Why JE must be discredited at all costs.

[JDPriestly]

24. Each juror probably had a slightly different opinion.

The prosecution's star witness was deemed untrustworthy by at least some members of the jury -- and that was the crux of the evidence. In addition, the jury foreman said that the law was just too murky -- which is why I thought that Edwards would not be convicted. The FEC, I think, had already determined there was no violation of campaign laws. So the charges should not have been brought in the first place.

See my posts above. I see Edwards as a kind of Job-type -- the loss of his son, his wife, elections, Rielle Hunter coming into his life (I have a lot of questions about her), and now very likely being in a state of complete loss about what to do next, what the meaning of his life is, where did he go.

And yes, if you read the story of Job, you will see that Job's arrogance is key to his ultimate suffering and repentance.

If you are not religious, you can read the story of Job as a myth, as a myth that describes an experience or experiences in life that are not just imaginary, a myth that describes a sort of human prototype. I find the story of Job to be, as religious people would phrase it, the story of true redemption. To interpret the story in secular language, it is the story of a powerful, perhaps arrogant man defeated by events coming to realize his humble place in the universe.