03-31-2015, 01:41 PM
Justice,
Interesting questions and worth asking.
I do not know personally what the actual laws in Arizona mean as I am from Canada. Maybe someone can clarify this for us.
My thoughts are that since this was a Death Penalty case and Arias qualified because of the charge and subsequent conviction of her crime with the aggravating factor of Extreme Cruelty, I feel that a LWOP sentence will be rendered by JSS.
I do not think that JSS would defer to a higher court or the Clemency Board.
I still believe that she did do that with the issue of "secret" testimony by Arias knowing that she would be overturned and result in shutting down further requests like this by Arias AND severely hinder any future appeal action on this issue. She absolutely used the Supreme Court's ruling when Arias wanted to present her allocution in closed court!
JSS is fully aware of the devious ways of Arias. She has listened to all the crap brought forth in her defense. Crap that was debunked and shown for what it was - deflecting any responsibility by Arias and blaming the true victim, Travis Alexander (and anyone else that Arias could find to blame).
JSS has gone on record stating she is fully cognizant of the manipulation that Arias tried throughout the trial(s).
JSS has seen the total lack of remorse in Arias as she told her many stories/lies of how the crime happened, as she terrorized the Alexander family with letters and horrible accusations about their brother, as she lied on psychological tests, as she suborned lies from her witnesses and even went so far as to call a member of the Mormon Church a liar. These are only a few examples of what JSS witnessed, along with everyone else, over the course of this case.
I would think that JSS is outraged at the continued manipulation of her court as well by Arias.
(I use "Arias" rather than "defense team" because I will always believe that she dictated how her defense was presented)
All of this (and more) about Arias is blatant proof that she is dangerous.
But importantly, to me, Arias has been convicted of Premeditated First Degree Felony Murder with the Aggravating Factor of Extreme Cruelty by her peers and although the Death Penalty was not given to her by two juries (for whatever reasons), JSS knows that LWOP is the appropriate sentence to give.
She does not need to defer to a higher court or the Clemency Board to give her sentence. She was ready to give it right after the last hung jury!
She is finally able to have her say about what she feels about this case and about Arias. She wants it over and done with as well. She, I believe, wants Arias gone too with the harshest sentence she is able to give.
As I have said before, I will be really pissed off and surprised if anything short of LWOP is given to Arias by JSS.
Just my humble opinion once again.
Interesting questions and worth asking.
I do not know personally what the actual laws in Arizona mean as I am from Canada. Maybe someone can clarify this for us.
My thoughts are that since this was a Death Penalty case and Arias qualified because of the charge and subsequent conviction of her crime with the aggravating factor of Extreme Cruelty, I feel that a LWOP sentence will be rendered by JSS.
I do not think that JSS would defer to a higher court or the Clemency Board.
I still believe that she did do that with the issue of "secret" testimony by Arias knowing that she would be overturned and result in shutting down further requests like this by Arias AND severely hinder any future appeal action on this issue. She absolutely used the Supreme Court's ruling when Arias wanted to present her allocution in closed court!
JSS is fully aware of the devious ways of Arias. She has listened to all the crap brought forth in her defense. Crap that was debunked and shown for what it was - deflecting any responsibility by Arias and blaming the true victim, Travis Alexander (and anyone else that Arias could find to blame).
JSS has gone on record stating she is fully cognizant of the manipulation that Arias tried throughout the trial(s).
JSS has seen the total lack of remorse in Arias as she told her many stories/lies of how the crime happened, as she terrorized the Alexander family with letters and horrible accusations about their brother, as she lied on psychological tests, as she suborned lies from her witnesses and even went so far as to call a member of the Mormon Church a liar. These are only a few examples of what JSS witnessed, along with everyone else, over the course of this case.
I would think that JSS is outraged at the continued manipulation of her court as well by Arias.
(I use "Arias" rather than "defense team" because I will always believe that she dictated how her defense was presented)
All of this (and more) about Arias is blatant proof that she is dangerous.
But importantly, to me, Arias has been convicted of Premeditated First Degree Felony Murder with the Aggravating Factor of Extreme Cruelty by her peers and although the Death Penalty was not given to her by two juries (for whatever reasons), JSS knows that LWOP is the appropriate sentence to give.
She does not need to defer to a higher court or the Clemency Board to give her sentence. She was ready to give it right after the last hung jury!
She is finally able to have her say about what she feels about this case and about Arias. She wants it over and done with as well. She, I believe, wants Arias gone too with the harshest sentence she is able to give.
As I have said before, I will be really pissed off and surprised if anything short of LWOP is given to Arias by JSS.
Just my humble opinion once again.