunately evil never sleeps.

    • @thepaganapostate3208
      @thepaganapostate3208 Před 4 měsíci +14

      I know! I mean, even if he'd caused the death of the mother... he could have just dropped the baby off at a hospital or fire department. Didn't have to bury the poor little one alive.

    • @verabolton
      @verabolton Před 4 měsíci +10

      I had to pause the video, I couldn't comprehend what I heard 😱

    • @verabolton
      @verabolton Před 4 měsíci +14

      @@thepaganapostate3208 He could have left the baby in the house. I can't understand this. I just cannot 😨

  • @agnieszkamajewska4254
    @agnieszkamajewska4254 Před 4 měsíci +40

    This precious baby's name was actually Kori Rae ❤️

  • @JohnMoreno1958
    @JohnMoreno1958 Před 4 měsíci +29

    I relate to the fathers frustrations with his lip-flapping neighbors. I grew up in a community where gossip was the only real entertainment for some.

  • @cheznone9296
    @cheznone9296 Před 4 měsíci +35

    The lawyer is so upset - not because his client signed a confession - but the money was an issue, but the fame as well. Shame on him.

  • @lindasanderlin4444
    @lindasanderlin4444 Před 4 měsíci +13

    That lawyer should go to hell with that murderer.

  • @cindyhesson9213
    @cindyhesson9213 Před 5 měsíci +94

    Thank you for the video. I was kin to one of these families. Some wounds never heal. 🙏

    • @TupacNation
      @TupacNation Před 4 měsíci +6

      So that guy is still rotting in prison I hope?

    • @Fairlight53
      @Fairlight53 Před 4 měsíci +3

      My sincerest condolences

    • @cindyhesson9213
      @cindyhesson9213 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@Fairlight53 Thank you!!

    • @carolyn6001
      @carolyn6001 Před 4 měsíci +6

      So sorry for your loss.
      Some wounds never heal is very true. They just happened longer ago every day.

    • @cindyhesson9213
      @cindyhesson9213 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@carolyn6001 Thank you so much 💓

  • @Lucy-pj7cx
    @Lucy-pj7cx Před 4 měsíci +31

    I think this was a serial killer in the making. I also think the robbery was an excuse to do what he really wanted: kill. You don’t stab a woman, bury her with her child…alive…and keep her wedding ring and news paper clippings as trophies…unless you’re a psychopathic predator. Had he been released he would’ve gone on to kill again.

    • @carolirvine3367
      @carolirvine3367 Před 4 měsíci +7

      Surely any robber would knock and the door first to see if anyone was home. Also he was a neighbour, he would know that her car was there. He went in with a knife!

    • @Ceerads
      @Ceerads Před 3 měsíci +3

      Great point.

    • @gloriaknowles8195
      @gloriaknowles8195 Před 29 dny

      You 100٪ have nailed it!!

  • @pitbullsandcalicos
    @pitbullsandcalicos Před 4 měsíci +15

    That lawyer incensed me! How could he go on about they should have contacted him. Why? So he could try and get him off. That monster buried a baby alive. Omg. I want to shake the hand of his father for doing the right thing.

  • @tjmurphy3081
    @tjmurphy3081 Před 4 měsíci +38

    So so sad that the dad of baby and husband of wife looked in fields and wells for his lil family

  • @karenprest5771
    @karenprest5771 Před 4 měsíci +6

    He kept a trophy, the ring. He would have murdered again if they didn't arrest him. Just sickening!

  • @carolereynolds580
    @carolereynolds580 Před 4 měsíci +86

    He buried the baby alive????
    Pure evil.
    Death penalty for sure.

    • @differenttakethanmost
      @differenttakethanmost Před 3 měsíci +2

      Nope. HE has rights. And those rights were violated 🤦🏻‍♀️😂🤣😂🤯
      Staggering. Just staggeringly ridiculous.

    • @carmelitawoolley6299
      @carmelitawoolley6299 Před 3 měsíci

      @@differenttakethanmostqqq wa q

    • @zoep.2891
      @zoep.2891 Před 3 měsíci +2

      I don't understand why he even killed the baby, it's not like a 1.5 year old could have harmed in self-defence, or identified him.

  • @jenniferbatnes7391
    @jenniferbatnes7391 Před 4 měsíci +164

    It’s just shocking and ridiculous how so many of them were so concerned about this monster’s right after he admitted committing such a unthinkable crime!

    • @integrak5609
      @integrak5609 Před 4 měsíci +11

      U have to, otherwise he might have a case for dismissal. Anything not by the book and you giving the defensive an upper hand

    • @hemanthasumathipala463
      @hemanthasumathipala463 Před 4 měsíci +3

      Yes actually

    • @sanders7789
      @sanders7789 Před 4 měsíci +6

      That’s why society is crumbling. So often the offender is treated better than the victim and family. I blame the non-justice system

    • @elizabemagnaye1874
      @elizabemagnaye1874 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Evil that's what he is .

    • @elizabemagnaye1874
      @elizabemagnaye1874 Před 4 měsíci +1

      There is always divorce ,it's not easy but at least both are alive .

  • @animerlon
    @animerlon Před 4 měsíci +13

    Since when is it the responsibility of the cops to get in touch with an offenders lawyer?

  • @patriciatreslove4449
    @patriciatreslove4449 Před 5 měsíci +144

    The defence lawyer is a heartless pos

    • @user-nx5ws7rf2f
      @user-nx5ws7rf2f Před 4 měsíci +15

      And that's putting it politely.

    • @TawnyC_
      @TawnyC_ Před 4 měsíci +13

      So is the murderer.

    • @Mischa21xo
      @Mischa21xo Před 4 měsíci +3

      Defense*

    • @mattkaustickomments
      @mattkaustickomments Před 4 měsíci +13

      @@Mischa21xoIf the poster is British or from a Commonwealth country, “defence” is correct. The more you know… 💫

    • @tigern_i_f_rimeri6069
      @tigern_i_f_rimeri6069 Před 4 měsíci +12

      ​@@Mischa21xo we do speak and write correct English outside of America...just so you know...defence is correct

  • @carloscarion1748
    @carloscarion1748 Před 4 měsíci +16

    All this over a record player, a ring, and some cash and probably not much cash out that! You can’t even wrap your mind around that this kid is one sick piece of work

  • @filthhater5491
    @filthhater5491 Před 4 měsíci +19

    Sometimes I think defence attorneys have no morals. Knowing this scumbag murdered an innocent mother and 18 month year old and still tried to get him off!

    • @mikerichardson60
      @mikerichardson60 Před 4 měsíci +2

      big difference between trying to get him off as you put it and sparing his life...btw the death sentence was commuted back in 2005

    • @VegAnna1
      @VegAnna1 Před 4 měsíci +4

      It's their duty to obtain whatever advantages the law allows for their clients. They're not allowed to judge their clients, that's the jury's duty. Without this deontological burden there's no guarantee of justice. If you don't like a law, you ask the parliament to modify it.

  • @user-nx5ws7rf2f
    @user-nx5ws7rf2f Před 4 měsíci +73

    What a monster. How did he get like that? He appears to have had a very good father, who I admire and feel extremely sorry for. So sad for Maggie and for Cory Ray. I can't begin to imagine what they both went through. And poor Lynsey Owens. In my view, the death penalty was the right outcome. The nonsense about being denied the right to counsel was legal mumbo jumbo. The police and the DA did everything right.

    • @zeniktorres4320
      @zeniktorres4320 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Its a game and a competition to the lawyers and it looks good on their resume. They don't care about society or the victims and only care about themselves. That's a given.

    • @mikerichardson60
      @mikerichardson60 Před 4 měsíci +3

      Death sentence was commuted to life in prison back in 2005

    • @kathleendobens6648
      @kathleendobens6648 Před 4 měsíci +1

      ​@@mikerichardson60 no way that s l e gal system for ya.

    • @josephconnor2310
      @josephconnor2310 Před 4 měsíci +1

      ​@mikerichardson60 thank you for update.

  • @rachelfarmer0277
    @rachelfarmer0277 Před 4 měsíci +29

    Common sense prevailed. RIP Maggie and Cori Ray.

  • @midnightknitter5654
    @midnightknitter5654 Před 4 měsíci +8

    I wished the lawyer could be sued for emotional damages. The killer is the villain but the lawyer is the super villain

  • @charleylee4651
    @charleylee4651 Před 4 měsíci +26

    He was asked if he wanted an attorney?? Wth??? He was not a minor at that point, either.

  • @moonstar7775
    @moonstar7775 Před 4 měsíci +8

    It boggles my mind how a defense lawyer can defend a man who would bury a baby alive under her dead mother who was murdered by the defendant. How does this defense lawyer sleep at night without being haunted by the thought? Perhaps that is why he is eating his way to an early demise.

  • @paulinegallo
    @paulinegallo Před 4 měsíci +8

    I can’t help but wonder if some defense attorneys defend clients poorly on purpose because they want to see the person get the justice they deserve?

  • @kiwimema4300
    @kiwimema4300 Před 4 měsíci +68

    That defence attorney believes his own lies, how do you defend someone that you know is guilty and just a thoroughly nasty human being! How do they sleep?

    • @missypuffin8985
      @missypuffin8985 Před 3 měsíci +2

      It' s their job.
      They give the best defense they can.

    • @suzannegriffiths4795
      @suzannegriffiths4795 Před 3 měsíci +4

      ​@@missypuffin8985that just makes them a pos who sells their integrity for a paycheck and prestige. Yuck!

    • @febiaivy4702
      @febiaivy4702 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yuck

    • @missypuffin8985
      @missypuffin8985 Před 3 měsíci

      @@suzannegriffiths4795 ...no you ignorant 🐄. Its what makes the United States a free and equal Country. Its in the Constitution..but im thinking you failed that course in high school. Im sorry youre ignorant. No, really I am

    • @zoidmo3388
      @zoidmo3388 Před 3 měsíci +1

      💰💲💰💲💰💲💰💲💰💲💰💲💰💲is how defence lawyer focused

  • @wizzardofpaws2420
    @wizzardofpaws2420 Před 4 měsíci +35

    I used to believe demons were a myth and that no way people could be possessed by them. I've changed my mind.

    • @CollieneDawson-hw7bj
      @CollieneDawson-hw7bj Před 4 měsíci +3

      No. Satan and his demons truly exist. That's why horrible thing's happen
      Remember. The whole world is laying in the power of the wicked ones. 😢

    • @gaiagreen2690
      @gaiagreen2690 Před 4 měsíci

      They don't. This was no possession, this was what some HUMANS really are. Seeking supernatural explanations for human evil means not wanting to face and accept the truth that many humans don't need to be possessed - they ARE evil. It is human nature, human illness and human disorder. Superstition and religious fanaticism are a nice way out, but humans don't need demons to be evil.
      Some humans ARE inhumane.

  • @Parismel
    @Parismel Před 4 měsíci +5

    This lawyer KNEW he did it ! HOW does anyone defend such a vile evil man KNOWING he could be out on the street to do it again!

  • @VegAnna1
    @VegAnna1 Před 4 měsíci +54

    What an admirable father!

  • @princessbuttercup8954
    @princessbuttercup8954 Před 4 měsíci +19

    I always have respect for parents who turn in their kids even when it's a horrific crime. Your first instinct is to protect your children even when they've done wrong. I would like to believe I would do the same. You never know until you're in that situation yourself. It couldn't be easy for him to reconcile the love he has for his son with the monster his son became.

  • @AAMARTCLUB
    @AAMARTCLUB Před 4 měsíci +5

    That devil threw a live toddler, who would have been terrified having seen her mother killed, into an open grave, and threw her mother on top of her then buried her alive. He threw the spade into the pond and went home to his pregnant girlfriend. I’ve never in my life heard anything so terrible.

  • @carolphillips8802
    @carolphillips8802 Před 4 měsíci +7

    The callous barbarity of the murder of that small innocent doesn't just cry to Heaven for justice. It screams for it. It's the same for all infanticide, either before or after birth.

  • @justice2251
    @justice2251 Před 5 měsíci +80

    What about vindication for what was done to Maggie and that sweet baby Mr. Ridley? I honestly don't know how defense attorneys live with themselves attempting to save a person who did what he did to that mother and child. I always wonder if these people like Mr Ridley ever for one second imagine that the victims were their own family member.

    • @adotintheshark4848
      @adotintheshark4848 Před 5 měsíci +12

      Ridley and those like him might be singing a different tune if one of their loved ones suffered the same fate as the mother and baby.

    • @justice2251
      @justice2251 Před 5 měsíci +25

      @@adotintheshark4848 It's one thing to be a defense attorney representing someone when you believe in your clients innocence but it's totally disgusting for Mr. Ridley to become outraged about the killers rights and want to help a person who has admitted to such a horrendous murder of a mother and burying that poor baby alive. Mr. Ridley just might as well been there helping his client the day of their murders and at the very least tried to help him get out of prison on a technicality to allow him to have more innocent victims. If you ask me there isn't much difference between Mr. Ridley and his client. Neither of them have a soul.

    • @user-nx5ws7rf2f
      @user-nx5ws7rf2f Před 4 měsíci

      I agree. That murderous little creep doesn't deserve to live. The defence attorney must do his job because the right to a fair trial is a corner stone of justice, but in this case Ridley needs to examine his conscience. He manipulated the system. He did not serve justice. I'm glad he failed - and was actually instrumental in setting precedent.

    • @adotintheshark4848
      @adotintheshark4848 Před 4 měsíci

      you'll get no argument from me. A good defense attorney should try for the lightest sentence his client can get, the attorney shouldn't try to get them off on a technicality especially since they know they're guilty. If you asked Ridley if he thought Raymond was guilty, he won't tell you.@@justice2251

    • @chloeuntrau4588
      @chloeuntrau4588 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@justice2251 he was at the time a minor, not an adult! anyway since 28 years on deathrow....what a waste...was cheaper to the community if he received life in prison!

  • @maurabell5634
    @maurabell5634 Před 4 měsíci +25

    43:23
    The defense lawyer is absolutely unbelievable. He finds it horrible that Cobbs admitted to doing the murder. He’s like should’ve got away with this if he wouldn’t have said anything, and he calls him a boy and 19 year-old boy that’s a man he’s 18 and then the lawyer says you know there’s something wrong with them not calling me another words he told the truth, the suspect told the truth and the lawyer found it offensive unbelievable

    • @cindyk6411
      @cindyk6411 Před 4 měsíci

      You couldn't possibly have any humanity or morals or value for life and become a criminal lyer, oh I mean not 100% innocent lives!

    • @verabolton
      @verabolton Před 4 měsíci +5

      That's not necessary his point. A confession can be offered for a plea deal. Same with helping to find the body. That chap made a very cheap bargain with the police, they offered him to talk to his girlfriend... while, had he talked to a lawyer, he could have negotiate a plea deal.
      Basically, there was nothing left for the defense lawyer to work with. Of course he was upset.

  • @fetus2280
    @fetus2280 Před 4 měsíci +10

    So he stabbed her in her home and theres no Blood? he didnt have to return and do a clean up? Thats interesting. Its more likely he walked them out there and deleted her in the woods. No way there wasnt blood left at the scene if she was punctured that many times. X to doubt on his confession being truthful.

    • @michelpeereboom4650
      @michelpeereboom4650 Před 28 dny +1

      Was wondering about that too, don't understand why it wasn't mentioned .

  • @karakat2996
    @karakat2996 Před 4 měsíci +6

    Those defense attorneys need to be in jail.

  • @Shelly58485
    @Shelly58485 Před 4 měsíci +11

    Thank goodness his father told the Truth this monster belongs where he was going, took her ring as a Trophy to look at remind him of his crime like it was a excitement back to his DISGUSTING CRIME

  • @lennybuxx
    @lennybuxx Před 4 měsíci +7

    This evil monster buried a toddler alive!!!!!! 🤬🤬🤬

  • @wantobeaprincess
    @wantobeaprincess Před 4 měsíci +10

    Kudos to his father

  • @chrisroothman2664
    @chrisroothman2664 Před 4 měsíci +4

    The attorney was livid, because he missed out on money.

  • @JoanneMcglashan-gv1up
    @JoanneMcglashan-gv1up Před 4 měsíci +11

    R I P Maggie and cori Ray 💜🇦🇺

  • @tessasaknit
    @tessasaknit Před 4 měsíci +7

    That scumbag attorney at 36 minute mark. I was upset i wasnt contacted. His client knew the law. His miranda rights were read. BS

  • @drmichaelshea
    @drmichaelshea Před 4 měsíci +11

    This is interesting. The tender ego-driven feelings of the defendant’s attorney were wounded, but throwing out that confession for that reason would have been a miscarriage of justice of the grossest kind, justice that needs to be administered in a special Huntsville facility. This case is a fabulous example of the rubble that comprises our judicial system.

  • @momohead08
    @momohead08 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Yes, I can see how wonderful it is for that attorney to get the man who killed a woman and buried her child ALIVE out of his murder conviction.

  • @tullochgorum6323
    @tullochgorum6323 Před 3 měsíci +3

    It's one thing to provide a defence - it's quite another to use a technicality in an attempt to free a grotesque murderer. That is surely going beyond the bounds of duty?

  • @grumpyoldlady_rants
    @grumpyoldlady_rants Před 4 měsíci +11

    This is just absolutely heartbreaking. He caused so many people so much pain. I don’t even want to think about that poor baby. Why kill her? She couldn’t identify him. Then his young girlfriend was about to have a baby. It’s just too much. Oh, and Cobb’s death sentence was commuted to life in 2005.

  • @haydeemaldonado1733
    @haydeemaldonado1733 Před 4 měsíci +9

    Where did this young man learned how to be so evil with the decent father he has? It's beyond me, 🤦. I won't forget this case for as long as I live. That poor baby and mama didn't deserve this. Nobody does, 😭. I can tell that detective was very affected by this case. Evil as good as they come, 😡

    • @lawrencemaccormick9631
      @lawrencemaccormick9631 Před 2 měsíci

      His father lived 500 miles away I think, he only lived with him after the crime

  • @karendooks6244
    @karendooks6244 Před 4 měsíci +15

    I feel that a long life time in prison is preferable to a quick death. He's young, he has DECADES to contemplate that he will never get out. He will never walk in the forest, or swim in the sea again. He has a living death to look forward to. DECADES of just being in a grey cell.

    • @verabolton
      @verabolton Před 4 měsíci +2

      His sentence was changed to life in 2005

    • @johaysom1496
      @johaysom1496 Před 4 měsíci

      No because then the tax payer has to keep hi safe in jail and feed him and give him free board for the rest of his life

    • @karendooks6244
      @karendooks6244 Před 4 měsíci

      @johaysom1496 Is it a free board and lodgings you would like? Probably not, so we'll worth the price.

  • @maurabell5634
    @maurabell5634 Před 4 měsíci +15

    45:05
    Listen to this defense, lawyer, bona fide, legal defense issues he’s like saying “I forbid you to tell the truth” unbelievable only in America

    • @brandyjean7015
      @brandyjean7015 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Well look at the man. He's obviously delusional if he thinks wearing his thinning hair long & in a ponytail is a good look.

    • @maurabell5634
      @maurabell5634 Před 4 měsíci +4

      @@brandyjean7015
      totally agree!!👍🏻

  • @sabrinamassie5606
    @sabrinamassie5606 Před 4 měsíci +9

    Damn, that lawyer was desperate for publicity, wasn't he? Your client was mirandized. YOU are not the main focus of this case, nor is the killer really ... The Mother and Child are the ONLY people of focus here ... I understand that everyone has a right to a defense - but your client admitted to taking the life of two precious people who had done nothing to deserve it - while sentencing the husband/father to a life sentence with no such guarantees ... Victims have Rights Too !

  • @sistermaryfrances4480
    @sistermaryfrances4480 Před 4 měsíci +4

    I hope that lawyer never sleeps a full night the rest of his life

  • @Langley_Ackerman19
    @Langley_Ackerman19 Před 4 měsíci +10

    I wonder how this sleaze-bag defense attorney would feel if he or his child was burried alive? I wonder if he would think about his Miranda rights then?

  • @AmandaBowe-be6vd
    @AmandaBowe-be6vd Před 4 měsíci +7

    I feel sick .....that he is proud as punch that he got a man off death row that gave a baby the most torturous death....and made her mother a murderer as she squashed her to death

  • @theresarasche3173
    @theresarasche3173 Před 4 měsíci +8

    Now that he’s in prison his baby will be safe!!!

    • @molybdomancer195
      @molybdomancer195 Před 2 měsíci

      Will have to live with what his father did. Do you think the baby won’t find out eventually. It will really screw them up

  • @annewhite9850
    @annewhite9850 Před 4 měsíci +46

    Such a cruel killer if he got away with this murder I think he would have gone on to commit more.

    • @gregjones1537
      @gregjones1537 Před 4 měsíci +4

      I think his Girlfriend was lucky to be rid of that POS, Prob saved hers and her babies life.

  • @Ghost80
    @Ghost80 Před 4 měsíci +11

    Fighting for a man you believe is innocent is one thing. Fighting to free a man you already know is guilty? That’s a whole other thing. If he had committed another crime as heinous as his first, the lawyers should be charged as well.

  • @annazaman9657
    @annazaman9657 Před 4 měsíci +11

    Its Kori Rae Owings. At least get description right.
    If Margaret was stabbed in the house wouldn't there have been blood there? And why not just leave the sleeping baby where she was? Why bury her too? And if you're going in to steal things why not make sure no one's home? Margaret's car was right outside.
    I think there's more to this story than he's telling

    • @irismetcalfe
      @irismetcalfe Před 4 měsíci +6

      I think he knew she was in there and wanted to kill her. It's telling that he kept her ring. Keeping a possession of the victim is something serial killers do. They re-live the crime in their imagination when they look at or touch the object.

    • @patriciaoreilly8907
      @patriciaoreilly8907 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Agree.

  • @maureenwright4428
    @maureenwright4428 Před 4 měsíci +8

    Defense attorneys are the devil’s right hand men !!!!! How do they defend the creeps then go home and hug their own kids ??

    • @verabolton
      @verabolton Před 4 měsíci +2

      Because, sometimes, it turns out that the "creeps" are not the bad guy. You'll understand it if you ever charged falsely.

  • @babswhite8190
    @babswhite8190 Před 4 měsíci +7

    I bet 90 to nothin this young man came on to her, and she rejected him..robbery was an afterthought

  • @PutrefactiveDisease
    @PutrefactiveDisease Před 4 měsíci +5

    Doesnt the defense attorney understand Miranda himself? Right to an attorney doesnt mean cops have to call his previous case lawyer, if the defendant doesnt ask it.

  • @maurabell5634
    @maurabell5634 Před 4 měsíci +17

    47:30
    How can his sixth amendment be violated if he was read the Miranda rights that says “you have the right to an attorney and you have the right to stop talking” huh? Explain that.

    • @verabolton
      @verabolton Před 4 měsíci +2

      The lawyer argued that the two cases related (burglary and murder) and police is not allowed to question a criminal about an ongoing case without the knowledge of their lawyer. The argument of the defense lawyer had legal basis but the judge ruled the two cases were separate. Which is rather interesting, because, had they had enough evidence for the murder in time, I'm sure he would have been charged with both at once. I think the judge's decision was influenced by him knowing what was at stake.
      I'm not sure how it's related to the sixth amendment though...

  • @sandracid4987
    @sandracid4987 Před 5 měsíci +38

    I saw this case before. The little boy was buried alive. I'll never forget it. Inexcusable!

    • @RepentfollowJesus
      @RepentfollowJesus Před 5 měsíci +22

      The baby was a girl. They said her daughter. She also has a dress on.

    • @RepentfollowJesus
      @RepentfollowJesus Před 5 měsíci +17

      Her name was Cory Rae. Guess you did forget...

    • @adotintheshark4848
      @adotintheshark4848 Před 5 měsíci

      she might have been trans@@RepentfollowJesus

    • @jennifernavarro795
      @jennifernavarro795 Před 4 měsíci +9

      Unforgivable and unforgiven!!! May the souls of baby Cory Ray and Mom, find peace, now their heartless slayer were meted the death penalty.

    • @sandracid4987
      @sandracid4987 Před 4 měsíci +4

      @@jennifernavarro795 😭

  • @jeanneewaseck6635
    @jeanneewaseck6635 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Can you imagine being 9 months pregnant - and the father of your baby - while, ok, he's been not the best guy - gets arrested right in front of you for capitol murder?! including A BABY?!!

  • @vincentferrigno9726
    @vincentferrigno9726 Před 4 měsíci +9

    Another stupid pathetic defense attorney that only wants his murdering client to get off.

  • @SuperLisalis
    @SuperLisalis Před 3 měsíci +3

    How does anyone bury a defenceless baby alive, cannot get my head round it. R.I.P mum n baby. Such an awful heartbreaking case.

  • @aym280
    @aym280 Před 3 měsíci +2

    David Weeks really humanised the whole case. The fathers were so dignified in this episode. Respect to both.

  • @gaiagreen2690
    @gaiagreen2690 Před 4 měsíci +4

    The entire legal conondrum about the penalty for double murder that Cobb's lawyer staged was based on him not having been called and involved when Cobb confessed. It was all about his ego, because it is more than obvious that the attorney felt slighted and insulted that everything took place without his presence, even though 1. he was NOT Cobb's attorney any more at that time, 2. Cobb WAS asked and declined having an attorney present, 3. Cobb obviously didn't consider him his attorney any more, 4. the investigators are under no legal obligation to search for and call suspects' previous lawyers, especially if the suspect themselves don't ask for them and 5. the attorney was NOT designated as Cobb's legal representation for every future offense and his legal representation has ended with Cobb's previous case. His argument was just as absurd as if a police detective would try to argue the legality of any other detective investigating fresh crimes of his previous suspects, or if a traffic policeman would insist that they must be in charge of every parking ticket issued to someone whom they gave their first parking ticket years ago. The smug smile on Cobb's defence attorney's face as he describes the validity of his arguments when the sentence was briefly overturned, without ever mentioning that it was reinstated again by a higher court, clearly proves that it was all an empty legal theatre, and only about Cobb's lawyer's ego, money and fame. The crime itself and the horrid inhumanity were of no importance to the lawyer, and he would've been absolutely fine with letting a confessed baby murderer walk free and unpunished to soothe his own ego. It is truly horrible that the law can (and is) abu$ed like this to validate greedy and/or egocentric lawyer's needs and whims, instead of being used only to punish the criminals and protect the society from them.
    Respect to Charles Cobb. That must've been the most difficult call a father had to make, but it only shows that coming from a good family is not always a guarantee of being sane and humane.

  • @sheila6479
    @sheila6479 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Them turning that over would indicate your miranda rights mean nothing as he was given them and they were still able to overturn. Crazy

  • @toniajones156
    @toniajones156 Před 4 měsíci +4

    He was GUILTY! Where are the rights of that woman and her baby?!?!?

  • @kennyshowman1510
    @kennyshowman1510 Před 4 měsíci +5

    These lawyers are just as much trash as the person that did the crime in my opinion

  • @axessenter
    @axessenter Před 3 měsíci +3

    I see a lot of people condemn defense lawyers here.
    Yes, Mr. Ridley was insufferable. And often when watching these videos I can't stand these lawyers. But they are an important part of the Justice system that none of us can deny.
    Rather than defending a client they absolutely believe to be innocent or because they like their client, they are there to make sure cases are solved and prosecuted by the book, so that no innocents go to jail. They also make sure that, in case of the guilty, punishment is adequate and the prosecution did not cut any corners. There are quite a few innocent ppl in prison who would have needed a good defense laywer. And all of that's ignoring the fact that convictions with a good defense are more likely to survive future appeals. So defense attorneys do, in fact, help substancially with keeping guilty POS in prison reliably.
    It doesn't matter how much we hate defense attorneys, we need them to keep our system in check and prevent it from derailing. Because just as much as the defense has a goal, so does the prosecution. In both these cases the prosecution and police involved did an excellent job. But it's not always that way. And when you're actually involved in the case the situation might not be as black and white as we think it to be from the outside. Both the prosecution and the defense may exaggerate or downplay what happened quite a bit, as it lends to their respective goals to do so. Discerning who is lying, exaggerating or telling the truth might become very challenging, and I don't think many of us would be able to keep a clear head on either side, be that as the defense or the prosecution.
    That's just how it is. Thank god some ppl are willing to do this job, cause they are needed, no matter what we think.
    I still think Mr. Ridley is an arrogant, self-gratifying POS though, for the record.

  • @gingerj719
    @gingerj719 Před 4 měsíci +13

    That lawyer LACKS A CONSCIENCE. And will be held accountable for it...someday.

    • @little-rascal
      @little-rascal Před 28 dny

      Judging from how little neck he had, likely burning down under and it’s not Australia I am speaking of.

  • @Ceerads
    @Ceerads Před 3 měsíci +3

    Regarding the Petry homicide: How serendipitous it was that the librarian happened to find that open book and, instead of just shutting it and putting it on the shelf, she started reading the open pages and remembered the question about Petry’s cause of death. And how stupid Rydbom was to have left the book open. Amazing coincidence! And the jury got it right.

  • @jerrywiese
    @jerrywiese Před 4 měsíci +4

    Some lawyers are just scum .
    A confession and all evidence verifying guilt in a crime
    and the defense lawyers would allow a sociopathic murderer to be set free .

  • @Bhoneyb355
    @Bhoneyb355 Před 4 měsíci +21

    Doesn’t that stupid lawyer of Cobb’s realize he buried the baby alive!! Has he no conscience!! Prayers to the mother and baby daughter the husband and loved ones🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏RIP❤❤

  • @dtharge4082
    @dtharge4082 Před 4 měsíci +7

    How do these lawyers sleep at night! Horrible!!!

    • @whitefreeman5798
      @whitefreeman5798 Před 4 měsíci +3

      same for district attorneys that hand out plea deals all day long to pad their stats while doing nothing to protect the public and parole boards that more often then not let violent criminals back out on the streets before their tap on the hand sentence is over

  • @Jillelen
    @Jillelen Před 4 měsíci +9

    Everyone is entitled to an aggressive defense. If a client chooses to to waive those rights-he then takes his chances. For any defense attorney to be upset that HE wasn’t called before the client chooses to speak without one sounds like he lives in an alternate society. For then for it to be thrown out it seems as those on the court also live in an alternate society. Just disgusting.

    • @emmasurf8768
      @emmasurf8768 Před 4 měsíci +3

      I got attacked for saying basically the same thing There are so many innocent people accused of a crime and it's these same attorneys that go to court for them . I'm not defending the accused in this case, but everyone in the USA deserves an attorney. It's funny that people hate those attorneys until someone in their family needs one and then suddenly they are okay with them

  • @dianawatton7570
    @dianawatton7570 Před 4 měsíci +15

    I want to know one thing how in the hell does that defense attorney, knowing his client buried an infant alive, sleep at night?😡👎🏻

    • @verabolton
      @verabolton Před 4 měsíci +2

      I want to know one thing: what the heck do you understand about the job of the defense attorneys? 🙄

  • @vaniaattieh7739
    @vaniaattieh7739 Před 4 měsíci +4

    What a disgusting lawyer, like his defendent

  • @user-ox4nw3fi4i
    @user-ox4nw3fi4i Před 5 měsíci +30

    No, criminal history! there's always a 1st time.

    • @brandyjean7015
      @brandyjean7015 Před 4 měsíci

      1st time he was caught being a criminal.

    • @cindyk6411
      @cindyk6411 Před 4 měsíci

      Exactly and you mean a first time for getting caught right!!

  • @merrynelms5101
    @merrynelms5101 Před 4 měsíci +4

    There was no negligence by the olice. They read him his Miranda rights that also contain the option to have an attorney present. And if he couldn't afford an attorney, one will be appointed. What part of that reading is hard to understand! It was the defendant who was responsible for then saying yes or no for an attorney. He was well versed in the procedure because he already had a record. 🙄

  • @Patriotgirl45
    @Patriotgirl45 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Well i am so glad that the defense attorney feels vindicated … 47:20 f’k how the dad of that innocent baby feels right you the one who was buried alive!!!! 😖 i CAN NOT STAND A DEFENSE ATTORNEY !!!!!

  • @drintx5734
    @drintx5734 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Despicable!! Getting that piece of filth off the hook for killing a mother and burying a baby alive! Unbelievable!! Thank God the Supreme Court overturned the appeal.

  • @whitefreeman5798
    @whitefreeman5798 Před 4 měsíci +8

    if he didnt tell on himself this would still be a cold case

  • @christinesimpson6529
    @christinesimpson6529 Před 4 měsíci +6

    When you tell your children or grandchildren about stranger danger and they ask what does a bad person look like, what do you say?
    Look at this young man good looking if I saw him in the street I'd think he's got the chance of a fantastic future not realising he's a evil psychopath bet his poor dad didn't think so either, these detectives may well have saved the lives of his girlfriend and his own baby if he can take a beautiful young mum and child

    • @Snailryder
      @Snailryder Před 4 měsíci +2

      The young man you see is an actor

    • @tundrawomansays694
      @tundrawomansays694 Před 3 měsíci

      The most dangerous place for a child is *in the home.* Every year HHS publishes a report, “Child Maltreatment” and every year, the dismal truth is the *parents are a greater danger to the child than some “stranger.”*
      Read those reports and get the facts. It’s the devil you know and whom you came into this world hard wired to bond with who poses the greatest threat to the health and safety of a child in the US.
      There are a not insubstantial number of men *and women* who should never, ever be parents.

  • @denjack2542
    @denjack2542 Před 4 měsíci +7

    If Margaret was stabbed in the house, that means she was bleeding. Why wasnt there evidence in the house?

    • @verabolton
      @verabolton Před 4 měsíci +6

      Good question. I have many questions about this case. He allegedly dragged her body to the forest. How did police not spot the mark of this on the ground? How did he manage to drag her body AND carry a sleeping 16 month old baby at once? Why would he remove a baby from the house who cannot testify and is only an extra weigh?
      Where did he break into the house and how did he not leave fingerprints?
      The case was so blooming weak, I wonder how on earth was he convicted by the jury.

    • @MReid-hl9wy
      @MReid-hl9wy Před 3 měsíci +2

      Wondering the same thing. They did not see any blood?

    • @natalijaasbjornsen8827
      @natalijaasbjornsen8827 Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@veraboltonit was NOT WEAK. He had her VCR and her wedding ring he gave them. He showed them the place where he buried them. He confessed to his dad.

    • @verabolton
      @verabolton Před 2 měsíci

      @@natalijaasbjornsen8827 You forgot to answer my questions 🤔

  • @danielgant2214
    @danielgant2214 Před 4 měsíci +3

    The police are obligated to make a lawyer available, if requested, but not to pursue a lawyer for the perpetrator.

  • @Upinthecloudsgaming
    @Upinthecloudsgaming Před 3 měsíci +2

    Rest in peace to the victims, condolences to the families. 🕊️

  • @aidamartinez2445
    @aidamartinez2445 Před 4 měsíci +27

    How could the defense lawyer sleep at night

    • @Lucy-pj7cx
      @Lucy-pj7cx Před 4 měsíci +2

      Probably quite well. Something has to be wrong with you to defend a demonic killer like that…and call him “boy.” What an evil attorney.

    • @gregjones1537
      @gregjones1537 Před 4 měsíci

      He is definitely POS no 2, I could not do a job that involved getting low life murderess off knowing they were guilty as hell.

  • @ktilleyhappiness
    @ktilleyhappiness Před 4 měsíci +15

    “ the mother accidentally ran into the knife in his hand, and the baby accidentally rolled into the freshly dug grave”

  • @FireflyXOXO1
    @FireflyXOXO1 Před 4 měsíci +6

    IT WASN'T UP TO THE POLICE TO CALL THE MURDERS LAWER!

  • @Minivanmusician
    @Minivanmusician Před 4 měsíci +10

    God the part about the child ffs it didn't witness anything

  • @dietlindvonhohenwald448
    @dietlindvonhohenwald448 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thank God for these diligent detectives and prosecutors.
    That lawyer tried to get this monster off.

  • @fzkingff1343
    @fzkingff1343 Před 4 měsíci +2

    So sad. Bright young lady. Had all her life ahead of her. That monster must pay the price.

  • @papa.and.mimis.country.life.58
    @papa.and.mimis.country.life.58 Před 3 měsíci +2

    @:28 - worst Miranda warning reading ever! 😂

  • @MrHusang23
    @MrHusang23 Před 4 měsíci +11

    5:23 - The burglar took the VCR and the cash, but left that camera? Seems unlikely to me. It's also very funny that the neighbor kid is standing outside by his car every goddamned time they approach him😁