02-10-2015, 12:35 AM
I agree with you, Duluth. It does sound like at least some of them see mental illness as a strong mitigating factor.
I think Dr. Janeen DeMarte has probably presented the strongest evidence for the defense to date. She diagnosed Jodi Arias as mentally ill and all the defense witnesses did was slander Travis Alexander and make Poor Widdo Jodi the victim.
If the jurors believe Arias is mentally ill, they may also believe that Travis Alexander was taking advantage of a mentally ill girl.
Deanna Reid told this jury that Travis never put his hands on her in an offensive way but she didn't say how sensitive and caring he was, that he never raised his voice to her, that he didn't get mad when she broke it off. Mimi and Lisa didn't testify to this jury that he never sexually, verbally or physically abused them and he wasn't angry when they broke it off with him like they did the last jury.
DeMarte told the jurors Jodi Arias had a pattern of glomming on to men quickly, clinging and then when they tried to break it off, stalking and pursuing them.
But she never told the jurors that Travis Alexander had no pattern of abusing women to counter those emails where Sky and Chris Hughes said he abused women.
Marissa DeVault who killed her husband Dale with an ax while he was sleeping was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and the jury unanimously gave her life instead of death. But then her young daughters begged for her life.
Jodi Arias has no family members begging for her life. It will either make the jurors think her relatives are glad to be rid of her or make them sympathize with her because nobody cared enough to beg for her life.
Marissa DeVault was over emotional when she gave her allocution like you expect from a Borderline. She was so emotional that I couldn't understand a word. But Jodi Arias had a flat affect and was detached and unemotional like a sociopath when she gave her allocation. It was like she was a businesswoman giving a power presentation for a corporation.
I think Dr. Janeen DeMarte has probably presented the strongest evidence for the defense to date. She diagnosed Jodi Arias as mentally ill and all the defense witnesses did was slander Travis Alexander and make Poor Widdo Jodi the victim.
If the jurors believe Arias is mentally ill, they may also believe that Travis Alexander was taking advantage of a mentally ill girl.
Deanna Reid told this jury that Travis never put his hands on her in an offensive way but she didn't say how sensitive and caring he was, that he never raised his voice to her, that he didn't get mad when she broke it off. Mimi and Lisa didn't testify to this jury that he never sexually, verbally or physically abused them and he wasn't angry when they broke it off with him like they did the last jury.
DeMarte told the jurors Jodi Arias had a pattern of glomming on to men quickly, clinging and then when they tried to break it off, stalking and pursuing them.
But she never told the jurors that Travis Alexander had no pattern of abusing women to counter those emails where Sky and Chris Hughes said he abused women.
Marissa DeVault who killed her husband Dale with an ax while he was sleeping was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and the jury unanimously gave her life instead of death. But then her young daughters begged for her life.
Jodi Arias has no family members begging for her life. It will either make the jurors think her relatives are glad to be rid of her or make them sympathize with her because nobody cared enough to beg for her life.
Marissa DeVault was over emotional when she gave her allocution like you expect from a Borderline. She was so emotional that I couldn't understand a word. But Jodi Arias had a flat affect and was detached and unemotional like a sociopath when she gave her allocation. It was like she was a businesswoman giving a power presentation for a corporation.