vikvaliant
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I do feel sorry for this jury, too.
I think this jury has it pretty easy. It's a case where the evidence is overwhelming, as far as determining guilt, because of everything she did before and after she got there.
I was going to say I feel sorry for them having to view those photos and listen to the testimony, but a lot of folks here have too. In that case I feel sorry that anyone had to view these photos and see/hear how much TA suffered. And I feel sorry for TA most of all.
Personally, I believe the prosecutor went with stabbing first because it makes her self-defense scenario impossible. Once she slit his throat (the one undisputed wound that everyone agrees would incapacitate TA in seconds) she could have easily escaped. Instead she dragged him back into the bathroom and shot him in the head.
In the gunshot first scenario. JA can say the gun did not stop him. She had to use the knife to fight for her life and only the throat wound stopped TA. In this scenario, the fatal throat wound is the last wound inflicted and the only fatal wound.
One fatal wound is key to her self-defense story. Two fatal wounds means she could have escaped.
The difference between the two scenarios is what could decide the death penalty. I don't believe this is a guilty or innocent type of trial. It's a death or no death trial.