I think it makes sense if the judge consulted with a peer or some such and decidef to let the appeals court decide the matter...but thats the only way it makes sense to me.JSS changed her mind so quickly too! She went from kicking the media out - to allowing them to stay - to kicking them out again. It doesn't seem like a well-thought-out decision.
If that door wasn't guarded, it was really her on the stand, and Nurmi wins a mistrial because that info was leaked, JSS should be removed from the bench.
If this is the case she should have sequestered the jury...I think she should have anyway...may not be the norm but what is in this case.AZL, I have another question. There was a poll just released by one of the media outlets that said 96% of the people who voted would vote for death for JA. Could she have used that against the media being excluded because she felt they might have an influence on what the jury might hear outside of court? She clearly has no intentions of ever telling the truth as far as what motivated her to kill Travis.
I would like to JM to ask CMJA this time, or a jury member: "Did you phone TA to let him know you were coming to see him?" I am sure she did not...It would have been on her phone or his.
And what if nurmi win a mistrial, what would happen then?
Might be cheaper but we are witnessing the defendents rights at any cost as it is...she could sequester them now.The cost to sequester a jury for 2+ months is unbelievable. And a sequestered jury starts to feel resentment and feel like they are the ones imprisoned, which makes them bond more with the defendant. Much easier, cheaper and faster to clear a courtroom. We, the public, will survive this.
Might be cheaper but we are witnessing the defendents rights at any cost as it is...she could sequester them now.
This guy from NZ...where are his postings to read? I pull up facebook and find nothing.
Ahh yes....Mr. Nurmi.....who wants everybody to know he does not want to be there....bull hockey (sorry about that)......if he did not want to be there why in the hello is he fighting so hard for her???????
A piece of work he is.
Alexander's stayed.I thought everyone was removed from the courtroom, including the Alexanders?
Have to go relook.
I thought everyone was removed from the courtroom, including the Alexanders?
Have to go relook.
I think in her mind this is a brilliant strategy. Nurmi didn't, not least of all because it requires her taking the stand- thereby being crossed by JM again.
AND, even more dangerous to her, she risks the jury seeing her manipulation for what it is. If the jurors think she is falsely accusing the man she slaughtered of abuse and pedophilia , I think they won't hesitate to give her the DP.
Maybe this what Nurmi meant when he said his defense would be discussed for years if the transcripts were unsealed and she got the DP.
Would it make people feel better if there were another Casey Anthony outcome (that jury was sequestered) or an OJ Simpson outcome (that jury was also sequestered)? Would everyone be willing to help fund the cost back to AZ for taking people out of their lives for 2+ months to sequester them?
ETA: The argument is not so much about the jury as it is the allegedly scared 'witness' who doesn't want the media or public to have any access to their testimony. Sequestering a jury does nothing for that argument.
Alexander's stayed.