elementary
No More Excuses
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JM told the jurors iirc that it's not their responsibility to be sleuths, but to refer to the evidence presented. One clear mitigating factor was there imo - a severe mental disturbance (BPD + even more pathologies via DrD). JW grabbed onto that life preservor in her final closing, and I think it worked with 1 or more. JA wasn't your typical woman scorned. She was a hate-filled psycho scorned. The overkill reflects that. Her calm "Let's go see Othello" post-mayhem call reflects that. Her enthusiastic grinding session with RB reflects that. Dr. Kristina Randle's statement that she'd move away if JA moved next door reflects that. I'd have voted for death because then JA couldn't harm future innocents, but I can understand a juror/s finding she didn't deserve to die since her brain really is scrambled. LWOP, next week via JSS, would be much preferable to a futile, further pursuit of the death penalty.
Some mitigator. It's not her fault. She couldn't help herself. IMO, it's right up there with the abuse excuse. I am sure thousands of prison inmates would agree with this. It almost makes her sound as if she is criminally insane.
She knew right from wrong. She planned it. She took care in doing it. She carried it out savagely. She took care to cover it up. She lied about it. Pretty lucid for a "scrambled" brain. She should be held accountable for her behaviour and her decisions which, IMO, far outweigh the fact that she's a born reptile in human clothing.