02-05-2015, 12:26 AM
Well, well, well - a busy day in court today.
Of course the defense (Arias) will say that because of the Borderline Personality Disorder, she did not have control over her anger and violent slaughter of Travis.
But it is my understanding that this violent behaviour comes on "in the moment" and the person acts out.
Arias took TIME to accomplish this slaughter. She methodically planned it. She thought it all out in her mind.
She stole the gun from her grandparents.
She rented a car from an agency outside of her hometown.
She dyed her hair.
She got the gas cans.
She shut off her phone.
She tampered with the license plates.
She lied to people saying she was going to see Ryan.
She said she got lost.
She arrived at Travis' for one last booty call.
She spent the better part of the day having sex with Travis.
And then when he was in a vulnerable position, she MURDERED him.
She tried to destroy evidence in Travis' home.
She stole evidence and threw it away in the desert.
She turned her phone back on once out of Arizona.
She called Travis and left messages for the man she had just killed.
She arrived at Ryan's as planned (but late) and spent the night with him in his bed.
She went back home to Yreka.
All of this is not a act of a violent outburst!
This is a clear case of premeditation and cover-up. She knew what she was going to do and try to get away with it.
I do not see this backfiring on the State at all.
AND...she has been convicted of this very act, - Premeditated First Degree Felony Murder with Extreme Cruelty. That is exactly why the jury is even here!
This is not a retrial on her guilt and why she did what she did which is what the defense (Arias) has been trying to do since this trial began. This is a sentencing trial, plain and simple.
Today's testimony was riveting because it exposed Arias as a deceitful, secretive, manipulative, aggressive, confrontational and controlling person where nothing is her fault.
It exposed her lies and inconsistencies on each test she was given and in her interviews with experts by telling them different details.
It exposed her violence with her own mother.
It exposed her bogus thoughts of suicide as even an accidental nick with a razor was too much for her.
It exposed her as a chameleon in relationships to get what she wanted (something I have called her in past posts).
It exposed her lack of remorse for her crime (although the word remorse was not actually used) with her attendance at the memorial service, going back to Travis' house after the murder AND the letter she sent to the family.
It exposed that her break-ups with Matt and Darryl were not amicable. It exposed that these two were just lucky and not worth killing in her mind.
No, emphatically, I do not see this backfiring on the State no matter what the defense (Arias) tries to do in cross.
They wanted the rest of the day to get ready for cross and to come up with more absurd questioning and probably more motions. The two lawyers probably needed time to calm Arias down as she would have infuriated by today's testimony.
Of course the defense (Arias) will say that because of the Borderline Personality Disorder, she did not have control over her anger and violent slaughter of Travis.
But it is my understanding that this violent behaviour comes on "in the moment" and the person acts out.
Arias took TIME to accomplish this slaughter. She methodically planned it. She thought it all out in her mind.
She stole the gun from her grandparents.
She rented a car from an agency outside of her hometown.
She dyed her hair.
She got the gas cans.
She shut off her phone.
She tampered with the license plates.
She lied to people saying she was going to see Ryan.
She said she got lost.
She arrived at Travis' for one last booty call.
She spent the better part of the day having sex with Travis.
And then when he was in a vulnerable position, she MURDERED him.
She tried to destroy evidence in Travis' home.
She stole evidence and threw it away in the desert.
She turned her phone back on once out of Arizona.
She called Travis and left messages for the man she had just killed.
She arrived at Ryan's as planned (but late) and spent the night with him in his bed.
She went back home to Yreka.
All of this is not a act of a violent outburst!
This is a clear case of premeditation and cover-up. She knew what she was going to do and try to get away with it.
I do not see this backfiring on the State at all.
AND...she has been convicted of this very act, - Premeditated First Degree Felony Murder with Extreme Cruelty. That is exactly why the jury is even here!
This is not a retrial on her guilt and why she did what she did which is what the defense (Arias) has been trying to do since this trial began. This is a sentencing trial, plain and simple.
Today's testimony was riveting because it exposed Arias as a deceitful, secretive, manipulative, aggressive, confrontational and controlling person where nothing is her fault.
It exposed her lies and inconsistencies on each test she was given and in her interviews with experts by telling them different details.
It exposed her violence with her own mother.
It exposed her bogus thoughts of suicide as even an accidental nick with a razor was too much for her.
It exposed her as a chameleon in relationships to get what she wanted (something I have called her in past posts).
It exposed her lack of remorse for her crime (although the word remorse was not actually used) with her attendance at the memorial service, going back to Travis' house after the murder AND the letter she sent to the family.
It exposed that her break-ups with Matt and Darryl were not amicable. It exposed that these two were just lucky and not worth killing in her mind.
No, emphatically, I do not see this backfiring on the State no matter what the defense (Arias) tries to do in cross.
They wanted the rest of the day to get ready for cross and to come up with more absurd questioning and probably more motions. The two lawyers probably needed time to calm Arias down as she would have infuriated by today's testimony.