01-28-2015, 03:54 PM
Took me awhile to figure out that Dr. K. would not just let this forum go so I began searching and lo and behold, I found you all again!
I was wrong - there, I said it. Arias will not testify!
I cannot say I am sorry for this because I was not looking forward to more long, long days with her and her lies. We see who she is as I believe that the jury does as well and her lies and drivel would just prolong the trial with the same result.
I believe that she refused to testify for a couple of reasons:
1. She did not want to be decimated by Martinez on the stand as were her so-called witnesses through their affidavits and her so-called experts.
2. She could not face her family, face-to-face and in open court after the accusations she made against them of extreme child abuse and their unsubstantiated drug abuse.
If I were on the jury, I would immediately want to know what she was hiding and her entire testimony would be very suspect.
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Abe - good old Abe.
We all know where he stands with regard to Arias. He made this perfectly clear while testifying. He did well.
I think that Arias used Abe for a couple of reasons too:
1. To make Travis jealous
2. To explore the possibility of a relationship with him (setting up the man in the wings which is her pattern) because he was higher up on the hierarchy with PPL than Travis and could give her what she wants in life.
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Deanna
I absolutely agree that she was offended greatly by the questions asked and the implication that she was a liar and she reacted. I believe she is a devout Mormon and to be accused of committing a sin to defend Travis was once again a terrible attack by the defense (Arias).
We know that Arias hates this woman because she had Travis' heart, first romantically and then through a dear friendship, something that Arias never had with Travis. Arias was the "booty call" for Travis and could never win his heart. This hatred for Deanna manifested itself in the questions that were asked and probably for a brief moment, Arias felt "got her" when Deanna reacted.
I do not think this hurt Deanna's testimony in the least, but rather showed the honest character of Reid and once again the depths of inhumanity that the defense (Arias) continue to go to.
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To not strike Arias testimony shows that Martinez has enough ammunition from her testimony in the first trial to bury her. Had he stricken it, he could not use anything from the first trial. Brilliant move on his part!
I also liked when Martinez challenged Geffner regarding Arias having learned so much from the first trial and used it to "fake" and "lie" on the tests he administered. Geffner said it would be very hard to do so given the number of questions BUT we all know that Arias is very adept in her lies and she could very well have manipulated her answers. After all, she did this in the tests administered by Samuels because her answers were based on the lie of the ninja story.
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Anyway, I think we are on the home stretch now and closer to a final end of this circus and Arias!
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I agree that the jury's questions showed that they are not buying the defense's (Arias) case. One of the most telling issues to me in their questions and the answers is that incarcerated people were not included in any study. Then just how valid was the study in this case.
I was wrong - there, I said it. Arias will not testify!
I cannot say I am sorry for this because I was not looking forward to more long, long days with her and her lies. We see who she is as I believe that the jury does as well and her lies and drivel would just prolong the trial with the same result.
I believe that she refused to testify for a couple of reasons:
1. She did not want to be decimated by Martinez on the stand as were her so-called witnesses through their affidavits and her so-called experts.
2. She could not face her family, face-to-face and in open court after the accusations she made against them of extreme child abuse and their unsubstantiated drug abuse.
If I were on the jury, I would immediately want to know what she was hiding and her entire testimony would be very suspect.
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Abe - good old Abe.
We all know where he stands with regard to Arias. He made this perfectly clear while testifying. He did well.
I think that Arias used Abe for a couple of reasons too:
1. To make Travis jealous
2. To explore the possibility of a relationship with him (setting up the man in the wings which is her pattern) because he was higher up on the hierarchy with PPL than Travis and could give her what she wants in life.
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Deanna
I absolutely agree that she was offended greatly by the questions asked and the implication that she was a liar and she reacted. I believe she is a devout Mormon and to be accused of committing a sin to defend Travis was once again a terrible attack by the defense (Arias).
We know that Arias hates this woman because she had Travis' heart, first romantically and then through a dear friendship, something that Arias never had with Travis. Arias was the "booty call" for Travis and could never win his heart. This hatred for Deanna manifested itself in the questions that were asked and probably for a brief moment, Arias felt "got her" when Deanna reacted.
I do not think this hurt Deanna's testimony in the least, but rather showed the honest character of Reid and once again the depths of inhumanity that the defense (Arias) continue to go to.
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To not strike Arias testimony shows that Martinez has enough ammunition from her testimony in the first trial to bury her. Had he stricken it, he could not use anything from the first trial. Brilliant move on his part!
I also liked when Martinez challenged Geffner regarding Arias having learned so much from the first trial and used it to "fake" and "lie" on the tests he administered. Geffner said it would be very hard to do so given the number of questions BUT we all know that Arias is very adept in her lies and she could very well have manipulated her answers. After all, she did this in the tests administered by Samuels because her answers were based on the lie of the ninja story.
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Anyway, I think we are on the home stretch now and closer to a final end of this circus and Arias!
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I agree that the jury's questions showed that they are not buying the defense's (Arias) case. One of the most telling issues to me in their questions and the answers is that incarcerated people were not included in any study. Then just how valid was the study in this case.