MacKool Trial Update
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A defense lawyer for Leslie MacKool says the
Little Rock woman was afraid for her own life when she killed her
mother.
Attorney Bill James made that argument during opening statements
in the capital murder trial for MacKool. She does not face the
death penalty. James says Mike MacKool threatened to kill his wife
if she botched the murder of her mother, Janie Ballard.
Deputy Prosecutor W.A. McCormick said the couple thought they
would receive up to a two million dollars` inheritance if her
mother died within 30 days of her father.
Leslie MacKool was given only $25,000 dollars of her
father`s estate in a revised will made after she became involved
with Mike MacKool.
Both MacKools are charged with capital murder, and prosecutors
say they will seek the death penalty against the husband.
