02-15-2015, 12:33 AM
I agree that proof of ineffective counsel of Arias by Nurmi will not fly in an appellate court. Nurmi has definitely gone over the top in his defense of Arias.
But that is not to say that Arias will not once again pursue the issue if she thinks it will work for her.
She has tried numerous times to get rid of Nurmi over the course of this case and I can see her using ineffective counsel as another bite at the apple during an appeal.
Observer, I think we are essentially saying the same thing with regard to the allocution of Arias.
It will be all about HER and her gifts to mankind in the past and in the future if she is allowed to live.
It will be her last performance and she will make it a good one.
Knowing that eventually everyone will see her allocution, not just the court and jury, she will in no way come across as the mentally ill person that she agreed to play in her defense during this trial.
She will show confidence and determination but in a manner that she hopes will manipulate the jury to not give her the DP.
She can turn on a dime.
What she needs to do when she gets up there to speak is to emphatically say that she is sorry for what she did, not for herself, but for Travis and his family and all the other people that she horribly hurt by committing this crime. She must beg for mercy from the jury. The only trouble with this is that all of us will know that she is once again lying just to save her life.
In my world, DeMarte proved beyond a shadow of doubt that Arias has BPD. I know people who are Bipolar and I do not believe that she is. I base my opinion on the evidence presented and personal experience but then again, I am not a psychiatrist or psychologist.
But that is not to say that Arias will not once again pursue the issue if she thinks it will work for her.
She has tried numerous times to get rid of Nurmi over the course of this case and I can see her using ineffective counsel as another bite at the apple during an appeal.
Observer, I think we are essentially saying the same thing with regard to the allocution of Arias.
It will be all about HER and her gifts to mankind in the past and in the future if she is allowed to live.
It will be her last performance and she will make it a good one.
Knowing that eventually everyone will see her allocution, not just the court and jury, she will in no way come across as the mentally ill person that she agreed to play in her defense during this trial.
She will show confidence and determination but in a manner that she hopes will manipulate the jury to not give her the DP.
She can turn on a dime.
What she needs to do when she gets up there to speak is to emphatically say that she is sorry for what she did, not for herself, but for Travis and his family and all the other people that she horribly hurt by committing this crime. She must beg for mercy from the jury. The only trouble with this is that all of us will know that she is once again lying just to save her life.
In my world, DeMarte proved beyond a shadow of doubt that Arias has BPD. I know people who are Bipolar and I do not believe that she is. I base my opinion on the evidence presented and personal experience but then again, I am not a psychiatrist or psychologist.