Sho alexander's ry on what happened is that her lawyer made the disastrous decision to remove first degree manslaughter as an option. To me, i don't understand how her lawyer thought he would get not guilty,. Like she did do something extremely reckless, right? When you're in the middle of a fight with your boy friend, or a slowly dying relationship, it's a really bad idea show up at your boy friend's house with a loaded gun. No one testified about her mental state in the entire trial. She was having a normal one. What they were worried about was that if a defence psychologist testifies, then all their notes have to be given over to the prosecutor