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>>BRUCE HAMILTON: IN A
DRAMATIC AND UNEXPECTED TURN
OF EVENTS AND ON THE HEELS OF
JURY SELECTION. AIDAN FUCCI
PLEADED GUILTY TO FIRST-DEGREE
MURDER ADMITTING HE KILLED 13
YEAR-OLD TRISTYN BAILEY IN
2021. THE QUESTIONS BECOME WHY
THEN AND WHAT DOES HE HAVE TO
GAIN? JOINING ME ON THE
MORNING SHOW, FORMER STATE
ATTORNEY FOR THE 7TH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT AND CURRENTLY DEFENSE
LAWYER AND MANAGING PARTNER OF
THE ALEXANDER LAW FIRM, STEVE
ALEXANDER. GOOD MORNING.
APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US.
>> GOOD MORNING,
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: SO LET’S
START WITH THE WHY AND WHY
WHEN JURY SELECTION IS ABOUT
TO START SERIOUS TIMING.
>> I THOUGHT IT SOMETHING
UNUSUAL. YOU NORMALLY DON’T.
PLAYED OUT LIKE THAT. LIKE TO
HAVE PLEASE, IF THERE’S GOING
TO BE A PLEA THE WEEK BEFORE
THE TRIAL DATE, YOU DON’T HAVE
TO BRING 200 FOR 300 JURORS
INTO COURT. ANYBODY COMPLETE
HAS UP UNTIL THE MOMENT JURY
SELECTION BEGINS. AND THAT’S
WHAT MISTER FUCCI AND HIS
DEFENSE TEAM DECIDED TO DO.
BUT IT WAS UNUSUAL.
>> THE NEXT SEEMINGLY OBVIOUS
YET UNANSWERED QUESTION
BECOMES MIGHT HE HAVE ASKED
FOR SOMETHING IN RETURN? NOW
WE KNOW HIS MOTHER FACES
CHARGES OF TAMPERING WITH
EVIDENCE IS ASKING THE COURT
TO CONSIDER DROPPING THOSE
CHARGES ARE FOR LENIENCY
WITHIN THE REALM OF
POSSIBILITY.
>> YOU KNOW, I WOULDN’T BE
SURPRISED AT ALL IF YOU SEE
SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE, WE’RE
MOTHER’S OFFERED EITHER
PROBATION PLEA OF SUMS FOR A
PLEADED GET A THREE-YEAR
PROBATION. WE’RE DOING WHAT WE
CALL A DEFERRED PROSECUTION.
PROBABLY WASN’T PART OF THIS
DEAL PER SE. I WOULDN’T BE
SURPRISED TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
I DON’T BELIEVE EVER SEE
MISTER FUCCI TESTIFY AGAINST
HIS MOTHER? AND I AT THIS
JUSTICE PREVAILED. THE ACTUAL
MURDERS KNOW BEEN CONVICTED OF
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: NOT HAVING
TRIED TO SPARE TRISTYN
BAILEY’S FAMILY. THE HORROR OF
RELIVING THE GRUESOME DETAILS
OF HER KILLING DURING FORMAL
SENTENCING. WILL THAT BE A
CONSIDERATION?
>> THERE’S NO QUESTION WILL BE
SOME CONSIDERATION FOR THE
FACT THAT HE’S ENTERED A PLEA.
THAT DOES MEAN THAT HE’S
ADMITTED HIS GUILT. IT TRY TO
SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF REMORSE
AT THE END OF THIS PLEA THE
OTHER DAY WHEN HE TOLD THE
JUDGE THAT HE WAS SORRY. TO TO
THE BAILEY FAMILY AND TO HIS
FAMILY. WHAT I THINK HE’S
TRYING TO SET HIMSELF UP FOR A
AND SOME POINT I’M EITHER
DURING THE SENTENCING OR IN 25
AFTER THE SENTENCING, WHEN HE
GETS A LIFE SENTENCE. YOU
KNOW, HE COULD BE RECONSIDERED
AGAIN FOR RE-SENTENCING AFTER
25 YEARS. ONE OF THE THINGS,
ACCORDING TO THE LAWS AS THE
PERSON THAT’S ACCUSED OF THE
CRIME SHOW REMORSE. AND SO BY
ENTERING THE PLEA SHOWS THAT
HE’S ADMITTED HIS GUILT BY
MAKING THE STATEMENT THE OTHER
DAY THAT SHOWS REALLY SEE THAT
THIS IS TRYING TO SHORE MORE
SO THAT THE JUDGE WILL
CONSIDER IT SENTENCING A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS
AND THE MAJOR FACTORS I THINK
WILL CONSIDER IS PROBABLY
PSYCHIATRIC REPORTS FOR
PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS FOR THE
DEFENDANT AND THE FAMILY, THE
BAILEY FAMILY AND THEIR
FRIENDS WILL GET TO TESTIFY
DURING THE HEARING AS HELP A
LEASE LOSSES IMPACTED THE
FAMILY. YOU KNOW, I DON’T
THINK IT’S LOST ON THE CHART
THAT THIS IS A 13 YEAR-OLD
LITTLE GIRL SUFFERED 114
SEPARATE STAB AND ACCORDING TO
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER, 46 OF
THE WOUNDS. WE’RE DEFENSIVE
SHE WAS DEFENDING HERSELF
TRYING TO DEFEND OFFICER FOR 2
TO TIME. YOU’RE TRYING TO KILL
HER. SO I THINK ALL THOSE
THINGS WILL CERTAINLY BE
CONSIDERED BY THE COURT DURING
SENTENCING.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: NOT GIVEN
YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A DEFENSE
ATTORNEY AND KNOWING THE
EVIDENCE IS WE DOING THINGS
THAT WE DO? WOULD YOU HAVE
PRECEDED THE SAME WAY?
>> YES, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I
WAS SURPRISE JUST TODAY BY THE
THE PLEA OF GUILTY TO THE
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. BUT I
THINK, YOU I THINK MISTER
FRISCH IS CONSIDERED PROBABLY
NUMBER ONE. THIS WAS MOTHER TO
GO TO STATE PRISON. AND NUMBER
2, THE EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM
WAS PRETTY OVERWHELMING AND
WAS WAS FACE IT. HE MADE THE
DISTANCE AGAINST OPPRESSED
THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF
THE NEWS MEDIA. SECONDLY, YOU
KNOW, THE KNIFE THAT USED IN
THE KILLING WAS FOUND AND
UNFORTUNATELY PART OF THE
KNIFE WAS FOUND. AND A
CHRISTIAN BALE DURING THE
AUTOPSY. SO I MEAN, I THINK
THE MURDER CASE WAS GOING TO
BE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH SLIM
THOUGHT. YOU KNOW, I THINK
ONCE HE CONSIDERED ALL THE
EVIDENCE HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEYS
CONSIDERED ALL THE EVIDENCE
PLEA WAS THE BEST WAY FOR HIM
TO GO.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE COIN, HAVING BEEN
A STATE ATTORNEY, WOULD YOU
HAVE DONE ANYTHING
DIFFERENTLY?
>> NOW A NEW STATE ATTORNEY
YOU PROBABLY HEARD THROUGHOUT
THE CASE, NEVER OFFERED A
PLEA. THERE’S NEVER A PLEA
OFFER ME TO SOMETHING LESSER
THAN LIFE IMPRISONMENT AND UP,
YOU KNOW, THE MISTER FOOD TO
ITS 14 AT THE TIME OF THE
CRIME, UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT SAID ANYBODY UNDER 18 AT
THE TIME OF THE CRIME CANNOT
GET THE DEATH PENALTY. THEY
HELP TO THEIR GUNS. THE STATE
ATTORNEYS TO AND ONE OF THE
FIRST DEGREE MURDER
CONVICTION. AND THEY’VE ALL
ALONG THAT THEY’RE GOING TO GO
FOR THE IMPRISONMENT. THAT WAS
GOING TO THE RECOMMENDATION
THAT STILL GOING TO BE THERE
RECOMMENDATION WHEN THEY GO TO
SENTENCING NEXT MONTH. EARLIER
ON THIS MONTH,
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: STEVE