Seale Convicted On All Counts

James Seale has been convicted of conspiracy and kidnapping. These charges are enough to possibly put him in jail for the rest of his life.

The Clarion Ledger:

In a closing argument, Justice Department prosecutor Paige Fitzgerald noted how Assistant Federal Public Defender Kathy Nester challenged jurors not to convict Seale based on the word of one untrustworthy man.

"Let me talk to you about one man's word," Fitzgerald said, referring not to chief prosecution witness Charles Marcus Edwards, but to Seale. Edwards acknowledged in his testimony he repeatedly lied to the FBI and the media about his involvement in the crime but said he was telling the truth now.

She recalled for jurors the testimony of a former FBI agent who arrested Seale after the decomposed bodies of Dee and Moore surfaced in an old channel of the Mississippi River near Tallulah, La.

"You know you did it. We know you did it. The Lord above knows you did it," Fitzgerald said, recalling the testimony of the former agent.

She said Seale's reply was, "Yes, but I'm not going to admit it; you're going to have to prove it."

"Those are the words of this man," she said, pointing at Seale.

That statement shows he is "guilty, arrogant, defiant and unrepentant," she said.

Justice be done.