03-11-2015, 03:01 PM
Observer, you said that you and Salhapatica think Juror 17 is timid and is influenced by her husband to hold out against the death penalty. I can hardly think Juror 17 is timid because she held out strongly against 11 people. That shows me something besides timidity. It shows a stubborn strong personality. And why would the husband of Juror 17 want Arias to get life, not death? That makes it sound like he thought what she did was a good thing. As a man, he maybe was thinking that could have been him! I think Juror 17 is proud of what Arias did and simply applauded her actions by not voting death. We'll never know of course. But timid is not how I would describe this gal. Possibly Juror 17 has tendencies like Arias herself - complaining of abuse that maybe never happened, like Arias complained of Bobby Juarez, Matt McCartney, and Travis. I suspect Juror 17 secretly is a fan of Arias, not a timid woman who votes how her abusive husband directs her to vote.
I think Juan dropped the ball by not checking out her background further. If he had known that he prosecuted her first husband, he surely would not have allowed her to get on the jury.
That Arias is able to communicate like she does is so wrong. There is something very wrong with the system. I don't seem to understand where someone wrote that Arpaio is recording her communications. Is he or isn't he, I wonder? I think all of her communications should be recorded and all mail should be thoroughly vetted.
I think Juan dropped the ball by not checking out her background further. If he had known that he prosecuted her first husband, he surely would not have allowed her to get on the jury.
That Arias is able to communicate like she does is so wrong. There is something very wrong with the system. I don't seem to understand where someone wrote that Arpaio is recording her communications. Is he or isn't he, I wonder? I think all of her communications should be recorded and all mail should be thoroughly vetted.