Thrasher Banks

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With Mick's guilty verdict, that chapter of our life together came to an end. As the years went by and we moved on with our lives, the box my mom gave me would sit collecting dust in my grandma's basement. Now that I sit here pouring over the documents in the box, I still wonder, was Mick telling the full truth or did he deceive all of us?

With Mick's guilty verdict, that chapter of our life together came to an end. As the years went by and we moved on with our lives, the box my mom gave me would sit collecting dust in my grandma's basement. Now that I sit here pouring over the documents in the box, I still wonder, was Mick telling the full truth or did he deceive all of us?

And not just my family, but his attorney, Isabel, the jury at his trial, and even Tim's attorney, Carl. It seems like just about everyone outside of law enforcement felt that Mick acted out of fear that night. I'm at the bottom of the box now. I've gone through nearly every scrap, every letter, every document.

And not just my family, but his attorney, Isabel, the jury at his trial, and even Tim's attorney, Carl. It seems like just about everyone outside of law enforcement felt that Mick acted out of fear that night. I'm at the bottom of the box now. I've gone through nearly every scrap, every letter, every document.

What's left is a few items that shed light on what really happened on the night of Cindy Cozad's murder. From Tenderfoot TV, I'm Thrasher Banks. This is Lords of Death. With Mick's conviction for the murder of Cindy Kozad, there was a real chance he would spend the rest of his life behind bars. But it turned out that Mick and his defense team had a plan.

What's left is a few items that shed light on what really happened on the night of Cindy Cozad's murder. From Tenderfoot TV, I'm Thrasher Banks. This is Lords of Death. With Mick's conviction for the murder of Cindy Kozad, there was a real chance he would spend the rest of his life behind bars. But it turned out that Mick and his defense team had a plan.

Mick filed an appeal that argued his conviction should be overturned in favor of a new trial due to ineffective counsel from his defense. They laid out three separate claims to prove that Mick's defense failed to properly represent him in court.

Mick filed an appeal that argued his conviction should be overturned in favor of a new trial due to ineffective counsel from his defense. They laid out three separate claims to prove that Mick's defense failed to properly represent him in court.

First, there was a chain of custody issue with the witness that prevented a forensic expert from testifying that none of Cindy Cozad's blood was found on Mick's clothing. Further, their testimony would have verified that there was no blood found in my mom's car.

First, there was a chain of custody issue with the witness that prevented a forensic expert from testifying that none of Cindy Cozad's blood was found on Mick's clothing. Further, their testimony would have verified that there was no blood found in my mom's car.

This would have disproved the version of the story that Mick told my mom the night of the murder, that Cindy was shot while still in the vehicle. The second claim involved a rebuttal witness that was called by the state. He was a prison psychologist who conducted an assessment on Mick while he was in prison for murdering his uncle.

This would have disproved the version of the story that Mick told my mom the night of the murder, that Cindy was shot while still in the vehicle. The second claim involved a rebuttal witness that was called by the state. He was a prison psychologist who conducted an assessment on Mick while he was in prison for murdering his uncle.

The psychologist testified that Mick showed signs typical of someone with antisocial disorder. During cross-examination, Mick's attorney, Chuck Smiley, pursued a line of questioning that led the psychologist to say that people with this personality disorder can exhibit, at times, a disregard for human life.

The psychologist testified that Mick showed signs typical of someone with antisocial disorder. During cross-examination, Mick's attorney, Chuck Smiley, pursued a line of questioning that led the psychologist to say that people with this personality disorder can exhibit, at times, a disregard for human life.

The last claim was that by deciding not to cross-examine my mom, Carrie, during her testimony for the state, the defense failed to establish that she feared Tim in the aftermath of the murder. The appellate court found that the first two claims, taken together, undermined confidence in the outcome of the trial.

The last claim was that by deciding not to cross-examine my mom, Carrie, during her testimony for the state, the defense failed to establish that she feared Tim in the aftermath of the murder. The appellate court found that the first two claims, taken together, undermined confidence in the outcome of the trial.

They added that the testimony of a witness called by the state that heard the gunshots that night was consistent with Mick's account of the murder. This, according to the appellate court, supported a verdict of innocence on the murder charge.

They added that the testimony of a witness called by the state that heard the gunshots that night was consistent with Mick's account of the murder. This, according to the appellate court, supported a verdict of innocence on the murder charge.