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LA Times: Edwards Engaged

According to the Los Angeles Times, John Edwards is engaged to Rielle Hunter. I am a bit surprised to see they say their source is the National Enquirer, so take it for what you will…

It sure seems like a “spiteful move,” if this is true for John Edwards. His wife kicks him out and then Rielle gets the offer? Or, if Rielle got the offer just before Young’s book was released, you sure do wonder if Edwards did it to appease Hunter from speaking out against him, don’t you? How insulting is that for Rielle! Any woman who doesn’t see through that doesn’t have a bright future.

I’d kick him to the curb for a proposal like that!

30th Annual "Outstanding Mother Awards"

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More on POI in Somer Case

From Jacksonville.com…

An arrest warrant accuses Harrell of downloading pornographic images and movies of girls as young as 6 on a computer and numerous discs, which roommates found in an aparment he once lived in on Wells Road and turned over to police. Harrell was kicked out of that apartment after being accused of stealing an IPOD touch of a roommate.

Beseler said Harrell also lived in a home at 1152 Gano Ave., which was searched today as part of a series of search warrants served in the case. The home is along a path that Somer, 7, disappared on Oct. 19 while on her way home from school. Beseler did not say if Harrell had moved into the home after leaving his Wells Road apartment…

Paul van der Sloot: Dead at 57

Young in Contempt of Court

A superior court judge today has said that Andrew Young is in contempt of court today for not turning over the private property of Rielle Hunter. Young has until Wednesday to comply (source).

Judge's Decision

Thanks, Karon, for the update.

Casey Anthony’s Apology: Fake?

A reader requested that I review Casey Anthony’s apology to her friend, Amy Huizenga, in the case of check fraud. Anonymous asks on my “Feedback” request page:

http://www.wftv.com/video/22335848/index.html She has super-twitchy microexpressions particularly compared to her blank face a few minutes earlier during her plea form responses http://www.wftv.com/video/22335740/index.html at 1:58 to 3:11 and during the prosecution’s descriptions of her crimes at 4:32 to 4:58 (where I swear I see smiling microexpressions while the prosecutor is talking about Casey‘s purchases at Target.)

Thanks for your request! Here are my thoughts: Read more

When I watch Casey in the second video link, where the judge talks to Casey and asks her questions about her plea deal (at the time marker’s specified above), I see no micro expressions. I do not see any positive emotions either. I do, however, see that Casey is swallowing frequently, which is an indication she is likely uncomfortable or nervous.

In the first video link, when I watch Casey as she apologizes to the court (and her friend), I believe that Casey is truly sincere. Her breakdown is genuine and real. It is not fake. I do not see any micro expressions, but what I suspect you are seeing are the normal stress movements of the face as Casey Anthony is trying to hold herself back from crying.

Micro expressions are flashes of hidden emotion that occur in 1/25th of a second. They are fast and fleeting.

What is fascinating to me, and it is very common, is that once people see someone in a negative light, they are unable to accept or see that a person with a negative history can still do genuine and positive things. I suspect this is due to an emotional bias. Emotional biases are a huge blinder to seeing the truth for every one of us. It’s one of the biggest pitfalls to being accurate at deception detection…

Thanks, anonymous, for sharing your thoughts with us.

Clarification (2-6-2010): While Casey’s crying episode was real and genuine, what we don’t know was “what she was crying about”. It may have been feelings of sorrow for her friend. It may have been tears for herself, but the emotions were genuine. That’s all I can ever say 🙂 I’m not a mind reader 🙂