Such a Good Boy How a Pampered Sons Greed Led to Murder...

Such A Good Boy: How A Pampered Sons Greed Led to Murder: Summary 18 year old Darren Huenemann of Saanich, British Columbia seemed to be a model student, friend, son and grandson. His mother Sharon called him the perfect gentleman, as did most of the community around him. When his grandmother Doris made out her will in 1989, she made it so her daughter Sharon would receive half of her $4 million dollar estate, and Darren the other half. At the same time Sharon updated her will to include Darren as the beneficiary of her estate. If they ever came to harm and died, he would be a very rich young man. In the fall of 1989, Darren Huenemann decided that he wanted to be that very rich young man now. The book, Such A Good Boy: How A†¦show more content†¦They arrested Muir, Lords and Heunemann for first degree murder. While Heunemann could be tried in an adult court since he was 18, the other two boys were only 16, which meant a hearing to see if they should be lifted to adult court as well. Issues here included the reform possibilities of the two, their mental health, the harshness of adult prisons, and the severity of the brutal slayings. It was concluded that both should be tried in an adult court, and that no protection from the Young Offenders Act should be offered. In the Heunemann trial, the crown lawyer Sean Madigan knew that reasonable doubt and presumption of innocence would be his obstacles, and that defe nse lawyer Chris Considine would use these tactics and clauses to win his case. Pictures of the victims, character witnesses against Darren and a few of Darrens friends from Dungeons Dragons game sessions were the prosecutions tools to try to convict Darren. Darrens friends all testified that he had been known to say that he wanted to snap [his] grans neck. Amanda Cousins testified that Darren had shared his plans with her all along. Defense lawyers attacked her credibility, citing that she had lied to police numerous times during questioning, and that her testimony was a way of revenge against Darren for ending their relationship. In their final arguments, both the Crown and the defense used elements of Amandas testimony to strengthen their case. The jury, after only three hours after