The first time I was on a jury I was SHOCKED. I was very young, first year in college, and I looked it. I was under the impression no one would even get started until we all returned to our seats. We took a restroom break straight away. When I sat back down, one of the men, said no no, you sit at the top of the table, you are the foreperson. We elected you. I thought he was kidding. There were folks one could tell just by the way they dressed and spoke who were professionals, experienced, my elders, surely far more learned than me. I looked around the table to see if it was a funny they were pulling on the baby of the bunch. Nope. They were not kidding. So I swallowed hard and stepped up to the white board and got us started. I am sharing this just to let you know how a jury leader is picked is not necessarily the way you think. Tara Kelley said that the jury had discussed they would simply draw a number, randomly to decide the jury foreperson. She wound up being an alternate so there is no way to know if that is what happened.
I watched the foreman's various and sundry interviews over many times searching for the inevitable WHY to be answered to calm me. I believe he does not believe in the death penalty and he would never have voted for it. Period. He was that rigid. If I am correct, he is a lawyers worst nightmare, a stealth juror. I thought we had another one of those in the book writer, juror #3 on this jury. She has since been released.
A few things stood out to me.
1) I inferred that he opined that they were not permitted to consider the VIS of Sam and Steven as he said that was not evidence. He had a poor understanding of that. Absolutely they were to consider it, or the judge would not have put it before them. I hope that is made clear this time that just because it is not sworn testimony, does not mean the jury cannot consider it. GOOD GRIEF!
2) By stark contrast, he was willing to accept what Jodi said in her allocution, forgetting that too was NOT sworn testimony, so his standard was adjustable?
3) He said they did not try to convince one another, they respected each person's personal decision. Translation- they took a quick vote and he considered that to be definitive. He did not understand the idea of deliberation is indeed to go over the evidence, and opinions, back and forth, over and over and over again. He honest to God did not seem to think this was needed in this phase. That explains the VERY quick question/note he sent out about being deadlocked after, what was it....two hours.
4.) He is in broadcasting. I will bet my home we will see a book from him straight away after sentencing. I say this because several of the jurors were interviewed the day after he went on Good Morning America. They were polite, but LIVID. They seemed SHOCKED that he was interviewed; because. as a group they all had committed to one another to hold their peace until later. He purposely walked out in front of the news trucks right after trial and the bookers for every station approached him. Of course. He could have declined as he had just promised, but instead he was booked on plane to NY. I don't respect that. The jurors said politely, he does NOT speak for us. We do not share his views. We are here ONLY to set that straight publicly; because, in his GMA interview he used "we" often.
5) He says he saw with his own eyes the texts and emails between the pair of them. "There is no doubt in my mind she was emotionally abused by him," he opined firmly. So he bought into the Travis had it coming nonsense if you ask me.
Someone was asking why do folks assume older folks would go easier on Jodi Arias. I laughed when I read that; because , it has my experience that people from my mom and pop's and CERTAINLY my Gram's generations DO NOT PLAY. They suffer no fools and would come down harder, if anything. Every kid in America knows if you go over to your Gram and Gramps' home, you WILL BEHAVE with the most elegant manners you know of. You will not be putting your feet on their coffee tables, or running through their house, you wont walk one step toward the living room with your dripping popsicle. You just know Gram don't play. They just worked too hard and their life was so much harder that they just don't put up with any nonsense. They can advise you as a teenager or young woman about the wrong boy within five minutes of meeting him. They have seen it all, heard it all, and they just are not easily fooled by the Jodi Arias' of this world. Right? Older folks would be more likely to be stern in my opinion.
What I think folks mean, in general, is that this Kim Kardashian generation is a lot different regarding sex than that of someone in their sixties or early seventies. What would absolutely shock my Mom, and give my Gram a heart attack....like Jodi texting Travis she wanted him to ejaculate on her face, she loved being debased, and Travis and her laughing about how long he went to town chomping up her behind doing "tossed salad" ( I had to look that up in the urban dictionary ). Nurmi took out all of Jodi's parts and just played back and put on the screen ONLY TRAVIS' WORDS during that sex tape. Strung together like that, wholly out of context without her asking for it, enjoying it.....
it made it seem like Travis was abusing her sexually and emotionally. People think an older generation would view all of that much harsher. People forget these folks lived through the 60s. That is a whole other show. Maybe my mom and pop never heard of anything outside of Playboy magazines, but the young generation finds *advertiser censored* quite common. Going back to Kim.....she is a multi millionaire. It is not due to sales at her Dash store. It is because millions of red blooded young men, and women for that matter, bought the *advertiser censored* sex tape of her with Ray J. So a little sex talk would seem quite palatable to a young group.
I think that is the only intention when people discuss age groups opining. I do agree with our posters that say older people would hold her feet to the fire. In my family, the autopsy photos sealed the deal. My Gram, God bless her, would not miss a beat...."Get a rope".
Here is Tara Kelley , juror
http://www.wildabouttrial.com/one_o...st-tara-kelley-juror-in-the-jodi-arias-trial/
Jodi Arias jurors speak out "To set the record straight after foreman spoke for them"
http://youtu.be/dDRLc3lCYdg
Jodi Arias juror #8
http://youtu.be/_q2T0zszCaE
Jodi Arias juror #10
http://youtu.be/xcO76UR9v_k
Jodi Arias jurors on Dr. Drew "She showed no remorse".
http://youtu.be/-SqRZVECefM
The jury foreman in the Jodi Arias trial, William Zervakos, gave an interview where he explained how he reached his verdict. He also said that he did not believe Jodi killed Travis in self-defense but said, "I am very sure in my own mind that she was mentally and verbally abused." Although he does not say it outright in this interview, his tone suggests that he was one of the jurors who voted against the death penalty. Alrighty then
http://youtu.be/3aZqWCJ7ee4 He has other interviews too, but I have heard enough from this gentleman. Indeed.
THIS sir is what true PTSD looks like
Steven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD8mGcmlwkk
Sam
http://youtu.be/3DKThBJxrFA
WHY she should get the death penalty
http://youtu.be/6HZovnt7hh0