Duluth, Juror No. 17 stated in jury selection that she was a victim of domestic violence. That is one of the questions they asked the jurors in the questionnaire because Arias was alleging domestic violence as a mitigating factor. She didn't lie because there is probably police records to prove it. I agree with you that she had an agenda before she got on that jury. I also agree that she believed Arias claims of domestic abuse and sympathized with her because she was a victim of domestic violence. She also identified with Arias because she too read The Secret and believed in the Law of Attraction. I also believe she would have eventually listened to reason and voted for death if she had not been supported in her stand against death for Arias by her husband.
I took psychology classes on dysfunctional relationships and battered wives syndrome and worked as a volunteer counselor in a battered woman's program.
Here is what I learned:
Battered women are so beaten down by their abusers that they believe it is their fault and allow other people to think for them and make choices for them. They usually end up leaving one abuser to get involved with another because they have a low self image and don't trust their decisions or choices. Abusers control every aspect of their mates life and tell them what to think and what to do. Her first husband was violent and she divorced him because he has been in jail for 23 years for violent crimes. Her second husband has been out of prison for four years. She chose another convicted felon which indicates to me she only divorced her first husband because he was in prison. If she was looking for a man who was the opposite, she wouldn't have chosen another convicted felon. Her behavior of wanting to get out of that jury room as soon as the first vote was taken before an deliberations, her telling the judge the other jurors were intimidating her and hiding from the press and the public saying she fears for her life, sounds exactly like she suffers from Battered Wives Syndrome which means her husband was encouraging her to get on that jury and hang it and hang in there until she did.
Troy Hayden is reporting that they are trying to move up the sentencing to the end of this month because of all the Arias fans trying to video chat with her. She is advising them on how to break the law and bragging about all the giant candy bars she gets to buy from all the money her fans are sending her for the commissary.
There is no reason to delay the sentencing because Arias waived a pre-sentencing report and it will not be done so all the judge has to do is hold a hearing and listen to statements from both families and attorneys on why she should be sentenced to either LWOP or Life with a possible release after 25 years.
I took psychology classes on dysfunctional relationships and battered wives syndrome and worked as a volunteer counselor in a battered woman's program.
Here is what I learned:
Battered women are so beaten down by their abusers that they believe it is their fault and allow other people to think for them and make choices for them. They usually end up leaving one abuser to get involved with another because they have a low self image and don't trust their decisions or choices. Abusers control every aspect of their mates life and tell them what to think and what to do. Her first husband was violent and she divorced him because he has been in jail for 23 years for violent crimes. Her second husband has been out of prison for four years. She chose another convicted felon which indicates to me she only divorced her first husband because he was in prison. If she was looking for a man who was the opposite, she wouldn't have chosen another convicted felon. Her behavior of wanting to get out of that jury room as soon as the first vote was taken before an deliberations, her telling the judge the other jurors were intimidating her and hiding from the press and the public saying she fears for her life, sounds exactly like she suffers from Battered Wives Syndrome which means her husband was encouraging her to get on that jury and hang it and hang in there until she did.
Troy Hayden is reporting that they are trying to move up the sentencing to the end of this month because of all the Arias fans trying to video chat with her. She is advising them on how to break the law and bragging about all the giant candy bars she gets to buy from all the money her fans are sending her for the commissary.
There is no reason to delay the sentencing because Arias waived a pre-sentencing report and it will not be done so all the judge has to do is hold a hearing and listen to statements from both families and attorneys on why she should be sentenced to either LWOP or Life with a possible release after 25 years.