Sneakers said:
Nurmi and the word "thong" should not be mentioned in the same sentence, not even by accident
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OMG!!! LMAOO at this ^^^^
I keep thinking about Hodi and her superior intellect and her tendancy to educate the other inmates on the proper use of grammar and had another TV flashback....so allow me to pontificate on the whoredoms.....ya'll just gotta watch and see if you see any similarities here..lmao
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=TexL-...%3DTexL-eyZHzo
Alyce and all the other defense' "expert" witnesses are not helping them but only hurting them even more. I can't believe how long this Trial has been. I wonder if the defense has another witness up or is it awesome JM' turn? So hard to keep on a tablet, sucks plus I can't watch the live stream anymore too :/
If JW and Nurmi would have been wise, they would have kept the witnesses on the stand only as long as they absolutely had to. But their style of dragging out the testimony for days really has been a huge part of their undoing. They let their witnesses ramble, which opens all sorts of new doors for the DA to then probe. None of the bunch knows when to shut their traps.
I absolutely think the jury can avoid seeing or hearing about it and that there are people that haven't heard about it.
My husband and I were just talking about it. The only reason I hear about it is because I actively search it out. The hubs only hears about it when listening to the radio and they bring it up.
We don't watch the news, just Netflix. So, they would just have to avoid certain things during that time - I wouldn't be getting newspapers, going to news websites or watching news on television or listening to radio shows. If you avoid those, You wouldn't hear it.
Most people I mention the case to have no idea what I'm talking about, some have a very vague sense. No one brings it up first to me, except my family that knows I actively follow the case and will sometimes ask me questions. No coworkers ever mention it, never heard about it at social events or even church gatherings (only mention because mormonism is mentioned so much in this trial).
So, it is more than possible that they could find a new jury if, heaven forbid, they had to. They would have a far smaller pool of people to choose from, but I know most people I mention it to have no idea what I'm talking about! So, I usually don't bring it up to others anymore, lol. :)
So it is definitely very possible and the jury shouldn't have too hard a time avoiding it if they take the appropriate steps! JMO.
Alyce slipped up on one of the questions having to do with why she chose this case. She answered it fine, but then started to say "I dont have a great retirement". This leads me to believe she doesnt have a retirement nest egg and must supplement her income (or SSI). It appears she chose the lucrative field of forensics. This might come as a surprise, but private practice work is difficult and doesn't pay that well, cause there is only so many hours in a week.
No surprise there. Jodi has to monitor her "mark" (boyfriend) to make sure they are behaving.
this argument is illogical...the defense psychologist, Samuels, brought it up to justify the murder. Fight, Flight or Freeze is simply a physiologic response (epinephrine) to an emergency situation that prepares the body. The choices depend upon the situation. Jodi had the opportunity to flee but didnt take it. We (if we were the jury) need to focus on Travis's fight/flight/freeze for his life! The defense strategy requires you suspend belief and swig down a shot of Jodi.
You forgot that Jodi skipped school regularly! Anywho, Alyce has spent too much time in the insular world of DV. Children who have been abused are at risk of further abuse, be it bullying or partners who will abuse them. It has been proven (and is old news actually) that abused children will NOT grown into abusers themselves. Same with persons who were sexually abused; they dont automatically grow into perpetrators. Yes, they are traumatized. Yes, they may attract ppl who will abuse them. Its just not true that they would identify with the abuser. Its likely Travis was becoming aware of the effects of his childhood abuse and neglect. That awareness usually starts to rear its ugly head in adulthood around mate selection. It just seems to me that Travis was ripe for Jodi; he was vulnerable, needy and his weaknesses were obvious. I am certain she took advantage of all his foibles. Though he saught her out because of her looks, she encouraged him. He was a target. He was kind and giving and probably ignored his inner alarms. In addition, men who have been abused & neglected have a harder time with fear and weakness. When she started working him with the pedophilia he must have fought that definition. It's such a sad story.
I continue to see Alyce as biased. It is amazing to me that she has increased discussion of her own personal needs. Her needs do not trump everyone else. She is completely and totally sucked into Jodi's story. I see the dv as a defense strategy, nothing more. I've met professionals like Alyce, they are so convinced of their righteousness that they can't see the light. She can not see that she is prejudiced. She may never recognize that her testimony is distorted.
Last edited by Metis212; 04-12-2013 at 08:04 PM.
I have new info on a different chick you could add to that list.
This is just the practice run right now. There is going to be a mistrial and another trial. It will probably be moved to Samoa, or maybe a marooned cruise ship with no internet access where Jodi can get a fair trial. Then everybody can be sequestered away from HLN and Nancy Grace and bloggers.
The defense will have a chance to get some better expert witnesses. I found a guy who is willing to testify, he is an expert in battering.
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Good question....one that I don't know the answer to! I don't think this happens very often. In some states, it is the judge who has the final decision in rendering the verdict when the DP is on the table. I live in a state that doesn't have the DP, so it is an automatic LWOP sentence that the judge must pass down.
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