Movie What Jennifer Did (What Jennifer Did) successfully reminded global audiences of the “tragic” night that occurred in November 2010, when a young girl named Jennifer Pan hired 3 strangers and her ex-boyfriend to plot to murder her parents. mine. The documentary project is ranked #1 globally because of the horrifying crime that Jennifer committed, but what is most confusing to the audience is the film's “open-ended” ending.
After all, Jennifer Pan and her accomplices received life sentences without parole for 25 years. But another line that confused viewers was that all four perpetrators had appealed to be able to enter a new trial. Netflix's film project stops here, but the real story is much more complicated.
According to Vox, the fact that all the perpetrators in the case filed an appeal and there will be a retrial comes from the judge's flawed and flawed process during the ruling process. At the time, the judge in charge of the case, Justice R. Cary Boswell, gave inappropriate instructions to the jury. This means, Boswell only provides the jury with two guilty verdict options to refer to and make a decision. One is that the perpetrators planned to murder Jennifer's parents, and the other is that they planned to “break into the house and rob” and murder occurred in the process.
Judge Boswell's actions suggested to the jury that the case of Jennifer Pan and her accomplices had only two ways to decide such a crime. However, according to Vox, this process limited the jury's conclusions about the possibilities based on the entire evidence. For example, there is still a possibility that Jennifer Pan herself declared, which is that she hired someone to kill herself, not her parents. Absurd as it may be, this is a possibility that Judge Boswell should have mentioned rather than ignored.
Assuming this additional information is available, Jennifer Pan and her accomplices may be considered for a verdict of “2nd Degree Murder”, which is murder without planning, and the sentence may not be life in prison.
That's why Jennifer Pan and her accomplices appealed, hoping for a retrial. However, whether or not there will be a retrial still depends on the decision of the Supreme Court. Jennifer's lawyers are waiting for a decision to be made around the end of this year or early next year. In the immediate future, Jennifer Pan will still be present at a hearing on June 14.