Sorry to quote my own post. This must be one of the motions that JSS is ruling on.
Poor new jurors. Again the criminals have the rights and we as jurors get all our personal information on twitter exposed for them to exploit. What a crock!
She has more chance of getting out or having her sentence overturned if she is sentenced to death than if she gets life. If she gets life, she'll get an appeal and then she will be pretty much forgotten. If she gets death she will get years and years and years of appeals where anything could happen. She would probably never actually be executed, thought she's young yet.
I still want her to get death. But it's food for thought.
ETA: she will also have the advantage of being able to use the anti-DP stance to rally for sympathy and get people fighting for her. Fighting for a convicted murderer.
Sorry to quote my own post. This must be one of the motions that JSS is ruling on.
Poor new jurors. Again the criminals have the rights and we as jurors get all our personal information on twitter exposed for them to exploit. What a crock!
Beth Karas had a lot of good comments last night on True Crime Radio.
Addressing the Twitter motion, she thought it highly unlikely that this would get a favorable ruling. Basically she said if anyone should monitor twitter activity, it would be the court, not the defense team. I was relieved to hear that, as the thought of defense counsel and possibly the convict having that information is frightening to me.
Travis's family still wants the death penalty for CMJA. It sounds like Chris and Skye have concerns for the family with the never ending appeal process on death row. Beth did have in-depth conversation with at least one family member, who is realistic that in all likelihood, CMJA will not be put to death. The family does not want her in the general population and thus they are holding firm for the death penalty.
If I've misrepresented anything that Beth said, please clarify.
ITA MeeBee. The Alexander Family will always be waiting for the other shoe to drop. LWOP is the quickest insurance policy that she never sees beyond barbed wire fence. If CMJA should accept a deal for LWOP, with the agreement that she will not appeal her conviction, IMO that would be the best and healthiest outcome for the Alexanders. At this rate, TA will have been dead 6 years before she is sentenced. The Defense seems to like to stall and file motion after motion, without respect for the dates set forth by JSS. JMV
As a homicide survivor, I get where they are coming from re: not wanting CMJA in general population as they more than likely want her to rot in prison. On the flip side, it could be beneficial for her to be in general population. The inmates sound pretty hardcore in Perryville and I think CMJA is pretty scared at the thought of being there. I don't know if CMJA can ask for a bench retrial for the penalty phase. That sure would take care of all of Nurmis ridiculous motions wouldn't it. JMV
And the judge is falling for it hook, line, and sinker. I just wish this case had a different judge, one with a backbone. She has bent over backward for the defense. She may be great on family cases, but I don't think she should have been given this case.I think the short term defense strategy is to toss out a ridiculous motion just days before the next status update. No matter how weird and wild it seems to be, the judge has to research, find case law, and rule on it.
Their long term strategy is to delay so long as to frustrate Travis' family into agreeing to stop pushing for death penalty and allow judge to sentence 25 to life. Then the whole thing would be over.
MOO
The twitter account demand has not yet been argued nor ruled on.
Yes; publicly perjuring yourself and misleading the Court can be traumatizing.
Thank you to those who mentioned listening to Tricia's True Crime Radio with Beth Karas last night (8-25-2013)....
I do love to listen to Beth. She makes everything very clear. She had a few surprises too. I did not know the information about the one boarder. Creepy.......
I guess we SHOULD give her a break. After all hearing how Travis was brutally murdered could not possibly have caused the anxiety that getting an nasty email that attacks you personally would. She's a pip.
And the judge is falling for it hook, line, and sinker. I just wish this case had a different judge, one with a backbone. She has bent over backward for the defense. She may be great on family cases, but I don't think she should have been given this case.
Beth Karas had a lot of good comments last night on True Crime Radio.
Addressing the Twitter motion, she thought it highly unlikely that this would get a favorable ruling. Basically she said if anyone should monitor twitter activity, it would be the court, not the defense team. I was relieved to hear that, as the thought of defense counsel and possibly the convict having that information is frightening to me.
Travis's family still wants the death penalty for CMJA. It sounds like Chris and Skye have concerns for the family with the never ending appeal process on death row. Beth did have in-depth conversation with at least one family member, who is realistic that in all likelihood, CMJA will not be put to death. The family does not want her in the general population and thus they are holding firm for the death penalty.
If I've misrepresented anything that Beth said, please clarify.
Annie, I'm starting to agree with you. The talking heads were saying it's not really JSS fault, this is the way the system is, if there are motions she needs time to see them and respond to them....but she is the one letting them getting UNLIMITED number of motions in, some verrryyy ridiculous, because the trial is NEVER-ENDING. Once a trial is finished, the defense can't give her any more motions. But by letting them delay, delay, delay...it's giving them the opportunity to keep putting in more and more motions.
Also, I understand it's death penalty and they need to be careful so as not to get an appeal, but come on...the appeals committee or whoever decides these things should take into account that there needs to be a LIMIT. The law should not be so that if they don't dot one i out of 1 billion i's, then the whole case gets re-tried. Talk about obsessive.
Thank you to those who mentioned listening to Tricia's True Crime Radio with Beth Karas last night (8-25-2013). It was excellent. At least for me it was very informative. Beth gave the answers to so many questions I have and had asked today. I usually don't catch it on Sundays and then listen later. This broadcast was very good.
I do love to listen to Beth. She makes everything very clear. She had a few surprises too. I did not know the information about the one boarder. Creepy.
Beth also gave some information on some other cases such as the Scott Peterson case and the Aaron Hernandez case.
Thanks again for reminding me to listen.
Does she think anyone feels sorry for her? Could have anything to do with the fact that she sold her soul and decided to lie for a girl who killed an innocent man? Could it have anything to do with the fact that she judged someone who is not even here to defend himself because he was murdered? Could it have anything to do with Juan's scathing cross examination? She didn't see fear from Travis? Look at the autopsy photos again ALV and tell us you don't see fear.
I do not like this woman. She disgusts me.