Angelina Frost
Vigilante Justice League
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I don't think, at the moment of the head shot, that Travis Alexander was dead. He was mortally wounded, but the "post mortem" appearance of the head wound was due, in part, to there being essentially no blood flow to the head.
If this was the case with Travis Alexander, that once his throat was cut his body still struggled to stay alive, and I have no reason to think that the throat cutting of Travis Alexander was any different than the sample I've seen, then Jodi Arias resorted to the gun as a coup de grace, to finish it because, despite what she saw in movies, killing someone is a lot harder and takes longer than she counted on.
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This is a brilliant post and I completely agree with your assessment.
Like you, I've seen many of the videos. The brutality is unimaginable. I don't know if you would agree, but many times I wish that I hadn't seen them. I have been irrevocably changed after viewing them, perhaps for the worse.
As it relates to this case, you are spot on about what actually happened. Given her embarrassing level of delusion, I honestly believe she thought it would be easy, like what we see in the movies. She underestimated TA's will to live, thereby transforming a murder into something that rivals the stuff of unfathomable horror.
I have read many posts from people who oppose the death penalty. They will always have my respect, even though I wholeheartedly disagree. You and I know more (perhaps a lot more than we should) about what really transpires during an execution like this. The intentional level of depravity cannot and should not go unpunished.
I pray that the jury gets it right.