jodi Arias TAKES THE STAND FOR 9TH DAY #47 *may contain graphic and adult content*

[Steely Dan]

Wow, this is fascinating. I love to see a psychopath questioned.

 

[mayqueen]

This is bananas.

 

[ohiogirl]

I'm not sure Juan Martinez is the right guy to be parsing a journal that sounds like it was written by a 12-year old, but the utterly brilliant thing he has done is that in one morning's worth of cross-examination, he has succeeded in completely reversing the image of JA as a meek, vulnerable, submissive individual who might be cowering in fear about text messages being sent by someone who is 1,000 miles away.

After this morning, would you believe that poor widdle Jodi was oh so skeered of Big Bad Travis' thunderous temper, as expressed in text messages, that she felt he was compelling her to travel 1,000 miles just to placate him? That whenever Big Bad Travis got upset, she submitted to all kinds of debasing activities just because that seemed to make him less angry?

Or are we starting to understand that this was a determined woman so grimly obsessed with someone who didn't want her that she stalked him and stood outside his window in the night watching him surreptitiously. All of a sudden, it's a lot more plausible to believe she was quite capable of slashing his throat so ferociously from ear to ear.

In that sense, I think JM got off to a racing start. Took him hardly nothing to completely destroy that image that Nurmi spent a week cultivating, and expose the true face and temperament of JA.

At least that's my view. I see the legal experts on TV have reservations about how he started but I don't think they grasped the essence of it, that in one morning's session, he tore off the mask of meek submissiveness she's spent a week whining about because she wanted to set the stage for defense experts to convince the jury that she is a poor pathetic victim of abuse who can't even decide things for herself anymore. He tore that facade down and ripped it into shreds.

If the legal experts aren't getting it, how can we be sure that the jury is getting it?

 

[JSR]

She doesn't want to nail time a time so he can't corner her with evidence.

He's got evidence to disprove this incident. I know it.

 

[Mrs G Norris]

Games ... so many games. Her strategy is to wear everyone down with silly details but it's actually just crazymaking which is classic abuser behaviour.

 

[PMLsmom]

OMFG - I'm gonna go PULL MY OWN TEETH out...

 

[Prime Mover]

Part of the problem is that the judge won't interrupt her and kindly ask her to answer the questions with a simple "yes" or "no" when asked to.

 

[amyfarrahfowler]

I'm going to say something probably unpopular, but I really dislike the way Juan Martinez goes about his cross-examination. It feels very uncomfortable. I understand he is doing his job but it feels like an interrogation that is crossing the line somewhat; I think he could expose JA's lies just as easily by going about things in a less abrasive, slightly more clever fashion. I know if I was sitting on that jury I'd be distracted by Juan Martinez and his attitude when what we really need to hear are the flaws and the inconsistencies within JA's answers.

JMO.

Thank you. ITA.

 

[ohiogirl]

She doesn't want to nail time a time so he can't corner her with evidence.

He's got evidence to disprove this incident. I know it.

Hope so.:seeya:

 

[Curious Me]

Jodi is smirking and smiling defiantly.

She just needs to answer if allegedly seeing Travis with pics of little boys upset her or heightened her emotions so she'd note the time of day.

Jodi is playing the I can't remember what time my shift at work was at Mimi's Café.

She's become unlikeable. Jurors must be visualizing Wooden Spoons.

 

[Gypsy Road]

LIAR!!!

No seriously. I KNOW why her mom carried that wooden spoon......

 

[momtective]

OMG this is like trying to build a house with jello!

 

[QueenD]

OMG she will never give a straight answer.

 

[AngelWings444]

DAMN! She won't answer a dang thing!!

 

[BD1]

Games ... so many games. Her strategy is to wear everyone down with silly details but it's actually just crazymaking which is classic abuser behaviour.

But it is just INCREDIBLE to watch it IN COURT!!!! I'm laughing hysterically

 

[Steely Dan]

In the same sense that Verne Troyer looks short.

:laughcry:

 

[MsCharlieChan]

Jodi obviously not only has studied The Secret, but also NLP. She's got that "mimic the behavior of" thing down pat. She used to mirror Travis's thinking & blogging. When the trial began, we saw her mimic her lawyer's style and appearance.

And who is JA acting COMPLETELY like now? Her mentor GUS SEARCY -- condescending, smarter than thou, shyt-eating grin, and all.

 

[kscornfed]

If he were less abrasive, she would be too, and therein lies the problem. He needed to expose her to the jury, that she is NOT timid and shy like she tried to portray during direct. Look at her, no matter how abrasive Juan is, Jodi is smug, defiant, going toe-to-toe; she is absolutely not the shy timid thing she tried to fool the jury into believing she is.

IMO, Juan is exposing a lying, murdering sociopath for what she is.

and she's not acting the part of the abused woman very well at all. big problem for her, IMO. this beeyotch backs down from nobody.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

That's her weak point. He has found it and now he will hit it again and again. She will grasp for that upper hand no matter how damning her testimony is. It is all about the moment and control at this moment. Nothing else matters. Her demeanor and argumentative nature could pave the way to her own death, but she is still more concerned with control at the moment that it doesn't matter.

That, and her reputation

 

[KathrynL]

He's nailing her on her memory..ROFLOL!!!!!