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Originally Posted by jp4m2  I can't even imagine anyone wanting to hire Willmott after seeing her skills as an attorney on this case. To me she looked so unprofessional, lacking in experience, repetitive, monotonous, and lack luster in her questioning of witnesses. |
I thought it was just me. JM always seemed uninspired and as if she doesn't believe in her own client or the narrative. I never saw any fiery passion. And she couldn't talk any better, more professional experts than those second-bests to assess and work for her client????? And neither she nor Nurms had enough gravitas to get Arias' respect and compliance, it seems like.
Why didn't they convince Arias to play the victim card, play up to her acting and scamming skills and get her to throw herself on the mercy of the court and show nothing but remorse? When you've slaughtered another human being like an animal and left him no dignity, the last thing I'd think you want to do is trash his memory before the world for months on the stand, taking absolutely no responsibility yourself. That was her only real shot to get out of jail relatively "early" - go sad and pitiful. She's a young, fairly attractive woman and she could have played that "I snapped when he attacked and I'm so sorry" card without the character assassination with some amount of success with many who are hesitant to send that type of person away for a long, long time. The way they've done it, Arias and her lawyers and experts have just angered everyone. A lot do seem to want revenge for TA, not just justice.