Yeah its not a job for everyone but it is his right, it's highly unlikely the lawyer would get him off, but it's for a fair trial. I don't think people should demonize these defense lawyers either, their jobs are difficult enough as is.
@@patrishanotpatricia6456 I don't understand why it's sad... it's not like there wasn't an absolute mountain of evidence against him. He was clearly going to get the harshest of penalties. The only sad thing here is the fact this man absolutely destroyed a little girl merely to satisfy himself sexually.
Can't quite understand how any family member he has would want anything to do with him after what he did. I love my dad to pieces and had a great childhood but if he did something like that to a child that would be the end. It sickens me.
It makes my blood boil that they’re trying to say he’s at risk for being raped and murdered in prison. I would applaud a lifelong monthly payment to whichever inmate gave this bastard exactly what he gave to Cherish. He is disgusting. If a grown ass man is terrified to be a victim of other grown ass men, imagine how that tiny, fragile, precious, innocent little baby felt while this man did everything possible to destroy everything she was. He deserves general population for life. The death penalty is too easy for him. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
they should just turn him loose in prison and let the other prisoners do to him what he did too her ,torture him before he dies and make him beg for his life ,like I am sure that poor little girl did
I’m about an hour and ten minutes in, and I’m confused about why we are talking about how Donald didn’t have friends in school. Are we supposed to feel sorry for him that he didn’t have friends- that this in way provides an excuse for him to have become a murderer? Sorry, no. It doesn’t work that way. Once you reach the age of adulthood, you alone are responsible for the choices you make and the things you do. That’s part of being an adult.
Later you hear if the judge accepts his mitigating or impacting circs (which is his childhood, and what he considers to be environmental factors) and it’s not considered to the courts to be reasonable reasons for his crimes and as such there’s no reducing or exemption from further prosecution.
So he'll go to prison and play cards ,eat, breathe,tell jokes to other inmates about how young he likes his victims..and ALL that ... he's not sorry...and MONSTERS who are not sorry deserve to be on death row
@@michellededmon5045 I'm having memory issue right now ... I watched the man who left his son in a car to die, the couple who pampered one baby while letting the other to die a very painful death. The girl who killed her on and off BF. Jodi Arias. There is the sheriff named Will Lewis. I think . I'm sorry I can not remember better. Oh, The police officer who killed her ex's wife . Stephenie Lazarus. I almost forgot Chris Watts.
The truth is, I understand he asked to be put on death row because he was afraid of what the general population of inmates what do to him! He was afraid they would hurt him like he hurt that little girl.
@@scootert35 luckily, "pc" isn't really "protective custody" at all. The inmates run the place, and if they want a trophy kill bad enough, they'll get it. Edit: I just hope they make it slow and painful.
I had to fast forward the um... um... lady with the family pictures. If I heard her say um one more time! I know this is all done by the defense to show he is human to avoid the death penalty but I don't want to hear it. I DON'T care! Set him loose in prison and let his prison peers exact justice for Cherish. He will then, beg for the death sentence.
daisymay2552 Agreed, & they could leave the um...um...lady with him in there to indefinately interview him. They'd both be happy. He'd be the center of attention for someone & she could feel even more important.
What a waste of time, hes clearly not human a human being would inflict such horrifying injuries that a forensic pathologist with 35 years experience had to hold bck tears and take a break. Put him in GP and if theres a god he would have the same kind of injuries inflicted on him!
Lol. These uhms are nothing 😂 I saw a trial where the defense attorney said: "aaand uhm" + "uhm" so much that I started to count them. I got distracted ok? And I counted on it. The result. "Uhm" was said every two seconds. I don't remember exactly how long time I counted the average on tho. And I unfortunately don't remember which trial to link to, if a masochist were to be curious.
Bottom line is that if a person, regardless of how crazy they are, commits a horrible crime and then covers it up in order to keep that act secret, they know enough to know it’s wrong and should face societies consequences to the fullest extent of the law.
As I get to the end of these videos, I cannot stop thinking about how painful and terrifying the last few hours of that beautiful sweet girls life was. How dare him rob that baby of the rest of her life. The fact that we have to look at photos of this monster as a child growing up when he took that away from Cherish enrages me. Zero sympathy. None.
It's so sad to seen an otherwise "good" person, say things to defend an evil person, just to make a living. I'm one of those weirdos who believes if one tells the real truth, God will take care of them.
The IQ in this comment section is staggeringly low. Is it possible that you don't understand how this process works and are affected and blinded by your own emotional bias?
Everyone has a right to a defense and everyone has a right to present mitigating factors. If these monsters didn't have that right, neither would innocent and wrongly accused people. The justice system can't lower to the level of murderers and just hang them without a trial. And also, many many people in this world are passionate about abolishing the death penalty. Thats why they dedicate their careers to prevent as many people as possible from getting the death penalty. Stop demonizing lawyers and experts who work for defendants. It doesn't matter what he did, when 8t comes to the right to represent a defense. We as a society would crumble if we just gave into our vengeful rage and wouldn't provide everyone the same rights.
So to learn about the defendant's background, the specialist interviewed a father with alzheimers & a half sister who he had never met & who had never met him.🤔 Well that's time well spent on the taxpayers dollar, right there!
I haven't seen the alzheimers yet but during my brothers divorce his father-in-law was going to testify, I wrote a lot about each person testifying. The father-in-law had been diagnosed with dementia, onset of dementia, he was immediately excused.
I feel physically sick!! That inhuman thing sitting there watching what he done to that little girl 🤑 The defence how can they sleep at night ? Defending that monster The little girl's mom Did she really think someone was going the give her that voucher for nothing? Rest in peace 💔
Let’s be honest, they didn’t really defend him, they knew he was going down and so they did their job and no more. I am beginning to understand now about how lawyers can take these cases on, sometimes their man is going down whether they get the best defence in the world or not, and in this case, then this is one of these times due to overwhelming evidence, DNA, eyewitness and so on and so on, plus Smith didn’t even ask them to put forward a defence, when it came down to it then I think even he knew there was no defence except his sick violent lust for little girls.
@@Girl-101 absolutely, I think these fools in the comment section actually believe that these defense lawyers are trying to get him off or something. While that could be the case for something in which there isn't enough evidence, that so obviously isn't the case here, they are merely doing their jobs and making sure his rights aren't being infringed on. The standard for this process is important because if it wasn't this way, it would be an absolute nightmare for society.
It's corinne! I never said I did ! I still don't understand how they can sleep at night. They're just some people that can sit next to him making money even if not putting up much of a defence!! Personally I could not...
Most people on the street already know that other inmates would consider him a target due to his offense. I don't know why the defense is even bringing this up; it seems almost an argument in favor of the death penalty. He has already been judged competent, so he is not going to a psychiatric institution. So it's either life in prison with protective custody (or gen pop, which would be a quicker end) or it's death row. No other options.
He said to his mom on the phone that if he can't get off with a mental incompetence defense then he wanted the death penalty so he'd die painlessly bc if he gets life the other prisoners will kill him. He said he won't know which day it's coming & it would be very painful, so he'd rather have the death penalty. They're trying to get him protective custody instead.
@@ssherrierable What?!?! His plan was never to go to McDonald’s, his plan was to build up trust to do exactly what he ended up doing. Had he really wanted to help her he would have gave her the gift card and gone home. McDonald’s was just an excuse to separate her from her mother and get her into his van.
@@ssherrierable Yes because if it was open then he would have had no choice but to go to it although I can’t see him having had the money to buy McDs for people, he needed the money for his drugs
Love the gentleman with the impressive resume of prison experience. He's a dying breed sadly. A generation of men that had a strong moral code and protected society from Monsters like Smith.
Her attempts to humanise this monster by calling him Don (more familiar) then quickly “correcting” herself to Mr Smith are quite frankly sickening. I’m sure if she had read the horrific details of what he put that innocent little girl through…. well, saying that I’m certain she knows, but she should be subjected to having to not be able to unsee for the rest of her life. Just like the jurors and everyone else in that court that had to
Seems like it wasn't much of a deterrent. This sick piece of garbage knew exactly what the consequences were for terrorizing, torturing, inflicting pain beyond what i can imagine, and ultimately taking this small girl's life. Throw him to the wolves. He saw this coming. And he didn't care at the time he made his evil choices.
What a terrible job this mitigation person has. 🐍 So glad the jury wasn't swayed by her attempts to rouse some pity for him. I hope she has nightmares of her time spent with her chum "Don". Her attempts were over the top. I'd be afraid to spend the money I earned giving testimony to help someone so evil.
Everyone is entitled to a defense, doesn’t make them any less guilty. They should be monitored constantly at their expense and have that charge on their license.
Of course he won't go after inmates or guards... he likes CHILDREN!!!!! If he had never been let out, this little girl would still be alive. If you're given 10 years, you should have to do 10 years!?!?!
How did such a nasty old monster have such a cute son?? Not only is he handsome, but he has found the One True Hope.....Jesus Christ. He seems to have grown into an incredible man, in spite of his childhood and past drug use. God bless you, Donald, Jr.
I was looking up his old mug shots and he was a good looking guy as a kid/early twenties but as the years go on, you can see the evil manifest in his face
The female defense attorney comes across unprofessional to me. She seems like she gets upset only because she wants to win. Like it's all about her. I find that disturbing. Other defense attorneys that defend a-holes like this are very professional and less emotional than she is. Just watch her demeanor and compare it to the female prosecutor. I would expect that type of defense from an attorney if there was some sort of doubt involved in the case...not in this case. I hope it's because she's passionately against the death penalty, and not because she's narcissistic.
C Dog I’ve been pretty damn angry and disgusted by her myself. She objected during prosecutions opening - almost unheard of - because the prosecutor repeated the words - a parent’s worst nightmare - twice. She straight up blamed the mom for the rape and murder of her daughter and she treated pretty much all of the prosecution witnesses with hostility - people who JUST saw him do this or that. But I’ve seen that in many cases whether guilt is beyond all shadow of a doubt or not. I’ve also seen defense attorney’s force the state to prove their case without resorting to victim blaming/bashing or hostility - I can’t think of an instance where guilt wasn’t absolute..but still. Too many do this and we, the public, tolerate it. It’s gross. I could only come up with the exact same conclusion you did - passionately against the death penalty? Idk..sometimes she just looks like an attorney that’s angry af she even has to be there so..it’s ethically wrong to me though...what she and others have done to victims.
Defense attys have a legal obligation to give the defendant as strong a defense as they can, for alot of reasons including making sure there is no chance of a mistrial. These attys were appointed by the court, they don't have a choice about representing him. They asked to be removed from his case but the judge denied their request. So they're stuck with the job. In light of that it makes sense she would be unhappy to even be there.
I think maybe your seeing the need to make it appear he’s getting a ‘fair’ trail, which the pos didn’t deserve. What got on my nerves was how sugar sweet and giggly the judge was
this video was randomly playing im listening to this lady speak on how hard a life he had...not knowing his father and seeing him look like hes about to breakdown...then i finally googlle his name and see he killed an 8 girl, all the empathy that was buildung up disappeared
So they are saying that he has spent the majority of his adult life (apart from 1 month) in jail.... but they are also saying that the system let him down by not locking him up indefinitely when he was a risk... hhmmm... which one is it?
Take it easy on people who use "um" during speaking, especially in public. I'm so surprised at all these mean comments. Just uncalled for. I didn't even notice it until I started reading so many posts from all the speech critics.
Well yeah but she didn’t do this to a little girl, she is most likely uneducated, not that bright, low class, you know the type, but he seems to be very close to her.
He knew all this before he did what he did. My mom was a POS too but I would never hurt a child. This guy's pathetic, so is that woman making excuses for him.
Both the ums and the smacking are too much for me, I’m going to have to FF to the next witness. Why don’t people realize the silences between sentences are ok, they don’t have to be filled with ums?
God bless you young man. You sure have a great, Big fAAbulous God in your life He found you when you were lost, and is nursing you back to health in Body, Mind and Soul - ODAAT 🙏💛🙏
Why is there a trial if he is admitting his guilt. The psychology specialist female is driving me nuts! She said she interviewed or TRIED TO interview 50 people - seems like she interviewed 2 or 3 people. She gave lots of "reasons" for those who were unavailable - old, dead, altzheimers, moved away etc., but she didn't tell us simply had NOTHING good to say about this cretin she endearingly likes to refer to as Tom!🤬🤬🤬🤬. I wish Judge Judy was there as she would have told her "Don't tell me what his mother said! That's hearsay!" 🤣🤣
"They were ..UM.. high school sweethearts!" ... lady, this is not a mani-pedi bestie sleepover!! ... and "Don to those who know him"... are you freakin kidding me??
Omg at high school then he probably only had a girlfriend his own age to fit in, they say these paedophiles know from a young age that they are attracted to children, so he would have known himself!
I cannot understand the son at all...especially that he is a god fearing man. For me it would be all over and out..I have a mother that sides with a double murderer and defends his every action rather than seeing her daughter or granddaughter...No excuse, - this people must be shunned and banned into the slammer forever
What a waste of taxpayers money, the best thing for this man is to pray for him, and let him remain where he is whatever he is going through he brought it in himself, I watch him on the Hunt for that innocent child, her mother should be in prison too, because of her the children trusted him.
He keeps his hands over his mouth ALL the time, if you look at his other facial features it’s as if he’s about to smile. It’s so gd creepy to think he might be trying to hide smiles during all of this horrific information during his own trial. Jesus
Hi's son's testimony was so weird and out of place. He'd say his father wasn't around and that pushed him towards drugs and a minute later he'd praise him for doing "unhuman stuff" or something...like, what? A truly wierd family. I'd sugest the police to keep an eye on his son as well. The state should've asked him if he's seen what his monster father done to that girl. His son is as DERANGED as he is. No doubt in my mind he will turn out a criminal as well soon enough!
I love how the death sentence "mitigator" simply said, yes, I'm part of the defense, when the prosecutor was trying to create suspicion around her testimony under oath. then, it made me uncomfortable that she kept using his first name when referring to Mr.Smith, saying, "Donal...uh, excuse me, I'm sorry, Mr.Smith..." it seemed intentional, like trying to humanize him
How can anyone care about that scum of hell , hearing everything that happened to him in his life doesn’t give him the right to do what he did to that baby girl. I want him in hell where he belonged long ago before he slithered into the life of Cherish.
I hate this trial… he should have plead guilty and saved everyone the trouble of going over each painstakingly detail. But honestly, this judge is really kind and down to earth.
It’s sickening that how he may be treated by other inmates is even a discussion. The sentence doesn’t have anything at all about how the prison intake decides where he should serve his time in the prison he goes to. And who really cares what happens to him. He deserves the same protective custody that his little girl had…… NONE
Kill him? They might make his life so miserable he will hang himself with his own shoe laces, Jack Henry Abbott did when he was sent back to prison and he was released for writing "In the belly of the beast" which was on the best seller's list and only two days later when released Abbott killed again.
In bible school but his closet relationship is with one of the most evil people the majority of us has ever seen? And his mother who has cosigned his evil the whole time by bailing him out? Something is not right there.
That's his father and grandmother. They're his family. Unless you're in his shoes, no judgement should be made about him and his relationship to his flesh and blood.
@@PeterPantheFearless if you have a close relationship with your "flesh and blood" then you know if they aren't right in the head. You don't enable and ignore psychopathic, child molesting behavior putting the rest of the world in danger. You seek help, make them take accountability and seek help. At the least you don't keep bailing him out without conditions. I will judge because they've known for decades that he was a sadistic predator.
He’s 60 something so how old would his mother be?? At least in her 80’s. I haven’t heard if she’s still living or not. I wouldn’t admit to raising a son like that if I were her
I am sorry but to try to blame mental health on this horrible crime there's s no excuse for his acts. I know a lot of people that been on drugs and never committed any type of crime like this against any child this makes my blood boil
No protective custody for satan. That poor baby girl didn’t have anyone there to protect her from this subhuman. Throw him in there and look the other way.
I'm sorry to say that the mom had a lot to play with this I'm sorry but what kind of mom lets her daughter go with a complete stranger she just met I don't care how broke you are you don't do nothing like that
I cant I am changing subjects I 100% don't want Criminology I couldn't for the life of me straight faced use anyone's past and drug use (trauma) to ever ever ever do what ever their objective is here with this. It's NOT OKAY. I would think yeah sure he didn't deserve that growing up but he is where he is now he did what he did and psychopathy isn't going to go away or change miraculously now.
I could never be a public defender...I could NEVER defend a monster like him!!!
It must be hard but someone had to do it. It’s his right, sadly.
Yeah its not a job for everyone but it is his right, it's highly unlikely the lawyer would get him off, but it's for a fair trial.
I don't think people should demonize these defense lawyers either, their jobs are difficult enough as is.
@@patrishanotpatricia6456 I don't understand why it's sad... it's not like there wasn't an absolute mountain of evidence against him. He was clearly going to get the harshest of penalties.
The only sad thing here is the fact this man absolutely destroyed a little girl merely to satisfy himself sexually.
@@coryc8819 that was basically my point
His lawyers didn't really do much defending.
Can't quite understand how any family member he has would want anything to do with him after what he did. I love my dad to pieces and had a great childhood but if he did something like that to a child that would be the end. It sickens me.
Absolutely I would right him off
Hayley I’m sorry but I have some terrible news
@@localnemesis94 !?
@@kristineelizabeth1277 I agree, wtf?? Creepy.
@@kellyalexander7347 d CB I miss you
It makes my blood boil that they’re trying to say he’s at risk for being raped and murdered in prison. I would applaud a lifelong monthly payment to whichever inmate gave this bastard exactly what he gave to Cherish. He is disgusting. If a grown ass man is terrified to be a victim of other grown ass men, imagine how that tiny, fragile, precious, innocent little baby felt while this man did everything possible to destroy everything she was. He deserves general population for life. The death penalty is too easy for him. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
That needed to be said
He's already had what he gave to Cherish, minus the murder. Just put him out of his misery... and ours
Absolutely. Look up where they released his conversation with his mom, he was going to try to get in a hospital to cover his butt.
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they should just turn him loose in prison and let the other prisoners do to him what he did too her ,torture him before he dies and make him beg for his life ,like I am sure that poor little girl did
Yeah, men in prison with children they cannot protect, ban together against creeps like this and will rape and kill his ass, thats real justice.
I agree.
Should be an option for the jury to send him to general population.
Yes. That’s what he’s deathly afraid of. I agree with you
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Did I just hear that correctly.... his ability to feel PEACE inside the system.... HE SHOULDNT HAVE ANY ANY PEACE
I’m about an hour and ten minutes in, and I’m confused about why we are talking about how Donald didn’t have friends in school. Are we supposed to feel sorry for him that he didn’t have friends- that this in way provides an excuse for him to have become a murderer? Sorry, no. It doesn’t work that way. Once you reach the age of adulthood, you alone are responsible for the choices you make and the things you do. That’s part of being an adult.
Later you hear if the judge accepts his mitigating or impacting circs (which is his childhood, and what he considers to be environmental factors) and it’s not considered to the courts to be reasonable reasons for his crimes and as such there’s no reducing or exemption from further prosecution.
That doctor had an irritating voice too. I rather not get paid than to spend 100 hours with a child killer
Wow...it’s horrifying. There is just nothing. Nothing that can mitigate what he did.
Literally disgusting I feel like vomitting from the shock of what I am seeing
@@AngeT86 what are you seeing?
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"Cherish Law" got my vote!!
Cherish Child Law. Automatic Death.
So he'll go to prison and play cards ,eat, breathe,tell jokes to other inmates about how young he likes his victims..and ALL that ... he's not sorry...and MONSTERS who are not sorry deserve to be on death row
No literally he won't. Even other pedophiles would probably hate him.
They don't appreciate those kinds of jokes.
He should not be protected. That isn't fair. He commented a crime just like the other inmates and should spend his time the exact way they do
I think his son has done an amazing job of rising above his circumstances. He seems like a kind young man.
It was when he said “he gives me good advice” speaking about his father!
@@Girl-101 a lot of people don't follow their own advice, but have seen enough to know what to advise
He seems messed up and delusional
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I like this judge. I have watched 4 trials on UA-cam this week. Each one had a female judge.. Go us!
anna nimus just curious, which trials did you watch.....looking for a new one to watch!
@@michellededmon5045 I'm having memory issue right now ... I watched the man who left his son in a car to die, the couple who pampered one baby while letting the other to die a very painful death. The girl who killed her on and off BF. Jodi Arias. There is the sheriff named Will Lewis. I think . I'm sorry I can not remember better. Oh, The police officer who killed her ex's wife . Stephenie Lazarus. I almost forgot Chris Watts.
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The truth is, I understand he asked to be put on death row because he was afraid of what the general population of inmates what do to him! He was afraid they would hurt him like he hurt that little girl.
Oh he'll get PC no way they'll put him in gen pop
@@scootert35 luckily, "pc" isn't really "protective custody" at all.
The inmates run the place, and if they want a trophy kill bad enough, they'll get it.
Edit: I just hope they make it slow and painful.
@@scootert35 what is pc?
@@mandiwolfe6631 protective custody
They always fear what they inflict on others
I had to fast forward the um... um... lady with the family pictures. If I heard her say um one more time! I know this is all done by the defense to show he is human to avoid the death penalty but I don't want to hear it. I DON'T care! Set him loose in prison and let his prison peers exact justice for Cherish. He will then, beg for the death sentence.
Omg yes shes def got a habit um yea... He needs to be tortured. He needs to have everybit of what he done to that baby done to him 10 fold!
His momma should have swallowed a brick.
daisymay2552 Agreed, & they could leave the um...um...lady with him in there to indefinately interview him. They'd both be happy. He'd be the center of attention for someone & she could feel even more important.
What a waste of time, hes clearly not human a human being would inflict such horrifying injuries that a forensic pathologist with 35 years experience had to hold bck tears and take a break. Put him in GP and if theres a god he would have the same kind of injuries inflicted on him!
Lol. These uhms are nothing 😂 I saw a trial where the defense attorney said: "aaand uhm" + "uhm" so much that I started to count them. I got distracted ok? And I counted on it. The result. "Uhm" was said every two seconds.
I don't remember exactly how long time I counted the average on tho. And I unfortunately don't remember which trial to link to, if a masochist were to be curious.
The judge is very kind and well spoken in this case❤
I'd kind of like to see this guy facing Judge Judy in court.😂🤣
I think you're on to something lol
I love his voice and his educated-well spoken MAN .
Bottom line is that if a person, regardless of how crazy they are, commits a horrible crime and then covers it up in order to keep that act secret, they know enough to know it’s wrong and should face societies consequences to the fullest extent of the law.
As I get to the end of these videos, I cannot stop thinking about how painful and terrifying the last few hours of that beautiful sweet girls life was. How dare him rob that baby of the rest of her life. The fact that we have to look at photos of this monster as a child growing up when he took that away from Cherish enrages me. Zero sympathy. None.
It's so sad to seen an otherwise "good" person, say things to defend an evil person, just to make a living. I'm one of those weirdos who believes if one tells the real truth, God will take care of them.
I agree!!
The IQ in this comment section is staggeringly low. Is it possible that you don't understand how this process works and are affected and blinded by your own emotional bias?
Everyone has a right to a defense and everyone has a right to present mitigating factors. If these monsters didn't have that right, neither would innocent and wrongly accused people. The justice system can't lower to the level of murderers and just hang them without a trial. And also, many many people in this world are passionate about abolishing the death penalty. Thats why they dedicate their careers to prevent as many people as possible from getting the death penalty. Stop demonizing lawyers and experts who work for defendants. It doesn't matter what he did, when 8t comes to the right to represent a defense. We as a society would crumble if we just gave into our vengeful rage and wouldn't provide everyone the same rights.
So to learn about the defendant's background, the specialist interviewed a father with alzheimers & a half sister who he had never met & who had never met him.🤔 Well that's time well spent on the taxpayers dollar, right there!
I haven't seen the alzheimers yet but during my brothers divorce his father-in-law was going to testify, I wrote a lot about each person testifying. The father-in-law had been diagnosed with dementia, onset of dementia, he was immediately excused.
Couldn't believe her when she said they had NEVER met!
Ugh. The parading of all his photos makes me want to gag.
LeAnna Whilhite The court
never never showed the crime photo.
Donald Kako I’m referring to the photos of him as an adolescent and so on.
I feel physically sick!!
That inhuman thing sitting there watching what he done to that little girl 🤑 The defence how can they sleep at night ? Defending that monster
The little girl's mom Did she really think someone was going the give her that voucher for nothing?
Rest in peace 💔
Let’s be honest, they didn’t really defend him, they knew he was going down and so they did their job and no more.
I am beginning to understand now about how lawyers can take these cases on, sometimes their man is going down whether they get the best defence in the world or not, and in this case, then this is one of these times due to overwhelming evidence, DNA, eyewitness and so on and so on, plus Smith didn’t even ask them to put forward a defence, when it came down to it then I think even he knew there was no defence except his sick violent lust for little girls.
Corrine it is very obvious that you don't understand how the legal process works.
@@Girl-101 absolutely, I think these fools in the comment section actually believe that these defense lawyers are trying to get him off or something. While that could be the case for something in which there isn't enough evidence, that so obviously isn't the case here, they are merely doing their jobs and making sure his rights aren't being infringed on. The standard for this process is important because if it wasn't this way, it would be an absolute nightmare for society.
It's corinne!
I never said I did !
I still don't understand how they can sleep at night. They're just some people that can sit next to him making money even if not putting up much of a defence!!
Personally I could not...
This judge’s voice is so sweet.
All nice goals.
This guy has it all, A van, a creep, a lewk, a terrible plan.
Judge is unprofessional. Laughing with Donald, telling the jury they can be late. Lordy! 🙄
Most people on the street already know that other inmates would consider him a target due to his offense. I don't know why the defense is even bringing this up; it seems almost an argument in favor of the death penalty. He has already been judged competent, so he is not going to a psychiatric institution. So it's either life in prison with protective custody (or gen pop, which would be a quicker end) or it's death row. No other options.
He said to his mom on the phone that if he can't get off with a mental incompetence defense then he wanted the death penalty so he'd die painlessly bc if he gets life the other prisoners will kill him. He said he won't know which day it's coming & it would be very painful, so he'd rather have the death penalty. They're trying to get him protective custody instead.
Did that monster give that 8 year old girl a choice ?
Just evil . Speechless!
Praise the Lord, the son got saved by the power of the Holy Spirit! I rejoice with you brother!! Glory to God Almighty!
Why did it take FIVE years to get to trial after he brutually murdered this poor little girl??
I just asked the same thing. We McDonald's think the same way.
@@kiki29073 yea well if you McDonald's would have been open in walmart that night she might still be alive.
@@ssherrierable What?!?! His plan was never to go to McDonald’s, his plan was to build up trust to do exactly what he ended up doing. Had he really wanted to help her he would have gave her the gift card and gone home. McDonald’s was just an excuse to separate her from her mother and get her into his van.
I don't know Glynda why don't you open up Google and find out for yourself 🤡
@@ssherrierable
Yes because if it was open then he would have had no choice but to go to it although I can’t see him having had the money to buy McDs for people, he needed the money for his drugs
Unspeakable man that does that to any one, especially a small child,. And so trusting. To bad he wasn't a good man.
Love the gentleman with the impressive resume of prison experience. He's a dying breed sadly. A generation of men that had a strong moral code and protected society from Monsters like Smith.
Her attempts to humanise this monster by calling him Don (more familiar) then quickly “correcting” herself to Mr Smith are quite frankly sickening.
I’m sure if she had read the horrific details of what he put that innocent little girl through…. well, saying that I’m certain she knows, but she should be subjected to having to not be able to unsee for the rest of her life. Just like the jurors and everyone else in that court that had to
Too bad hes at the lowest hierarchy. He made his choice. Poor Cherish didn't have a choice
Seems like it wasn't much of a deterrent. This sick piece of garbage knew exactly what the consequences were for terrorizing, torturing, inflicting pain beyond what i can imagine, and ultimately taking this small girl's life. Throw him to the wolves. He saw this coming. And he didn't care at the time he made his evil choices.
What a terrible job this mitigation person has. 🐍
So glad the jury wasn't swayed by her attempts to rouse some pity for him. I hope she has nightmares of her time spent with her chum "Don". Her attempts were over the top. I'd be afraid to spend the money I earned giving testimony to help someone so evil.
Everyone is entitled to a defense, doesn’t make them any less guilty. They should be monitored constantly at their expense and have that charge on their license.
Of course he won't go after inmates or guards... he likes CHILDREN!!!!! If he had never been let out, this little girl would still be alive. If you're given 10 years, you should have to do 10 years!?!?!
Not enough space in prisons because the US judicial system is so corrupt
How did such a nasty old monster have such a cute son?? Not only is he handsome, but he has found the One True Hope.....Jesus Christ. He seems to have grown into an incredible man, in spite of his childhood and past drug use. God bless you, Donald, Jr.
I was looking up his old mug shots and he was a good looking guy as a kid/early twenties but as the years go on, you can see the evil manifest in his face
that dr butler lady thinks of him as a friend is disgusting
I doubt it, she has to be nice to him in sessions otherwise he will tell her nothing
Oh my goodness, that doctor said Ah Um Ah um ah um after every second word. So annoying
The female defense attorney comes across unprofessional to me. She seems like she gets upset only because she wants to win. Like it's all about her. I find that disturbing. Other defense attorneys that defend a-holes like this are very professional and less emotional than she is. Just watch her demeanor and compare it to the female prosecutor. I would expect that type of defense from an attorney if there was some sort of doubt involved in the case...not in this case. I hope it's because she's passionately against the death penalty, and not because she's narcissistic.
C Dog I’ve been pretty damn angry and disgusted by her myself. She objected during prosecutions opening - almost unheard of - because the prosecutor repeated the words - a parent’s worst nightmare - twice. She straight up blamed the mom for the rape and murder of her daughter and she treated pretty much all of the prosecution witnesses with hostility - people who JUST saw him do this or that. But I’ve seen that in many cases whether guilt is beyond all shadow of a doubt or not. I’ve also seen defense attorney’s force the state to prove their case without resorting to victim blaming/bashing or hostility - I can’t think of an instance where guilt wasn’t absolute..but still. Too many do this and we, the public, tolerate it. It’s gross. I could only come up with the exact same conclusion you did - passionately against the death penalty? Idk..sometimes she just looks like an attorney that’s angry af she even has to be there so..it’s ethically wrong to me though...what she and others have done to victims.
Defense attys have a legal obligation to give the defendant as strong a defense as they can, for alot of reasons including making sure there is no chance of a mistrial. These attys were appointed by the court, they don't have a choice about representing him. They asked to be removed from his case but the judge denied their request. So they're stuck with the job. In light of that it makes sense she would be unhappy to even be there.
She’s putting on a show for her client. She knows there is no way out for him.
I think maybe your seeing the need to make it appear he’s getting a ‘fair’ trail, which the pos didn’t deserve. What got on my nerves was how sugar sweet and giggly the judge was
this video was randomly playing im listening to this lady speak on how hard a life he had...not knowing his father and seeing him look like hes about to breakdown...then i finally googlle his name and see he killed an 8 girl, all the empathy that was buildung up disappeared
So they are saying that he has spent the majority of his adult life (apart from 1 month) in jail.... but they are also saying that the system let him down by not locking him up indefinitely when he was a risk... hhmmm... which one is it?
THE SYSTEM LET HIS VICTIMS DOWN!!
Just trying to tick any box at that point to help reduce sentence.
Take it easy on people who use "um" during speaking, especially in public. I'm so surprised at all these mean comments. Just uncalled for. I didn't even notice it until I started reading so many posts from all the speech critics.
***First 5 Minutes***
Take a shot every time the judge says “question”
🤦🏼♀️😆
His son being close with his grandmother is a red flag. She’s bad news
Well yeah but she didn’t do this to a little girl, she is most likely uneducated, not that bright, low class, you know the type, but he seems to be very close to her.
He’s revolved around a toxic family. I hope he never follows his dad’s footsteps
He knew all this before he did what he did. My mom was a POS too but I would never hurt a child. This guy's pathetic, so is that woman making excuses for him.
Sounds like a regular childhood. Come on nothing there is that off. Everyone has some stuff growing up. Nothing there was that bad.
I woman with that much education, a PhD, can't speak one sentence without saying um and yeah.
Don't forget the constant lip-smacking!
Both the ums and the smacking are too much for me, I’m going to have to FF to the next witness. Why don’t people realize the silences between sentences are ok, they don’t have to be filled with ums?
Im sorry, if that monster was my father, i can PROMISE you I would completely disown him.
Sick, Sick, Sick man he is... He deserves the death penalty and nothing more!! This man should have never been out of prison in the first place.
WTH is all the efing noise in this video??
Is remodeling going on in the courtroom or are the jurors eating lunch or WHAT?
JC!!!!!
ARE WE SUPPOSED TO FEEL SORRY FOR THIS GUY?? SERIOUSLY
God bless you young man.
You sure have a great, Big fAAbulous God in your life He found you when you were lost, and is nursing you back to health in Body, Mind and Soul - ODAAT 🙏💛🙏
Why is there a trial if he is admitting his guilt. The psychology specialist female is driving me nuts! She said she interviewed or TRIED TO interview 50 people - seems like she interviewed 2 or 3 people. She gave lots of "reasons" for those who were unavailable - old, dead, altzheimers, moved away etc., but she didn't tell us simply had NOTHING good to say about this cretin she endearingly likes to refer to as Tom!🤬🤬🤬🤬.
I wish Judge Judy was there as she would have told her "Don't tell me what his mother said! That's hearsay!" 🤣🤣
There was a trial because it was a death penalty case.
How dare the monster shed a tear no remorse for his monster actions pathetic human being
Too dang bad!!! Did he have any mercy on that child when he R her? No. Throw him in that prison. This is bs.
"They were ..UM.. high school sweethearts!" ... lady, this is not a mani-pedi bestie sleepover!! ... and "Don to those who know him"... are you freakin kidding me??
then she procedes to " accidentally " refer to him as don her whole testimony
Omg at high school then he probably only had a girlfriend his own age to fit in, they say these paedophiles know from a young age that they are attracted to children, so he would have known himself!
I cannot understand the son at all...especially that he is a god fearing man. For me it would be all over and out..I have a mother that sides with a double murderer and defends his every action rather than seeing her daughter or granddaughter...No excuse, - this people must be shunned and banned into the slammer forever
What a waste of taxpayers money, the best thing for this man is to pray for him, and let him remain where he is whatever he is going through he brought it in himself, I watch him on the Hunt for that innocent child, her mother should be in prison too, because of her the children trusted him.
That freakin judge needs to stop with the giggling, so inappropriate & unprofessional
He keeps his hands over his mouth ALL the time, if you look at his other facial features it’s as if he’s about to smile. It’s so gd creepy to think he might be trying to hide smiles during all of this horrific information during his own trial. Jesus
son is 25, off drugs and alcohol 5 years, was a user for 10 years.......so he started using at 10 years old, lies
I think his son is just as twisted
Hi's son's testimony was so weird and out of place. He'd say his father wasn't around and that pushed him towards drugs and a minute later he'd praise him for doing "unhuman stuff" or something...like, what? A truly wierd family. I'd sugest the police to keep an eye on his son as well. The state should've asked him if he's seen what his monster father done to that girl.
His son is as DERANGED as he is. No doubt in my mind he will turn out a criminal as well soon enough!
I agree , if my dad brutally assaulted a little girl and killed her I would never speak to him nor look forward to speak to him
Excuse me? He said God has done things not human possibly. Leave his son alone. His son has nothing to do with his fathers sins
This judge sounds smart af I should’ve done fewer drugs
I love how the death sentence "mitigator" simply said, yes, I'm part of the defense, when the prosecutor was trying to create suspicion around her testimony under oath.
then, it made me uncomfortable that she kept using his first name when referring to Mr.Smith, saying, "Donal...uh, excuse me, I'm sorry, Mr.Smith..."
it seemed intentional, like trying to humanize him
“Do you have any photos of Donald living life” wtf?!
How can anyone care about that scum of hell , hearing everything that happened to him in his life doesn’t give him the right to do what he did to that baby girl. I want him in hell where he belonged long ago before he slithered into the life of Cherish.
That psychiatric expert sounded like Dr. Zaxio from Hoarders.
This doctor humanising this monster by affectionately calling him Don is so offensive. So glad the state objected to it and put a stop to it
I hate saying this for some reason, but he is a complete screwup! It’s sad...
She had no business having kids!
I hate this trial… he should have plead guilty and saved everyone the trouble of going over each painstakingly detail. But honestly, this judge is really kind and down to earth.
Death sentenced handed down, he’s still sitting on death row at UCI. Why? SMH
It’s sickening that how he may be treated by other inmates is even a discussion. The sentence doesn’t have anything at all about how the prison intake decides where he should serve his time in the prison he goes to.
And who really cares what happens to him. He deserves the same protective custody that his little girl had…… NONE
I meant the little girl, not his little girl.
ls this woman for real?!Where did they manage 2find her?So many excuses,l wonder if she knows?!!!!!!
That's a beautiful courtroom tho'...🥺
Just give him the death penalty
Kill him? They might make his life so miserable he will hang himself with his own shoe laces, Jack Henry Abbott did when he was sent back to prison and he was released for writing "In the belly of the beast" which was on the best seller's list and only two days later when released Abbott killed again.
Why is this woman making excuses for this alien?!You get the feeling somehow she's paid for this!There's no excuse at all the horrid things!!!!!!
In bible school but his closet relationship is with one of the most evil people the majority of us has ever seen? And his mother who has cosigned his evil the whole time by bailing him out? Something is not right there.
That's his father and grandmother. They're his family. Unless you're in his shoes, no judgement should be made about him and his relationship to his flesh and blood.
@@PeterPantheFearless if you have a close relationship with your "flesh and blood" then you know if they aren't right in the head. You don't enable and ignore psychopathic, child molesting behavior putting the rest of the world in danger. You seek help, make them take accountability and seek help. At the least you don't keep bailing him out without conditions. I will judge because they've known for decades that he was a sadistic predator.
I am so confused? Why it’s necessary to protect him? Who protected this little girl??
I agree!!!
He is worse than a rabid dog bc a rabid dog would only live a maximum of 15 yrs at best, can't cure rabies either.
Ok, okay,you’re Mr prison.
Is that his mom sitting behind him, just off to the left wearing dark glasses?
He’s 60 something so how old would his mother be?? At least in her 80’s. I haven’t heard if she’s still living or not. I wouldn’t admit to raising a son like that if I were her
She's still living.
She was 17 when she had him. I believe she has cancer though.
I am sorry but to try to blame mental health on this horrible crime there's s no excuse for his acts.
I know a lot of people that been on drugs and never committed any type of crime like this against any child this makes my blood boil
No protective custody for satan. That poor baby girl didn’t have anyone there to protect her from this subhuman. Throw him in there and look the other way.
I couldn’t stand that doctors testimony and I don’t know how that son can speak to his child killer father…
This woman seem 2luv her own voice!Simply put there r ppl with worst situations than his but they didn't go around killing others?!!!!!!!
1:40:45 say what you will but this sass is A class.
I'm sorry to say that the mom had a lot to play with this I'm sorry but what kind of mom lets her daughter go with a complete stranger she just met I don't care how broke you are you don't do nothing like that
Most deserved 💉 award 🥇
Sweet JESUS!
What is the question? Lol
I cant I am changing subjects I 100% don't want Criminology I couldn't for the life of me straight faced use anyone's past and drug use (trauma) to ever ever ever do what ever their objective is here with this. It's NOT OKAY. I would think yeah sure he didn't deserve that growing up but he is where he is now he did what he did and psychopathy isn't going to go away or change miraculously now.
l think she has problems of her own?
Ummm… awe… ummm..
You’d be surprised how many times you yourself use “fillers” in speech.
If at first you don't succeed try try again on those attempts you demon.
Omg
"Don". She says it so lovingly. Educated ppl like to hear themselves talk textbook language.