trial day 39: the defense continues its case in chief #117

[deedee21]

Supposedly, this is because she was so messed up from being abused, she was just a shadow of her former self.

She had a boyfriend and a house. She walked away from both when she met Travis. SHES THE CHEATER.

 

[NIN]

I have tried to give the defense counsel and the judge the benefit of the doubt because I know how hard it is to try a criminal case, and I know how backed-up criminal dockets are these days. However, I've reached my limit ....

Wilmott sounds and acts like a kindergarten teacher when she's directing a witness. She constantly smiles and speaks in a sing-song voice. She doesn't sound like that when she's speaking to the court when the jury isn't present. It is grating to me. She & Nurmi don't seem to care what effect they (and their "defense") could be having on the jury.

The hours this court keeps is appalling to me. I tried a murder case last week (where a woman stabbed her boyfriend out of jealousy) in four days. Albeit, it wasn't as complex as the JA trial, but the judge had all of us working from 8:30 in the morning until 5:00 in the afternoon. That was 7.5 hours per day in trial, which is more than this case frequently tries in a week! I really am stumped at this scheduling -- I feel very very sorry for the jurors, and if I were the defense, I would be overly conscious of the fact that they are presenting redundant and redundant and redundant evidence.

Thanks for allowing the rant...

 

[Donnareit]

You know, this is bugging me. I've been to traffic court and it was NO NONSENSE!
No Big Gulp cups, no giggling, no talking, no smirking. No one DARED disrespect the court in such a way. IMHO this judge needs to take control of her courtroom. Attorneys need to SIT UP respectfully in their chairs. NO drinks brought into courtroom. No coloring by defendant. No GIGGLING or talking. No spectators dressing like they are going to the club. Mitigation Specialist not looking like hooker. Attorneys NOT smirking constantly. All of this behavior is remarkably disrespectful to the court and to the victim's family. I am really sick of it.

Amen. Back to my schoolroom analogy. All they are missing are spitballs.

 

[Martin L]

The memorial was after the funeral in this case.

Oh,,ok thank you for correcting that for me

 

[Plumeria5]

April 3rd ALV
April 8th Juan makes Alyce cry...all day.
April 9th Is there redirect? Please tell me no.
April 10th Closing arguments
April 11th Closing arguments
April 15th Tax day and Judgement day for Jodi


Is this about right?

 

[beeshie]

I had a husband that cheated on me, had his girlfriend calling my house, gave her a lot of money and he is still alive. I did not kill him and he was damn married when he committed infidelity.

Were we married to the same man?

 

[ElleElle]

Agreed. And doesn't an attorney know when they've lost the jury. (no pun intended)

And I suspect the closer we get to June, the lonnnnnnger this drivel is going to run, I bet JW keeps her on cross all next week.

This is a poor defense move, sacrificing quality, squelch the jury with quantity and repeats, over and over. Rookie mistakes.

 

[elementary]

I have reached the point where I am cringing at LaViolette's testimony. I feel embarrassed for her and, just plain embarrassed. I don't know how she made her reputation because to me it's clear, she is not that bright- she's just a hard networker. I also cringe at the thought that she is a face of domestic violence advocacy. I cringe for every woman who put her life in LaViolette's hands. It makes me weep.

I also wonder about her Masters in Community Psychology. What is that, exactly? It's not clinical. It's not individual. She interprets narrative. It's so sophomoric. Have I missed the science on that?

As a woman, I am mortified by her ridiculousness. If this is the best we have to offer the world in defence of women, then we are truly in trouble.

 

[BeachGirlFromPA]

NG said that some TH's feel that ALV may be the hail mary to get JA an ACQUITTAL.
That is the first time I have heard that word mentioned in reference to this trial. Lesser charges, maybe, LWOP as opposed to DS, yes, but never the A word....
I don't like it, I really don't like it.....
Night all, I need to shake my head till all my marbles get back in a nice little row...

 

[G&AMom]

I know I'm way behind but. . . This is exactly what I was hoping this expert would NOT do. If he doesn't apologize he's abusive, and if does apologize it's only a trick to get her to stay in the relationship. . . . Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.

Plus you notice the fight they had where he complains about her clothes, her friends and her jobs? He was probably (a) trying to point out why they were wrong for each other, or (b) he worked hard to improve himself and she should, too. I could see this going either way.

 

[Maryann123]

I'm watching Nancy Grace and I think I just got my answer----they're now talking about events that occured in Sept. 2007. They must be going through her journal day by day. I'm thinking getting through this testimony is going to take longer than it took to write 'Gone With the Wind'.

OMG! I was just counting it down myself. The only good thing about dragging this out for so long is the jury will hold it against Jodi! I'd give her the death penalty for just making me listen to this BS! Seriously!

 

[LambChop]

With all the information provided to ALV what we can see is Jodi was too obsessive about Travis and did not want to give up the opportunity to break it off when she had the chance. With Travis we see someone who was not ready to settle down yet regardless of how he thought he should feel about it. Jodi was the only one who could control her environment and didn't. They had phone sex in May, 2008 because she wanted it or she would have never taped it herself.

ALV going through each entry in her diary sound more like a permissive parent who is making excuses for their child's behavior. What we see is that no matter what Travis did to get rid of her she would have none of it. When he finally did tell her he never wanted to see her again, she kills him. There's no reading between the lines here. It is what it is. jmo

 

[Observer in AZ]

I'm going back to the third grade when John Schick refused to be my partner in a class square dance we were doing.

I had to wear OVERALLS and BE THE BOY dancer with another girl.

Needless to say, that was the incident that got my Fauxgnesia rolling...then later my Selective Amnesia was triggered, of course.

Kinda OT but wow funny how some of us have "collective" childhood experiences.. We did square dancing too but I think it was 5th grade

I do remember 4th grade field day my crush freckle faced Mikey wouldn't be my partner for 3 legged race & I had to pair up with the boy in our class who had a glass eye... I thought that was horrific back then..

Now I feel like a snarky lil beezy for being so horrified to be his partner.. Especially since glass eye was due to an accident when his mom spanked him with fly swatter the metal loop handle "plucked" it out while squirming trying to not get 'swatted'... Really I feel bad about that now...

 

[beeshie]

She had a boyfriend and a house. She walked away from both when she met Travis. SHES THE CHEATER.

I couldn't understand why ALV said Jodi was vulnerable because her relationship with Darryl ended. SHE ended that relationship because she wanted to pursue Travis. How does that make her vulnerable?

 

[Kensie]

April 3rd ALV
April 8th Juan makes Alyce cry...all day.
April 9th Is there redirect? Please tell me no.
April 10th Closing arguments
April 11th Closing arguments
April 15th Tax day and Judgement day for Jodi


Is this about right?

Please let this be right.

 

[TXHoney]

What's the name of her book?

It Could Happen to Anyone: Why Battered Women Stay.

 

[marlap]

Supposedly, this is because she was so messed up from being abused, she was just a shadow of her former self.

Exactly! I just hope the jury is good and mad at how stupid the defense team must think they are.

 

[Paintr]

Just trying to catch up after work. Let's see if I got everything

Juror #5 is gone. She was an idiot? the DT were picking holes in teddy bears cause Jodi was jealous and she bore the brunt of this? Pick one

The DP is necessary in some cases? The DP is never necessary anytime? Pick one

ALV and JW are never never gonna stop yakking. No choice question.

JM will get to cross this time next year? Ask the 8 ball.

WS people are gobbling chocolate to quell rising anger or boredom or both? Multiple choice


:floorlaugh::floorlaugh: How did I do?

 

[katiedid2]

I have reached the point where I am cringing at LaViolette's testimony. I feel embarrassed for her and, just plain embarrassed. I don't know how she made her reputation because to me it's clear, she is not that bright- she's just a hard networker. I also cringe at the thought that she is a face of domestic violence advocacy. I cringe for every woman who put her life in LaViolette's hands. It makes me weep.

I also wonder about her Masters in Community Psychology. What is that, exactly? It's not clinical. It's not individual. She interprets narrative. It's so sophomoric. Have I missed the science on that?

As a woman, I am mortified by her ridiculousness. If this the best we have to offer the world in defence of women, then we are truly in trouble.

She. Doesn't seem embarrassed by anything. I agree I feel for those women who put their lives in this woman's hand. I was a victim of DV it took 7 trips to a shelter and than some. I remember it as if it was. Just yesterday. I was visiting him at the house we had once shared, and for the first time! I had a come to Jesus moment. I looked at him and told myself what the hell am I doing here. I went home changed my phone number and never looked back.

 

[Pink Panther]

I don't know about the jury but done with listening to her hash and rehash in detail things that have been gone over in detail earlier for days.

Me too. They've done this three times now. I'm skipping tomorrow "live" and will limit to checking in with you guys...