02-17-2015, 01:40 AM
I want to thank everyone for helping me to see that I had indeed confused the original opening statements and was thinking we had seen them this time. I know now that I had not seen them for this 'retrial'.
I can only hope the jury is not confused as I am. I see that as a deliberate defense tactic, to confuse people especially the jury! In all this retrial performance, I still see no credible mitigating factors. One thing, to me, that is interesting, is that it has been the same prosecutor for all these years. Juan Martinez has an incredible memory. He is stellar and strong in understanding what evidence to present and when to focus on it. The jurors will have at least 1,000 pieces of evidence with them in the jury room. I can only pray they will be able to focus on the evidence that pertains to the truth and not to the many things presented by the defense that were only introduced to 'confuse.'
Now, I'm wondering about Nurmi's decision to bring back Fonseca and Geffner. They were both so adamant that Arias did not have BPD, but instead, she had PTSD. They also seemed convinced that it is never the women who are abusers. It seemed to me, they only focused on things to make it sound like Travis was a sex crazed maniac who only kept Arias in the 'dark' for his own toy.
Can they possibly now combine their 'opinions' with the 'diagnosis' of BPD, since it seems that now Nurmi is trying to make this jury believe she was actually 'mentally ill' the whole time?
And I am also wondering just what the prosecutor has filed, in secret, from the Devault case that could possibly pertain to the sentencing of Jodi Arias. I know she and Arias were at one time 'cell mates'. I remember that at one time, Jodi got in trouble at the jail, before her conviction, for a fight and claimed she had to defend herself. Could that have been Devault, in their shared cell? I wonder if Devault has turned over something she kept that could be used as evidence. I'd be interested in finding out about her Prosecutor's filing, and if it will help the prosecution or the defense. (Although I can't imagine a PROSECUTOR, who works with Juan, filing any evidence that would aid the defense team.)
I can only hope the jury is not confused as I am. I see that as a deliberate defense tactic, to confuse people especially the jury! In all this retrial performance, I still see no credible mitigating factors. One thing, to me, that is interesting, is that it has been the same prosecutor for all these years. Juan Martinez has an incredible memory. He is stellar and strong in understanding what evidence to present and when to focus on it. The jurors will have at least 1,000 pieces of evidence with them in the jury room. I can only pray they will be able to focus on the evidence that pertains to the truth and not to the many things presented by the defense that were only introduced to 'confuse.'
Now, I'm wondering about Nurmi's decision to bring back Fonseca and Geffner. They were both so adamant that Arias did not have BPD, but instead, she had PTSD. They also seemed convinced that it is never the women who are abusers. It seemed to me, they only focused on things to make it sound like Travis was a sex crazed maniac who only kept Arias in the 'dark' for his own toy.
Can they possibly now combine their 'opinions' with the 'diagnosis' of BPD, since it seems that now Nurmi is trying to make this jury believe she was actually 'mentally ill' the whole time?
And I am also wondering just what the prosecutor has filed, in secret, from the Devault case that could possibly pertain to the sentencing of Jodi Arias. I know she and Arias were at one time 'cell mates'. I remember that at one time, Jodi got in trouble at the jail, before her conviction, for a fight and claimed she had to defend herself. Could that have been Devault, in their shared cell? I wonder if Devault has turned over something she kept that could be used as evidence. I'd be interested in finding out about her Prosecutor's filing, and if it will help the prosecution or the defense. (Although I can't imagine a PROSECUTOR, who works with Juan, filing any evidence that would aid the defense team.)