Because most abused women do not recognize the extreme danger they are in, even if they voice it. My friend made me executor of her will. On some level she knew she was in danger. I begged her not to go back to her home state where he was. She went back. Two months later she was dead.IMO
Molly - I do think ALV understands abuse and most likely does a fine job when she is working with people who truly are abused. However, ALV was fed a one-sided story by the defense. She is not permitted to make a clinical psychiatric diagnosis. Domestic violence is not listed in the DSM IV TR as a clinical diagnosis (that was JM's point today). ALV was hired and paid to specifically give her opinion on domestic abuse, which she can talk nonstop about as we've seen.
But, if you listened carefully to what she said, most anybody could be accused of being abusive if they wrote nasty texts during an argument. If you coupled those nasty texts with a person who made up despicable stories about you, and threw in you were a pedophile, then you have what we have here. A horrible example of justice gone wrong. Obviously, the DT is not looking for the truth.
Please keep in mind that no physical abuse was ever documented. ALV's conclusion of Travis having abused JA is based SOLELY on JA's changing lies. JA conveniently invented new ways to explain away why she didn't do the normal things that normal people do when they suffer abuse. With her, she's either in a "fog" or somehow the victim. It's garbage and here's an example of what I mean.
ALV NEVER ONCE TALKED ABOUT JA'S ABNORMAL PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR AS IT RELATES TO JODI - AND NOT SOMEBODY ELSE!
Whose fault is it that Jodi kicked her dog, hit her brother over the head with a baseball bat, dropped out of school, left home at an early age, engaged in substance abuse, entered into multiple sexual relationships, and kicked her mother? Whose fault is it that Jodi jumped from job to job, was financially irresponsible and didn't follow through with paying the mortgage on a home, which led to foreclosure? Whose fault is it that Jodi has always been impulsive and manipulative? Whose fault is it that Jodi burglarized her grandparent's home and committed a brutal murder?
These unchecked abnormal psychological patterns have been with Jodi since she's been a child. Because they were unchecked, Jodi's acts of aggression grew from whacking her brother over the head with a baseball bat to murder and she needs to be stopped!
She has shown no remorse, she blames everybody else for her inappropriate behavior, she's a pathological liar, and she manipulates people (including expert witnesses and her own DT).
Her own mother stated that Jodi has mental issues.
Her own father stated that Jodi is strange.
Her own friends tried to get help for Jodi by trying to enlist the help of her mother.
Mutual friends of Jodi and Travis kicked her out of their home. There are numerous statements from friends that Jodi was a creepy stalker who couldn't stay away, and even climbed through Travis' doggie door.
Did everybody abuse JA to make her lash out at them all? Not possible.
Enough is enough with this woman. She's not a victim - she does the victimizing. She's not an abused woman - she's a narcissistic sociopath.
So I respectfully disagree and hope I gave you something to consider as well.
Finally, I think JM is doing a superb job! I had no problem following his thought process of Snow White.
That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. :gavel:
fftobed: fur the realz.
