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

[HairOfTheDog]

Is that twat Jodi in Sheriff Joe's jail? If she is I can take some satisfaction in that.

Yeah, but she seems to be comfortable and ruling the roost there -- based on some interviews I saw with fellow prisoners after her murder conviction.

The retrial is on holiday break for 2 weeks, as of today. Dragging along....

Yesterday, psychologist and defense witness Dr. Robert Geffner was called to the stand for the fourth day in a row to testify about the abuse that Arias endured in past relationships. Arias' legal team strategically kept the doctor on the stand to prevent him from being cross-examined by prosecutors so the jury will think about his testimony during their holiday break.

Story: http://www.latinpost.com/articles/28132/...assion.htm

I don't believe that Arias is going to be sentenced to death; that's just my gut feeling.

[Duchess]

Yeah, but she seems to be comfortable and rule the roost there

Ugh! That's precisely what I thought might happen and something I feel certain will happen if she is given life. She deserves to pay the highest price for what she did to Travis. This is all such bs. She was found guilty in May of 2013, here we are ready to go into 2015.

[Duchess]

I think it was May, I didn't double check, maybe I just should have said a long fuckin' time ago she was found guilty.

I'm hungup on her singing Christmas carols in the slammer.

[HairOfTheDog]

I think it was May, I didn't double check, maybe I just should have said a long fuckin' time ago she was found guilty.

I'm hungup on her singing Christmas carols in the slammer.

It was a long fuckin' time ago, for sure.

Death penalty cases take a lot longer to get to trial and a lot longer at trial; judges have to be very careful all along the way due to the automatic appeals afforded those convicted in capital cases.

ThatTwatJodi's is taking even longer than usual because of the first sentencing mistrial. So much time and money spent on one Jodi Arias.

I've never cared if Jodi is eventually killed by the state or dies naturally in a cell. But, I would like to see her on death row so that she has fewer people to con and manipulate (something which seems to me to bring her joy).

[HairOfTheDog]

This is so far beyond a joke at this point. They need to put a different judge in that courtroom. She's lost control of this clown show a loooong time ago.

I feel sorry for Judge Stephens; some of this shit can't be avoided because she doesn't want the state to have to start all over again with Arias by leaving any grounds for successful appeal. Nightmare case.

But, I'm starting to agree that Judge Stephens may be part of the problem. Court is delayed again. Jesus Christ. At this rate, the trials of the Boston Bomber and Aaron Hernandez will be wrapped up and Oscar Pistorius will be outta jail before Jodi Arias' fate is sealed.

The latest:
Earlier Monday, Willmott, filed a petition in the Arizona Supreme Court for a stay of the Court of Appeals opinion, once again arguing that Arias' right to due process and a fair trial outweigh the media's First Amendment right to access (the defense doesn't want Arias' retrial testimony released to media and doesn't want media present for other retrial witness testimony).

Stephens asked that Willmott and her colleague, Kirk Nurmi, consult with her by 4 p.m. Monday to determine whether the jury should return and the trial resume Tuesday.

Story: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/loca.../21294087/

[Duchess]

[HairOfTheDog]

I like that emoticon, Duchess.

So, the retrial is back on.

Personally, I don't even care about the identity of witnesses testifying to spare Arias' life. I just want her to have a fair retrial and be sentenced already. But, the press is pushing hard for access to that info and the transcripts, and the defense keeps pushing right back and filing more motions. Round and round.

Anyway, here's the latest:
Convicted murderer Jodi Arias has lost a bid to put her sentencing retrial on hold while she appeals a court's ruling over the public's access to her trial.

The denial Thursday by the Arizona Supreme Court means a transcript of Arias' closed-door testimony on Oct. 30 is one step closer to being released.

Earlier Thursday, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens said she wouldn't rule on a request by news organizations to release a transcript of the closed-door testimony until after the state's high court chimed in on Arias' request to pause the trial.

Stephens closed the courtroom to the public during the testimony of Arias' first defense witness, who was later revealed to be Arias herself.

The judge had explained that the move was necessary because the then-secret witness was skittish and wouldn't testify unless the hearing was closed to the public.

Meanwhile, Stephens allowed a witness on behalf of Arias to testify Thursday under a pseudonym.

Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jodi-arias-l...l-on-hold/

[Duchess]

I like that emoticon, Duchess.

That's exactly how I feel whenever I read about delays in this case and the drama that surrounds that twat.

[HairOfTheDog]

That is STILL the question.

The latest:
The judge in the Jodi Arias case on Wednesday denied a bid by her lawyers to stop prosecutors from seeking the death penalty.

The ruling encompassed motions by the defense claiming that: three of Arias' restrial witnesses refused to testify because they were afraid to do so in open court, that the prosecution destroyed potential porn evidence on Travis Alexander's computer and lied about it, and that the prosecution committed other acts of prosecutorial misconduct.

Judge Stephens said: "Many of those motions alleged prosecutorial misconduct. The cumulative effect of those allegations does not require dismissal of the charges or the notice of intent to seek the death penalty," Stephens wrote. "There may have been errors made, but those errors were not so egregious that they create concerns about the integrity or fundamental fairness of the trial."

Story: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/loca.../21775951/

Put this bitch to bed already!

[HairOfTheDog]

Defense Rests (finally)

The retrial testimony has focused almost solely on painting Travis Alexander as an abusive pervert.

After the court order banning secret testimony, Arias refused to testify further in public and Martinez never got a chance to cross-examine her. Her testimony segued into that of two psychologists who chronicled Alexander's sexual appetites and described him as capable only of sexual intimacy.

Defense attorneys Kirk Nurmi and Jennifer Willmott also brought in computer experts to allege that Alexander's personal computer was rife with viruses from viewing pornography, something Mesa police had denied under oath.

Willmott also presented an affidavit from an Alexander acquaintance who claimed that he had seen Alexander holding down and swearing at his ex-girlfriend, Deanna Reid, during a period when Alexander was a boarder in a house owned by a Mormon bishop. The acquaintance, who was not identified, also claimed he confronted Alexander about a folder of online child pornography that he said Alexander accessed on the bishop's computer.



But, now it's prosecutor Martinez's turn to take the floor. The defense rested its case Thursday morning, and Martinez began his counterattack.

Deanna Reid took the stand and denied that Alexander ever manhandled her. She said she was not even in the country when the secret witness said the abuse took place.

Then Martinez produced the bishop, who denied Alexander was living in his house during the time the abuse allegedly took place. And though the bishop, Vernon Parker — who brought his own attorney to court — said the computer in question had problems with pop-up ads showing scantily-clad women, he avowed that it occurred after Alexander had moved out of the house. Parker thought the virus that caused the pop-ups was the fault of another, later house guest. He also said that he had never seen Alexander use the computer.

And another expert witness, psychologist Janine DeMarte, is set to counter defense claims about Arias' mental illnesses.

The trial is expected to continue well into February.

Ref: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio.../22625159/

[Carsman]

May Jodi R I P, that's the way this should all finally end! What a Bieoch!

[blueberryhill]

Interestingly, I went to cosmetic surgeon here in Phoenix area along with a friend last week re some fillers and turns out he was a mentor/friend of Travis Alexander....Won't mention any names here, but he has been on CNN re case as well as local news. O.K. I didn't get anything done, but my friend had some injections around her mouth and the deep creases completely disappeared.
Jodi is loving all the attention and if she would rather die than spend her life in prison (I read that somewhere), why don't they just lock her up forever...with no more attention from the public.

[HairOfTheDog]

Travis' family feels very strongly that Arias should get the death penalty, blueberry. After the trial jury hung on sentencing, the Alexander family made the decision to go to penalty-phase retrial rather than offer Arias life behind bars.

I would have been okay with Arias getting life without the possibility of parole. But, because she craves attention so much and has the ability to play other inmates, I'd rather see her get the death penalty -- not so much because she might someday far off in the future get executed, but because she would be isolated from anyone other than guards for years while living on death row.

[HairOfTheDog]

Closing Arguments Tomorrow

Finally. The retrial started in mid-October.

Arias refused to testify again today because the court wasn't closed to the public. She indicated that she wanted to allocute. Then, she refused to do so unless her testimony was sealed. She and Judge Stephens reportedly went back and forth.

Judge Stephens dismissed two jurors today; no reasons given. So, 14 jurors will be hearing closing arguments and jury instructions tomorrow before they begin deliberating whether Arias will spend the rest of her natural life behind bars or be sent to death row.

I'm hesitant to get my hopes up that it's really almost over -- Jodi's saga is like a slasher movie. The music lowers, you think the end is near, then the killer pops back up again. I hope this will really be put to bed very soon.


Story: http://www.kpho.com/story/28175637/day-4...s-2-jurors

[JsMom]

Deliberations are starting now according to Dr Drew on Twitter.

[Duchess]

I knew I'd be eligible for my senior discount before anything happened with this twat.

[HairOfTheDog]

Let's hope deliberations don't take forever...

I don't believe that Jodi Arias will be sentenced to death.

I think it's more likely that the jury will either fail to come to a unanimous decision, or they'll sentence her to life without the possibility of parole.

(If it's another hung jury, the judge will decide sentencing -- either life with the possibility of parole or life without parole.)

[Duchess]

At some point in the future I firmly believe I will be reading about the cozy lil' life she's made for herself behind bars. That bitch will be singing Christmas carols during the holidays this year and baking sugar cookies for those on her block. Sonofabitch.

[HairOfTheDog]

At some point in the future I firmly believe I will be reading about the cozy lil' life she's made for herself behind bars. That bitch will be singing Christmas carols during the holidays this year and baking sugar cookies for those on her block. Sonofabitch.

If she escapes the death penalty, I agree that she'll acclimate and make herself at home.

This is a good rundown of the conditions that she faces under each possible verdict in Arizona: death row, natural life, or life with possible parole after 25 years. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/26...62876.html

[Duchess]

I agree that she'll acclimate and make herself at home.

I resent that so much. I remember the day I found the pictures of Travis and the complete horror I felt upon seeing them. I loathe every courtesy I've seen given to her but I do understand that many of them are to prevent her from filing some kind of ridiculous appeal at a later date. I think she's the devil personified. I don't think they will put her to death. I used to but I no longer do.