weekend discussion: discuss the trial here #155

[Tulessa]

True:waitasec:
Overall, it was a great show! I didn't know where to put a comment about it, so I did say something in your KCL thread, sorry.

If I was ever a family member in such a case, I would want someone as dedicated as Mr. Martinez. I think he knows his "audience" and how far he can go with the "in your face" questioning style. I appreciate how dedicated he seems to be for his case.

I have read so many true crime books and started following these forums with Betty Broderick's case. I think we need a few good books from the family members and the trials from their perspective, perhaps even on how they manage to go on for many years afterward. That is asking a lot though, and would probably be a difficult task to attempt. I watch Travis's sisters and marvel at them being there day after day and the agony I see just breaks my heart, knowing it won't end when the trial is completed.

One comment about JA: I believe she did not take TA's camera because she knew it might easily be traced to her. It was her downfall that she was unaware the pictures could be recovered.

BBM It really helps the family! Our PA was totally awesome! And I have to give kudos to the defense attorneys as well. They came up to us, shook our hands, told us how sorry they were, and told us they were praying for us, as a family. We were all crying after that & told him to tell his client that we were praying for his soul. I will NEVER,EVER forget their compassion! That is just something you don't see every day, if ever. But then again, it might have been, where we asked for the DP to be taken off of the table. Either way, it consoled us.

 

[Dana]

BBM That screen was from her Grandfather's house, from what I remember.

Actually, it was in the forensic photos of TA's house. A screen was found laying in the back yard.

 

[MrsPC]

this has probably already been discussed but in Demarte's redirect she stated that in addition to Arias's restaurant jobs that Arias had told her in the assessment interview that Arias was a caretaker of a young boy from Nov 2007- Jan 2008. Who was this child I wonder?? Brewer's son perhaps?

 

[Maryann123]

Of course there was no rope.

She made it up along with the linebacker lunge.

I saw an evidence photo (somewhere) of a piece of ...not really rope, but some sort of cord with braiding. Around that time, some were saying it looked like decorative trim that went around a pillow on Travis' bed. I tried to find that picture again, but with no luck. Does anybody remember it? And, I think there was testimony that fine pieces of what appeared to be rope were found in the bedroom. I guess it was more like the shedding of rope when it's been cut. Have we ever heard what that was thought to be?

 

[Ransom]

I don't think he would even hint at the possibility of a contempt of court charge in front of the jury. JW was in full deer/headlights mode and I don't think she'd care if LaViolette got into trouble for her shenanigans on the stand.

But I agree with you that there was something really weird and really wrong about how completely she wanted to protect Jodi. They had to have a meeting to address it. That was just odd.

I really need to know, whatever it was. I am nosy, yes.

JM didn't hint other than his 2-3 approaches. That was JMO, as I stated. JW cared if their "expert" got called out. JW/KN cared mucho thus the last call when ALV, KN, JW came back into court and ALV complied to JM question about TA being afraid. KN/JW will not be a part of ALV "shenanigans".

 

[leebee52]

HAHA....my 26 year old just breezed thru to get something from my desk and caught me laughing my butt off. He said "What? Are you doing that Casey Anthony Sh&t again?" I said, "You mean Jodi Arias?" then he just walked off all disgusted like.

 

[mollyf]

I'm going to have to say that this is an extraordinarily bad time to be male in this particular thread.

You just have to know that all of us girls and women who are not chiming in to this might have differing opinions.


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[MistyM]

I'm going to have to say that this is an extraordinarily bad time to be male in this particular thread.

ohh noooo... it's not a negative. i blame photographers. how can i say this. it's very hard to make men look 'beautiful' or 'artistic' in photos because they are so masculine.

i hope that makes sense!

 

[Tulessa]

Wow, creepy. Did your hubby find him wierd? And how so?

Kudos for doing that. Many people would have cashed in on what you had the scruples to destroy. I can't wait for the day when JA's 15 minutes of fame are up and her so called "art" is about as worthless as a used piece of toilet paper, um kind of like her (in her own words of course) :floorlaugh:.

I will NEVER, EVER forget when that story broke! We were watching the news and hubby literally jumped up and said I KNOW THAT GUY!. And I was like, huh? :floorlaugh: He said , honey that's the guy from the choc factory. I told him to go gather the paperwork and sure enough, we found 11 signatures. We burned them immediately, to honor the victims.

 

[MrsPC]

I saw an evidence photo (somewhere) of a piece of ...not really rope, but some sort of cord with braiding. Around that time, some were saying it looked like decorative trim that went around a pillow on Travis' bed. I tried to find that picture again, but with no luck. Does anybody remember it? And, I think there was testimony that fine pieces of what appeared to be rope were found in the bedroom. I guess it was more like the shedding of rope when it's been cut. Have we ever heard what that was thought to be?

Travis had some old flip-flop sandals that were covered with shag-like carpet.

photo 64 of 180

http://www.hlntv.com/slideshow/2013/01/03/jodi-arias-evidence-photos-nancy-grace-mysteries-day-4

 

[nic2200]

this has probably already been discussed but in Demarte's redirect she stated that in addition to Arias's restaurant jobs that Arias had told her in the assessment interview that Arias was a caretaker of a young boy from Nov 2007- Jan 2008. Who was this child I wonder?? Brewer's son perhaps?

No one knows and it was probably a lie. I can totally see JA trying to impress Dr. D by making up a bunch of jobs she never had before and it came back to bite her in the butt. It really didn't seem like Wilmott knew what Dr. D was talking about with all the jobs.

 

[leebee52]

You just have to know that all of us girls and women who are not chiming in to this might have differing opinions.


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AND some of us are just joking around.(me) Sometimes I feel on the threads like I'm at a Saturday Night Live show. Guess that's more of a downtime weekend kind of thing.

 

[Sleuth5]

You just have to know that all of us girls and women who are not chiming in to this might have differing opinions.


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Just for the record, I do not apply generalities to anyone on the basis of gender, religion, ethnicity, or any other category.

 

[dani]

And mere minutes after trial was over, Ms. (forgot her name too) was on the NG show via phone and said she MOST CERTAINLY still uses her six criteria! I wished JM brought that out or Dr. D slipped it in somewhere the next day but neither did.

BBM: Yes…Juan did get in a few questions on Lenore Walker's 6 criteria and JDM verified that it is still valid today.:twocents:

 

[leebee52]

Travis had some old flip-flop sandals that were covered with shag-like carpet.

They were quite ugly too. It took me the longest time to get what they were.

 

[ShadyLady]

Is it Tuesday yet? I am going through withdrawal.

I wonder how Alyce is doing? Hope she is not spending all her hard earned money all-at-once!

 

[pinkfairy]

I think that what JA has on DB is that he has the "stolen" dvd player and he knows that photo is his "junk" and not Travis.

 

[Phoebeb]

I saw an evidence photo (somewhere) of a piece of ...not really rope, but some sort of cord with braiding. Around that time, some were saying it looked like decorative trim that went around a pillow on Travis' bed. I tried to find that picture again, but with no luck. Does anybody remember it? And, I think there was testimony that fine pieces of what appeared to be rope were found in the bedroom. I guess it was more like the shedding of rope when it's been cut. Have we ever heard what that was thought to be?

I remember the pillow on the chair photo, and it did have fringe on the edges. Also, those flip flop/ sandals had a similar thread I thought. I can't remember where I saw the pillow picture either...

 

[Sleuth5]

ohh noooo... it's not a negative. i blame photographers. how can i say this. it's very hard to make men look 'beautiful' or 'artistic' in photos because they are so masculine.

i hope that makes sense!

My wife thinks Michelangelo did okay.

 

[Dana]

I saw an evidence photo (somewhere) of a piece of ...not really rope, but some sort of cord with braiding. Around that time, some were saying it looked like decorative trim that went around a pillow on Travis' bed. I tried to find that picture again, but with no luck. Does anybody remember it? And, I think there was testimony that fine pieces of what appeared to be rope were found in the bedroom. I guess it was more like the shedding of rope when it's been cut. Have we ever heard what that was thought to be?

You're right, there was a piece of something in a forensic photo of the many of TA's home. It was a tassel laying on the carpeted steps.