I really wish the camera would lay off Jodi--I can't stand her facial expressions. She's so reptilian she doesn't know how to fake real human emotion.
There is an excellent chance there is a survivor on the jury, and like so many here they know who the abuser is.ALV, imo, is a much more intelligent expert than the last one. She obviously knows what she is talking about although it has nothing to do with JA. She was not a victim of DV. ALV is answering hypothetical questions that have been posed to her, and she is very credible in her answers. I really do hope that Juan takes a different approach with her, though, because I would hazard to guess that there is at least one victim of DV on the jury who has bonded with her in a way. There is nothing to gain for the prosecution by alienating any jurors. Juan can dismantle the DT's attempts at painting JA as a victim of DV just as well by cross examining ALV in a less aggressive fashion.
I wonder what % of people who come from abusive households become abusers? WAY LESS than 100%.
Also wonder what LaV defines as "abusive" in childhood- being grounded for skipping school? Depending on her definition of "abusive childhood", all of us probably fit in her category. If you look hard enough you can probably find something you can label as "abuse" from everyone's childhood.
I am not sure if I just read JA's lips while talking to Nurmi at the very end of clip where judge says we are at recess but I swear . . . Jodi said something like . . .have you seen this? what is this? to Nurmi . . ..
any lip readers here . . .. hopefully a clip will be up soon to review.
Of Mediterranean descent, Semetic and the like.
Really, sickle cell anemia isn't a "racial" illness, because the condition in its heterozygous form (dominant/recessive genes) gives an advantage over contracting Malaria, it's basically more a geographical condition. It's not African Americans who get it, it's people who trace ancestry back to a certain region of Africa.
The problem is, you have people who got both dominant genes, have full blown Sickle Cell and that sucks.
Here she is sitting there looking small, petite, abused, sad, depressed, little girl hair, and much the victim. She plays this role so well.
Come on Jodi... Do a headstand and then a hairflip
I am craving this in a major way and I don't wanna go to the store.......Or some good fudge.
I don't smoke but had a cigarette last week. Ok I had 2 ..after court. This trial!!!