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Witnesses called by the def. in today's continuance hearing spoke of Arias being a battered woman who was suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome based on sexual abuse. Arias is now playing the victim card.
YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY!
I believe that PTSD is a diminished mental capacity defense. So under Arizona law (upheld by the Supreme Court) Arias just threw away both doctor-patient and attorney-client privilege! That would mean her previous defense team as well as any psychiatric doctors can be compelled to testify for the prosecution. Maybe I read the statute and court opinion wrong, but if not, her goose is very thoroughly cooked.
Pretty sure the judge will nix it. They've had way more than enough time to get shit together.
How do defense cases like this generally go? Do they have to show proof of battering/abuse to prove PTSD battered women defense?
They'll get a couple of psychiatrists to testify, and character witnesses. As far as I know, there is no actual evidence that he was anything more than your standard dick to her.
Is she saying that the PTSD stems from something in her relationship with Travis, or is this supposed to be something that happened earlier in her life and has just built up to the point where she lost her shit?
Pretty horrible that she has already tried to paint a picture of Travis as a pedophile, now he's a batterer/emotional abuser?
She's a mighty nasty bitch. Also, it appears I just answered my own question about the PTSD.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/1...n_1174274.html
Arias' third story is detailed in recent court documents as part of a request she made to admit electronic copies of letters allegedly written by Alexander between November 27, 2006, and May 27, 2008.
"Defendant had previously attributed the crime to intruders. She now argues that all of the letters must be admitted to support her domestic violence defense," prosecutors wrote in a motion to preclude the letters. "Defendant argues that the letters are relevant to her claim of self-defense and that she was a victim of previous 'sexual and physical abuse' by Mr. Alexander."
Arias, according to prosecutors, is claiming Alexander "became angry when she dropped his camera" and she was forced to kill him in self-defense. Angela Arias made reference to this defense in a Facebook post Tuesday.
"My sister is innocent of the crime they are accusing her of ... She did kill Travis but it was not in cold blood, it was not for revenge, it was because she was afraid for her life," Angela Arias wrote.
Jodi Arias is also claiming that Alexander admitted in the letters that he was a pedophile. But, according to Cobb, the prosecutor's office was able to show the letters were not all they were alleged to be.
"They did a scientific examination of the letters and concluded they had been forged," Cobb told The Huffington Post.
Today is the big day when we will know if Greeneyes owes me $$$$!
Tanisha just posted on fb that its been delayed by a week so far. Jury selection starts 26th.
This is just because she's sooo guilty, but I don't get it. She's going to rot in prison either way.
Yeah but she aint in real prison yet. Once that door is shut she will have nothing and wont be able to leave. I'd delay it as long as possible too. Why not, you have nothing to lose. Maybe she gets lucky at some point. I mean we all thought Casey Anthony was gonna be locked up. Anything can happen!
And affirmative action is a very nice term for racial discrimination against better-qualified white people in jobs, employment, promotions and scholarships, and college admittance.
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