Mare10
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NO you're not crazy. But the way CMJA is allowed to act as a Convicted 1st Degree Murderer is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!!:banghead:
I think laws will change after this travesty.
NO you're not crazy. But the way CMJA is allowed to act as a Convicted 1st Degree Murderer is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!!:banghead:
I'm a bit upset JM didn't address this.
I'm a bit upset JM didn't address this.
wonder how the jurors are dressed today?
Excellent sleuthing. But what happens when the DT fails to list her disorder on the 8 factors they submitted?Tried and failed to copy the portion of the instructions relating to "significant impairment."
IMO, significant impairment is the only mitigator the jury might consider of relevance, as it specifically lists mental illness and personality disorders.
CMJA fails the first burden to establish impairment as mitigator-- that the impairment caused her to not understand the wrongfulness of her crime. She obviously did, and the jury as obviously thinks that she knew exactly what she was doing before, during and after the murder.
The second burden is somewhat more subjective. Its possible to interpret it as.. did her personality disorder/mental illness essentially drive her to/cause her to murder Travis? Was her mental illness/personality disorder so serious that it rendered her incapable of making decisions that would have prevented her from murdering Travis?
I can see debating the second condition. If the jury is too, I'd bet that all her clear-eyed planning and cover up, as well as the fact that she had to drive over a 1,000 miles to murder him, will make it difficult or impossible to view her as so mentally ill she can't function or be held responsible for her choices.