Here is why I am not worried that JA will somehow not be convicted of first degree murder or worse case senario, second degree.Even if you beleive there is some truth to ALV's testimony that she was "battered."I think the jury will conclude that she did not suffer from Battered Women's sydrome. If anyone can name one case of BWS where the women had no dependent ties( econmically dependant, children, in the same home) and drives 700 miles plus to go back to the "batterer's den" please tell me. Most are hoping never to be found by their physical abuser.
Even if jury feels that TA was emotional abusive to JA( and I think there is eveidence)I don't think it had any impact. She showed no signs of what other women who have been beaten down emotionally typically do. I think JA is like Teflon. It just doesn't stick. How many women would have stayed in a relationship once their lover called term a *advertiser censored*?
I don't feel as confident about DrDM as many do in the sense I don't know that she's brilliant ect. But she raised a great point about the PSDS. She saw the tapes of 48 hours and saw no signs of startle reaction ect. Great point.
A bit ot but CNN interviewd one of the survivors of the Boston Marathon. He was with four friends(all lost limbs) but he was by the mailbox and that blocked the impact to his lower body. He was injured, but had been released from the hospital. He was asked what he remebered and he said " I remember everthing." So we know great truama does not always cause a "fog"
So despite all the testimony, court bickering, witnesses dueling, we still come down to.. the rejection, the stolen gun, the elaborate trip plan, the gas cans, the cell phone being off in Az, the two fake stories about her being at his home, the gun shot, the stab wounds, the slit throat, the photos, the connecting with the family afterward, the fake journal entries.
PS there is one q that I don't think was ever asked. When TA allegeldy body slammed her and she was trying to get away from him,,did she scream?hmmm