Michele Reilly

The script was in Eng, why can’t the diary be in English too?
The defense diary could have been a continuation of the Prosec.’s diary. (P. diary ran out of pages)
How do we know ‘Helios’ was really a God? (false certification)
Hera proved that Medea was unable to control herself. (Possession)
How do we know that the ‘language’ in the Prosec.’s diary is authentic?

Elyce Cole

Jason said Venus compelled Medea to fall in love with Jason and help him retrieve the Golden Fleece. (Compelled is defined by “forced”. Thus, if the goddess could control Medea, it is possible that another could.)
The native language is irrelavent to the case.
Why would Helios give Medea the family heirloom knowing the powers it possesses, and her given state of rage?
The diary was false
Medea’s moods before and after Jason ___ her are contradicting – several people even said she was acting different.
Hera admitted to being responsible for controlling Medea.

Megan White

FWC - Evil=sin; morally wrong. Says Medea is not evil, but someone who kills their children is. Therefore, Medea could not have killed her sons.
Said she did not know what was going on in the house because she did not see
Medea never indicated or said to her that she was a witch, and yet the witness testified that she said at one point she was, with no real proof.
ATM - Bring up whether or not their diary was valid since we had one as well.
Why were all their entries to the diary written in English except the one presented?
Testified that Medea began acting strange before Jason had left her
Helios claimed to know all, but he could not state the date of Medea’s birthday or the birthday party which he had attended.
Nurse claimed that in the entry in Medea’s diary that the prosecution presented was a spell, or so she thought, but how would she know if she could not read the language: because the title and last two lines were in English. Why would they be in English?
In attempts to stump the witnesses on cross, the lawyers often had long pauses in which they had not known what else to ask.

Lindsay Dolan

Prosecution will try to prove that the diary is invalid because of language, but can Medea’s native language or what language she knew be proved?
They will also say the diary has no other entries, but it was on loose leaf and Medea may have them in another place.
Nothing can disprove the fact that Medea had been taken over by Hera.
Hera proved her power over Medea once, why did she have to do it again?
Corinthian women only knew so much, they did not witness anything.

John DeNizio

She had no control over her actions.
Her “spell” from the prosec. Was written in two languages.
Hera was undoubtedly a goddess, and said she committed the crimes.
Her journal was devoid of any entries, showing Hera covered her tracks.
Helios knew no knowledge of his relative, Medea.

Dan Bobev

Medea used powers, knowledge of drugs for good. (e.g. curing Ageus’s sterility)
The affidavit was in English, so English was spoken.
Ageus came to protect Medea from Jason.
Helios should have known the date of Medea’s birthday because he was a relative and attended the party.
Hera demonstrated she had power over Medea and confessed to the court to the murders on the stand.

Chris Fajardo

Prosec. May bring up issue of Hera not wanting to show her powers of control over Medea to the court. Hera, being a goddess, may refuse performance of a spell if she wishes. She did show an example of her power during Direct as a proof, and that example should have been enough.
Validity of diaries – Prosec. may argue about our diary because one entry written in English. There is a likely possibility of having more than one diary, pages removed, written in secondary languages.
Language is NOT an issue. The entire trial is held in English. As a matter of fact, any trial would have to be held in a common language for common understanding. It’s very likely that ALL DOCUMENTS are still valid in a secondary language for the reason on translation so that everyone can understand.
Prosec. may claim that Helios gave the cloak to Medea. Therefore, Medea, having ownership could place a spell, willing the deaths of Creon and Creusa. Medea may have never had the intention to use it. Hera, upon discovering she had the cloak, may have been overjoyed and controlled Medea to place the spell.
Validity of Helios – He claimed that he is “all-knowing”, then clarified that he wouldn’t know absolutely everything. However, being a direct ancestor to Medea and caring enough to attend her birthday, he doesn’t know enough to tell us her birthday. Helios, claiming to know all, knows very little of his granddaughter, Medea.
Under the testimony of Ageus, Medea had knowledge of drugs and charms. This knowledge is different from magical knowledge. However, Medea used her knowledge to help, not harm.
Under the testimonies of our first three witnesses, Medea had been acting with a behavior that was abnormal. Medea was normally a level headed person. Therefore, there may have been an outside influence (Hera, Jason) to her insane behavior.
Our diary handwriting was verified as Medea’s, but the proscution’s was not.

Cortney Collins

Our diary vs. theirs.
	May have just started a new one
	Under Hera’s control, who knew what Medea did, she doesn’t even know.
Helios mentioned that he was present for ceremony when Medea received cloak. If her knew the cloak would be used for evil, why did he not stop the ceremony?
Their diary
	Why is the title written in a different language?
	Could also be a poem/song/story, etc. No proof it was a spell.
Why couldn’t Helios remember Medea’s birthday? He was there, wasn’t he? Is he a real God?
While Medea was under Cupid’s spell, Jason took advantage of her. He got what he needed, but why did he wait so long after that to breakup with her if he never really cared for her?

Kristine Sedillo

(Point out that even though it was written in English) the written language of Medea’s diary (for the defense) was in actuality supposed to be the native language of the Corinthians.
The attendant to Medea said that Medea instructed her in the ATTENDANT’s native tongue, (not Medea’s), which is that of the Corinthians.
Medea knew the language of the Corinthians and the people of Colchis. How else would Corinthiana understand her?
Knew about Jason and his Golden Fleece, she probably did send cupid upon Aphrodite’s request.
The diary presented by the defense IS valid, even though written in Corinthian (English) and not in Medea’s native language; the diary presented by the prosecution also had Corinthian (Eng.) symbols, words, entries.

Matthew Tom-Wolverton

Why was only one entry of their diary written in MNL? And why is it that the only entry written whilst Medea was under possession also happens to be the only one in “MNL”?
Why could Helios not state Medea’s birthday when he attended it?
FWC credibility?
Hera’s possession of Medea accounts for everything she did.
SWC and Ageus confirmed that she wasn’t in her usual state of mind.
Handwriting test meets our diary better than theirs
The prosecution’s spell in the diary was NEVER PROVEN
“Take care, cousin”, signed Helios, to Medea. Helios was a “ancestor”, not a cousin.
“But in return I promised to cure him of his sterility. I will do nothing in return.” Ageus testified that indeed, Medea DID cure him of his sterility.
We only have to prove reasonable doubt; prosec., however, has to prove that she did, in fact, beyond reasonable doubt, kill Creusa, her two sons, and is guilty of manslaughter of Creon. They have not.