****Jodi Arias - Oh My Goodness!!!****

[yorkietalkjilly]

Just heard Nancy Grace say there will be no re-cross examination of Jody Arias by the prosecution. I was certain I'd heard that on HLN and now Nancy Grace has said it. But she said there is hope because of the 100 Jury questions waiting for her!

[Wylie's Mom]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Did anyone see this? Written about a month before Travis died. He was writing a book and had given lots of thought on the subject of marriage, and what he wanted in a wife. Travis Alexander's Being Better Blog


There's a lot more, but my point is that he was looking for a wife, and when Jodi found out she didn't meet his criteria, she was enraged.

By the way, if I were a juror, I want to know how she defines "unconditional love."

Wow, that part of his blog you quoted was really a good read...what a thoughtful, insightful, introspective man...ya know? He really had some obvious depth to him - I love that in people. Just adds to the bitterness of his demise, bc it sounds like the world lost someone pretty special.
The axe murderer comment is so spooky in hindsight...we so often write things that our subconscious knows way more about than our conscious does. I bet this was written during that time when Jodi was stalking him and slashing his tires. It's like a precognition.

I agree that Jodi was undone by her obsession with him, and by the fact that she wasn't 'good enough' (in her mind). She artfully pretended to him that it was all good with her (not marrying etc) when in fact I think it drove her crazy...literally and figuratively.

[jp4m2]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Just heard Nancy Grace say there will be no re-cross examination of Jody Arias by the prosecution. I was certain I'd heard that on HLN and now Nancy Grace has said it. But she said there is hope because of the 100 Jury questions waiting for her!

My DH told me this this morning.....I can't believe they would have 100 questions!!....I'm beginning to think we have another Casey Anthony jury. Personally, I wouldn't have a single question.

[ladyjane]

Yeah, I am quite stunned that there are so many questions. Scary.

[ladyjane]

Maybe it is wishful thinking on my part, but I swear these questions indicate the jury knows she is full of doo doo.

[jp4m2]

I'm stunned these jurors could sit through all this testimony and still think they can get an honest answer from a pathological liar. I would be looking at the evidence not her stories.

Just her story about running down the hall to the closet to get the gun down from a shelf is a complete fabrication. She no way in hell would have made it that far with an out of control murderous maniac two steps behind her. He would have tackled her in the hall. No.....freaking .......way.

[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by jp4m2

I'm stunned these jurors could sit through all this testimony and still think they can get an honest answer from a pathological liar. I would be looking at the evidence not her stories.

Just her story about running down the hall to the closet to get the gun down from a shelf is a complete fabrication. She no way in hell would have made it that far with an out of control murderous maniac two steps behind her. He would have tackled her in the hall. No.....freaking .......way.

I am not stunned......just sit in any classroom and listen to the idiotic questions. Some people just ask for the sake of asking.
It really sounds to me like they are just icing the cake in case there are any doubters amongst them.

[ladyjane]

These questions clinch this imho. Why didn't she tell the truth from the start? Complicated??? How so? Because you are guilty?? Good grief, if she gets off I will never watch any more of these trials.

[yorkietalkjilly]

If I hear the term "Hottie Biscotti" one more time I will barf.

I missed much of the trial rundown last evening but did any juror ask Arias where she personally cleaned up and washed off all the blood after the slaughter? It's not a legally relavant factor or anything like that, but I'm just curious if she showered in the same stall she later dumped the body of her victim or used another bathroom in the house?

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

If I hear the term "Hottie Biscotti" one more time I will barf.

I missed much of the trial rundown last evening but did any juror ask Arias where she personally cleaned up and washed off all the blood after the slaughter? It's not a legally relavant factor or anything like that, but I'm just curious if she showered in the same stall she later dumped the body of her victim or used another bathroom in the house?

Yes, someone asked if she cleaned up, she said something about from the evidence, it looks like I did, but I don't remember doing it.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Yes, someone asked if she cleaned up, she said something about from the evidence, it looks like I did, but I don't remember doing it.

So she showered there at that house I guess! And I guess after you have butchered a person, cleaning their blood and tissue from your own body in that same house wouldn't be that much of a problem!!!!!! Yikes! How can a person get to that level of depravity?

[carmen in nj]

After watchig some of the trial, I honestly think that she is a seriously unstable person... she shows NO remorse , no feelings, no anything if you ask me.. I would have no problem finding her GUILTY as charge.. she killed that man in cold blood..
hugs,

[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Yes, someone asked if she cleaned up, she said something about from the evidence, it looks like I did, but I don't remember doing it.

Yep, another of her convenient memory lapses.

What I did find very interesting is that she admits to blackouts from drinking..that is a classic sign of alcoholism. Of course, the memory lapse from the murder has nothing to do with drinking. But...clearly she has some issues..I would guess personality disorder and she self medicates with alcohol.

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by ladyjane

Yep, another of her convenient memory lapses.

What I did find very interesting is that she admits to blackouts from drinking..that is a classic sign of alcoholism. Of course, the memory lapse from the murder has nothing to do with drinking. But...clearly she has some issues..I would guess personality disorder and she self medicates with alcohol.

I think she said, she only had two blackouts from alcohol, one when she was 15 and the other when she was around 22, I think she tried to make it sound like she overdrank only twice. I personally don’t see her as the type of person who needs to self-medicate, she doesn’t seem to think she has any problems; it’s everyone else with the problem. I also don’t think she has any memory lapses from the murder. They would ask her questions about the 29 stab wounds and want to know what the hell was she thinking, was she really still scared? Scared goes with self-defense, anger goes with premeditation, and I don’t think she wants to talk about it. These memory lapses, allow her to testify, and testifying helps humanize her to the jury, almost any talking at all will help the jury see her as a person and make it more difficult for them to choose the death penalty. In addition, with memory lapses, they can’t get her for perjury, and she doesn’t have to talk about the brutal aspects of the murder, which would probably certainly do her great harm.


I think Jodi told the truth once. When asked, Were you mad at Travis while you were stabbing him, she said, “ I don’t recall fear being a prominent I mean, I’m sorry, I don’t recall anger being a prominent . . .”


By the way, does anyone know what happened to the gun she bought for the camping trip? Is the prosecution saying that both her grandfather’s (stolen) gun and the gun she bought could have been the weapon?

[yorkietalkjilly]

Nancy, I haven't really paid any attention to the trial until last week and I wondered about the gun myself. I haven't heard any testimony of whose it was or where it is or the bullet(s) or anything. All I heard in my bit of listening last week was that her grandparents' gun was stolen very shortly B4 the murder. I didn't hear about the camping gun until now. Whose knife was it and all that, IDK either. On those talk shows at night, I've never seen them talk about much but the sex! They take every opportunity to broadcast that.

I know this - she was so dumb she couldn't even begin to plan or carry out a murder without leaving herself all over it!!! And then dumb enough to talk to police without any attorney, TV interviewers and anyone else in line to listen! She's one of the dumbest chicks I've ever seen on the planet and she's ruined that man's life, obviously, his family's and her own. And all for what? What did she gain by killing him? All she had to do was move on when he lost interest and she was home free. She's fairly articulate and could have maybe developed into someone useful had she chosen a better path with some purpose and been a lot less caught up in her "relationships".

I think the jurors questions aren't that helpful in that she gets them ahead of time and there will be no gotcha moments that way - she'll just say she doesn't remember because it was "too horrible". It's just wasting time and giving her more face time with them - not productive as far as I can tell.