Verdict Watch 05/07/2013

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O/T, and let me preface this by saying I did NOT follow the Amanda Knox case and have no opinion one way or the other. But I've been watching HLN all day and they're showing clips of a interview with her to air tonight on CNN. Kind of like Jodi, she pretends to cry and her voice is shaky but I don't see tears. I saw the same thing in a interview with her a few weeks ago. Just an observation! Carry on....
Interesting take on it. I can see why some might see that as guilt. I've personally always felt she and Raffaele are both 100% innocent and were victims of being railroaded by dirty prosecution and the LE who handled the case.
 
I'm an attorney and while admit to being emotional about this case and passionate about my feelings that jodi is guilty and that Travis deserves justice, my profession renders me particularly capable of examining evidence and argument clinically, dispassionately and divorced from my emotions. Thus, despite my dislike of both defense counsel for what I felt was a ruthless defense based on allegations they knew were lies, despite my dislike if their styles, I was able to see that technically, they did a good job for their client with the facts they had and I didn't buy into the vitriol about their looks or outfits or how they sat or adjusted their junk.
Bottom line, zero credible evidence of pedophilia tendencies on part of Travis. In fact, her allegations about Travis viewing pornographic media of young boys and breaking her finger when she caught him was thoroughly refuted. Thoroughly.

Finally, as an attorney, I am well able to use logic when analyzing facts and evidence. But that ability is not unique to my kind. Thousands of my sleuth friends here clearly demonstrate their intelligence and wisdom and ability to set emotion aside and utilize logic. And frankly, I find your post to contain the inference that people who don't see evidence of pedophilia are irrational people letting their emotions get in the way of reality. And I think that's offensive. Especially since I believe that a finding that some basis for those revolting allegations exists, is not based in reality.

two clicks on the thank you button. :moo:
 
John Gilliland ‏@AZRadioNewsGuy 1m
#JodiArias jury is done for the day...tune in tomorrow
 
Where is that quote from (I love it!). Is it from opening or closing arguments? Juan has been such a voice for Travis. No wonder we're "Juanderstruck". He summed it all up in one sentence.

I believe that was right at the beginning of Closing Arguments.
 
My husband just came in the kitchen to tell me that some man on HLN said that there was a woman hold out the jury...and that was why there wasn't a verdict reached yet.


This is why I drink.

:cheers:

As long as you're here with us on WS, you'll never have to drink alone! :toast:

ETA: And btw, my husband firmly believes the jurors are deadlocked at the moment. :eek:hoh:
 
There is an interesting gentlemen on JVM on HLN that said he was on a murder one case and is talking about their hold out juror. Anyone else watching him.

He said the lady who was the hold out demanded to see every piece of evidence.

How can he have this information??? If someone from the jury has talked it puts the whole trial at risk since a mistrial can be declared, right?
 
OT, but I have to tell my pocket hose story.

My husband luuvvvsss gadgets. Any type, any kind.

Well he got the miraculous pocket hose a 3-4 weeks ago. We were having some landscape guys clear a pocket of wilderness so we could plant a new garden. They wanted a bonfire so they asked that we get them some water to keep in some 5 gallon buckets for safety. Husband excited as helll to grab his new pocket hose to fill the buckets.

The guy and I are standing there watching as hub hooks the new pocket hose to the spigot and holds it out proudly. Slowly the hose begins to lengthen and hub breaks out in a triumphant grin. Then suddenly when it reaches it's full length the head pops off and hits the worker in the shoulder followed by a burst of water. I quickly turned off the water as the rubber hose rapidly shrank back inside the clothlike sheath. I looked at my guy's disappointed face as he stared down at the limp sheath dribbling the last bit of water. I then looked at the landscaper and we both laughed so hard we cried.

I laughed so hard my dog got up and went to the foot of the bed to lay down. lol
 
wtf!!! He must be on another case. Jurors are not allowed to talk to the media!

No he is not on this case. It was a previous murder one case as I said. I guess the lady would look at the videos held close up to her face while the other 11 just sat there.

I think he said she eventually called in sick multiple times and was replaced with an alternate. He was one of there more interesting guests today.
 
I think the jurors are taking a while because the whole case is pretty complicated with a lot of pieces that need to be put together. My biggest question is, what was the motive? I get the jealousy part, but was it a strong enough motive to murder him the way she did? Obviously, she was enraged when she murdered him because when someone causes this much harm to someone, it's pretty personal. IMO of course.

I'm hopeful for a first degree conviction. I'm not gonna let the wait or the length of time the jurors take to deliberate affect that. I truly feel for Travis's family, those past days must have felt like years for them. :(

Interestingly, Peace, I watched an old documentary on Nicole Brown (Simpson)'s final 24 hours and they had an expert on who said Nicole had rejected OJ at the dance recital and that you don't reject an obsessor because that is when the evil gets released. Her motivation? He rejected her for the very last time....
 
people on twitter need not get my hopes up :floorlaugh:

ETA: he'll probably be working on other trials maybe?

Just got there? Hmmmmm. Getting ready for verdict reading in open court??????

Oh please please please!


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I got a message like that one time too-had the same reaction but nothing came of it so...who knows?

Maybe they're practicing cuz I can see somethings going to happen. I'm going to my corner now and breathe into a paperbag and whisper Serenity Now.:scared:
 
The started at 10. Are they going until 5 or 5:30 pm?
 
No he is not on this case. It was a previous murder one case as I said. I guess the lady would look at the videos held close up to her face while the other 11 just sat there.

I think he said she eventually called in sick multiple times and was replaced with an alternate. He was one of there more interesting guests today.

Gracias! Thought as much :seeya:
 
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