JUSTICE FOR ALL

MARK JENSEN VS. STATE OF WISCONSIN

On Dec. 3 1998 another woman's life was taken by the man who was supposed to be closest to her. Domestic violence once again, carefully planned and executed to look the desperate act of an unstable woman. A woman so unstable that not only would she take her own life, but would leave false clues in order to frame her husband for murder. And some people believed it.

This murder took 10 years to solve, but the state was finally able to close its case on Feb. 21, 2008. That, of course, is for now. Rumor has it an appeal will be filed. But no matter what happens in the future, Mark Jensen is behind bars now, a convicted murderer. And this jury, out of Walworth County, got it right.

A long list of evidence showed Jensen for what he really is. A man who wallows in bizarre sexual fixations, lies, deceit, tapes, porn, infidelity, jealousy, mental abuse and selfishness. A sick bastard filled with abnormal rage and a plan to use a few doses of Antifreeze to kill his wife and make the world believe that it was the suicide of a depressed, unbalanced woman. Not suicide, Mr. Jensen: MURDER.

The saddest part of this tragedy is that the victim refused to let herself trust her own instincts. She refused to fully believe that her husband of 14 years could or would possibly do in reality what she was secretly terrified he would do. Julie Jensen had two beloved young children to raise and was so much in love with this man that she let her heart get the best of her.

A tragic mix of love, fear, lack of self-worth and self-belief made Julie Jensen deny for too long that her husband Mark was capable of doing any real harm to her. The tragedy is compounded by the fact that during Julie Jensen's last few weeks of life she did finally start to believe what her husband, the father of her two children, was capable of.

Julie opened up her eyes and closed that confusing door to her heart just long enough to write a very private, telling letter. Signed, sealed and delivered to her neighbors with a promise it would be handed over to the authorities "only" in the event something terrible would ever happen to her. Like death under suspicious circumstances.

Mark Jensen thought he committed the perfect murder. But even though there are crimes that go unsolved, there is no such thing as the perfect crime. There is always a mistake or an oversight that isn't noticed by the killer. Mark Jensen may have disguised Julie's murder as suicide, but not forever. His mistakes and oversights, his own words and his Internet trail – used at first to try to frame Julie for her own death – ultimately brought him down.

Mark Jensen thought he got his due when he was shed of Julie and free – free to raise his sons, free to live his life, free to marry Kelly. But the end for Mark is not freedom; it is now – finally - a murder conviction and incarceration. The end for Mark is justice for Julie.

There was a detective who never dismissed this case as a suicide, but rather held onto his sixth sense and strong conviction it was indeed a homicide. There was a D.A.'s office that persevered. And there was a jury that listened to the evidence, debated with each other and came to a righteous decision. After 3 days of deliberation Mark Jensen was finally found G-U-I-L-T-Y of first-degree intentional Homicide in the death of his former wife Julie Jensen.

Interesting that when two people take their vows the preacher has the bride and groom repeat, "Till death do us part." Mark Jensen found a whole new meaning to those 5 sacred words.

Finally, Julie Jensen, you can rest in peace.

So Ladies and Gentlemen you better think twice.
Took nearly took 10 years, but he's paying the price.