I haven't posted here since the last JA trial in 2013. I've been following this one with increasing horror. No matter what the jury come back with let's just remember that JA will likely never be set free amongst civilians again.
She may be smirking now, but inside she is filled with rage. All the things she used to enjoy have been taken away from her:
CMJA is vain and her looks are very important to her - she loved dressing up seductively, wearing makeup and perfume, and she had two cosmetic surgeries that we know of: a breast enlargement and rhinoplasty. In prison she will grow old quickly due to poor diet, no expensive cosmetics or skin creams and she'll always have pasty prison pallor. Her fake breasts will need replacing in 10 years time and I am sure the prison system will not allow her to have that procedure.
CMJA loved to travel. She will never be able to go to Italy and enjoy the Amalfi Coast or the Sistine Chapel. She will never take a honeymoon with a man she loves to Bora Bora, or wait at an airport to board a flight to some awesome destination.
CMJA will never get dressed up in a pretty dress to go on a date, or get to wake up in the arms of someone who loves her (and Big Bertha does NOT count!!). Heck, she won't even be able to get up at midnight and go to the fridge for a peanut butter sandwich if she feels like it, or even go to the toilet privately without eyes on her (eww)
CMJA is a mediocre artist and she can read all the books she likes so she can try to impress people with her grammar and phony-intellectualism, but its a complete waste because the Big Bertha's in the slammer aren't going to give a darn about her spelling and pretentious book-smarts. If she tries that carp with them the only sandwich she'll be getting is a knuckle sandwich.
She knows all this. She is probably humiliated that all her dirty deeds came to light and that everyone saw through her pretense. She's not nearly as clever as she thinks she is, and any victories she may have during this time are inconsequential. Her life is essentially over and whether she gets LWOP or Death, she's going to rot in a smelly building, living a life of Groundhog Day.