AT
AT KTVB-DOT-COM.
26:33
26:33 YOU
26:33 YOU WENT THROUGH SOMETHING WITH THEM SO EVERYONE
KNOWS WHERE YOU'VE
BEEN. 26:41
NEW TONIGHT -- JURORS
IN JOSEPH DUNCAN'S
MURDER TRIAL TALK
ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE
LISTENING TO THE
UNSPEAKABLE AND
HORRENDOUS ACTS
DUNCAN COMMITTED AS
A SERIAL KILLER.
IT COMES DAYS AFTER
DUNCAN'S DEATH -- AND
MORE THAN A DECADE
AFTER THEY SAT IN
COURT-- AND DECIDED
HIS FATE.
DUNCAN WAS
SENTENCED TO DEATH IN
2008 -- FOR KIDNAPPING
AND MURDERING FOUR
MEMBERS OF THE GROENE
FAMILY FROM COEUR
D'ALENE.
HIS TRIAL LASTED ONLY
TWO WEEKS SINCE
DUNCAN CHOOSE TO
DEFEND HIMSELF.
JOEY PRECHTL SPOKE
WITH SOME OF THE
MEMBERS OF THAT JURY --
WHO SAY THEY FORMED A
BOND WHILE SERVING
TOGETHER ON SUCH A
HIGH PROFILE CASE -- A
BOND THAT CONTINUES
TO THIS DAY...
THEY DID KIM.
FOLLOWING THE TRIAL --
A SMALL GROUP OF
ABOUT FOUR OF THEM
WOULD REGULARLY MEET
UP
UP FOR
UP FOR DINNER TO TALK ABOUT LIFE AND THE TRIAL.
THEY TOLD ME THERE
WAS SOME COMFORT IN
TALKING WITH OTHER
PEOPLE WHO SAW AND
EXPERIENCED THE SAME
THINGS THEY DID.
44:50
44:50 I
44:50 I HAD NO IDEA, I'VE BEEN ON A LOCAL TRIAL SELECTION FROM WHERE I
LIVE AND NOTHING
REALLY CAME FROM IT
BUT TO GET ON
SOMETHING THAT BIG OF
A SCALE WAS CRAZY 45:08
TOMMY WATKINS NEVER
THOUGHT HE WOULD BE
ONE OF THE JURORS
SELECTED FOR THE JOSEPH
DUNCAN TRIAL.
DUNCAN TRIAL.
45:23
45:23 IT
45:23 IT WAS PRETTY DRAMATIC. LOT OF PEOPLE HAD A ROUGH TIME WITH
IT AFTERWARDS. 45:28
HE WAS ON THAT JURY
WITH SUSAN LINCOLN.
18:23:14 DID I REALIZE
HOW BIG IT WAS GOING
TO BE AND HOW IT
WOULD AFFECT US, NO.
18:23:18 I HAD NO IDEA
UNTIL WE SAT THROUGH
IT. 18:23:22
THE TRIAL WAS TWO
WEEKS LONG. BUT IT WAS
TWO WEEKS OF
GRUESOME DETAILS THE
JURORS HAD TO SIT
THROUGH.
25:09 THIS WAS IN YOUR
FACE, WE WERE LOOKING
AT VIDEOS OF THE ABUSE.
IT WAS DIFFICULT. 25:23
DUNCAN WAS ON TRIAL
FOR THE MURDER OF
FOUR PEOPLE. ALL FROM
THE SAME FAMILY.
40:36 HE FELT EVIL, JUST IT
FELT LIKE THERE WAS EVIL
IN THE ROOM. I DON'T
EVEN KNOW HOW TO
DESCRIBE IT. 40:45
50:48 ITS ALMOST LIKE HE
KIND OF ENJOYED THE
ATTENTION AND WHAT HE
WAS SEEING AND WHAT
WAS GOING ON. 50:53
EVIL IS A GOOD WORD
FOR HIM. 50:58
SUSAN AND TOMMY ARE
PART OF A GROUP THAT
STILL GETS TOGETHER
FROM TIME TO TIME.
USUALLY THEY GO OUT
DINNER,.
THIS PICTURE WAS FROM
ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.
SUSAN IS THERE IN THE
MIDDLE AND TOMMY ON
THE LEFT.
THEY MET UP AGAIN ON
TUESDAY NIGHT.
TO TALK -- TO LISTEN --
SUPPORT EACH OTHER
AND HEAR ABOUT THEIR
LIVES.
54:45 WE LEANED ON
EACH OTHER QUITE A BIT.
54:45
54:45
26:33
26:33 YOU
26:33 YOU WENT THROUGH SOMETHING WITH THEM SO EVERYONE
KNOWS WHERE YOU'VE
BEEN. 26:41
SUSAN AND TOMMY DID
NOT HAVE ANY TROUBLE
FINDING DUNCAN GUILTY
-- OR SENTENCING HIM
TO DEATH.
29:31 BECAUSE I SAW
WHAT HE DID. 29:35
:15 "A JURY SPEAKS THE
MIND OF A COMMUNITY
AND
AND I
AND I THINK BY THIS VERDICT TODAY THEY HAVE GIVEN VOICE TO THE
VICTIMS AND THE PEOPLE
WHO WERE INJURED BY
THE CRIMES INVOLVED IN
THIS CASE. :31
NOW BOTH JURORS SAY
THEY FEEL A SENSE OF
RELIEF KNOWING
DUNCAN IS DEAD -- NOT
JUST FOR THEMSELVES--
BUT FOR SHASTA GROENE
-- THE LONE SURVIVOR OF
DUNCAN'S KILLING SPREE.
35:02 THEN WHEN THEY
SAID HE WAS DEAD, I WAS
GLAD. I WAS RELIEVED.
SHASTA DESERVES NOT TO
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
HIM. 35:13
56:30 NOBODY DESERVED
IT MORE THAN THAT GUY
JUST BECAUSE THE THINGS
HES DONE. 56:33
NOW
NOW WE
NOW WE DID GET A STATEMENT YESTERDAY FROM SHASTA GROENE
ABOUT DUNCAN'S DEATH.
IN PART... SHE SAYS:
"YES, JOSEPH DUNCAN IS
GONE NOW. BUT, IT
DOESN'T BRING OUR
LOVED ONES BACK. IT
DOESN'T EASE THE
ACHING PAIN OF
MOMENTS THAT THEY
SHOULD BE THERE, AND
THEY AREN'T BECAUSE OF
THE SELFISHNESS OF ONE
PERSON.
NOW, WE CAN LIVE OUR
LIVES KNOWING THAT.
FOR SO LONG I HAVE BEEN
STRUGGLING WITH HATE
TOWARDS THAT MAN.
TODAY, I WOKE UP
FEELING LIKE MY SOUL
WAS FINALLY FREE. I HOPE
OTHER PEOPLE AFFECTED
BY JOSEPH DUNCAN WERE
ABLE TO WAKE UP FEELING
THE SAME WAY."
SHE ALSO SAYS HER
THOUGHTS IMMEDIATELY
WENT TO THE FAMILIES OF
DUNCAN'S OTHER
VICTIMS... AND THAT
SHE'LL NEVER LET THEIR
STORIES
STORIES BE FORGOTTEN. BACK TO YOU.