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If JSS was so sure she would be reversed by the COA, then she couldn't have believed that not closing it would create an issue on appeal, because she would have clearly understood that it's not possible to find error when you act in accordance with the Constitution. If that were the case, and it...

If she made her best and most reasoned decision, why would she assume the COA would see it differently, and overturn her? If she felt this hypothetical reversal by the COA was in fact the right decision, why not make it herself, instead of wasting everyone's time?

I made a small donation when KCL was helping them and got a personal note of thanks from Samantha. It impressed me that even during the personal pain and uncertainty of that trial she could reach out and express thanks so graciously.

I don't think Hope's opinion of JSS is complimentary. Although not pro-defense, I think she feels she was simply incompetent, and that if she had followed the law as closely as it was her duty to do, and had the surety in same which her position required, the trial would have moved a lot faster...

I think a history in juvenile court, and the fact it was her first DP case meant that it was bound to be a learning process for her, but I don't think she anticipated how challenging those lessons would be. The fact that she 'overruled' the Constitution leaves no doubt that she had become...

Well, it was atypical to say the least: 1) It took over seven years to come to trial 2) 2 hung penalty-phase juries, with an 18 month gap before retrial. 3) Extensive media coverage, including a movie about the case, and allegations made in court that the media coverage affected the process...

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Why should all the other labels take a back seat to the label 'plain evil'? I'm not saying it's inaccurate, but it's a label as well. Additionally, does it invalidate any of the other labels? There is no set hierarchy of labels, as long as they are all accurate. Labels are simply descriptors. If...

Or: "50 space-savers for your prison cell" ""Does my celly want to kill me?" How to get along in prison" "35 fun things to do with cockroaches"

But they have to do with Travis. I would think that any supplemental considerations would have to be directly related to Jodi, such as the 'missing' witnesses. Of course the defense made no attempt to subpoena them when they had the opportunity, it was a choice, not a reversible error. I don't...

Forget the book drives, I won't take sides until I know who donated the most hair!

Well, I had a girl friend whom I suspect had BPD, she was also first-born with two younger siblings, but she also had a mother who according to her was very cold and not at all nurturing. I would look to the latter rather than the former. I don't know if Sandy fits the bill, though she did have...

Not much there in the way of explanation, imo. She was a first-born with siblings, so she became a psycho ---now, it may have been a trigger for a pre-existing condition, but I don't see anything relevant to first causes in this very common circumstance.

It would just give her ammunition to use in her claims to being the real victim, but then it would also give ammunition to those around her not under her spell. Eh, just better to stay out of it. All the justice that could have been done has been done. You can't get blood from a stone, and you...

Perhaps the supplements have to do with the non-testimony of the non-witnesses who were too scared out of their wits to appear in court because of the Travis-loving-social media-monsters that secured injustice for Jodi through intimidation and thus prevented the sanctification of Saint Jodi, who...

Thanks, no I never read her journals directly. I knew it would be the creme' dela creme' of her superficial aspect. I was looking for the truth behind the falsehood, so no need to run the maze of her falsehoods. She was prolific enough painting that picture without needing to mine the mundane...

I admire your practical realism (and wry humor). I had to perform mental gymnastics and attempt to turn Arias' head inside out to convince myself what was obvious to you. But then, I've always felt that for every What there's a Why and a How, and the picture will always be incomplete without...

Such drama is inevitable. I suppose that many, myself included, held the erroneous notion that Arias would use some of her time in prison on self-reflection, cloistered as she is from the distractions of the outside world and with the consequences of her actions flooding in from every angle...

Yea I'm not claiming to be any kind of authority. I have minimal psych training. This is all just my speculations. I find it hard to believe though that Jodi's early environment in particular was so horrific as to turn a healthy mind psychopathic. The genetic theory just makes much more sense to me.

It's just a theory, I'm just assuming there's a strong genetic component to it because it seems to exist at such a deep level. I could be wrong, and I believe that environment does have a role to play regarding its level of expression.