VERDICT WATCH - Sentencing of Jodi Arias - Retrial Day 43

[ScarlettScarpetta]

Who, Maria?

No. JA. She is starting to have that older slack face thing happen. Like she is near 50.

 

[LunaticFringe]

I'd like to see Jodi lip off to Angela Simpson.Im scared of Angela and I live in Canada!

 

[Boodles]

Is it over yet, or still dragging along?

 

[mugwump*]

Another Court Photo:

Tom Tingle ‏@TomTingle2 · 3m3 minutes ago

Convicted of killing lover #TravisAlexander, #JodiArias looks over at the jury during sentencing phase retrial Tues.

:gaah:

Ugh, is she giving one of the jurors a "come hither" look? Really?? That would make me MAD!!

 

[RadarLuv]

I think he meant to post a pic....

Troy Hayden ‏@troyhaydenfox10 1m1 minute ago
#JodiArias and mitigation specialist Maria De La Rosa in court. Jodi looking back at gallery/media before jury entered courtroom.

i dunno what this is about but its just a new tweet

 

[Prime Mover]

exhibited by the trial management skills of this judge, combined with the the excess of testimony concerning the victim rather than the defendant, may have tended to skew the perception of the jury here as to what the actual issues were. I have a legal background and I found it incredibly difficult to reconcile the fact that this was supposed to be a trial about whether there was sufficient mitigation to spare the life of the defendant with the actual proceedings which focused on proctorial misconduct, *advertiser censored*/child *advertiser censored*/computer evidence and the psychological "experts" who focused on the psychological makeup and tendencies of the victim rather than on the defendant. I really believe a different judge may have made a difference. This should never have taken this long. The scope of evidence and testimony should have been limited. To allow the focus of so much of the mitigation testimony to be on the victim presented a false picture of what the proceeding was about and what mitigation is. But how would the jury know? If 90% of the testimony is about the victim why should they be thinking about heinous the crime was and how the defendant lacked mitigation.

Defense experts should not have been attempting to "diagnose" the victim which is the reality of what they were doing despite their claims otherwise and despite the fact that I doubt the standards of their profession would have allowed such a diagnosis on a deceased person via selected e-mails sent by a victim to the person who murdered him. I know for sure victims rights were not advanced by this process. And the guarantees of due process for the defendant are not a license to "convict" a murder victim on charges never leveled against him. All along Nurmi's strategy was to wear down the jury, to drag this out so that any serious urgency was negated and to confuse the jury with regard to who was on trial for what. And this judge let him win time and time again. He is simply getting the mistrial and thus life sentence he has bargained for all along one way or another. And I do totally blame this judge.

I am not one who thinks JSS is taken in by Jodi or has any sympathy for her at all. She acknowledged as much when she permitted the absurd secret testimony but noted that Jodi was being manipulative. Yet she allowed herself to be manipulated. Over and over. I think she lacks confidence in her decisions. My experience with tough NY judges was that they never lived in fear of appeal. They made what they felt were the correct decisions and let appeals lie in the future. They had no qualms about time limits and holding both sides to schedules. Once the DT sensed JSS's uncertainly they took full advantage. She has aided and abetted their strategy.

Personally, I don't care what sentence Jodi gets. Either way her goose is cooked. All I cared about was the 1st degree conviction. But I felt the victim's family deserved to get the DP they wanted. This whole process has been absurd-this murder occurred in June 2008 people! That family has gone through way too much. I agree with KCL and others that victims rights needs some work in AZ if this trial is an example.

Thank You! This is the best post I have read on this site since this re-trial started. I agree 100% with everything you said.

 

[oceanblueeyes]

I think all juries should majority rules.

ITA! If only this case had been tried in Florida. If it had she would have been on death row last year.

 

[bonjoviblonde]

That little smirk on her face while she is eyeing the jury makes me want to unleash a string of "Deb Morgan" curse words!

 

[SevenSeas]

Great pictures on sidebar from today in court. I don't know how to bring them over. But, the pics speak a 1000 words of what is
happening imo.

Thanks, I'll hafta go take a gander......

 

[Nali87]

Tom Tingle ‏@TomTingle2 · 3m3 minutes ago

Prosecutor #JuanMartinez leaves bench conf Tues after Judge Sherry Stephens gave more instructions to jury #JodiArias

:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:

He looks tired.

 

[ScarlettScarpetta]

Agree to disagree? Her ex boyfriends said she was strong physically. And we do not know how it happened with Travis. Respectfully.

She could not have over powered him if he was on the same ground and toe to toe. She waited until he was in the shower, wet and off guard. She had sex with him to put him off guard. She set him up. The girls in prison will not be off guard ever. They will tear her up if she ever tries anything there.

 

[pjmale]

Troy Hayden ‏@troyhaydenfox10 1m1 minute ago
#JodiArias and mitigation specialist Maria De La Rosa in court. Jodi looking back at gallery/media before jury entered courtroom.

i dunno what this is about but its just a new tweet

It's a picture from earlier today.

 

[TorisMom003]

ITA! If only this case had been tried in Florida. If it had she would have been on death row last year.

Forgot about the Pinellas 12? You never know what a jury will do when the defendant is a "young, attractive" white female.

 

[mugwump*]

No. JA. She is starting to have that older slack face thing happen. Like she is near 50.

That bump above her eyebrow could be a horn sprouting...

 

[wenwe4]

I have been an observer on this website since the beginning of the 1st trial and while I only registered last week, I still hesitated to comment. Your comment, BetteDavis, has finally prompted me to join in.

Many strong opinions are located on this board and I was beginning to wonder if the majority that I have read reflected the mindset of a typical juror and that thought terrified me more than the thought of Jodi Arias receiving a life sentence over death.

Thank you. :blowkiss::blowkiss: Thank you for restoring my faith in every day people being able to witness a trial such as this and compartmentalizing their personal feelings for the defendant while viewing the proceedings with impartiality and what I believe is a true ability to render a verdict according the instructions they have been given. I would hope many of us (disclosure: born and raised in Arizona, support the death penalty and am probably all of 3 miles away from the courthouse as I type this) would be able to go into a jury room and make a decision based on the evidence presented, not what we secretly know we would want if we were in the Alexander's shoes. IF hung, this is the SECOND time a jury has come back with the inability to sentence her to death. Why the assumption is automatically one of stealth jurors, or what I am guessing are reasonably intelligent and professional citizens being 'hoodwinked' by a 'slimy' defense team or Arias manipulations for the second time is confusing to me. IMO, the reasonable assumption would be that the state failed to present the evidence that we should require in order to reach a verdict of that magnitude.

Now, with that said, I can't thank all of you enough for the perspectives, the knowledge and the thought provoking posts that you have unwittingly been sharing with me for well over a year.
:hills:

Welcome to WS Skeinologist! Great first post! Glad to know there are voices behind all of those "guest lurkers" and glad you finally joined us!

 

[TorisMom003]

That bump above her eyebrow could be a horn sprouting...

Nah, the horns have always been there. She just hasn't been able to have them shaved down in years so they are starting to really show.

 

[marlap]

That bump above her eyebrow could be a horn sprouting...

:floorlaugh:

 

[dog.gone.cute]

She seems to be smirking/smiling in that pic. Someone (hell I volunteer) needs to knock that smirk/smile off her face.

MOO

:seeya: I'll be in line right behind you ... and I'd pay to knock that smile off !

:cheers:

 

[RickshawFan]

she is starting to look deformed in a way don't you think?

What are those bubbles she now has under the skin of her face? This is not like normal aging.....it looks like something else.

 

[Nosey Parker]

He looks tired.

and mad.