Tracey Grissom says her lawyers didn't claim she had PTSD, loses appeal

[yallerdawg]

Justice in Alabama - "It's a man's world."

Tracey's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/liberatetracey/posts/

Beyond a reasonable doubt: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tracey-grissom-battered-woman-or-cold-blooded-killer-2/

Source: al.com, by Ivana Hrynkiw

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Grissom is currently serving a sentence of 25 years in prison.

Grissom, of Northport, was found guilty of murder in August 2014, after investigators said she fatally shot her ex-husband Hunter Grissom to cash in his $103,000 life insurance policy.

Defense attorney Warren Freeman said after the couple divorced in 2010, Hunter Grissom became abusive. At the time of his death, Hunter Grissom was facing charges of the rape, sodomy and wrongful imprisonment of Tracey Grissom. Freeman said when she shot Hunter Grissom in 2012, it was a matter of self-defense from further abuse.

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At a hearing in March, Grissom said she had ineffective counsel at her trial and during her appeal. She claimed her trial lawyers did not present her PTSD or battered spouse syndrome, did not request the lesser-charge of manslaughter, did not request a change of venue, and did not strike a certain juror. She also said her appellate counsel did not argue against a sheriff's deputy's testimony and did not question why trial attorneys failed to ask jurors if they were victims of domestic violence or sexual assault.

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Tuscaloosa County Circuit Judge John H. England Jr. said in his order Thursday that Freeman's decision not to pursue the PTSD defense was based on a "well-reasoned legal strategy." England said Grissom did not raise viable issues that Freeman was ineffective during trial or her direct appeal.

Read it all at: http://www.al.com/news/tuscaloosa/index.ssf/2017/05/tracey_grissom_says_her_lawyer.html#incart_river_home

[TheDebbieDee]

1. I wonder if Tracey Grissom had a public defender...

Public defenders are notoriously overworked and underpaid!

[yallerdawg]

2. Tracey has family in the area, the means to hire an attorney.

I see nothing indicating Freeman was a PD.

This judge's rulings were astounding throughout.

And the "motive" of cashing in on an insurance policy after you killed the insured? Preposterous!

One of the jurors - after the conviction - said she wished she had known about the abuse during the trial. It would have changed everything. The judge wouldn't allow it - the deceased had not been convicted, only charged prior to his death.