03-23-2015, 02:36 AM
Nern, you are probably are right that it would have been prudent for the jury to not talk about their feelings to the press, but I suspect that the eleven jurors wanted the death penalty for Arias because it was their sense of justice and it didn't happen. I remember one of the jurors in the first trial cried because she felt like Travis didn't get justice because of a mistrial and she felt it so personally. I think these eleven felt it even more personally because they seemed to see through Arias much more than some of the jurors on the first trial. It did sound like those eleven were so disgusted and tired and had tried so hard to get what they considered justice.
Even so, it is over. I admire the eleven myself and think they just were so defeated so early and yet worked at it for days, and I think they felt a horrible loss of justice for Travis. And it wasn't revenge, it was justice they wanted.
At least we can say that Arias won't be able to slaughter another person. I am so grateful for that. And I am now thinking that when people are asked to come to be jurors that they need to be forewarned that a defendant might not actually look like a murderer and might look like a regular businessman or regular everyday mother or whatever. I think the judge needs to be able to tell those people that there is no particular way a murderer looks. From what we have heard from some jurors of both trials, some of these people got an impression immediately and it seems to color their mental or emotional process. So maybe they need a little Murder 101 class before being picked for a jury. Also I am thinking that maybe the prosecutor should have mentioned during trial that the defendant's chair was lowered simply to make the jurors think she was a teensey little person who couldn't hurt anyone. I guess that would not be allowed though. Lots of truths aren't allowed. And I am just being catty here. But the way she has her chair makes her look shorter than Wilmott and she is actually a head taller than Wilmott.
I just watched Arias's secret testimony. What a lying manipulating disgusting creep she is. At least eleven people saw through her lies. She and the defense really push how Bobby Juarez physically abused her (and she financially supported him, let's not forget that), how her parents physically and emotionally abused her, and bless her little pea-picking heart, she is so smart, as a small toddler she saw cocaine and a razor in her parents' bedroom. Just like she did to Travis in the first trial, she continually insinuates how people she has to be around are just scum and treat her miserably and she is just so good and caring and has to put up with so much mistreatment from people she treats so well. And she wants the jury to just forgive those few hours because she has been such a good person all the other hours and years of her life.
I can tell I really need for this to be over because I find her so repulsive. I really will be satisfied that she won't be allowed around innocent victims ever again.
One more thing. If Maria de la Rosa is a death mitigator, why is she still visiting with Arias in the Estrella jail? Arias didn't get the death sentence. At least I read somewhere that she is the only one of the defense team still visiting Arias but I actually can't prove that. It is just something I read somewhere, maybe even here. If so, that doesn't make sense. There is no death penalty.
Even so, it is over. I admire the eleven myself and think they just were so defeated so early and yet worked at it for days, and I think they felt a horrible loss of justice for Travis. And it wasn't revenge, it was justice they wanted.
At least we can say that Arias won't be able to slaughter another person. I am so grateful for that. And I am now thinking that when people are asked to come to be jurors that they need to be forewarned that a defendant might not actually look like a murderer and might look like a regular businessman or regular everyday mother or whatever. I think the judge needs to be able to tell those people that there is no particular way a murderer looks. From what we have heard from some jurors of both trials, some of these people got an impression immediately and it seems to color their mental or emotional process. So maybe they need a little Murder 101 class before being picked for a jury. Also I am thinking that maybe the prosecutor should have mentioned during trial that the defendant's chair was lowered simply to make the jurors think she was a teensey little person who couldn't hurt anyone. I guess that would not be allowed though. Lots of truths aren't allowed. And I am just being catty here. But the way she has her chair makes her look shorter than Wilmott and she is actually a head taller than Wilmott.
I just watched Arias's secret testimony. What a lying manipulating disgusting creep she is. At least eleven people saw through her lies. She and the defense really push how Bobby Juarez physically abused her (and she financially supported him, let's not forget that), how her parents physically and emotionally abused her, and bless her little pea-picking heart, she is so smart, as a small toddler she saw cocaine and a razor in her parents' bedroom. Just like she did to Travis in the first trial, she continually insinuates how people she has to be around are just scum and treat her miserably and she is just so good and caring and has to put up with so much mistreatment from people she treats so well. And she wants the jury to just forgive those few hours because she has been such a good person all the other hours and years of her life.
I can tell I really need for this to be over because I find her so repulsive. I really will be satisfied that she won't be allowed around innocent victims ever again.
One more thing. If Maria de la Rosa is a death mitigator, why is she still visiting with Arias in the Estrella jail? Arias didn't get the death sentence. At least I read somewhere that she is the only one of the defense team still visiting Arias but I actually can't prove that. It is just something I read somewhere, maybe even here. If so, that doesn't make sense. There is no death penalty.