The Jodi Arias Trial--Fatal Attraction – The Murder of Travis Alexander

[Duchess]

She doesn't deserve the air she breathes.

[Duchess]

I just read this headline, "Jodi Arias' Day of Reckoning Nears". Yabba Dabba Do! This seems like the longest case we have ever followed but it probably isn't.

[Duchess]

Her sentencing retrial has begun (or is it began) and I saw it said it could last into December. That's some kind of bullshit. Today the jurors saw the gruesome pix of Travis' body, the prosecutor should show them every fricken day, I'd like those jurors to see it in their sleep so she gets exactly what she deserves. As you can imagine, her attorney is portraying her as poor Jodi, the girl who was always behind the closed door of the bedroom, never acknowledged. *barf*

[Carsman]

Damn it, she was found guilty of a brutal murder, why the hell is any time needed for sentencing? Why doesn't the judge just say "Hang Her"?!
Why is a Jury involved in her sentencing?
There was no jury for Oscar's sentencing!

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, Mr. Cars, South Africa is both trial and sentencing by judge only. I think it worked in Pistorius' favor, actually.

Anyway, South Africa has serious problems with violence claimed to be self defense and probably wouldn't like it much if we tried to ship Arias' bony ass their way -- "return to sender"...

Btw, she's looking crazier and crazier by the year, to me.


But, maybe we could convince Martinez to recommend a creative life sentence for the slasher if she doesn't end up on death row -- a kind of redemptive one; like sending her to do Mormon missionary work at hospitals in Sierra Leone.

So, yesterday court was adjourned abruptly and Judge Stephens called a juror into chambers for questioning. No explanation given.

Two of the 18 seated re-trial jurors have already been dismissed. One of them had a family emergency and the other approached Beth Karas from HLN and asked her if she was Nancy Grace.

The jury panel now includes 16 people -- 12 jurors plus four alternates -- to decide whether Arias will be sentenced to life imprisonment or death. There's still a couple of months left on the retrial schedule and if they go below 12 it's a mistrial. (They'd better not go below 12.)

[Carsman]

Seems to me MS HotD according to link below, that a judge can and should be able to pronounce sentence on convicted defendants.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/h...29149.html

[HairOfTheDog]

Seems to me MS HotD according to link below, that a judge can and should be able to pronounce sentence on convicted defendants.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/h...29149.html

Yes, many states in the US have sentencing determined by a judge rather than a jury.

But, Arias was tried for a capital crime by the State of Arizona and capital sentencing is by jury.

Anyway, I was just playing with you for recommending the Pistorius treatment and figured you might rather send her to Ebola central instead, sir.

[Carsman]

Seems to me MS HotD according to link below, that a judge can and should be able to pronounce sentence on convicted defendants.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/h...29149.html

Yes, many states in the US have sentencing determined by a judge rather than a jury.

But, Arias was tried for a capital crime by the State of Arizona and capital sentencing is by jury.

Anyway, I was just playing with you for recommending the Pistorius treatment and figured you might rather send her to Ebola central instead, sir.

Yes I would, but with our luck, after she was sent there, she would find some way to weasel her way back here infecting all around her!

Jodi is one lucky biotch, with her luck, a "jury" will sentence her to house arrest at a fancy hotel.

[heartbreaker6713]

Jail time has not been kind to her. She has aged rather quickly I feel.

I wonder if she cut her hair to try to explemify her program for cutting her hair and donating it to a charity for making wigs for cancer patients. She has quite a few grey hairs, I was not expecting that. I'll be interested to see how this hairstyle may change as time goes on.

I'm curious if she'll take the stand again, or if they just play clips. Oh how I can see the two sides arguing olaying clips of the previous testimony versus playing the whole portions of the video.

Either way I can't wait to see this portion of the retrial when it is able to finally be aired. I'll be glued to the tv then for sure.

[Duchess]

I get irate sometimes when I think this bitch is being afforded courtesies. That's how I feel about this trial or whatever the hell it's called. That twat looks smug to me.

[HairOfTheDog]

The trial was delayed until next week due to media coverage issues.

SNIP:
Jodi's attorneys convinced the judge to kick the media and general public out last week to protect a witnesses from threats if his or her identity became known.

Fox 10 learned from three independent sources the witness was Jodi Arias.

An appellate court ruled that the media could be let back in (HOTD: they're under strict orders regarding what they can release publicly anyway).

Jodi's lawyers are appealing the appeals court and in the meantime, asking the judge to order media not to take any video of sidebar conferences involving attorneys and the judge and no more video of Jodi talking to her attorneys, lest any lip readers out there figure out what's being said.

All this even though no video of testimony can be broadcast until after the verdict.

Meanwhile, Jodi's family took to youtube, asking for money to assist in Jodi's defense, that video was swiftly taken off YouTube.

http://www.fox10phoenix.com/story/272958...ng-retrial

[Duchess]

I'm just moseying along through Mock and I see this bitch's name and BOOM. She has a Pavlovs dog affect on me. Damn her. Sometimes I think that twat Jodi is going to outlive us all. I really don't want to hear about that POS singing Christmas carols this year.

[Carsman]

I've said it before, I'll say it again, Jodi is a master at stalling!!!

She'll need Botox to fix her wrinkles before she ever gets sentenced!

[HairOfTheDog]

^ I actually heard your voice in my head saying that when I read the update, Cars.

You're right -- she and her team really know how to drag things out.

I guess Jodi figures that she has nothing to lose by tying up the court and dragging this out as long as possible. She's got nothing but time -- whether she's sentenced to life or death. Really sucks for the tax payers and the Alexander family.

[HairOfTheDog]

DEFENSE FILES MOTION TO DISMISS ALL CHARGES OR DROP THE DEATH PENALTY

The media attorneys are still fighting Judge Stephens' decision to ban them from access to the courtroom while witnesses testify. The defense clams that some witnesses (who some claim = thattwatjodi herself) won't testify unless their identities are protected.

Judge Stephens is getting criticism for sealing some of her decisions and barring media.

But a bigger deal is the new motion filed by the defense. According to the motion, forensic analysis showed that thousands of files from pornography sites were deleted from Travis Alexander's computer during a three-hour period on June 19, 2009, when it was in the possession of the Mesa Police Department.

The defense hired a computer forensic expert to analyze the computer when it was finally turned over to them by the state. The defense alleges that the expert found evidence of deleted porn files. That's a big deal because it contradicts what state witnesses claimed at trial. It would be prosecutorial misconduct. The motion asks for all charges to be dismissed, or the death penalty to be taken off the table.

I really hope this is a bogus claim by the defense. If it's true, the misconduct could have jeopardized Arias' right to a fair trial and could set things way back.

Story and Defense Motion: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/loca.../18828589/

(I hear Carsman in my head again!)

[ramseycat]

It's a ploy to get rid of the death penalty.

[HairOfTheDog]

Sure -- sparing Arias the death penalty is the defense's goal.

And, if it turns out that files were deleted from Alexander's computer and the state lied at trial about the absence of porn, the defense may well achieve that goal. Even a lying murdering twat has the right to a fair trial in this country, and that includes full discovery.

The defense has filed a lot of inane motions in this case over the years, but this motion alleges that there is proof of the deleted porn files. Better not be true. We'll see.

[Duchess]

Sonofabitch!

[Carsman]

DEFENSE FILES MOTION TO DISMISS ALL CHARGES OR DROP THE DEATH PENALTY

The media attorneys are still fighting Judge Stephens' decision to ban them from access to the courtroom while witnesses testify. The defense clams that some witnesses (who some claim = thattwatjodi herself) won't testify unless their identities are protected.

Judge Stephens is getting criticism for sealing some of her decisions and barring media.

But a bigger deal is the new motion filed by the defense. According to the motion, forensic analysis showed that thousands of files from pornography sites were deleted from Travis Alexander's computer during a three-hour period on June 19, 2009, when it was in the possession of the Mesa Police Department.

The defense hired a computer forensic expert to analyze the computer when it was finally turned over to them by the state. The defense alleges that the expert found evidence of deleted porn files. That's a big deal because it contradicts what state witnesses claimed at trial. It would be prosecutorial misconduct. The motion asks for all charges to be dismissed, or the death penalty to be taken off the table.

I really hope this is a bogus claim by the defense. If it's true, the misconduct could have jeopardized Arias' right to a fair trial and could set things way back.

Story and Defense Motion: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/loca.../18828589/

(I hear Carsman in my head again!)

I'm not one to say, I told ya so!

(Damn, the world is just not right! Watch her walk!)

[HairOfTheDog]

Arizona prosecutors on Wednesday denied claims by lawyers for convicted murderer Jodi Arias, who accused the state of deleting thousands of pornographic files from the victim's computer.

Asking Judge Sherry Stephens to toss out the charges, or at least dismiss the death penalty option, defense lawyers argued in a motion on Monday that the state committed prosecutorial misconduct by deleting the files from Alexander's computer.

Prosecutors said on Wednesday the files did not exist. They said Arias' previous attorneys should be blamed if any files were found to be missing, and they added that the computer in question was infected by a virus.

"The facts are opposite of their position," prosecutor Juan Martinez told a judge in Maricopa County Superior Court, responding to the defense's accusations.

Defense lawyer Kirk Nurmi said the files would have helped bolster their case, and that the investigation continues.

"There is a plethora of evidence being uncovered," Nurmi told the court. Stephens did not immediately rule on the motion, and a hearing is expected to be held at a later date.

Full story: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/1...R820141113

Meanwhile, the penalty phase retrial has resumed.