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The logical conclusion from the many lies that Jodi Arias has told isn't that EVERYTHING can be judged a lie but rather that NOTHING can be judged a truth. I'm sure that some things she says are true. But there's just no way to know what those things might be. Once you start picking and...

Catching up on Juan's closing. I'm really enjoying the internal monologue he's providing for the burglar who walked through Jodi Arias' grandparent's house. The picky burglar. Nice touch. His "don't cha know" phrase reminds me of Ed Grimley. It's a great tone he's taking with this...

She started kind of slow but that last witness was excellent for the prosecution!!!

This tiger/bear thing is not working out for Wilmott. She's losing ground on this.

I love her hypotheticals. Giving the defense a taste of their own medicine. She's funny.

Loving this witness! She's making it hard on Wilmott.

I'm starting to really like this witness.

She did ask him. She specifically asked him if his report was accurate. He answered yes. That meant that the dura mater was intact and she could argue that in closing. The juror question gave him a chance to discover and explain his error.

And now for something completely different.... it's REAL EVIDENCE!

And he's a close friend of ALV and didn't hear anything about the way she got raked over the coals for days on end. Riiiight.

Now what?

Agree. He's hands down the best witness the defense has offered. And it's not going to make a damn bit of difference.

Self-defense is really a non-starter in this case. You have a surviving killer that can't even offer a version of events that supports her claim of self-defense. Even accepting the few events that she can remember: How much of a threat was Travis after being shot in the head? How much of a...

That's likely what will happen. As much as I loath the defense team and their long-winded witnesses, I'm confident that the case will be decided on hard evidence and the law. Expert psych testimonies will off-set each other.

I think Juan cutting things off with a curt "thank you" is a tactic to get this done today. The judge is going to have to really move this along if closing arguments are going to lead off tomorrow morning.