Penalty Phase #12

[LambChop]

Hence, anyone with an ounce of decency should regard this young lady as another friend to the truth and the victims still hurting from the events related to this case. Be nice. lease:

Don't collect and scatter the seeds of gossip and meanness about these witnesses. We don't know their pains and struggles they must endure each day. These hurts may be unimaginable and if we knew them, we would feel terrible for them and wish them well and better from the bottoms of our hearts. :truce:

How would we like it if our own lives were dissected under some borgish internet microscope and our very private, personal details were posted far and wide\ for any and every one out there to look at? We wouldn't. :scared:

Let's show a little empathy shall we? Please don't be mean. lease:

Being mean on line puts an ugly mask over a once attractive face.
Please be nice to witnesses and strangers alike. lease: Especially the ones now in question.lease:
:moo::blushing:

Well, first of all this was stated by the prosecutor today in court. It is neither gossip or meanness. It's part of the court record. It is a tip of the iceberg regarding what took place under questioning by JM last Thursday where the witness refused to answer questions and took the 5th. Another witness, again, takes the 5th.

When you have done crimes your life is an open book. There is no such thing as privacy because it is all online. It's a court of law where fabricating a story is not an option but the truth is a requirement by law. Lying under oath is a crime.

 

[MsFacetious]

I'm not surprised court was cancelled. :facepalm:

I do wonder how Judge Perry would have handled this defense team. :HHJP:

 

[Love Never Fails]

See what happens when sometimes we have moments of feeling sorry/sympathy for family members...and then they do cr*@ like that, that throws our sense of compassion out the ol' window. How disrespectful to the true victim's family. It's a joke.

Ppppffffttttt. Just like reading comments from her aunt, the one who laughs in court. It erased any sense of sympathy that I had previously had for her. It's one thing to be small town, maybe naive in the ways of court proceedings and respect for the process, I get that. But once I read her FB comments about a week ago (which we can't link here, but I know several of you saw), nope, they were disgusting and hurtful towards Travis' family.

JMO

Most families of murderers that I have seen are in denial. I guess they feel if they face the truth it makes them bad. Think of Scott Petersons's parents, Casey Anthony's parents and brother, and OJ's family. They cannot go away quietly. They have to do or say anything to makes themselves look bad. I mean really bad. Okay Arias family, you look really bad. Shame on you.

 

[katiedid2]

Let's see. Defense claimed that mitigation witness Patti Womack (? spelling) "felt threatened" and wasn't going to testify. Some media outlets said she "received" "threats" but as far as I can tell, no such threats were documented in open court. Juan argued that in interviewing the witness she pled the 5th to many of his questions on the advice of Wilmott/Nurmi (which Nurmi denied). So Patti isn't testifying, judge will read (or did read) into the record that she was unavailable to testify.

Nurmi then said they would put on no mitigation witnesses, asked for a mistrial due to above Womack situation, and asked to be removed from case. Both denied. He also sought a stay to appeal to Ct. of Appeals.

Jodi is supposed to appear now at 9:30 am local time to allocute. Who knows what will happen.

Nurmi was going to have her testify to Jodie's bad childhood this contradicts it.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/jodi-arias-trial-update-alexanders-siblings-emotional-plea-19200249

 

[Liebchenmutti]

ANNNNNNNNNNND

What I've learned....don't take pics of your who ha unless you want them shown to the world on a huge jumbo-tron.
:floorlaugh:

Wiser words have never been spoken!!!:floorlaugh:

 

[gauntlet]

There's a really nice thank you from the Alexanders on the FB page. They talk about how much they were struggling before the fund came to their rescue. Such a humble family. They also talk about how much the support has helped them and their plans for Travis' legacy fund
https://www.facebook.com/Justice4Travis?ref=stream&hc_location=timeline

 

[gcharlie]

JA can still fire KN & JW right?

If so...

I'll bet she fires them overnight

It the only last ditch effort I can see JA putting off the trial!

She is indigent and she has court appointed counsel so she did not hire them and thus cannot fire them. My understanding is that she would have to petition the court to dismiss counsel, which would be denied.

 

[mejane]

Ohhh heck twister heading to OKC

Becareful folks~!

Very scary!!!! Just heard kids may be trapped in an elementary school. This is almost as bad as the F-5 in close to the same area years ago. Please pray!

 

[Observer in AZ]

Just got back from medical torture. Was trying to read WS on my phone at the Dr.'s. Court was cancelled as predicted after Nurmi threw a fit?

I missed it haven't seen Nurmi throw'n anything :floorlaugh:

 

[Tipstaff]

JA went on TV before KN AND JW were her lawyers.

JA went on TV WHILE KN AND JW were her lawyers.

JA has been posting regularly on TWITTER while KN AND JW are her lawyers.

JA went on TV immediately after a Murder 1 conviction and KN AND JW ARE HER LAWYERS.

NOW KN, JW and JA blame the media hype on the Judge.

 

[Ransom]

Mark Klaas at Richard Allen Davis sentencing hearing: RAD allocution kept right on victimizing the Klaas family

[video=youtube;tRmBd0DiH6Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRmBd0DiH6Q[/video]

 

[LinasK]

JA can still fire KN & JW right?

If so...

I'll bet she fires them overnight

It the only last ditch effort I can see JA putting off the trial!

No, she might try, but the judge isn't going to allow it at this late date. If so, she would have let Nurmi & Wilmott withdraw. It would take a new lawyer months to get up to speed.

 

[leebee52]

I missed it haven't seen Nurmi throw'n anything :floorlaugh:

I thought he was throwing out mistrials AGAIN AND AGAIN. But what else is new?

 

[katiedid2]

She gets to make any statement she likes to the jury. She can not address anyone but the jury though.

She is speaking for her life... Supposedly.. We will see. Who knows what she will say.

Didn't the BTK killer go on for along long time and than some?

 

[LambChop]

ANNNNNNNNNNND

What I've learned....don't take pics of your who ha unless you want them shown to the world on a huge jumbo-tron.
:floorlaugh:

And the new definition for deleting data......"not so much".

 

[Garlandy]

Earlier on HLN they were talking about what JA will say tomorrow if she takes the stand. I think one possibility whether she takes the stand or has a statement read is, she will say something like "blah, blah, blah...(not sure what excuses or blame she will hurl at someone else) but she will end with fake tears and kleenex and say something like " I will leave it up to the jury, if you think I should get the DP then let it be, whatever you decide I will think is right." Of course it will be just another form of cmja's mind games, reverse psychology and manipulation thinking that may get her life as opposed to the DP. Imho I don't think she wants the DP, in her mind she sees years ahead of her to keep in the news and keep her so called 'celebrity status.'

 

[leebee52]

Can't decide which was possible worse...watching/missing today's events or spending an hour in an MRI coffin. Hey baby boomers...if you've had an MRI...am I mistaken or do those sounds it makes sound exactly like the old school Atari games?

 

[Observer in AZ]

Very scary!!!! Just heard kids may be trapped in an elementary school. This is almost as bad as the F-5 in close to the same area years ago. Please pray!

Holy Cannoli..

I'm from Indiana/Ohio border barely remember going to basement during the Great Xenia Tornado back in 70's!

I lived in a 'mobile home' in Indiana I can remember there being only 1 time in the 20 yrs living there that fire dept came out for evacuation we had to leave to shelter in town or go into the ditch!

Ironically the mobile home park was located next to a lumber yard up on a hill..
I always thought that was a bad combo if there was a touch down! :banghead:

 

[leebee52]

Holy Cannoli..

I'm from Indiana/Ohio border barely remember going to basement during the Great Xenia Tornado back in 70's!

I lived in a 'mobile home' in Indiana I can remember there being only 1 time in the 20 yrs living there that fire dept came out for evacuation we had to leave to shelter in town or go into the ditch!

Ironically the mobile home park was located next to a lumber yard up on a hill..
I always thought that was a bad combo if there was a touch down! :banghead:

I've always had the impression that tornados are attracted in some way to mobile home parks.

 

[LotusPawprint]

Knew it Juan questioned Womack as it involved her drug use and that of the defendant: http://youtu.be/oDXopWnFUqA?t=5m50s Loving that so much.

Anyway it is fun that Juan exposed her as a drug user, and a tax cheat today, she gained zero by withdrawing.

So let's discuss the mitigation expert shall we? What has this individual done for her paycheck .. so far ZERO! None of the lame witnesses found look like they are testifying, not even the defendants own mother, any arguments .. no .. anything at all?

It's easy to point the finger, and I'm pointing it at her too, not just Nurmi and Wilmott.

bbm - I believe it was the mit spec. who put together that fine list of 8 mitigating factors.

So.... there's that.