03-22-2015, 09:15 PM
I heard the jurors talking to the media that day. I have to say that it sounded to me like they were so frustrated that they could have pulled their hair out. Juror 17 of course had her right to vote as her conscience told her if it was her conscience she was listening to. The other eleven had the same right. Bottom line is Juan should have investigated Juror 17 better when he was picking the jury, I think. Surely no prosecutor would want a juror on a criminal trial who continually marries criminals. That alone tells us that she is a little off, not in the mainstream, however you want to call it. People who always hook up with criminals are not your everyday person. Maybe she thinks criminals are sexy? And exciting? It reminds me of those women who marry murderers on death row in a way. There is some psychological reason that makes those types of men interesting to those types of women. Whatever it is all about, I can't imagine that the prosecutor would seriously want a woman who likes to marry criminals a good candidate to be picked for the jury on a murder case. Maybe I'm wrong. But common sense tells me that since Juror 17 chooses to marry criminals, she is a fan of criminals in a strange way. I think she has said that she thought Arias had mitigating factors to do the murder, so I would guess that she believed the defense's lies and maybe that is how she feels about criminals in general - 1) they are exciting and 2) they aren't responsible for the crime because something forced them to commit crime and it's not really their fault.
Okay. What I have just written is total nonsense, of course. My point is Juan probably didn't do his homework. No way this gal should have been on any jury, criminal or civil even. It doesn't matter. It is what it is. It's over.
I do suspect that Juror 17 was taken in by Arias's ability to pull certain personalities in. But I will never know. I believe the foreman in the first trial was pulled in for sure. Arias simply has that power over certain people. This is another reason I am hoping she gets life without possibility of release. And wears prison stripes on sentencing day.
Okay. What I have just written is total nonsense, of course. My point is Juan probably didn't do his homework. No way this gal should have been on any jury, criminal or civil even. It doesn't matter. It is what it is. It's over.
I do suspect that Juror 17 was taken in by Arias's ability to pull certain personalities in. But I will never know. I believe the foreman in the first trial was pulled in for sure. Arias simply has that power over certain people. This is another reason I am hoping she gets life without possibility of release. And wears prison stripes on sentencing day.