I am thinking she will be found guilty but no death penalty. While I understand why many users, as well as the victims family, feel that the death penalty is appropriate, I think it was a stretch to ask for it. It's going to be, IMO, too difficult to prove premeditation when it so appears to be a ~crime of passion~ on the surface. Plus with the way the defense seems to be going with the emotional abuse angle, I think that will sway the jury away from it. JMO only.
I respect your opinion but this is one case that is full of evidence showing premeditation. Much more than I have seen in other cases ...even other death penalty cases.
Just some of the things that shows defendant's premeditation:
1) Goes 90 miles away to rent a car when she could have rented one much closer.
2) Tells car rental agent she does not want the red car (red cars are known to stand out more) lies and tells him she is going to just use the car around town yet puts over 2800 miles on car.
3) She is a blonde when she rents the car.
4) Receipt is in evidence that she purchase hair dye in a dark brown color and is a brunette when she comes to Travis' home.
5) Admits that neighbors and roommates recognize her as a bleach blonde.
6) Keeps receipts except for the time she is in Arizona.
7) No contact evidence entered that Travis was ever aware she was coming to his home.
8) Turns cell phone off and takes out battery while she is in the state of Arizona coming to his home and leaving the state of AZ to go on and hump another guy hours later.
9) The last of May Travis writes to her he is not coming to see her afterall.
10) Mysterious 'burglary' May 28th in the home where she is living and a .25 caliber pistol is stolen but other valuable firearms are left behind and other collectables as well.
11) Travis Alexander was shot in the head with a .25 caliber gun.
12) Known to slash tires of TA and his girlfriend which means she carries a knife.
Jaun Martinez has produce more than enough evidence to prove premediation and premediation that began to form not when she arrived at his home unannounced but was forming since the last of May. That is in no way a crime of passion.
No one just happens to carry a sharp knife and gun into a bathroom with them when a man is just minding his own business and taking a private shower.
Crime of passion must happen at the time where both are in a heated argument with each other. We have seen the step by step minutes of Travis' last minutes of life. He was not threatening anyone. He however was being stalked once again and having his photos taken that the murderer knew he would not approve of but like always she did it anyway, imo. Imo he only saw her standing there spying on him in the last couple of minutes of his life and minutes later he was in a bloody heap with his throat sliced open ear to ear. He was a sitting duck because she had him hemmed up in a small enclosed space and the only way out was toward her and the knife she held.:furious:
That is no crime of passion! That is as premeditated and cruel as it can get.
It is not a stretch to ask for the death penaly in this case. It is one of the most chilling cases I have ever kept up with and because she brutally plotted to murder him and then carried it out by killing him three different ways death should be given.
She deserves death. The only reason she may not get it is because she is a young white female which is another injustice itself within our justice system.:banghead:
IMO