Retrial for Sentencing of Jodi Arias - Day 27, Part 2

[Hatfield]

Someone here lamented the other day that there weren't more "visuals" for the jurors to see. I amen that, as I remember what I see a lot longer than what I hear. I know JM will do a stellar closing, but jurors will only have their notes of it. In his closing, I wish JM would provide a timeline/roadmap of some sort that jurors could copy and refer to during deliberations.

This is a really good point. Juan does flash up documents from time to time for the Jury although he sometimes moves so fast I think maybe sometimes he could slow down on some of the home runs.

Its hard for us with tweets only so we are not sure exactly what he may be displaying for the jury. He may be doing all that and its just not coming across well in the tweets.

Based on the tweets only it seems one critisism I have is I wish he would slow down during his home runs and really make sure the jury digests what he just proved.

He covers a lot of good home runs but at least to me he seems to cover them quickly and mixed in with other points and so I am not sure it is as obvious to the jury which main things he wants to point out.
I just want to be sure when he gets to something really important that he stops and leaves the item on the overhead all bolded in red and makes sure the jury catches that it is very important part.

Like when he asked Deanna and she said "it didnt happen". That was great and he said no further questions. Things like that he did well.

Just think he could do that all throughout and make sure he highlights his main stuff.

He could be doing it better than the tweets are coming across and just basing from what i remember last trial and getting a little confused myself since he covers so much so quickly.

 

[daisydomino]

She really does. Juan would have let it go, seized an opportunity, or asked the judge to admonish in an extreme circumstance and moved on. Her running to the judge like a child makes her look like she can't handle curve balls or a combative witness.

And it looks like she's being a tattle tale whispering to the teacher in front of the classroom.

 

[bsk]

She really does. Juan would have let it go, seized an opportunity, or asked the judge to admonish in an extreme circumstance and moved on. Her running to the judge like a child makes her look like she can't handle curve balls or a combative witness.

The other annoying thing is that it seems like she is always trying to get the judge to tell her how to ask a question properly when she can't figure out how. When she's asking questions and Juan gets an objection sustained, she acts like the judge owes her a sidebar to tell her how to reword her question.

 

[Davia18]

Can anyone tell me why we are starting so late today :thinking:

 

[Hope4More]

A fantasy scenario of Nurmi's closing:

Everything we told you for the past months is a lie. It pained us to have to do that to you, but we had no choice. The Constitution says our client is entitled to the defense of her choice, and that's what we've been forced to provide you. Its been her choice to lie to you about Travis, and her choice to lie to you about ever being in a relationship with him at all. She wasn't.

What that tells you is the only thing you need to know. Our client is batsheet crazy. DeMarte would say that's not a genuine psychological term, but I trust that you understand what I mean. And I implore you to consider how it makes you feeeeeeeeeel to know this, when you must at last decide whether she lives or dies.

( I also like imagining how many times the bailiff would have to zap JA if Nurmi went this route.)

 

[FinallyRegistered]

Here's JA's Feb. 14, 2007 email JM refers to:

https://geebee2.wordpress.com/jodi-arias-valentine-email-14-feb-2007/

Iirc phone records show no calls between TA and JA that Valentine's Day when she claims they were "official". But no call from TA after she sent him that paean of praise? Clearly TA had no idea they were a couple.

And, if he really sent her Valentine's Day gifts, wouldn't they be listed, line-by-line, in her sympathy letter to Travis' family?

 

[Wolfpack Fan]

While ago Fox News had two guests on to talk about this trial. They both could not believe that the judge let Jodi give secret testimony and left it in without Juan being able to cross her. They said that put Juan at a disadvantage. They both think the jury will not give the death penalty. One mentioned the defense putting in all the things Travis was sending to different young women at the same time. He said something about this jury not seeing all the things the first jury did, like the gruesome crime scene. I can't remember if he mentioned the autopsy photos or not. I thought they had seen those photos. He said they wouldn't know how heinous the crime had been. I don't know if he forgot that this crime had already been proven to be "especially cruel."

 

[Frigga]

Thanks, TexMex. Geffner wasn't interested in these puzzle pieces:

May 10: TA text to JA: "Why don't you have him come and f--k you in the woods, I can only imagine you are so worried about me reading. You are paranoid because you have no respect for people privacy and you dare insult me of all people. Someone you should through your actions you hate more than love by denying me a human right of privacy countless times. You have a lot of freaking nerve. We are all not like you in that aspect."

May 10: JA supposedly records sex tape

May 16: JA sends TA "poor me" email about his failure to acknowledge her as his gf and publicly note her help with his new blog.

May 18: TA's blog post castigating gold-diggers and women w/"an inner axe murderer"

May 28: JA steals her grandpa's gun

Additions?

Sometime the end of May she phones Darryl- repeatedly- to borrow the gas cans.

 

[Hope4More]

This is a really good point. Juan does flash up documents from time to time for the Jury although he sometimes moves so fast I think maybe sometimes he could slow down on some of the home runs.

Its hard for us with tweets only so we are not sure exactly what he may be displaying for the jury. He may be doing all that and its just not coming across well in the tweets.

Based on the tweets only it seems one critisism I have is I wish he would slow down during his home runs and really make sure the jury digests what he just proved.

He covers a lot of good home runs but at least to me he seems to cover them quickly and mixed in with other points and so I am not sure it is as obvious to the jury which main things he wants to point out.
I just want to be sure when he gets to something really important that he stops and leaves the item on the overhead all bolded in red and makes sure the jury catches that it is very important part.

Like when he asked Deanna and she said "it didnt happen". That was great and he said no further questions. Things like that he did well.

Just think he could do that all throughout and make sure he highlights his main stuff.

He could be doing it better than the tweets are coming across and just basing from what i remember last trial and getting a little confused myself since he covers so much so quickly.

By all accounts this jury is fried. He's getting in and getting out. Its counterproductive to hit the jury over the head right now. Better to quickly gather up everything he needs to use and save it for what I'm sure will be an epic closing.

 

[Charterhouse]

I will be excited to hear from the jurors how they came to their decision, whatever it may be.

We love to go over the details (I love to). Then you hear from the jurors they really liked a certain attorney because he would tell them hello in the morning.

The whole thing just doesn't make sense. You never know what the jurors are going to focus on.

 

[Kensie]

Can the killer write anything less than 1000 words. I read the 2/14 letter. She admitted to having an anger problem.

The killer is exhausting - babble about nothing.

 

[DebinGA]

Can anyone tell me why we are starting so late today :thinking:

Nurmi claimed he needed to voir dere (sp) JM's MCPD computer forensics witness- Det. Perry Smith ... even though iirc Det. Smith participated in the "" hearing featuring Nurmi and his "" witness BN/eye-guy.

 

[ElleElle]

Good Morning All!

Can't wait to see if Wilmot will recover from yesterday and if so, how; don't see it happening though.

A question I saw on one of the support FB pages: Does JA have the option to change her mind at anytime and decide to take the stand?

I think JSS said she can reconsider her allocution.

 

[bettybaby00]

A fantasy scenario of Nurmi's closing:

Everything we told you for the past months is a lie. It pained us to have to do that to you, but we had no choice. The Constitution says our client is entitled to the defense of her choice, and that's what we've been forced to provide you. Its been her choice to lie to you about Travis, and her choice to lie to you about ever being in a relationship with him at all. She wasn't.

What that tells you is the only thing you need to know. Our client is batsheet crazy. DeMarte would say that's not a genuine psychological term, but I trust that you understand what I mean. And I implore you to consider how it makes you feeeeeeeeeel to know this, when you must at last decide whether she lives or dies.

( I also like imagining how many times the bailiff would have to zap JA if Nurmi went this route.)

It would also be helpful for him to reiterate that 9 days out of 10 he doesn't like her either!

 

[cricket49]

Yes or No posted a video of former FBI Profiler James Fitzgerald in the Sidebar section.

He is the person who decoded the Unabomber manifestos.
He analyzed the letter Jodi sent to Travis"s family and his insight is very interesting. I did not watch the entire video as he goes off into other cases he has worked on. However, one thing he stated as to why Jodi wrote the letter was more about herself. He counted 283 times she wrote me/I/my and only 47 times she wrote Travis's name. Very telling when you dissect it.

 

[AZlawyer]

AZL: I've lost the plot again. Arias' testimony is to stay in - why can't Juan call her to the stand for cross - or can he?

Her testimony is staying in because Juan WANTS it to stay in. And the reason is because now he doesn't have to deal with her being on the stand while he crosses her, making up new lies as she goes along. He can "cross" with her prior testimony (video) or with other witnesses or by commenting on her testimony in closing.

 

[Midnight Rambler]

Mick Jagger. He also sang background vocals on it. You can hear his voice distinctly on it. They had a love affair for awhile and while she was recording this he called. She invited him to come sing with her and the rest is history.

 

[izzy1970]

And, if he really sent her Valentine's Day gifts, wouldn't they be listed, line-by-line, in her sympathy letter to Travis' family?

HA... They sure would have been IMO... Great point!

 

[geevee]

Soooo....

On May 16th she begs for him to acknowledge her, and tells him that it hurt he never told his friends that she was his girlfriend.

Two days later, May 18, he writes in his blog for the world --including all his friends-- to see , that he has been attracting the wrong kind of women. The kind he would never marry. The kind that bring out the worst in him.

She took it personally. As a very public smack down, and as a FU reply to her twisted attempt to guilt him on the 16th.

The question is, what did she do to retaliate after his blog post to bring about his 'worst thing that ever happened to me' declaration?

 

[Nali87]

While ago Fox News had two guests on to talk about this trial. They both could not believe that the judge let Jodi give secret testimony and left it in without Juan being able to cross her. They said that put Juan at a disadvantage. They both think the jury will not give the death penalty. One mentioned the defense putting in all the things Travis was sending to different young women at the same time. He said something about this jury not seeing all the things the first jury did, like the gruesome crime scene. I can't remember if he mentioned the autopsy photos or not. I thought they had seen those photos. He said they wouldn't know how heinous the crime had been. I don't know if he forgot that this crime had already been proven to be "especially cruel."

The medical examiner testified and the photos were shown.