I do believe that Jodi has the words prosecute and persecute mixed up, like she does with big words when attempting to appear more intelligent than she is. She has been prosecuted, not persecuted. Silly girl.
A little help for JA and her twitter typist:
Definition of PERSECUTE
1: to harass or punish in a manner designed to injure, grieve, or afflict; specifically : to cause to suffer because of belief
2: to annoy with persistent or urgent approaches (as attacks, pleas, or importunities) : pester
And, a couple examples of using persecute in a sentence, for twits, er I mean future tweets:
~The country's leaders relentlessly persecuted those who fought against the regime.
~They were persecuted for their beliefs.
~Jodi Arias has persecuted Travis throughout her murder trial.
So was the judge persecuted by Willmott? Sure seemed like it to me.