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I just cannot help shake this awful feeling that this will not be done today. I can't see the defense going away quickly, quietly, or ethically. :gaah:
Looks as though today is sentencing day.
I fully expect something unexpected to happen just by the nature of this trial and the never ending circus surrounding it.
The biggest question is whether Judge Stephens will sentence her to Life with parole after 25 years, or Life without parole.
Most of the "experts" proclaim that Judge Stephens will give her Life without parole, due to the 11-1 vote for the death penalty.
As we all know, Judge Stephens seems to be completely oblivious to popular opinion and what is "normal", such as running a courtroom and keeping the defense team in line. I'd like to think that she is going to put Jodi away for the rest of her life, but I have serious doubts that she will. The latest revelation about her own assistant having it out for Martinez and siding with the defense team has me really concerned.
I can't help but wonder if the Judge and her staff haven't been influenced by Jodi's manipulation themselves. You can rest assured that Judge Stephens and Jodi have had many, many hours of face to face conversations, mainly in the Judges chambers behind closed doors and in private. I'm sure Jodi has been at her most harmless and well-behaved during those meetings and conversations.
Has Jodi been able to convince Judge Stephens that she is just an average person, that did one REALLY bad thing, just once in her life ?
Stay tuned for the closing act of the circus........coming to a lives stream broadcast near you.
Also be prepared for something outrageous and stupid to happen which will prolong this even further.
I just cannot help shake this awful feeling that this will not be done today. I can't see the defense going away quickly, quietly, or ethically. :gaah:
For years I was dead against executing one found guilty of Murder 1 and belonged to the most popular organization which sought to abolish the death penalty, Amnesty International. Up close to these criminals we study at Web Sleuths, my thinking has changed. I, too, believe Jodi Ann Arias deserves the ultimate punishment as prescribed by law. As I posted earlier, I was shocked & disgusted to find a year had passed and we were witnessing the same arguments in court. That was after she served her 30 days in sol for the filthy disorder of her cell. She is undaunted by that experience, as with most others. There is little avail in bending ones mind to lethal injection, in the light of the juror who balks at delivering such a verdict. I want to hear her reasons, since the aggravating factor(s) are clear. One day she may speak to the press about this. Any way, I am stuck on the death penalty, despite whatever is arrayed against it and the poor odds of obtaining justice. Convict's heinous murder of Travis Alexander has imprinted that memory on my mind and I'll never be rid of the images. I know I'm not alone in actually feeling what he suffered, in every detail and in the sequence of her acts. Shudder!
Anyone have eyes on Ryan Owens ? lease:
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Looks like Perryville is rolling out the dusty Brown Carpet for the newest Princess of Perryville
Continuing on a theme in the last thread.......
There are lots of reasons to be very interested in this trial. The case details are intriguing just by themselves, and many people are drawn to details that have to do with crime in the way others might be drawn to the act of fishing and the purchase of lures to catch bass.
More importantly, the focus on this crime is about community, IMO.
We have contributors in this forum who are bright, articulate, thoughtful, respectful, and thorough. Most are humble, and if they have specialized training (e.g. in psychology, law, language), they don't feel compelled to bat others over the head with it, because, in the end, it's not what you majored in or minored in at college, it's about how you apply critical thinking skills without putting others down. Best of all, these are people with whom we can share: our interest in crime, logic, feelings about the irrational and the abhorrent, appreciation for someone's brilliance (JM), empathy for a family caught up in a savage life event, and our sense of what's right and reasonable. In my opinion, this community is a big factor in what keeps many of us following this trial.
So, thanks all, for being all those wonderful things and for sharing!