03-22-2015, 03:11 PM
Again, the controversy over #17 is wearisome. Let any investigation take care of the matter.
However, two points from the above posting were very interesting and telling to me.
1. The judge and the court are not to know the particulars of how a jury is deliberating and voting. It was the jury ITSELF who disclosed this with the two notes sent to the judge prior to a mistrial being called.
That is just plain wrong.
2. The 11 jurors who voted for the DP were outed on social media with the release of their full names. Everyone was outraged and investigations are now underway to find out how this information was leaked.
BUT.....it was these very same 11 jurors who publically outed #17 as the only hold-out. They did this immediately after the mistrial was declared. They stated their personal opinions on how this juror acted during deliberations and essentially began the huge "fire" that is now raging around this issue.
Whether Martinez was right or wrong by disclosing #17's Facebook Page complete with her name, it was not done in open court but rather done in a closed meeting, in the judge's chambers, with only key players in attendance. Again, an investigation will and is being done.
The 11 jurors, however, spoke of this lone juror in the question and answer interview with the media right after the verdict and then in subsequent interviews. Since then, they have fell silent.
These jurors were applauded for their candid remarks regarding #17 and so the rage against #17 began.
What was the motive behind doing this?
Now, juror #17 has spoken out, at least 2 weeks after the verdict, giving her side of the story.
It is too late for her.
The damage has already been done and no matter what she says, she just seems to get into the mess deeper and deeper as the "verdict" is in regarding her.
She has been accused of being a liar, a stealth juror, having an agenda, etc., etc. and nothing she says will change anyone's mind.
So...in my mind, the jury was wrong in their actions.
They told the judge information that was not to be revealed.
They began the issue over #17.
Are they silent now because of damage control tactics?
Anyway, very interesting information provided in the above posting but in fact, it still changes nothing.
I too look forward to seeing Arias in stripes and shackles in court, being severely admonished by both the judge and the Alexander family and then sentenced to spend the rest of her life in Perryville.
However, two points from the above posting were very interesting and telling to me.
1. The judge and the court are not to know the particulars of how a jury is deliberating and voting. It was the jury ITSELF who disclosed this with the two notes sent to the judge prior to a mistrial being called.
That is just plain wrong.
2. The 11 jurors who voted for the DP were outed on social media with the release of their full names. Everyone was outraged and investigations are now underway to find out how this information was leaked.
BUT.....it was these very same 11 jurors who publically outed #17 as the only hold-out. They did this immediately after the mistrial was declared. They stated their personal opinions on how this juror acted during deliberations and essentially began the huge "fire" that is now raging around this issue.
Whether Martinez was right or wrong by disclosing #17's Facebook Page complete with her name, it was not done in open court but rather done in a closed meeting, in the judge's chambers, with only key players in attendance. Again, an investigation will and is being done.
The 11 jurors, however, spoke of this lone juror in the question and answer interview with the media right after the verdict and then in subsequent interviews. Since then, they have fell silent.
These jurors were applauded for their candid remarks regarding #17 and so the rage against #17 began.
What was the motive behind doing this?
Now, juror #17 has spoken out, at least 2 weeks after the verdict, giving her side of the story.
It is too late for her.
The damage has already been done and no matter what she says, she just seems to get into the mess deeper and deeper as the "verdict" is in regarding her.
She has been accused of being a liar, a stealth juror, having an agenda, etc., etc. and nothing she says will change anyone's mind.
So...in my mind, the jury was wrong in their actions.
They told the judge information that was not to be revealed.
They began the issue over #17.
Are they silent now because of damage control tactics?
Anyway, very interesting information provided in the above posting but in fact, it still changes nothing.
I too look forward to seeing Arias in stripes and shackles in court, being severely admonished by both the judge and the Alexander family and then sentenced to spend the rest of her life in Perryville.