01-28-2015, 05:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-28-2015, 05:13 PM by NERN.
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Observer, no offense taken but I do agree that posting links is far better. It allows us to go to them if we wish. I too stay with this excellent blog because of the comments of others.
Note: since Dr. K. has our direct emails, could she not send an email to Duluth (and others) directing them to this new page?
Yes, the jury only heard about her terrible abusive childhood and allegations against her parents of drug use. Even Geffner tried to corroborate that she was a victim of childhood abuse.
But, and here comes the but.....
-Martinez successfully discredited Geffner's testimony and did it expertly.
-With no proof of childhood abuse presented except by Arias' own words, her testimony cannot believed as she has been proven to be a pathological liar.
- By not testifying, she cannot continue to convince the jury.
- Her parents did not testify to save her life, in this trial or the first trial. Yes, they would not want to get up there and say they abused Arias as a child and yes, they were drug users BUT....Martinez would have been able to tear their testimony apart just by referring to their interviews.
If I was juror I would sincerely wonder why no family member would come forward as a mitigation witness (or by affidavit) to try to save Arias' life.
If I was a juror I would sincerely wonder why Arias has no friends who would speak for her and why she should not be put to death.
Refuting Arias' Mitigation Factors
1. Ms. Arias has no prior criminal history.
- although no charges were laid, police were called when her family found that she was growing pot on the roof of their house
- although no charges were laid, she has admitted to peeping in Travis' window while he was with another person
- although no charges were laid, she was accused by persons of slashing Travis' and a friend's tires
- although no charges were laid immediately, she continued to lie during her police interview
- she may not have any criminal history on the books, but she engaged in criminal activity
2. Ms. Arias was just 27 years old when she committed her offense.
- at 3 years shy of being 3 decades old, Arias was an adult when she killed Travis.
- she had finished the schooling she wished to take
- she was employed within the workforce
- she was living her life independently from her family
- she knew right from wrong
3. Ms. Arias is remorseful for her conduct.
- Shortly after the death of Travis, she wrote a lengthy letter to the family. Although she said she felt remorse, she spent the rest of the letter detailing her relationship with Travis and more importantly, the details of his death at the hands of ninjas.
- she talked with the state and family asking for a plea deal or she would make public her accusations of Travis being an abuser, porn lover and a pedophile
- she made up three different stories of her first, non-involvement, then her ninja story and finally her self-defense story
- she lied on tests done by expert(s) to help prove she had PTSD
- she claims she is innocent and no jury would convict her
- her entire defense was that she was the victim in this case and he made her do it
- and, and, and........
4. Ms. Arias suffered both physical and emotional as a child.
5. Ms. Arias suffered both physical and emotional abuse during her relationship with Mr. Alexander
- In both of these factors, there has been no proof of any abuse presented with the exception of Arias' own words!
- overwhelming evidence HAS been presented that Travis was not an abusive person to anyone
- there has been no corroboration of any abuse by her family
6. The abusive nature of the relationship caused Ms. Arias to suffer extreme emotional distress at the time of the incident.
- again, abuse at the hands of Travis in their relationship comes only from Arias
- the "incident" was premeditated days/weeks in advance with Arias covering her tracks as she travelled to Mesa.
- she says the "incident" was caused as she fought for her life and it was self-defense
- this was emphatically disproved by her conviction and guilty verdict of Premeditated First Degree Felony Murder with Extreme Cruelty
7. Ms. Arias has been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
8. Ms. Arias has been diagnoses with Borderline Personality Disorder
- both of these diagnoses were presented by an expert in the first trial who was proved to 1. transcribe answers to tests himself and 2. answers from Arias were based on a base lie and therefore invalid
- this also was emphatically disproved by her conviction and guilty verdict of Premeditated First Degree Felony Murder with Extreme Cruelty
9. Ms. Arias' psychological makeup impaired her ability to cope with the tumultuous relationship she had with Mr. Alexander.
- being a pathological liar, a stalker, someone who invades the personal privacy of Travis, a possessive person and manipulator made the relationship tumultuous. Using her sexuality made the relationship tumultuous.
- Travis rejected her in the end and paid for it with his life.
- Her psychological makeup was one of wanting what she wanted, when she wanted and doing what she wanted to get it.
- she may have some kind of personality disorder but she is NOT mentally ill.
Note: since Dr. K. has our direct emails, could she not send an email to Duluth (and others) directing them to this new page?
Yes, the jury only heard about her terrible abusive childhood and allegations against her parents of drug use. Even Geffner tried to corroborate that she was a victim of childhood abuse.
But, and here comes the but.....
-Martinez successfully discredited Geffner's testimony and did it expertly.
-With no proof of childhood abuse presented except by Arias' own words, her testimony cannot believed as she has been proven to be a pathological liar.
- By not testifying, she cannot continue to convince the jury.
- Her parents did not testify to save her life, in this trial or the first trial. Yes, they would not want to get up there and say they abused Arias as a child and yes, they were drug users BUT....Martinez would have been able to tear their testimony apart just by referring to their interviews.
If I was juror I would sincerely wonder why no family member would come forward as a mitigation witness (or by affidavit) to try to save Arias' life.
If I was a juror I would sincerely wonder why Arias has no friends who would speak for her and why she should not be put to death.
Refuting Arias' Mitigation Factors
1. Ms. Arias has no prior criminal history.
- although no charges were laid, police were called when her family found that she was growing pot on the roof of their house
- although no charges were laid, she has admitted to peeping in Travis' window while he was with another person
- although no charges were laid, she was accused by persons of slashing Travis' and a friend's tires
- although no charges were laid immediately, she continued to lie during her police interview
- she may not have any criminal history on the books, but she engaged in criminal activity
2. Ms. Arias was just 27 years old when she committed her offense.
- at 3 years shy of being 3 decades old, Arias was an adult when she killed Travis.
- she had finished the schooling she wished to take
- she was employed within the workforce
- she was living her life independently from her family
- she knew right from wrong
3. Ms. Arias is remorseful for her conduct.
- Shortly after the death of Travis, she wrote a lengthy letter to the family. Although she said she felt remorse, she spent the rest of the letter detailing her relationship with Travis and more importantly, the details of his death at the hands of ninjas.
- she talked with the state and family asking for a plea deal or she would make public her accusations of Travis being an abuser, porn lover and a pedophile
- she made up three different stories of her first, non-involvement, then her ninja story and finally her self-defense story
- she lied on tests done by expert(s) to help prove she had PTSD
- she claims she is innocent and no jury would convict her
- her entire defense was that she was the victim in this case and he made her do it
- and, and, and........
4. Ms. Arias suffered both physical and emotional as a child.
5. Ms. Arias suffered both physical and emotional abuse during her relationship with Mr. Alexander
- In both of these factors, there has been no proof of any abuse presented with the exception of Arias' own words!
- overwhelming evidence HAS been presented that Travis was not an abusive person to anyone
- there has been no corroboration of any abuse by her family
6. The abusive nature of the relationship caused Ms. Arias to suffer extreme emotional distress at the time of the incident.
- again, abuse at the hands of Travis in their relationship comes only from Arias
- the "incident" was premeditated days/weeks in advance with Arias covering her tracks as she travelled to Mesa.
- she says the "incident" was caused as she fought for her life and it was self-defense
- this was emphatically disproved by her conviction and guilty verdict of Premeditated First Degree Felony Murder with Extreme Cruelty
7. Ms. Arias has been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
8. Ms. Arias has been diagnoses with Borderline Personality Disorder
- both of these diagnoses were presented by an expert in the first trial who was proved to 1. transcribe answers to tests himself and 2. answers from Arias were based on a base lie and therefore invalid
- this also was emphatically disproved by her conviction and guilty verdict of Premeditated First Degree Felony Murder with Extreme Cruelty
9. Ms. Arias' psychological makeup impaired her ability to cope with the tumultuous relationship she had with Mr. Alexander.
- being a pathological liar, a stalker, someone who invades the personal privacy of Travis, a possessive person and manipulator made the relationship tumultuous. Using her sexuality made the relationship tumultuous.
- Travis rejected her in the end and paid for it with his life.
- Her psychological makeup was one of wanting what she wanted, when she wanted and doing what she wanted to get it.
- she may have some kind of personality disorder but she is NOT mentally ill.