What is the deal with the settlement thing does anyone know?
http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4899088...onference.html
It is a little weird to have it in a case like this, but in personal injury cases it happens all the time. Might be prosecution/defense hoping to get a plea bargain worked out to avoid a long trial (and losing the case!), might be something the judge wants to go through to see that both sides have their shit together. Guess we'll find out after it happens.
7/6/2011 RES - Response - Party (001)
NOTE: TO MOTION IN LIMINE DISPLAY OF NUDE PHOTOGRAPHS
Haiiiii Ohhhhhh!!!
Also, I think this Settlement Conference could kill our hopes for seeing Jodi on trial.
If the Defense wants to settle, I'm hoping that it is because of the DNA evidence we have (see what I did there) against Jodi. If it's the Prosecution that wants to settle, I'm going to jump off a bridge.
Here is the link for the Clerk:
http://www.courtminutes.maricopa.gov/JOnamesearch.asp
This should be the link to have them email you when there are updates, but you will still need to use the link above to see what is going on:
http://apps.supremecourt.az.gov/publicaccess/
Yeah me too, but from this article, we may still get to see her go to trial. It might just be the defense/prosecution trying to find out evidence the other party will present at trial, and what documents they may use to try to prove their case.
http://www.thelawcentre.ca/self_help...sheets/fact_12
I hope she goes to trial!
I'd really like to read the "DEFENDANT’S SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE MEMORANDUM"!
Settlement Conferences in Criminal Court
(Maricopa County)
In 1996, certain judges on the criminal bench began to do settlement conferences in criminal cases with the consent of both parties; those judges included the then presiding and associate presiding judges, They took this dramatic step after noting that many criminal cases that should have resulted in pleas were instead going to trial. In addition, there was a backlog of criminal cases waiting for trial that had to be assigned to civil judges.
On the civil side in Maricopa County Superior Court, most cases are assigned to volunteer civil attorneys on a countywide basis to conduct a settlement conference before a case may proceed to trial. The assigned attorney reports back to the judge whether the case resulted in a settlement and whether the parties negotiated in good faith. More settlements have been concluded in civil cases than would have been the case without such conferences. With the history of civil settlement conferences in mind and realizing that only judges should be doing such conferences in criminal cases, these pioneering criminal judges petitioned the Arizona Supreme Court for a rule formally authorizing such conferences.
In 1997, the Arizona Supreme Court responded favorably, adopting Rule 17.4 (a), for a two–year experimental period. The Court Comment stated, “In adopting a statewide experimental amendment permitting judges to participate in plea negotiations, the court expects that all lawyers—prosecutors and defense counsel alike—will cooperate in the experimental use of this rule, and that judges will avoid coercive behavior of any kind.”
Under the Rule, either party can request the conference, or a judge can set it on her own.
Read more here: http://www.myazbar.org/AZAttorney/PDF_Articles/0407Settle.pdf
Last edited by zeebee; 07-11-2011 at 10:53 AM.
"...Jeffrey Dahmer... actually confessed and accepted his punishment. Had real remorse for the sick things he did. It's pretty bad when Jeffrey Dahmer is a better person than you are." ~Justice11 (re: Jodi Arias)
Do you think if I donate money to Jodi's jail account, she will become my BFF4E?
http://www.mcso.org/JailInformation/InmateAccounts.aspx
I know, I know! I keep wanting to write her, but then I get lazy. With trial being so close, I doubt she would write back anyway. PLUS, what if we fall in lurve and she is released like Casey Anthony? Would be really awkward if she showed up at my front door..... or awesome.
"...Jeffrey Dahmer... actually confessed and accepted his punishment. Had real remorse for the sick things he did. It's pretty bad when Jeffrey Dahmer is a better person than you are." ~Justice11 (re: Jodi Arias)
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