for the past two or more years, and that is Jodi Arias's behavior is easily explained once you realize she got herself involved in a religious cult that prides outside appearances above all.
It always was about protecting Travis Alexander. Her lies to the police were about protecting him, since he was far short of being any kind of saint in this life and the afterlife. The entire prosecution was based on covering up the fact he was a liar, a cheat, a pervert, an abuser, a porn addict, a would-be if not actual pedophile, a failure in business, and so on down the line. The media narrative, begun with the despicable Maureen Maher and her 48 Hours producer, was absurd on its face and was peddled without criticism of the motives of TA's friends and family.
They always were a pack of liars who were willing to throw someone under the bus when they KNEW TA was everything I have stated above and likely more.
Jodi Arias's statement before the stupid judge sentenced her to LWOP, a sentence she had already made up in her mind after the death penalty was finally taken off the table:
CBS 5 - KPHO
Interview of defense attorney Jennifer Willmott by the Arizona Republic's Michael Kiefer:
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It Is Merely the Beginning of a New Phase
As expected, the dipshit incompetent judge named Sherry Stephens of Arizona sentenced defendant Jodi Arias to life without the possibility of parole for the self-defense death--wrongly called premeditated murder--of Travis Alexander seven years ago.
Stephens is up for re-election in 2016. She never should have been allowed on the bench, but she wants that salary and that pension, so she doesn't dare alienate the lynch mob, including a mess of Mormons in Mesa, that were upset already Arias didn't get the death penalty.
The only problem is the appeals will take a lot longer because Jodi's life is no longer on the line.
Sandy Arias, Jodi's mother:
CBS 5 - KPHO
Jennifer Willmott, one of Jodi Arias's attorneys:
CBS 5 - KPHO
I do believe the verdict will be overturned on appeal, but it will be many years in the making.
Stephens is up for re-election in 2016. She never should have been allowed on the bench, but she wants that salary and that pension, so she doesn't dare alienate the lynch mob, including a mess of Mormons in Mesa, that were upset already Arias didn't get the death penalty.
The only problem is the appeals will take a lot longer because Jodi's life is no longer on the line.
Sandy Arias, Jodi's mother:
CBS 5 - KPHO
Jennifer Willmott, one of Jodi Arias's attorneys:
CBS 5 - KPHO
I do believe the verdict will be overturned on appeal, but it will be many years in the making.
The Day After the Hung Jury
The freaks and weirdos who claim they support Travis Alexander and his family were out in full force yesterday and today, whining that Jodi Arias, somebody who never had any criminal past, and most likely didn't commit a crime when she killed Alexander in self-defense in June of 2008, will remain alive rather than dead.
Who the fuck is that goddamned sick they want somebody dead and create even MORE grief for more people?
I have never said much about TA's family when I made extensive comments about the trial two years ago, but enough is goddamned fucking enough with the wailing and tears. He's been dead for seven years, for shit's sake. Get a clue and stop with the professional victim card.
Here is the mistrial being declared by the incompetent Judge Sherry Stephens, who will no doubt sentence Jodi Arias to life without parole on April 13 so that she won't lose re-election as a judge:
Note the wailing from the Alexander sisters, right on cue. What sick fucks are these women that they would cry because somebody's life was spared, especially given the fact their brother was a liar, a cheat, a pervert, a business failure, a porn addict, a kiddie porn addict, an abuser, and a general all-around fraud who was a psychological train wreck?
If Jodi had been acquitted, like she should have been (hell, she never should have been charged in the first place), I could understand the tears, but this shit after the penalty phase? Spare me, please. This is fucking sadistic.
Now contrast this display with the actions of the family of murder victim Jay Orbin, whose case was another one out of Arizona and was actually prosecuted by Juan Martinez's shack-up Treena Kay back in 2009. That case was far, far worse. This was actually a premeditated murder by Orbin's wife (technically ex-wife) Marjorie, who shot him, froze him, chopped his head, arms, and legs off, removed all of his internal organs, and left his torso in a Rubbermaid container where his remains could be found by authorities after he was reported missing. This was so she could cash in on hundreds of thousands of dollars in life insurance. She was tired of Jay, a really nice guy without a mean bone in his body, who she regarded as nothing more than a sperm donor for their son Noah, so it was time to get rid of him. She would get little money other than child support if the two actually separated, so she thought weeks or even months ahead of time she was going to kill him. Marjorie didn't know she couldn't collect a life insurance policy if there was no body unless he had been legally declared dead--which would have to be seven years after he was reported missing. She got rid of him and eventually got arrested, tried, and convicted of this heinous crime. Orbin's family, who went through much hell seeing justice carried out, acted with total class throughout. When Marjorie was spared death and got life without parole, the family was perfectly okay with it because they didn't want their nephew or grandson's mother put to death. They didn't cry their eyes out on cue and wail, and they sure as hell didn't go on Twitter or Facebook calling for the heads of the jurors because they chose to spare her life.
The Alexander family could learn a lot about courtroom decorum from the Orbins.
Do I ever agree with this blogger.
It will take many years for Jodi Arias to walk free, and probably not until it goes to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. I may be dead by the time that happens.
Who the fuck is that goddamned sick they want somebody dead and create even MORE grief for more people?
I have never said much about TA's family when I made extensive comments about the trial two years ago, but enough is goddamned fucking enough with the wailing and tears. He's been dead for seven years, for shit's sake. Get a clue and stop with the professional victim card.
Here is the mistrial being declared by the incompetent Judge Sherry Stephens, who will no doubt sentence Jodi Arias to life without parole on April 13 so that she won't lose re-election as a judge:
Note the wailing from the Alexander sisters, right on cue. What sick fucks are these women that they would cry because somebody's life was spared, especially given the fact their brother was a liar, a cheat, a pervert, a business failure, a porn addict, a kiddie porn addict, an abuser, and a general all-around fraud who was a psychological train wreck?
If Jodi had been acquitted, like she should have been (hell, she never should have been charged in the first place), I could understand the tears, but this shit after the penalty phase? Spare me, please. This is fucking sadistic.
Now contrast this display with the actions of the family of murder victim Jay Orbin, whose case was another one out of Arizona and was actually prosecuted by Juan Martinez's shack-up Treena Kay back in 2009. That case was far, far worse. This was actually a premeditated murder by Orbin's wife (technically ex-wife) Marjorie, who shot him, froze him, chopped his head, arms, and legs off, removed all of his internal organs, and left his torso in a Rubbermaid container where his remains could be found by authorities after he was reported missing. This was so she could cash in on hundreds of thousands of dollars in life insurance. She was tired of Jay, a really nice guy without a mean bone in his body, who she regarded as nothing more than a sperm donor for their son Noah, so it was time to get rid of him. She would get little money other than child support if the two actually separated, so she thought weeks or even months ahead of time she was going to kill him. Marjorie didn't know she couldn't collect a life insurance policy if there was no body unless he had been legally declared dead--which would have to be seven years after he was reported missing. She got rid of him and eventually got arrested, tried, and convicted of this heinous crime. Orbin's family, who went through much hell seeing justice carried out, acted with total class throughout. When Marjorie was spared death and got life without parole, the family was perfectly okay with it because they didn't want their nephew or grandson's mother put to death. They didn't cry their eyes out on cue and wail, and they sure as hell didn't go on Twitter or Facebook calling for the heads of the jurors because they chose to spare her life.
The Alexander family could learn a lot about courtroom decorum from the Orbins.
Do I ever agree with this blogger.
It will take many years for Jodi Arias to walk free, and probably not until it goes to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. I may be dead by the time that happens.
Hung Jury
There will be no death penalty for Jodi Arias as the jury could not reach an agreement on a penalty. Now an incompetent judge will have the ball in her court, and Arias and her family will have a long, long road ahead with regard to appeals.
A death sentence would have made a reversal of the original ridiculous verdict more likely. Now with her life no longer at stake, it will be much harder for her. She and her family will have to raise major dollars for a good appellate lawyer to get the bullshit guilty verdict tossed out. Judges usually are loath to overturn findings of fact by juries, even if those facts weren't facts at all.
Sentencing date is April 13, presumably this year.
One brave juror stood her ground and believed this case wasn't a death penalty case. According to her husband, she was pressured to changing her vote by the idiots who already had made up their minds before the retrial started.
She refused, of course, and I expect her to get death threats.
A death sentence would have made a reversal of the original ridiculous verdict more likely. Now with her life no longer at stake, it will be much harder for her. She and her family will have to raise major dollars for a good appellate lawyer to get the bullshit guilty verdict tossed out. Judges usually are loath to overturn findings of fact by juries, even if those facts weren't facts at all.
Sentencing date is April 13, presumably this year.
One brave juror stood her ground and believed this case wasn't a death penalty case. According to her husband, she was pressured to changing her vote by the idiots who already had made up their minds before the retrial started.
She refused, of course, and I expect her to get death threats.
The Trial That Took a Century
I seriously doubt she will get the death penalty, but in any case the retrial of the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias case, which took almost as long as the original trial, has gone to the jury.
I didn't write about this retrial much since it wasn't televised although I have still been following it. Lots of information came out in this proceeding that wasn't out there in the original trial.
The same incompetent judge is still showing her bias toward the corrupt prosecution. She didn't even declare a mistrial when the Alexander family pulled their little theatrical shit yesterday by walking out of the courtroom in a show of disrespect for the defense.
Disgraceful.
I didn't write about this retrial much since it wasn't televised although I have still been following it. Lots of information came out in this proceeding that wasn't out there in the original trial.
The same incompetent judge is still showing her bias toward the corrupt prosecution. She didn't even declare a mistrial when the Alexander family pulled their little theatrical shit yesterday by walking out of the courtroom in a show of disrespect for the defense.
Disgraceful.
Arias Secret Transcripts
The secret transcripts of Jodi Arias are now released to the media. Details can be found here.
It's mostly stuff that came out in the first trial.
It's mostly stuff that came out in the first trial.
It's Long Past Due to Dismiss the Jodi Arias Case
It is getting worse and worse for the prosecution in the second penalty trial of Jodi Arias, as a defense computer expert has absolutely destroyed the prosecution regarding pornography on victim Travis Alexander's computer. Unfortunately, the jury didn't hear anything since this was a hearing.
Somebody fiddled with that computer after TA died, and the only ones who could have done it were those in the prosecutor's office.
The judge is so incompetent she will allow this farce to continue, leaving the dirty work to the appellate courts, but it should be booted out.
And Martinez had the nerve to call Arias a liar in the original trial about walking in on Travis when he was masturbating to photos of young boys.
Stay tuned, folks.
Somebody fiddled with that computer after TA died, and the only ones who could have done it were those in the prosecutor's office.
The judge is so incompetent she will allow this farce to continue, leaving the dirty work to the appellate courts, but it should be booted out.
But the Alexander computer was turned on twice without using a write-blocker, Neumeister said, once the day after Alexander's body was discovered in June 2008 and again in June 2009, when the attorneys came to examine it.
Files were erased both times, he said, and when the machine was not turned off correctly, it suffered more data loss.
The machine was rife with viruses that are spread through viewing pornography, he said. The viruses themselves downloaded some porn files, an explanation offered by Martinez in motions. But there were others that were the result of searches. Neumeister found thousands of sites accessed when he entered search words like "teen."
And Martinez had the nerve to call Arias a liar in the original trial about walking in on Travis when he was masturbating to photos of young boys.
Stay tuned, folks.
I'd Call It Projection, Juan
In a truly bizarre twist in the Jodi Arias penalty phase retrial, persecutor Juan Martinez is trying to persuade an increasingly skeptical public that his department had nothing to do with the erasure of those porn files, more than a few of which were kiddie porn sites, on Travis Alexander's laptop. Instead, he is claiming Jodi Arias's lawyer at the time was the culprit.
Of course the attorney vehemently denied it. It doesn't make a damned bit of sense anyway to DELETE files that would HELP your client's case.
Nope, old Juan and his cronies were somehow responsible to tampering with evidence.
Too bad all of the stuff being discussed in the retrial were not allowed to come out in the open in the original trial.
Of course the attorney vehemently denied it. It doesn't make a damned bit of sense anyway to DELETE files that would HELP your client's case.
Nope, old Juan and his cronies were somehow responsible to tampering with evidence.
Nurmi and Willmott fought to get another look at Alexander's computer and obtained it only on the day before the second trial began.
The record, incidentally, is full of orders from the judges who have had the case to compel Martinez to turn over the evidence, which he denied existed at first.
Nurmi claimed that a forensic computer expert found that thousands of pornographic images had been removed from the computer during a three-hour period on June 19, 2009. He alleged prosecutorial misconduct and asked that the murder conviction be thrown out, or at least that the intent to seek the death penalty be lifted.
Martinez responded in a motion Wednesday, claiming he is still unaware of any porn on the computer, and pointing out that the specified three hours was when Schaffer, her co-counsel Greg Parzych and an investigator were viewing the computer.
Too bad all of the stuff being discussed in the retrial were not allowed to come out in the open in the original trial.
Time to Toss the Arias Conviction Into the Trash Can
I doubt given the judge's incompetence she will toss out the conviction despite all of the numerous instances of prosecutorial misconduct, but it is the only sane thing to do at this point.
The case against Jodi Arias, always a nonexistent one to begin with, is unfixable and the conviction needs to be thrown out.
When all of the evidence against her is tainted, to say nothing of the Mormon mob's intense drive to railroad her to death row in order to protect a woman abuser and a kiddie porn addict from being exposed, it's really over with.
The case against Jodi Arias, always a nonexistent one to begin with, is unfixable and the conviction needs to be thrown out.
When all of the evidence against her is tainted, to say nothing of the Mormon mob's intense drive to railroad her to death row in order to protect a woman abuser and a kiddie porn addict from being exposed, it's really over with.
As Far As I am Concerned, the Jodi Arias Case is Over
The only reasons it will most probably continue are because the judge is in the tank with the prosecution and she never had any control over a case of this notoriety to begin with.
Anybody who carefully followed the case like I did knows the prosecution was extremely corrupt. They never had any evidence at all of premeditated murder. This was a grossly overcharged case. This was not a first-degree murder case. This was not a second-degree murder case. This was not a manslaughter case. This was a classic case of self-defense. The violence at the scene proves there was a life-or-death struggle going on in that house in early June of 2008. Travis Alexander was the one who lost the fight, but it could have very easily been Jodi Arias.
The Mormon mob consisting of Alexander's friends and business associates got hold the narrative early on, going to 48 Hours and peddling an absolutely ridiculous--and unchallenged--story that Jodi traveled all the way from Yreka to Mesa because she was angry Travis was going to take somebody else to Cancun and killed him in a jealous rage. Later on HLN and other media outlets peddled the story. It made no damned sense whatsoever. Making sense had nothing to do with why the Mormon mob peddled this stupidity. It had to do with protecting one of their own, Travis, no matter what the cost to others. It's becoming more and more clear this poor soul had some serious issues perhaps stemming from his own abused childhood. He was an abuser, and now it seems irrefutable he had an addiction to porn, including kiddie porn, possession of which is a crime and was when he was alive.
With many Mormons, it's all about saving face, even if the person whose face they are trying to save is dead. Lying about and virtually lynching somebody else is perfectly acceptable. The end, of course, justifies the means, even if this means the criminal justice system has been perverted to achieve this end.
If we have evidence tampering here--and we already have proof of perjury in the original trial--how can anybody be sure ANY evidence the prosecution had wasn't concealed or tampered?
As far as I am concerned, this case is over. It needs to be thrown out "with prejudice," meaning that Jodi Arias could never be tried again for the death of Travis Alexander. It's unfixable.
Anybody who carefully followed the case like I did knows the prosecution was extremely corrupt. They never had any evidence at all of premeditated murder. This was a grossly overcharged case. This was not a first-degree murder case. This was not a second-degree murder case. This was not a manslaughter case. This was a classic case of self-defense. The violence at the scene proves there was a life-or-death struggle going on in that house in early June of 2008. Travis Alexander was the one who lost the fight, but it could have very easily been Jodi Arias.
The Mormon mob consisting of Alexander's friends and business associates got hold the narrative early on, going to 48 Hours and peddling an absolutely ridiculous--and unchallenged--story that Jodi traveled all the way from Yreka to Mesa because she was angry Travis was going to take somebody else to Cancun and killed him in a jealous rage. Later on HLN and other media outlets peddled the story. It made no damned sense whatsoever. Making sense had nothing to do with why the Mormon mob peddled this stupidity. It had to do with protecting one of their own, Travis, no matter what the cost to others. It's becoming more and more clear this poor soul had some serious issues perhaps stemming from his own abused childhood. He was an abuser, and now it seems irrefutable he had an addiction to porn, including kiddie porn, possession of which is a crime and was when he was alive.
With many Mormons, it's all about saving face, even if the person whose face they are trying to save is dead. Lying about and virtually lynching somebody else is perfectly acceptable. The end, of course, justifies the means, even if this means the criminal justice system has been perverted to achieve this end.
If we have evidence tampering here--and we already have proof of perjury in the original trial--how can anybody be sure ANY evidence the prosecution had wasn't concealed or tampered?
As far as I am concerned, this case is over. It needs to be thrown out "with prejudice," meaning that Jodi Arias could never be tried again for the death of Travis Alexander. It's unfixable.
Why the Arias Conviction Will Be Overturned
One of the two reasons this outrageous conviction will be overturned is because of the death threats to witnesses and the false narrative pushed by the Mormon cultists who are doing it thinking it helps victim Travis Alexander and his family. The other is the equally outrageous media coverage which sought to promote the false narrative the Mormon mob has pushed since shortly after Jodi Arias was arrested in 2008.
The media are crying "foul" because yesterday Judge Sherry Stephens kicked virtually everybody out of the courtroom, including and especially the media in order for an anonymous defense witness to testify. Now they are demanding to know the name of the presumably threatened witness who was trying to give another perspective of what happened in early June of 2008.
The media people can't seem to get it through their heads that the public's "right to know" is completely overshadowed by a defendant's right to a fair trial.
Judge Stephens should have never allowed ANY media or general public in the courtroom AT ALL in the original trial. Maybe the outcome would have been different, but certainly defense witnesses wouldn't have been hounded with death threats.
The media are crying "foul" because yesterday Judge Sherry Stephens kicked virtually everybody out of the courtroom, including and especially the media in order for an anonymous defense witness to testify. Now they are demanding to know the name of the presumably threatened witness who was trying to give another perspective of what happened in early June of 2008.
The media people can't seem to get it through their heads that the public's "right to know" is completely overshadowed by a defendant's right to a fair trial.
Judge Stephens should have never allowed ANY media or general public in the courtroom AT ALL in the original trial. Maybe the outcome would have been different, but certainly defense witnesses wouldn't have been hounded with death threats.
The Circus Resumes in Phoenix
Tomorrow resumes the circus down in Maricopa County, as a jury will hear evidence and decide whether or not to put convicted killer Jodi Arias to death despite the fact the state had absolutely no case for premeditation.
The difference between other cases and this one is other cases didn't have a demented group of Mormon cultists seize and control the narrative of the case beginning with the repugnant 2009 "report" by Maureen Maher that aired on "48 Hours." She and her producer should have been FIRED for their slanted, utterly ridiculous report. Having watched the live stream of the trial, not read FB or Twitter or the filthy HLN "coverage" of the trial, I went from believing Arias committed second-degree murder to believing she should have been acquitted. The state had NO case whatsoever to prove premeditation--it was laughably weak--and there were many, many instances of misconduct by the prosecution. From what I can see this was a classic self-defense case or manslaughter at the most. However, thanks to the idiot Mormon cultists (as opposed to the LDS church), Arias didn't have a chance in that courtroom.
I am confident that if Arias gets the DP, and even if she gets LWOP, it will be overturned on appeal because of the numerous instances of prosecutorial misconduct and the utterly bizarre media coverage which made a fair trial impossible.
The difference between other cases and this one is other cases didn't have a demented group of Mormon cultists seize and control the narrative of the case beginning with the repugnant 2009 "report" by Maureen Maher that aired on "48 Hours." She and her producer should have been FIRED for their slanted, utterly ridiculous report. Having watched the live stream of the trial, not read FB or Twitter or the filthy HLN "coverage" of the trial, I went from believing Arias committed second-degree murder to believing she should have been acquitted. The state had NO case whatsoever to prove premeditation--it was laughably weak--and there were many, many instances of misconduct by the prosecution. From what I can see this was a classic self-defense case or manslaughter at the most. However, thanks to the idiot Mormon cultists (as opposed to the LDS church), Arias didn't have a chance in that courtroom.
I am confident that if Arias gets the DP, and even if she gets LWOP, it will be overturned on appeal because of the numerous instances of prosecutorial misconduct and the utterly bizarre media coverage which made a fair trial impossible.
Crime Etc.
If you didn't see the Arias status conference yesterday, here is a link to the video.
It's hardly worth bothering to watch. Jodi Arias wore a bun hairstyle to court, but that is about the only notable thing about the proceeding.
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The WSWS has some scathing commentary about the Zimmerman acquittal.
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An earlier commentary by the same site is here:
If you can be shot and killed for merely walking home alone after purchasing some items in a convenience store and your killer gets away with it, NOBODY is safe. Certainly minority groups aren't.
It's hardly worth bothering to watch. Jodi Arias wore a bun hairstyle to court, but that is about the only notable thing about the proceeding.
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The WSWS has some scathing commentary about the Zimmerman acquittal.
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An earlier commentary by the same site is here:
The naked miscarriage of justice announced Saturday night has triggered protests in cities across the United States. From the political establishment, beginning with President Barack Obama, it has evoked pious and hypocritical admonitions to "respect" the verdict and honor the “rule of law.” Behind such sanctimonious statements from media commentators, lawyers and officially designated “civil rights leaders” is an awareness of the explosive state of social relations in America and the potential for an event such as the acquittal of Martin's killer to spark upheavals.
Obama posted a brief statement on the White House web site Sunday that declared, “We are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken.” This was written by a president who has effectively suspended the Bill of Rights in order to carry out the illegal surveillance of the entire US population and untold millions more people around the world, and has ordered the drone assassinations of thousands of people, including American citizens.
The murder of Trayvon Martin and acquittal of his killer reflect a deeply dysfunctional society. The prosecution case, undertaken in the first place only under pressure from popular protests denouncing the failure to charge the killer, was conducted in an ineffectual manner, with police who testified for the prosecution barely bothering to conceal their sympathy for Zimmerman.
If you can be shot and killed for merely walking home alone after purchasing some items in a convenience store and your killer gets away with it, NOBODY is safe. Certainly minority groups aren't.
Jodi Arias Trial: Status Hearing
Update: Apparently there was no video of the proceedings. The next hearing has been set for August 26.
Details:
It is supposed to happen at around 10:30 PDT, give or take a few hours knowing that courtroom. I expect the retrial for the penalty phase will be postponed for several months. The defense attorneys have several other cases they are working on for the next few months.
Video:
Details:
Arias’ attorneys argue that the definition of “especially cruel” is too vague for jurors with no legal experience to determine what makes one killing more cruel or heinous than another. Their June motion appears to challenge a landmark 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found a defendant has the right to have a jury, rather than a judge, decide on the existence of an aggravating factor that makes the defendant eligible for capital punishment.
The high court in that case, which originated in Arizona, determined that allowing judges to make such findings violated a defendant’s constitutional right to a trial by jury. Prosecutors argue that state and federal courts have found the process continues to pass constitutional muster, and that the defense motion lacks merit.
Judge Sherry Stephens gave defense attorneys until Aug. 5 to file final motions supporting their arguments. She set another status conference in the case for Aug. 26.
“It appears there are a number of issues that are unresolved so I am reluctant to set a firm trial date for the penalty phase retrial at this time,” Stephens told attorneys Tuesday.
It is supposed to happen at around 10:30 PDT, give or take a few hours knowing that courtroom. I expect the retrial for the penalty phase will be postponed for several months. The defense attorneys have several other cases they are working on for the next few months.
Video:
Arias Trial Transcripts Revealed
Some transcripts previously sealed of the juror questions in deliberations and sidebars have been released in the Jodi Arias trial farce in Phoenix:
There were frequent arguments over what could and could not be admitted as evidence: Martinez’ concerns over playing an explicit audio recording of a phone call between Arias and Alexander, and discussion over whether it should come into the trial during Arias’ testimony. On another day, Martinez insisted that a photo of a sexy woman wearing a French maid’s costume be cut out of a document allegedly sent to Arias by Alexander as a suggestion of what she should wear when she cleaned his house._____
Later that same day, as the lawyers discussed how to introduce the defense’s theory that Alexander was possibly a pedophile, Martinez went on a discourse about a series of 10 letters on the topic that Arias claimed were written by Alexander and which Martinez avowed were forgeries — only to discover that Nurmi was not talking about them at all.
On Feb. 20, Nurmi raised his concern that members of Alexander’s family were rolling their eyes and shaking their heads at testimony. (An e-mail to Stephens a few days later claimed that one of the jurors was trying to coach Arias with head gestures as she was in the witness box.)
Jodi Arias Case
There hasn't been much going on since the hung jury deal, but Arias's defense lawyers responded to Maricopa County county attorney Bill Montgomery's statements about the possibility of a deal:
Today Arias’ defense attorneys, Kirk Nurmi and Jennifer Willmott issued a joint statement in an exclusive to The Arizona Republic.
“If the diagnosis made by the State’s psychologist is correct, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office is seeking to impose the death penalty upon a mentally ill woman who has no prior criminal history,” they wrote. “Despite Mr. Montgomery’s recent statements to the media, it is not incumbent upon Ms. Arias’ defense counsel to resolve this case. Instead, the choice to end this case sits squarely with Mr. Montgomery and his office.
“It is solely for them to determine if continuing to pursue a death sentence upon Ms. Arias, who is already facing a mandatory life sentence, is a good and proper use of taxpayer resources.”
Miscellaneous News
Obituary: Journalist and political writer Haynes Johnson, 81, has died of a heart attack:
In other words, he was an old school journalist before tabloidism creeped into the field.
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No surprise at all about Muskegon's all-charter school "district." Of course they aren't in compliance with special education laws.
It won't stop them, however.
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When it comes to the Arias trial, if you go against the mob mentality, expect to pay the consequences.
Speaking of which, that autopsy report should prove to all the world this was actually a self-defense case, yet the obvious was lost on both the prosecution and the defense.
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Johnson was awarded a Pulitzer in 1966 for national reporting on the civil rights struggle in Selma, Ala., while with the Washington Evening Star. He spent about 12 years at the Star before joining its chief rival, The Washington Post, in 1969. Johnson was a columnist for the Post from 1977 to 1994.
Dan Balz, the Post's senior political reporter, said Johnson was already a legend before they got to work together at the newspaper.
"I don't say this lightly. He was a great journalist," Balz said Friday. "He had everything a good reporter should have, which was a love of going to find the story, a commitment to thorough reporting and then kind of an understanding of history and the importance of giving every story kind of the broadest possible sweep and context."
In other words, he was an old school journalist before tabloidism creeped into the field.
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No surprise at all about Muskegon's all-charter school "district." Of course they aren't in compliance with special education laws.
Muskegon Heights Public School Academy System (MHPSA), America’s first all-charter public school district, has been found out of compliance on over a dozen issues relating to its special education program. The educational crisis of the entire district is a resounding condemnation of the emergency manager system.
In investigating two complaints filed by parents, the Michigan Department of Education determined that MHPSA failed to deliver a host of services. In just 1 of 14 points it was found noncompliant in providing speech, occupational, and physical therapy.
It won't stop them, however.
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When it comes to the Arias trial, if you go against the mob mentality, expect to pay the consequences.
Speaking of which, that autopsy report should prove to all the world this was actually a self-defense case, yet the obvious was lost on both the prosecution and the defense.
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Jodi Arias Verdict Replay
In case you didn't see it:
She should get credit for time served and walk free. This wasn't a capital case in the first place.
She should get credit for time served and walk free. This wasn't a capital case in the first place.
I Guess Bill Montgomery's Career is on the Line
That explains why the state is going to try and impanel a second jury to try and give Jodi Arias death or life in prison.
Same thing is going to happen as with this stupid jury that gave an illegitimate verdict.
We will have to wait a month for the "status conference."
Supposedly a retrial for the penalty phase is set for July 18.
Same thing is going to happen as with this stupid jury that gave an illegitimate verdict.
We will have to wait a month for the "status conference."
Supposedly a retrial for the penalty phase is set for July 18.
Jodi Arias Trial: Hung Jury
Update 4:25 PDT: It was a hung jury today. The jury decided it was going to wash its hands of the whole farce after they damned well realized they totally fucked up with the verdict. It should have been either manslaughter or acquittal instead of this Murder One bullshit.
Now they can't bring themselves to execute her. Not even the Chris Hughes-Mormon-HLN mob could force them to do it.
Now yet another jury panel with have to be put together IF they can ever find anybody in Arizona who hasn't heard of this trial.
It should be pleaded down to manslaughter and she be released with time served, since this was obviously a self-defense case.
They probably can't do that, but this is such a slam dunk for the defense to overturn on appeal, it would be the smart thing for the state to do.
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On the same subject of Jodi Arias, a podcast featuring Arias acquaintance Gus Searcy is available. He notes other Mormon women had sex with Travis Alexander or knew he was mistreating Jodi Arias but they were too scared to come forward. It seems the pressure put on some Mormons by others is too hard to overcome.
The Farce in Phoenix will continue today at around 10:30 PDT with jury deliberations. They probably have all decided on death for Jodi Arias so that it will be thrown out on appeal in a case that should have resulted in acquittal for the defendant, but who knows? Maybe one or two of them is willing to stand up for what is right. I doubt it.
Saw this post that sums up not only Travis Alexander's own conflicted feelings, but actually the mentality of the Mormon-influenced lynch mob which sees Jodi Arias as a "whore," which was the furthest thing she was.
With the "friends" of Travis, it's all about the coverup. Mormons are notorious for groupthink and will lie and ruin others to preserve the reputation of one of "their own," even a Jack Mormon like Travis was.
Video in case the jury makes a decision or in case there is a hung jury which then means another jury is impaneled:
Now they can't bring themselves to execute her. Not even the Chris Hughes-Mormon-HLN mob could force them to do it.
Now yet another jury panel with have to be put together IF they can ever find anybody in Arizona who hasn't heard of this trial.
It should be pleaded down to manslaughter and she be released with time served, since this was obviously a self-defense case.
They probably can't do that, but this is such a slam dunk for the defense to overturn on appeal, it would be the smart thing for the state to do.
_____
On the same subject of Jodi Arias, a podcast featuring Arias acquaintance Gus Searcy is available. He notes other Mormon women had sex with Travis Alexander or knew he was mistreating Jodi Arias but they were too scared to come forward. It seems the pressure put on some Mormons by others is too hard to overcome.
The Farce in Phoenix will continue today at around 10:30 PDT with jury deliberations. They probably have all decided on death for Jodi Arias so that it will be thrown out on appeal in a case that should have resulted in acquittal for the defendant, but who knows? Maybe one or two of them is willing to stand up for what is right. I doubt it.
Saw this post that sums up not only Travis Alexander's own conflicted feelings, but actually the mentality of the Mormon-influenced lynch mob which sees Jodi Arias as a "whore," which was the furthest thing she was.
With the "friends" of Travis, it's all about the coverup. Mormons are notorious for groupthink and will lie and ruin others to preserve the reputation of one of "their own," even a Jack Mormon like Travis was.
Video in case the jury makes a decision or in case there is a hung jury which then means another jury is impaneled:
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