hindsight2020
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I am no longer buying the theory that JSS does this because she is trying to eliminate appeals. As you say, JA is going to throw everything including the kitchen sink into her appeal anyway.
And surely even though this is her first death penalty case as a presiding judge she has seen or been a prosecutor on a death penalty case before. If 99.99% of other Judges in the nation can preside over a DP case in an open public courtroom then there is absolutely no reason why she has to be the one that cant.
When it is all over and done with I really would like to know how much time and money has been spent due to all the secretive meetings, hearings, and all the time wasted at sidebars. I have seen many Judges deny a sidebar when asked by either side but I haven't seen one time she denied even one because all they do is rehash what was said in a sidebar they had just minutes before.
I was watching a video this morning showing Juan questioning ALV on what she thought about the fact that Travis said he was fearful of Jodi and her stalking him. ALV of course was combative, rude, snide, and non-responsive. She was trying to evade answering and Juan was not being feisty. This went on and on and on.........sidebar.......the question again.....more combativeness.......sidebar....sidebar...sidebar. Juan kept looking at JSS asking could he ask 'that' question now... which only ended in more sidebars. Then here came the infamous recess. FINALLY the Judge told her to answer the question. And this is how this entire cases has gone. The first time ALV was nonresponsive in her answer is when JSS should have told her then to answer but no it wasn't until much wasted time had passed before she spoke up and did her job.
I know I have said this case is being conducted like no other but I truly have never seen another Judge in a death penalty case or any other case for that matter act this strangely.
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I wholeheartedly agree ocean blueeyes, I have been watching court cases since 1994 (argh, my age is showing), I will never forget my first, lol, Steven Baker Lucas killed his mother a Tyler Texas Socialite it was mesmerizing to watch the prosecutor in this trial, he was great, I was hooked.
Never seen anything like this judge/courtroom drama/delays, etc, the word extreme comes to mind. This is really not a special case, this is not about sex, this is not about religion, this is merely just abbout a butchering fatal attraction bunny boiling jealous woman killer that could not handle rejection. How and why this all got out of hand is beyond comprehension.