I cant speak for the jurors who have suffered domestic violence but I can express my own point of view since I am a domestic violence survivor.
Genuine DV survivors come to have a sixth sense due to their prolonged abuse situation. They are more often that not the very first ones who sees through 'the mud'(BS) when it is thrown out as an 'excuse' by a murder defendant, imo.
We have to remember these potential jurors are sitting there to be selected for a criminal case. Which means they, even though maybe severely abused, did NOT resort to murder. Therefore; they are not going to have anything in common with a murderer who did. They do not think murder is the answer so they are far far different in JA before this phase even begins.
I remember in this case and the Mary Winkler case it brought out DV survivors in droves voicing their total disdain for both defendants who pretended they were abused without one piece of evidence supporting it anywhere.
The vast majority of DV victims overwhelmingly did NOT believe either woman. In fact when Oprah dared to interview MW in her weird interview it caused such a ruckus that DV survivors crashed Oprah's website when they lashed into Oprah for even having the lying cold blooded murderer on her show.
What Juan needs to do is throw it back into the DTs face. The one who truly was a domestic violence victim was Travis and Travis only. Dr. DeMarte or another mental health expert needs to list all of the things that Arias did even before she slaughtered Travis that shows SHE is a DV victimizer/abuser. All of the traits are there and she meets the profile to a T. Those who have experienced DV will have more in common with Travis and none with the murderer. They know all too well the abuser always blames the victim.
Like I said, I cant speak for the jury, but if I was selected to be on this case by me being a TRUE DV survivor it would not bode well for the defendant whatsoever. It is people like Winkler and Arias who lie in order to get away with murder who has hurt true DV victims who have actually suffered from horrific abuses. By lying through their teeth by using DV only as an excuse to get away with cold blooded premeditated murder it is a slap in the face to every genuine DV victim who has survived it.
Travis' murder had nothing to do with Arias being abused. It has everything to do with what can happen when an obsessive, stalking sociopath is rejected and is no longer wanted in the life of the victim they murder. Juan needs to drive that point home over and over again because therein lies the real truth why Travis was slaughtered.
The jurors who have suffered true DV knows the most dangerous time in a victim's life is when they dare finally tell their abuser they no longer want them in their life.
IMO
