Jeffrey Pyne: Guilty or Innocent?

Jeffrey Pyne is on trial for the murder of his mother.  She was bludgeoned to death inside the families garage over a year ago.  After sitting in jail for 12 months, Jeffrey is finally getting his day in court.  Many people are doubting Jeffrey’s guilt while others think he did it; not for thrills, but to protect his siblings.

Mrs. Pyne had a history of severe mental illness, as discussed in publications such as the Detroit Free Press, News and Oakland Press.  Jeffrey and his siblings had allegedly taken several beatings from this woman throughout their lives.  Could it be that Jeffrey had finally had enough?  Perhaps someone else close to the family inflicted the fatal blows that killed Mrs. Pyne?

During testimony, Jeffrey’s boss claimed that Jeffrey arrived at work with raw injuries on the insides of his hands. One question:  What boss checks their employees hands before work begins?  Jeffrey claims that his hands were hurt from tossing pallets around while at work.  Having tossed my share of pallets at jobs throughout my life, Jeffrey could very well be telling the truth.  Pallets injure hands.

At the beginning of the case, as Jeffrey sat in jail, there was no mention in any media outlet of his mom’s mental difficulties.  As a concerned citizen pushed the media, it was finally investigated and shown to the public that yes, Jeffrey’s mother was extremely ill and had a penchant for beating her kids, including Jeffery.  If in fact Jeffrey did this, I can easily be led to the conclusion that it was for protection, not cold-blooded murder.

Jeffrey Pyne is an extremely intelligent, well-mannered young man who led his class and is gifted in academic achievement.  I do not see him throwing everything away just for the thrill of killing.  A man like this would have to be pushed into an act like that.  Remember, it is very possible that someone close to the family or even part of the family (i.e. cousin, uncle, etc) did this to protect those children.

I think the evidence thus far is thin and not nearly enough to convict this young man.  We’ll see how the case plays out.  I don’t trust Oakland County, their juries and especially the prosecutors, so I suppose anything can happen.  If he is found guilty of first-degree premeditated murder, it’ll be another scar on the jury system in this country.

Here’s hoping the correct decision is reached.  Right now…..that would be “Not Guilty!”

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