DT claims there is a phone sex call recorded by Jodi of Travis and her having phone sex where he says she climaxies like a 12 year old girl.
How the heck could they get that in ?
Ho ho! Looks like we now have the answer: By having jodi testify. We'll see if it works.
i asked gitana this but didn't get an answer so here goes.
can you explain how the DA thinks that if the gunshot was first, it makes this murder not cruel? they seem to think it's very important and i don't get why it matters.
we know TA had defensive wounds---although IMO, he didn't have many and he had none on his arms---so i'm thinking he was definitely not 100% at the time he was being stabbed. (i'm a gunshot first person in this case.) i just don't know why it matters when it comes to deciding the cruelty of the crime.
also, could it be that the ME is sticking the 'gunshot last' for this reason? that the DA WANTS that wound to have been first?
Sorry, I missed that. To add to what MInor4th stated, IMO, the defense's gunshot first theory claims that Travis was already dead or knocked out by the gunshot so he did not experience the prolonged stabbing and almost decapitation. I disagree because if he was shot first (which I believe), he still was able to try to get away, first to the sink and then down the hall and he probably was screaming at some point (as per jodi's ninja story). So either way, IMO it;s cruel. The judge determined that as well.
what did you make of Jodi's testimony? what would you attack in cross?
That's a huge question. I didn;t see that last hour but what I saw, wow. So much to process (as Minor4th said).
But I know this: I cannot compare to Juan. I;m not a criminal law attorney and I lack his expertise in cross examination. My trials are piddly in comparison to a murder trial.
However, I think I would focus on rebuttal witnesses to show what a liar she is. Also, I would underscore the ridiculousness of things she said (like she was beaten by her parents yet really, it was the being grounded that really angered her and overall, the did an incredible amount of things for her) and draw out the things she stated that her team wished she hadn't. Like her stalking behavior of ex boyfriends and how her parents had a good relationship (not abusive which is the fodder for most domestic violence victims who become victims after witnessing such behavior).
By Jodi's testimony so far would you say the jury is leaning toward the self defense theory or pre meditated murder?
I have no clue. I am not in their heads and after the casey anthony trial, I don't feel at all comfortable with trying to predict. However, I think analyzing their body language, note taking and facial expressions could be helpful and according to katiecoolady, few are taking notes and they do not seem sympathetic, for the most part.