One could argue that a death penalty sentence would potentially carry greater weight in the eyes of would-be offenders of such crimes constituting its invocation if there were a more tangible feel to its being carried out. I can see many of our more narcissistic criminal minds thinking they can...
Let me say that I'm with you; I don't think there was tampering, but I believe the scenario some are wondering about is how a person (e.g., a mitigation specialist) could send a tweet that seemed to foreshadow the actual verdict. Your basic bootstrap agrument. Then throw in that the juror in...
If they've actually reached a verdict, I have to lean towards the DP. I just have trouble seeing a unanimous Life vote, especially since they can't render LWOP with certainty. JMO
There is a good article by Monica Lindstrom on what the jury is deliberating in this phase, including the differences in mitigating factors from the previous mitgating phase in 2013, here.
The focus in this phase is on the mitigating factors only. The aggravation phase involves the...
Wild About Trial 2 ‏@WildaboutTrial2 3m3 minutes ago
Whoever is doing Donavan'd hair needs to stop... #jodiarias
Wonder if we could impanel a jury to unanimously agree upon that
Monica Lindstrom ‏@monicalindstrom 42s42 seconds ago
I can't think of any other reason to give an impasse instruction (modified or not) than they are at an impasse #JodiArias
Cathy ‏@courtchatter 7s7 seconds ago
Willmott, Nurmi and MDLR enter. Willmott is now in appropriate attire. All parties go out in the hallway. #jodiarias
Cathy ‏@courtchatter 21s22 seconds ago
Likely that group of jurors is taking another break while they wait for judge and atty's to answer their question/s. #jodiarias
Mike Watkiss ‏@mikewatkiss3tv 1m1 minute ago
Judge Stephens just entered court-Martinez present-no defense yet-much anticipation-are there problems?-questions?-stay tuned #jodiarias
Tammy Rose ‏@News20Chopper 8s9 seconds ago
Hey guys, we can't film so it's probably just a juror question. If it's a hung jury, we can film. #JodiArias
I don't know that the elections helped push its coverage much; one could actually argue they could have have worked against it, with additional media resources funneled to cover stories more directly linked to the candidates and their platforms.
Personally, I think coverage would have been...
If Jodi is as big of an NPD case as I believe her to be, she's much more caught up in all the attention that's been swirling around her for the past five to seven years. It likely hasn't hit her yet that that show is about to be cancelled - though she probably thinks it's going to continue on...
EM: I agree with this. I have trouble seeing what Arias had to gain in uploading the photos from an external source. It certainly doesn't seem to help with her primary objective that day, or the original story she tried using when first questioned about his murder.
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