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Duluth,
You will notice that my plans have changed in later post.
I was getting angry with Nurmi yesterday as well, but then I sat back and just considered the source and all the horrid ploys that the defense (Arias) have used over these 5 months and I stopped listening (or rather reading) about what he was saying. I looked at quick recaps instead and just decided he wasn't worth my time.
I was waiting for Martinez and he did not disappoint me.
Now we must again hear the same drivel today from Nurmi.
Then, finally, this case goes to the jury.
I believe the DP is more of a possibility than I did before but I am not on the jury.
It is too bad if they come back with life as this will drag on for some more time.
But then, who knows what JSS will do?
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Martinez did not disappoint me either. And I don't ever put much confidence in Jeff's 'opinions'. There was no reason for Juan to prove once again that the murder was preplanned or that it was barbaric and that '2 minutes' of torture is actually a LONG time and that 27 stab wounds did indeed hurt. This time, the only thing he had to do was to briefly go over the evidence he had already presented, through reliable sources (witnesses) and evidence that proved logic and reason. He urged the jurors to search for evidence from the defense that proved any childhood trauma or trauma from Travis that was being presented as 'domestic violence'. But they won't find any proof of any violence against her or any other mitigating factor other than what Arias has told them.
As they look back at the evidence that has been presented in this long, LONG trial, they surely will notice it was the Prosecution 'expert' who diagnosed Arias with BPD. It had not been the defense witnesses. In fact, the defense witnesses fought against that diagnosis! To them, she had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which they will plainly see could only be because she had lied at the time she was diagnosed or it had been brought on by the horrible, barbaric crime she committed.
They will also remember that the defense USED the Prosecution diagnosis as one of THEIR mitigation factors.
Then, they must go by the jury instructions. If no mitigation factors are proven, they must go with the death penalty. I think they will easily conclude that she is definitely not a 'mentally ill GIRL' as Nurmi has been repeating and repeating in the hope that will stick in their minds. I really don't expect deliberations to last very long.
Duluth,
You will notice that my plans have changed in later post.
I was getting angry with Nurmi yesterday as well, but then I sat back and just considered the source and all the horrid ploys that the defense (Arias) have used over these 5 months and I stopped listening (or rather reading) about what he was saying. I looked at quick recaps instead and just decided he wasn't worth my time.
I was waiting for Martinez and he did not disappoint me.
Now we must again hear the same drivel today from Nurmi.
Then, finally, this case goes to the jury.
I believe the DP is more of a possibility than I did before but I am not on the jury.
It is too bad if they come back with life as this will drag on for some more time.
But then, who knows what JSS will do?
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Martinez did not disappoint me either. And I don't ever put much confidence in Jeff's 'opinions'. There was no reason for Juan to prove once again that the murder was preplanned or that it was barbaric and that '2 minutes' of torture is actually a LONG time and that 27 stab wounds did indeed hurt. This time, the only thing he had to do was to briefly go over the evidence he had already presented, through reliable sources (witnesses) and evidence that proved logic and reason. He urged the jurors to search for evidence from the defense that proved any childhood trauma or trauma from Travis that was being presented as 'domestic violence'. But they won't find any proof of any violence against her or any other mitigating factor other than what Arias has told them.
As they look back at the evidence that has been presented in this long, LONG trial, they surely will notice it was the Prosecution 'expert' who diagnosed Arias with BPD. It had not been the defense witnesses. In fact, the defense witnesses fought against that diagnosis! To them, she had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which they will plainly see could only be because she had lied at the time she was diagnosed or it had been brought on by the horrible, barbaric crime she committed.
They will also remember that the defense USED the Prosecution diagnosis as one of THEIR mitigation factors.
Then, they must go by the jury instructions. If no mitigation factors are proven, they must go with the death penalty. I think they will easily conclude that she is definitely not a 'mentally ill GIRL' as Nurmi has been repeating and repeating in the hope that will stick in their minds. I really don't expect deliberations to last very long.