Thanks to everyone for their participation and we understand if some of us just cant take it any longer.
The DT team has been allowed to drag this nonsense on and on and on with no sign of it stopping.
It would be one thing if the DT team was bringing up valid mitigation items for JA but they have not done this. It is beyond comprehension how this has been allowed to go on like it has been. So much of it is just redundant trashing of Travis and his reputation.
Its a wonder the jury has even lasted as long as they have. And just like today, the jury is now showing signs of not being able to take it much longer.
Ive seen other cases where the judge would call the attorney's aside and ask where they are heading to ensure they are heading to some valid point. Why isnt that happening here? Why isnt our judge stopping the nonsense? Why haven't they been limited to valid mitigation points?
The only point the DT has been trying to make is what a terrible person Travis is supposed to have been. In my book, that is not the purpose of this phase of the trial and it should not be allowed and it especially should not be allowed to drag on for weeks and weeks.
I am convinced one of the tactics is the DT is using fillibuster of BS so the jury pool gets too low by attrition. Why doesn't our judge see this? Why doesnt she stop the purposeful delay tactics with redundant and nonsense information?
Yeah, we understand if people cannot take it any longer. I hope the jury can make it to the end, but I am beginning to have my doubts at this point.
I can't help but think about the poor jurors who have given over MONTHS AND MONTHS of their lives for this trial. They are missing things in their lives that MATTER, all at the whim of this disgusting defendant and her DT's despicable practices.
What about their jobs? They may be compensated, at least to a point, but since they are no longer actually THERE at their jobs, are they missing out on important events? Are they missing out on information and experiences that are valuable to their careers? Are they missing out on classes that they need to take in order to upgrade their skills? Are others being promoted over them because they aren't there to vie for an open position?
Are there stay-at-home parents that are missing out on milestones of their children? Do they have to pay for babysitters out of their own pocket in order to be held slavishly to the jury box month after month, when they would normally not need a babysitter because they are usually at home? Do they have to commute to the courthouse, putting up with the stress of rush hour traffic when they normally might have had a more flexible schedule specifically to AVOID rush hour traffic (I used to do that).
And then there is the sheer misery (not to mention boredom) of having to see and listen to all the gruesome details, hear all the hate and lies, and about incredibly detailed recountings of sexual acts, and have to try to make heads or tails of it all and decide whom or what to believe.
The jury KNOWS that the DT/defendant is the one responsible for most of the delays. They see it with their own eyes as Nurmi drags everything out, seeming to relish forcing people to climb down into the gutter with the DT and their despicable client again and again and again, while JM cuts to the chase, being brief and succinct as he gets to the crux of the matter and then steps back.
If I were on the jury, I would be VERY tempted to vote for the DP, not only because she absolutely deserves it, but because of how she has willfully impacted THEIR lives for the worse. I know it's not supposed to be that way, and after letting off steam, most (if not all) of the jurors will try to set that aside, but the resentment HAS to be brewing, and it will still be there in the back of some of their minds, even if they don't realize it. The fact that not one single, solitary mitigating factor has been shown by the DT should make their jobs a little bit easier.
ullhair: as is every other day for Nurmi
Awful.