VERDICT WATCH - Sentencing of Jodi Arias - Retrial Day 43, Part 2

[Truth Detector]

I'll be volunteering to fund commissary for any inmate willing to make JA life as miserable as possible in Pville. I'm sure there are quite a few in there that would accept that offer.

Proof will be necessary.

Some of the 'ladies' there are only slightly less dishonest than JA.

 

[~Lyric~]

Wild About Trial 2 ‏@WildaboutTrial2 29s30 seconds ago
Alexander family gets on elevator and exits. #jodiarias

Cathy ‏@courtchatter 30s31 seconds ago
Jury has not walked out yet but court personnel announced it to us #jodiarias

Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ 55s56 seconds ago
Attorney's and family on both sides have left for the day. Jurors are leaving too. Return tomorrow at 9:30 #jodiarias #3tvarias

 

[LinasK]

That could very well be. Earlier someone posted that one of the appeals issues for Andriano was the judge gave the jury the Allen charge, which means they were dead locked at one point but in the end gave death. Which I didn't know. For all we know, it could be one or two people, like you said.

Since I had to miss 98% of today, and am exhausted, indulge me: what's an Allen charge please??

 

[josie1986]

Cathy ‏@courtchatter 2m2 minutes ago
Nurmi, Willmott, Alexanders, Juan all just walked out. #jodiarias

 

[Dr. Know?]

Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 2m2 minutes ago
Attorney's and family on both sides have left for the day. Jurors are leaving too. Return tomorrow at 9:30 #jodiarias #3tvarias

 

[Tulessa]

I am for the death penalty IF we could actually execute prisoners that are sentenced to death. I am definitely for it in this case knowing the details. However, given the small number of people that are actually executed in this country I wonder if it is worth it.

Has anyone else watched that show on CNN called Death Row? I watched a few episodes over the weekend, and it bothers me that innocent people can be put to death due to unethical LE and prosecutors. I'd rather have the rest of them serve life than have a few wrongfully executed.

Just thinking out loud, and wondering what others think.

Bingo! Look at Kentucky'd death row. Notice all of those that have been there thirty plus years. Makes no sense!

http://corrections.ky.gov/communityinfo/Pages/DeathRowInmates.aspx

 

[mugwump*]

PER BK: JM, Flores and DT left. She says they were told the jurors were done for the day but haven't seen them actually leave

I'm still going with Wednesdays child is full of woe!

 

[~Lyric~]

Carolyn Sung ‏@CarolynSungCNN 42s42 seconds ago
Court clerk just announced "were done for the day" #jodiarias #VerdictWatch #cnn

 

[Truth Detector]

• Cathy @courtchatter
  
  Jury has not walked out yet but court personnel announced it to us #jodiarias
• 2mCathy @courtchatter
  
  Jury is done for the day. They will be back at 930 tomorrow. #jodiarias
• 2mCathy @courtchatter
  
  Nurmi, Willmott, Alexanders, Juan all just walked out.

 

[Mrs G Norris]

KTAR News on 92.3 ‏@KTAR923 45s46 seconds ago
Jury deliberations are finished for Day 4 in #JodiArias, they will return tomorrow at 9:30

Done .. off to studio

 

[Tulessa]

Good night all.

 

[Dr. Know?]

Wild About Trial 2 ‏@WildaboutTrial2 · 1m1 minute ago
#JodiArias supporters no longer on opposite end of lobby where Alexander family typically waits.

Cathy ‏@courtchatter · 2m2 minutes ago
Jury has not walked out yet but court personnel announced it to us #jodiarias

 

[TexMex]

I do remeber sliding down the wall though

Right as everything was going grey I thought about scratching her eyes out but decided not too...

 

[cricket49]

I want the death sentence to slap that smug look off her face. Jodi has manipulated everyone in her path and when they saw the monster
underneath the bleach blond hair and fake they ran. Some people saw the "real" Jodi others did not see it until it
was too late. '

I don't care if she gets death or LWOP but I want that smug look slapped off her face.

 

[concernedmother]

Well. tomorrow should be it either way.

 

[Truth Detector]

Since I had to miss 98% of today, and am exhausted, indulge me: what's an Allen charge please??

ALLEN CHARGE

A term used, usually in the federal court context, to describe the instructions given to a jury when, after deliberation, it is unable to decide on a verdict. An example of a modified Allen Charge follows:

Members of the Jury:
I'm going to ask that you continue your deliberations in an effort to reach agreement upon a verdict and dispose of this case; and I have a few additional comments I would like for you to consider as you do so.

This is an important case. The trial has been expensive in time, effort, money and emotional strain to both the defense and the prosecution. If you should fail to agree upon a verdict, the case will be left open and may have to be tried again. Obviously, another trial would only serve to increase the cost to both sides, and there is no reason to believe that the case can be tried again by either side any better or more exhaustively than it has been tried before you.

Any future jury must be selected in the same manner and from the same source as you were chosen, and there is no reason to believe that the case could ever be submitted to twelve men and women more conscientious, more impartial, or more competent to decide it, or that more or clearer evidence could be produced.

If a substantial majority of your number are in favor of a conviction, those of you who disagree should reconsider whether your doubt is a reasonable one since it appears to make no effective impression upon the minds of the others. On the other hand, if a majority or even a lesser number of you are in favor of an acquittal, the rest of you should ask yourselves again, and most thoughtfully, whether you should accept the weight and sufficiency of evidence which fails to convince your fellow jurors beyond a reasonable doubt.

Remember at all times that no juror is expected to give up an honest belief he or she may have as to the weight or effect of the evidence; but, after full deliberation and consideration of the evidence in the case, it is your duty to agree upon a verdict if you can do so.

You must also remember that if the evidence in the case fails to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt the Defendant should have your unanimous verdict of Not Guilty.
You may be as leisurely in your deliberations as the occasion may require and should take all the time which you may feel is necessary.

I will ask now that you retire once again and continue your deliberations with these additional comments in mind to be applied, of course, in conjunction with all of the other instructions I have previously given to you.

 

[MeeBee]

Since I had to miss 98% of today, and am exhausted, indulge me: what's an Allen charge please??

The Allen Charge is basically where the judge tells a hung jury to go back and try again to reach a unanimous verdict. It's also called the Dynamite charge. JSS gave one today.

 

[SevenSeas]

Well.....How about THAT.........Judge Stephens is learning how to run a courtroom. Hip Hip Hooray !!

Too little and too late for the sky

 

[deedee21]

This is the reason people can't stand them and don't feel one ounce of pity for them. They deserve all the criticism they get and then some!

I agree. Jodi will expect them to cater to her for the rest of their lives. Thats what they get for trying to sell fake letters to the National Enquirer. KARMER.

 

[Jeniloohoo]

Since I had to miss 98% of today, and am exhausted, indulge me: what's an Allen charge please??

When jury goes to judge saying they are deadlocked, judge makes an appeal refusing to let them leave, and urging them to go back and try to find consensus.