Retrial for Sentencing of Jodi Arias #2

[Miss Judy]

I apologize if this has been asked before, but does the Judge's ruling on the trial being live-streamed create an issue for appeal? Can the Defense use her current decision and say that since she's ruled this way NOW, it "proves" that she should have also ruled the same way for the original trial? Please pardon my ignorance here; I'm not so much dying to see the trial as I am worried that the Judge appears to have reversed herself since the original trial, something I'm afraid the Defense will exploit. I just want Arias locked up, forgotten, and GONE.

 

[Hez]

Counsel approaching the bench. White noise. #jodiarias

And that is why this penalty phase won't be over until 2015! :gaah:

 

[YESorNO]

Guess it's over for tweets

 

[Miss Judy]

Guess it's over for tweets

Nooooo, not the Seal again! I grew to hate that thing. XD

 

[YESorNO]

Nooooo, not the Seal again! I grew to hate that thing. XD

It's the only seal we will see while the retrial is going on

 

[Nali87]

I doubt that a lot of networks will air the whole thing after the verdict. Guess we'll have to catch the highlights on youtube.

 

[geevee]

Oh for pete's sake:

Jodi Arias ‏@Jodi_AnnArias · 2m
"We are twice armed if we fight with faith." -Plato #JodiArias
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ETA: What's the first arm...knife or gun?

 

[Tuba]

Distinctly not how she was armed on June 4, 2008.

 

[Nali87]

Distinctly not how she was armed on June 4, 2008.

Lol.

Anyways she seems to have forgotten that she's already been convicted. There's no saving her. She's done. This part is the cherry on the top; LWOP or DP. (No way is she getting LWTPOP)

 

[AZlawyer]

I apologize if this has been asked before, but does the Judge's ruling on the trial being live-streamed create an issue for appeal? Can the Defense use her current decision and say that since she's ruled this way NOW, it "proves" that she should have also ruled the same way for the original trial? Please pardon my ignorance here; I'm not so much dying to see the trial as I am worried that the Judge appears to have reversed herself since the original trial, something I'm afraid the Defense will exploit. I just want Arias locked up, forgotten, and GONE.

Yes, the defense will make this an issue on appeal, and they would have made it an issue on appeal if the ruling had gone the other way, as well.

From the ruling, though, it sounds like she was told things in sealed hearings after the first trial that changed her mind. So perhaps the difference will be apparent to the appeals court, which will see the sealed material.

 

[Nali87]

Yes, the defense will make this an issue on appeal, and they would have made it an issue on appeal if the ruling had gone the other way, as well.

From the ruling, though, it sounds like she was told things in sealed hearings after the first trial that changed her mind. So perhaps the difference will be apparent to the appeals court, which will see the sealed material.

Oh but they'll surely losely on that point, won't they? I can't think of how the media could have influenced this case. Jurors were supposed to ignore all media right? And when it comes to witnesses, couldn't some have chosen to testify without camera's being there like in the Husley trial?

 

[LinasK]

BBM - I always found WAT and TrialDiaries to be the most consistent in their tweeting as far as reality goes, lol. Whenever Jean Casarez was reporting, I often wondered if she was actually watching the same trial as me. :facepalm: Of course, our very own katiecoolady was such a great source too, and hopefully will be this time around.

Jean gets paid to take whatever side they tell her to take. AZlawyer even said so earlier in this thread. I've seen Jean totally flip from prosecution side to defense depending on the case.

 

[janx]

I'm guessing this hearing is over. It is past lunchtime in AZ. And frankly, I think we're going to see more closed hearings as time goes on. Will reporters even be allowed in there when the time comes for the retrial? Sorry for the cynicism...

 

[janx]

This is interesting:

http://www.mcso.org/MultiMedia/PressRelease/Arias no media.pdf


ETA: Though the sheriff got the date of her conviction wrong...

 

[Hez]

This is interesting:

http://www.mcso.org/MultiMedia/PressRelease/Arias no media.pdf


ETA: Though the sheriff got the date of her conviction wrong...

Probably because he couldn't care less, lol.

 

[AZlawyer]

Oh but they'll surely losely on that point, won't they? I can't think of how the media could have influenced this case. Jurors were supposed to ignore all media right? And when it comes to witnesses, couldn't some have chosen to testify without camera's being there like in the Husley trial?

I think it will be a losing argument, yes.

 

[Love Never Fails]

This is interesting:

http://www.mcso.org/MultiMedia/PressRelease/Arias no media.pdf


ETA: Though the sheriff got the date of her conviction wrong...

Janx,
It seems to me that the Sheriff is the only one who gets it right.

 

[Love Never Fails]

From the few comments so far, I maybe the only one who is disappointed, angry, that JSS ruled against delayed camera coverage (showing parts of coverage at days end). I am not sure seeing through the eyes of someone's tweets is fair to the public. People can be very biased, just as we can be on WS. JSS is thought to base her rulings on the assumption of not getting the verdict overturned. IMO, she favors the defendants rights as much as she possibly can. And again, IMO, this is no longer a defendant. This is a convicted murderer. Nothing will change that. I do not favor "the Jodi show" but we do have the right to have live cameras in our courtrooms. Period.

Those who will be interested in seeing the trial after the verdict will be very few, IMO. I do not care to read a book if I know the ending first. And we all better pray this jury has the courage to make a decision one way or the other and not deadlock. Because if the decision is left to JSS, I will go on record here believing she will give Jodi life. And although Arizona has no parole at this time, I believe courts are becoming more and more lenient and that Jodi will walk by the time she is 45.

O/T, but a man in Jeffersonville, IN was just arrested a few days back for murdering his girlfriend and then eating her organs (brain, liver and part of her lung). As gross as that is, he was ON PAROLE from Utah for murdering his former girlfriend and attempted murder of her mother. Someone please tell me why the courts, or parole board, would allow this murderer to be on parole in the first place?

Jodi will kill again. I may not live to see it, but she will.

 

[G&AMom]

Guess it's over for tweets

Isn't that the federal court seal and not the state seal?

 

[Nali87]

From the few comments so far, I maybe the only one who is disappointed, angry, that JSS ruled against delayed camera coverage (showing parts of coverage at days end). I am not sure seeing through the eyes of someone's tweets is fair to the public. People can be very biased, just as we can be on WS. JSS is thought to base her rulings on the assumption of not getting the verdict overturned. IMO, she favors the defendants rights as much as she possibly can. And again, IMO, this is no longer a defendant. This is a convicted murderer. Nothing will change that. I do not favor "the Jodi show" but we do have the right to have live cameras in our courtrooms. Period.

Those who will be interested in seeing the trial after the verdict will be very few, IMO. I do not care to read a book if I know the ending first. And we all better pray this jury has the courage to make a decision one way or the other and not deadlock. Because if the decision is left to JSS, I will go on record here believing she will give Jodi life. And although Arizona has no parole at this time, I believe courts are becoming more and more lenient and that Jodi will walk by the time she is 45.

O/T, but a man in Jeffersonville, IN was just arrested a few days back for murdering his girlfriend and then eating her organs (brain, liver and part of her lung). As gross as that is, he was ON PAROLE from Utah for murdering his former girlfriend and attempted murder of her mother. Someone please tell me why the courts, or parole board, would allow this murderer to be on parole in the first place?

Jodi will kill again. I may not live to see it, but she will.

If there's a deadlock, the judge is not allowed to give JA the DP.