I find this intriguing. I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts on why he WOULD do this? Has to be some kind of reasoning? Is he going to say he didn't sign one of the papers? The confession? I'd video and tape record every single word/action he makes if I were the Peruvian officials. My lands, no one is oblivious to the fact JVS lies everytime his mouth moves. I'm beginning to believe he starts everyday thinking what kind of chaos or whoppers can I come up with today upon his first morning trip to the john.
While I get upset because he had made financial gain for his tales, in the long run, they are a documented biography contributing to his final demise. Same as in the Anthony case. The media was just using the players and they took the bait...for the money....now it comes back and snaps them in the pants. The big difference being JVS doesn't care. OT: Cindy A. looks awful and even carries herself different than the early days. She looks like she's broken and not the backbone she used to be. JMO
FWIW, My thoughts on why he would sign the two documents with very different signatures and wink to the lawyer he claims he never hired is that he was planning in advance to claim that he was coerced into making a confession - which is exactly what he did.
And I agree that his lies stacked upon lies have been well documented. He's had a LOT of practice making and then retracting statements. It will most certainly contribute to his downfall, IMO.
Being the dutiful and obedient son he is (tongue in cheek), he's taking his mother's lead and instruction by claiming he's 'sick in the head', IMO. I think it's interesting to note, however, that while he was home in Aruba living with his mother after his father's death in February, his mother claimed he was never 'healthier', had quit smoking and was helping out by painting a fence, etc. and attending Bingo with his mama (this was in April). Doesn't sound as if she thought he was all that 'sick' then. And it also defies what she said in a later interview that she hadn't been in contact with him much since Paulus' death.
But here's the burn, IMO... by him and his lawyers claiming he's 'sick', they're in effect admitting that he DID commit the crime. This will come back to bite him in the behind since there seems to be many other sources saying he's not insane and knows right from wrong. MOO
:woohoo: I'm sure the laptop was 'manipulated' plenty by JVS while he was on the run, though.
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"... the accused did not speak and that throughout the hearing
was indifferent to questions of the authorities.
When ...
insisted to assist in the research process, Joran merely remind you that he has begun a process of habeas corpus and evaluation while in statement will not judicial one, also has complaints do police personnel who had questioned him, and the false official translator, as the accused, took him to confess error and did not commit a crime."
http://translate.google.com/transla...=G&rlz=1T4GZAZ_enUS377US377&tbs=qdr:d&prmd=df
His entire legal strategy of disrespecting the court and questionning every court decision seems certain to ensure Joran of receiving the maximum sentence.
Surely, his Peruvian lawyer, Maximo Altez, can see this due to his familiarity of the workings of the legal system in Peru. I'm beginning to wonder if he's just not playing along with the recommendations of Joran's 'foreign' advisors, knowing full well where it will lead!!!
MOO
It's certainly an odd strategy, considering. It makes me wonder if he's listening to the other 'foreign' attorneys (coughTacopinacough) rather than his attorney familiar with Peruvian law. Or if he's just refusing to go with Maximo Altez's advice. Who knows. Whatever it is, I wouldn't think it's going to work in his favor in the long run. The only thing I think it will accomplish is stonewalling the inevitable (longer) sentence he's going to receive.
Another article re: his sanity which defends my position above...
The murderer Van der Sloot wants to save himself from jail claiming insanity.
The attorney for the young Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, responsible for the death of Stephany Flores tries to justify his client saying that it is a "type sick."
The Netherlands citizen, however, shows no signs of mental disorder as psychological evaluations which has been subject. According to the study, Joran would not need any psychological treatment and is able to discern between good and evil without problem.
These statements only thing that would seek to delay sentencing.
http://translate.google.com/transla...-la-c%C3%A1rcel-alegando-demencia&sl=es&tl=en
