re: If you're ever feeling that life isn't fair

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Was a video tape of her not enough for the trial?

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That's what it was...a deposition on tape.

But it's complicated, they didn't bring a murder charge until after his assault and arson conviction.... Months and months later when it was apparent she would die.

But they had to have her testify as she was the only one who could tell the truth.

First they tried to save her...but a nurse said, people with these burns die 110% of the time...then they medicated her and she had 50 surgeries...

When she testified for over 3 hours, they had to remove her pain medication 24 hours prior to make her testimony admissible...

And they feared, if they deliberately and compassionately killed her by over-medicating her at the end (which is usually the case), his conviction for murder could be over-turned.

I think the watch is to honor her courage... Because she wanted to live to tell her story and get justice. It wasn't just the Prosecution pushing this. He would've only got 11 years if she died. They rightfully so wanted the Death Penalty.