Someone tweeted today and included the link to a handwritten letter from CMJA to Judge Sally Duncan dated 3/14/2011, making the case to keep Kirk Nurmi as defense counsel. While I had seen this document before, it was interesting to read it again under the current circumstances and in light of new information that continues to evolve. This was written in response to his motion to withdraw as legal counsel.
A link to the full letter:
http://twitdoc.com/upload/zou2/ja-letter-from-jodi-to-judge-re-nurmi-motion-to-withdraw.pdf
The evidentiary hearing that she addresses above is regarding the introduction of the infamous forged "pedo" letters. The State first learned about these on 6/10/11, the same date that she mentions. She also discloses that Nurmi has spent the past 6 months working on this evidentiary hearing; this lets us know that he received the electronic copies of the letters in September 2010 or sometime prior. This does make sense when reviewed against her jail infraction record where she was cited for the possession of pens, which ostensibly were used to forge the letters.
In the above paragraph, she writes "He is more familiar than anyone else could hope to be with...mitigation..." I guess this sums it all up. She was right in that interview when she said that there were no mitigating factors. It was also interesting that she, as a person claiming self defense as justification, would mention mitigating factors to a judge overseeing her case. The mere mention acknowledges the possibility of a guilty verdict.
In re-reading the letter, I did get the sense that it was not just attorneys, but also CMJA slowing things down before trial. If Nurmi had been replaced, she did not think that another attorney could be brought up to speed in 18 months.
Nurmi has now been on this case for more than four years. This case has lasted longer than many wedding vows...and in this case, it may be until death (penalty) do us part. :floorlaugh: