"In this regard, Ms. Arias' previous attorney, being a diligent attorney, collected this information and had it documented in the form of memorandums that were written by Gwen, the woman who, at the time, was working as Ms. Arias' Mitigation Specialist. As a whole these interviews really did not paint a good picture of Ms. Arias, in fact, far from it. The Interviewees, most of whom were either Ms. Arias' friends or family, presumably people who loved her, did not say nice things about her. There were claims that Ms. Arias had abused animals as a child.
As it relates to my client's mother, Sandy Arias, I had several reasons for keeping her off the stand but the biggest was that she was so clearly lying about this issue, lying so poorly that it would have been laughable under other circumstances. Did this surprise me? Not in the least. Sandy Arias was more than willing to lie for her daughter, the only shock came when she did it so poorly on the day she tried to convince me that she saw bruising on Ms. Arias? arms. I asked Sandy if she had ever seen bruising on Ms. Arias? arms. First thing I found funny about this is that I had to ask, the second thing that was funny was that when I asked Sandy it was like a thought bubble went on above her head reading "Oh yeah, I forgot to tell him about seeing bruises, Jodi wanted me to tell him that." Anyway, when I asked her if she saw bruises she said yes. I asked her to describe where on Jodi's arms was this bruising visible? Sandy could ?not remember.? When did she see these bruises? Sandy could ?not remember.? I asked Sandy a few more questions of a similar nature that she also could not answer. Her inability to answer these basic questions, questions that any mother should be able to answer if they saw bruising on their child, along with her body language when I was asking them made it very clear to me that she was not being truthful."
Originally Posted by Boston Babe 73
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