borndem
Anglophile & registered demwit
- Joined
- May 15, 2010
- Messages
- 19,332
- Reaction score
- 51,007
My answer depends on whether jm covered the order of the attack. Was it stab then shoot or shoot then stab? I can't keep up with the case in detail so I'm not sure about that point. It will take less time to convict her if a professional testified that it was stab then shoot.
Hi, fruity! -- The M.E. testified that he thought the gunshot wound was prolly last due to the lack of hemorrhage/blood loss that he would have expected when he examined the track of the bullet. He said TA was dead or near death -- due to previous blood loss from the other wounds -- when he was shot.
I imagine JM will go through the actual murder scenario like he is telling a story -- step by step. I think he will need to do it to refresh the jurors of the horror of what she actually did -- inter-spaced with his comments about "Is this self-defense? By this time, Travis was not able to walk due to blood loss. Why didn't she run out of the house, get in her car and leave? But no, she stabbed him several more times, and then she slit his throat. Finally, she shot him for good measure...." and like that. With pictures. The brutality will have to be shown again. "And what injuries did the defendant have?..." and so on... Grrrrrrrrrr.