Essa trial verdict

After Essa was captured in Cyprus and was in jail, he admitted to Faris that he had poisoned his wife, Dever added. There's no testimony about a goodbye. No testimony about a message being sent. One female juror noted that throughout the trial, Essa did not display any emotion, not even when a picture of his wife and children was shown in court. You're gonna cry. No expression at all. He hadn't seen these kids in five years, no expression, no tears, no nothing," she said.

What your decision will be will complete the accounting of the life of Rosemarie Essa," Dever said, urging jurors to find the truth. Only with the truth can justice be done. Share this on:. He doesn't want to get divorced from Rosie.

He wants to replace Rosie. It is difficult not to look over here with anything other than disgust and disdain. Essa: Expert Testimony. Essa: Eva McGregor. Essa: Frankie Montanez. Essa: Detective Sgt. Gary McKee. Gary McKee PT2. Gary McKee PT3. Gary McKee PT4. Essa: Marguerita Montanez. Essa: Marguerita Montanez PT2. Essa: Marguerita Montanez PT3. Essa: Detective Dennis Matejcici. Essa: OPJ: Exhibits. Michael Yaffe. Essa: Ron Onesko. Essa: Dish One Up Testimony.

Essa: Robert Glickman. Essa: Prosecution Closing Arguments. Essa: Defense Closing Arguments. This trial has left the courtroom echoing - with the salacious flashbacks of two women Dr. Essa was allegedly seeing on the side, the sobs of the friend who testified Rosie called her as she was dying, the explosive allegations of a Lebanese fugitive, who testified he heard Essa confess - and the crowd's collective gasp when Essa's own brother - facing prison himself - turned on his brother and testified to the same thing.

If the tales are true about Yazeed Essa's double life, his cold-hearted plot to poison the mother of his two young children, his use of an underground railroad of shadowy contacts to flee the country and his plans to start a new life overseas using a forged identity, it's enough to make you wonder how well you really know the people closest to you.

Earlier in the week, the jury had requested during its deliberation to examine and pull apart a calcium capsule similar to the one Essa gave his wife on the day she died. Jurors said Friday that they wanted to know firsthand whether it took any special skills to empty the capsules, and they discovered that it is easy to do. However, they did not spend time deliberating over the state's lack of evidence linking Essa directly to the cyanide purchase -- a critical point for Essa's defense throughout the trial.

That wasn't an issue for us. We worked with the facts we had and common sense. The jurors added that Essa's actions immediately before and after his wife's death had far greater influence on their decision than the fact that he fled the country. One juror referred to the month long international manhunt for Essa that ended in Cyprus as "the icing on the cake.

But one detail weighed heavily upon the panel during the past six weeks -- Essa's facial expressions, void of any sign of sadness or regret over the loss of his wife or having not seen his two young children in five years. He hadn't seen these kids in five years. But he had no expression, no tears, nothing.

For that reason, the same juror said she stared Essa down as she entered the courtroom for the verdict announcement. The juror's commentary drew laughter from Rosemarie Essa's family, the DiPuccios, and the third round of applause for the panel.