Sorry. Here's the exact quote from JA, on tape 15.
05:48
JA: Okay. Im just
If I had planned to hurt him in any way, I, you know, I am not the brightest person, but I
I dont think I could stab him. I think I would have to shoot him continuously until he was dead, if that were my intention. Again, and I would bring up the gloves again, but I would have to wear gloves. I mean I am not too worried about prints, because they are all over anyway, but I would never stab him.
If, if, if I had it anywhere in me to kill him, the least I could have done was to make it as humane as possible, or quick, or something, you know, if any killing is humane, so to speak. I dont mean it that way
I would just...like, he was still alive...
Thank you Hope, I do believe you have just answered the question of why didn't she just get inside the front door and blow him away with gunshots. She believed that NO ONE would think little Jodi could or would have killed an adult man, who clearly outweighed her, in this fashion, with a knife. I recall Tanisha saying that everyone believed she had something to do with it from jump, in other words, even if she personally couldn't have pulled it off, they believed she had someone do it for her. She thought this through alright.
Also, the wonderful thing is that she need not have planned it weeks or even days in advance, the premeditation can be formed in the twinkling of an eye. For example
the time it took her to "decide" and that was her word, to go in the closet, rather than run out the door and out of the house
the time it took her to reflect, "I remembered that Travis had a gun...." and decided to grab it off the shelf, the purposeful act of climbing up on the shelf to get the gun
the fact that according to what she told Samuels and ALV the knife was on the bedside table, means it took time to go get the knife and return to attack Travis with it, rather, again than running out of the bedroom door.
All of those times THAT SHE testified to, even the briefest moment of pulling the trigger, is enough time, to reflect.
I never understood this until I was on a murder trial.
Someone was asking what if you were a juror and you get in there and there is a lone holdout with a lot , ALOT of questions. I had that in my situation. Although I was the youngest of our group, for some reason they elected me to be foreperson. There was ONE man, who was really stuck in the mud and it seemed he was just unmovable. I know I was not supposed to consider my own life and be biased because of it, but I come from a family of law enforcement and military members. I was not going to just throw my hands up and send a note out to the judge that we were deadlocked. I did not even consider that when someone proposed it.
I said, look, there are people living and dying right now for our freedom, for us to have this system of justice, for us to have the right as Americans to do this, so if they can be out there RISKING THEIR LIVES, EVERY DAY, by God we are going to roll up our sleeves and stay. We can take a break, but we are not giving up. I would be so ashamed of us if we did. It did not dawn on me until well after the trial that some folks may have thought I had a lot of nerve, taking that tone and not respecting that he was my elder. It just kind of spontaneously came out of me, with righteous indignation.
In any case, we went to lunch, and when we returned the gentleman adjusted his seat, and his note pad and asked, "Can we just go over it one more time?" As I was walking past him to go back up to the dry erase board he gave me a little smile, like ok kiddo...I'm with you now.
I have got faith that God will lay it on someone's heart and mind to lead someone over to the truth, even if they have to take several breaks, ask for testimony to be read back, ask the judge for clarification on things, etc. What I NEVER expected was for the Casey Anthony jury to not even try that. They never asked for ONE piece of evidence, they never asked the judge to help them with the definition of "reasonable" in what they later claimed to be ambiguous understanding they had of any reasonable doubt. I think there are some smart people on this jury and they will sort through it all until everyone feels comfortable, how ever long that takes. The cases are such apples and oranges. We do not have any wonder here over who did it, who helped, etc. We know she did it, she admitted it and the evidence is overwhelming. So I will not worry at all that we have another Casey Anthony jury on our hands.
I'm thrilled that the judge gives the instructions first, then JM, then defense, then....the last voice the jury will hear is Juan Martinez's. With the amount of evidence he has, the murder practically on video tape frame by frame, and those gruesome photos, and all of her planning and cover up...when Juan Martinez speaks to the jury, he may as well be Moses coming down from the mountain with the tablets.
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