McLean Verdict

Submitted by Gene Patterson on September 11, 2008 - 8:16pm

I doubt anyone watching the murder trial of Eric McLean was surprised with the verdict. Reckless homicide seemed to fit the evidence.

The prosecution was unable to prove that McLean set out deliberately to kill 18 year old Sean Powell. The jury apparently agreeing with the defense that McLean killed the teen accidentally when he pointed a loaded rifle at Powell in an effort to get him off his property.

Both sides showed McLean to be a sad, pathetic individual, especially in how he dealt with his now ex-wife's infidelities. His own attorney, Bruce Poston - in his closing argument - described his client as "gutless."

Powell is the ultimate victim. He is dead.

But some I've spoken with feel McLean is also a victim. He must now live with what he did, even if accidental. And he must deal with the world knowing what he did and how he acted...even while his wife cuckolded him.

The one person we have not heard from - and who many feel - shares at least some responsibility in this tragedy is Erin McLean.

She is nowhere in sight.

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Bringing a loaded weapon to

Submitted by Bayard J. Donahoo (not verified) on September 17, 2008 - 1:04am.

Bringing a loaded weapon to an "anger" situation greatly increases the degree of personal responsibility for person who brings the gun. I'm sorry no one has addressed this.

Justice has been served!

Submitted by Linda Gregg (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 9:43pm.

Justice has been served! Sorry, but the little twit (Erin) was the primary cause of all of this grief. She is a disgrace to the human race and to motherhood! She is pathetic.

YES!!! This was the right

Submitted by Darlene Hayes (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 10:03pm.

YES!!! This was the right verdict. That Erin should be prosecuted for the absolutely horrible excuse for a human being she is.

I am verrrrry pleased that

Submitted by Steve Yankovich (not verified) on September 11, 2008 - 10:37pm.

I am verrrrry pleased that thijury was smart enough to know that this defendant was a pawn in his now ex wifes game of trying to control everyones life.THANK YOU JESUS

Amen! Thank God...I pray

Submitted by Faye Pritchett (not verified) on September 12, 2008 - 2:57am.

Amen! Thank God...I pray Eric never sees a day in jail.

Eric is the victim in this

Submitted by Kaitlyn Ingram (not verified) on September 23, 2008 - 7:57pm.

Eric is the victim in this situation. I feel so bad for what he has been put through. It is not everyday that you find a man that loves you unconditionally and who cherishes you and holds you above all others.

I saw this story on Dateline and I was deeply disturbed when I heard that the 18 year old paramaur taunted Eric that fateful night by telling him that his two children would soon be calling HIM daddy. I was also distrubed when I heard that after Sean's death that Erin began seeing another student of hers in another school district. This women is sick and twisted and I fear for the safety of her children. At the end of the Dateline story it stated that the children and Erin had recently been found and it showed her boys (age 9 & 12) by themselves all day and having to wonder around the construction site where she works as a day laborer with no shoes on. These children need to be taken away from her and placed with Eric, that is my opinion (for what its worth).