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Jodi News Update #107 – March 2022

Here’s the latest Jodi News Update (#107) for March 2022:

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There is not much new to report in Jodi’s world. She has enjoyed the cool desert winter, taking life one day at a time. Over the last year, she took a college English course and is happy to finally have completed it with a 4.0 grade-point average.

The fight to overturn Jodi’s wrongful conviction entered the PCR phase (post-conviction relief) last year. Her attorney has spent much of the year combing through over one hundred boxes of files and CDs, many of which are mislabeled and poorly organized, having come from several different offices and at least five different attorneys. Trying to arrange and make sense of such a mess has delayed the process.

Meanwhile, donations are still being accepted at Justice4Jodi.com to support her legal struggle until she obtains justice. It is no secret that Jodi deeply regrets what she did, but no woman should ever lose her life or her freedom for successfully fighting off her abuser.

Lastly, Jodi has continued creating art, which you can find at Instagram.com/ArtbyJodiArias. You can also read her latest blog post about one of her favorite drawings, called Tears, at ArtbyJodiArias.com. All purchases made from the Art site support Jodi.

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And remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

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SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

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9th Anniversary + a Christmas Message from Jodi

With over 11 million page views & well over 7 million visitors since 2012 — December 20th 2021 marks the 9th anniversary of our Jodi Arias Is Innocent .com website launch.

So with Christmas just a few days away – I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support over the past 9 years – and thank you in advance for your continued support moving forward through 2022 and beyond.

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Here’s Jodi’s Christmas Message:

“Hi, Everyone!

“We don’t need the New Year to refocus our goals and aspirations, but it’s always a great reminder to do just that. A friend of mine asked me around this time last year, “What do you want to accomplish in 2021?” Off the cuff, I answered, “I wanna write a book.” She said, “Me, too. Let’s do it.” Then, neither of us did.

“Instead, I decided to take another college course, thinking I could work on that and write a book (and hold down a job and churn out beautiful art and…) I told another friend in a celebratory tone, “Degree, here I come!” But the course taught me something I did not expect to learn about myself: that I don’t want a degree that badly. I’m glad to be finishing with a 4.0 and I’ll be glad to soon have it behind me, but I think I hated it. I’ll definitely not be taking anymore courses in the near future.

“As for the book I probably won’t get around to writing, of the few people with whom I’ve shared my idea, one was a naysaying nag and the rest had really big reactions. So let me just stem any excitement about this tentative project: I will not be publishing this book in my name, I will (probably) not promote it as one I have written, and it would be a very niche, nonfiction topic that would only draw a small audience of readers — if any. The goal is not to sell copies. I just want to get it written because when I went looking for this exact kind of book just over a year ago, it didn’t seem to exist.

“Enough of that. I want to wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas or whatever you might be celebrating, and a very happy New Year. Thank you all for your warm love, your undeserved kindness, and your steadfast support.

“Much love and gratitude to you always!”

— Jodi Arias

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ArtByJodiArias.com – UPDATE

Jodi’s personal efforts to raise money for her appeals continue through the production of her art, which is sold at ArtbyJodiArias.com. Her art admin supports her efforts by running this “side hustle” of sorts on her behalf and taking none of the funds. The time and effort he devotes to this process (filing the taxes, trips to the post office every week to ship art) are an invaluable contribution.

If you are interested in another way to contribute to the cause, any purchase at ArtbyJodiArias.com is a legitimate way to support Jodi. You can also check out Jodi’s art on Instagram @ArtbyJodiArias.

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To finish off this festive update, here’s our all-time #1 favorite Jodi-Christmas classic — O Holy Night.”

Just like me, it never gets old.

Btw… I was planning to liven things up a little this year, and go with one of my other yuletide faves: “Snowflakes Melting On An Open Fire” – but ultimately opted to play it safe with O Holy Night.” Enjoy!

And Remember folks… as I always say – each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

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I wish you a very Merry Christmas, and a safe, peaceful & prosperous 2022.

SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

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Happy Thanksgiving – a Message from Jodi

Hi, everyone!

SJ has allowed me to utilize this platform to say, “Happy Thanksgiving!” and tell you how grateful I am for your continued support. For those outside the US, Thanksgiving is celebrated here in November. (Canadian Thanksgiving comes a little earlier in the fall.)

A lot of people ask me what this holiday is like at Perryville. It’s really just another day, except we get two meals instead of three. This is unfortunate for some people who can’t afford their own food, but since one of those meals usually involves turkey and pumpkin pie, most people are cool with it.

I’m grateful that so many amazing people have stood by me through what would otherwise surely be a lonely nightmare. You have enriched my life in ways I can never repay. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I would like to share this quote I came across attributed to Helen Keller, who puts it much more eloquently than I ever could:

“My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges and enabled me to walk serene and happy in the shadow cast by my deprivation.”

Much love and gratitude to you all!

<3 — Jodi

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ArtByJodiArias.com – UPDATE

Jodi’s personal efforts to raise money for her appeals continue through the production of her art, which is sold at ArtbyJodiArias.com. Her art admin supports her efforts by running this “side hustle” of sorts on her behalf and taking none of the funds. The time and effort he devotes to this process (filing the taxes, trips to the post office every week to ship art) are an invaluable contribution.

If you are interested in another way to contribute to the cause, any purchase at ArtbyJodiArias.com is a legitimate way to support Jodi. You can also check out Jodi’s art on Instagram @ArtbyJodiArias.

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Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

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SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

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Jodi News Update #106 – October 2021

Here’s the latest Jodi News Update (#106) for October 2021:

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Some of you may have already noticed at Justice4Jodi.com that the balance of the JAA Appellate Fund has jumped substantially this year. This is thanks to the collective efforts of many awesome people who donated since last spring. Around that time, an anonymous supporter of Jodi’s pledged to match every dollar donated to the fund until the end of this year, up to $35,000, for a doubled increase of $70,000.

Sometime in late August, along came another angel donor and topped off the match to bring it up to its now doubled amount of $70,000! This person basically shocked the hell out of everyone, including Jodi, who is humbled, amazed, and grateful.

Jodi’s appeals have now entered the PCR (Post-Conviction Relief) stage. She was appointed new counsel this year and they are just beginning to get their feet wet on this wildly complex case. Because of the volumes and volumes of reports, transcripts, and records, PCR is expected to take several years to complete. This gives Jodi a moderate buffer of time to continue raising money for her appellate fund.

Depending on what transpires during PCR, the funds in the Appellate trust will be needed for different things. One possibility would be to retain new trial attorneys. If her conviction is overturned, this doesn’t meant there would be another trial, but she would still need new lawyers to represent her. If her conviction is upheld, the funds will be needed to retain a lawyer (or lawyers or a law firm) to guide her case through the labyrinthine federal circuits.

Jodi’s defense during the previous trial and pretrial phases cost millions of dollars. Therefore, the fund will continue accepting donations at Justice4Jodi.com to enable her to fight her wrongful conviction and position her to retain the most competent legal counsel available.

In the meantime, Jodi’s personal efforts to raise money for her appeals continue through the production of her art, which is sold at ArtbyJodiArias.com. Her art admin supports her efforts by running this “side hustle” of sorts on her behalf and taking none of the funds. The time and effort he devotes to this process (filing the taxes, trips to the post office every week to ship art) are an invaluable contribution.

If you are interested in another way to contribute to the cause, any purchase at ArtbyJodiArias.com is a legitimate way to support Jodi. Her art is also featured on Instagram @ArtbyJodiArias.

Jodi and her family want to thank everyone who pulled together this year to help her along in her formidable legal fight. She is grateful beyond words.

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APPELLATE FUND UPDATE:

The JAA Appellate Fund total currently stands at $170,144.95 — so let’s be sure to keep the momentum rolling so the fund total can push on towards the ultimate target of $250,000. That in turn will help towards covering all the legal fees associated with appealing Jodi’s wrongful conviction. All donations via Justice4Jodi.com go directly to the fund. It is also the ONLY website authorized to collect donations.

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Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

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SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

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Jodi News Update #105 – August 2021

Here’s the latest Jodi News Update (#105) for August 2021:

Late last month, Jodi was uprooted from her assigned room and moved to a different area of Lumley Unit. At first, the staff were evasive about the reasons she had to move, but later, several staff members revealed that they were briefed about a guy who had been making threats to break Jodi out of Perryville, and who had actually begun driving to Arizona from the east coast to carry out his moronic plan.

This moron, who will remain unnamed here, was already known to the staff at Perryville. Since last spring, his photo has been posted at the front entrance where staff enter the prison for work. With it was a warning to look out for this asshole should he be spotted anywhere on the premises.

So what changed? According to one corrections officer, late last month, Mr. Moron was pulled over somewhere east of the Mississippi because he had been driving erratically. He admitted to the police officer who pulled him over that he had been lost for two days and was trying to get to Arizona where he was going to “rescue Jodi Arias.” However that strange conversation must have proceeded, the police officer was concerned enough that he or she reported this information and, through the appropriate channels, the Arizona Department of Corrections was informed.

It was because of this tip that the prison decided that this guy may in fact be more unstable than was previously estimated. What had been treated as a mild threat and a warning about a random person had suddenly been elevated because of this person’s decision to act upon his fantasy of rescuing damsel Jodi so they could live happily ever after in non-reality.

Jodi, in her Perryville bubble, remained unaware of these developments until one afternoon while at work in the Lumley Library, two Sergeants informed her that, per the Major (the Warden’s right hand person) she had to move. They weren’t allowed to tell her why. But as the following days unfolded, she learned that because the yard on which she was housed had a direct view to Perryville’s ungated parking lot, this was cause for concern. Also, the yard to which she was moved has an extra razor-wire perimeter fence, providing a little extra security.

She had a difficult time adjusting. On her previous yard, Jodi had settled into a quiet routine of schoolwork, library work, and nursing sapling palm trees. She even had a sometime pet pigeon named April who would land on her hand if Jodi bribed her with sunflower kernels. She also had a decent roommate. But she had to leave all of it.

One tradeoff that Jodi doesn’t hate: Her new room has air conditioning. Thousands of women are housed at Perryville, but many of them are forced to suffer the dangerous summer heat because the Arizona Department of Corrections will not invest in converting all housing units’ wimpy swamp coolers to more efficient air conditioning.

While it seems preposterous that one guy should be cause for concern — a guy who is so out of touch with reality that he actually believes he can bust Jodi out of there and they’ll be blissfully wedded spouses — the Department isn’t taking any chances. Earlier this year, two men escaped from a different facility in Arizona, causing the Department national public embarrassment.

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NEW MATCHING FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN FOR JODI’S LEGAL FIGHT!

We are pleased to announce that an anonymous donor has pledged to match all donations made to the JAA Appellate Fund at Justice4Jodi.com, dollar for dollar, up to $35,000! Any amount you donate between now and the end of the year will be DOUBLED. The goal is to raise $70,000 by year’s end. Doing so will place Jodi within reach of being able to obtain legal counsel after the standard petitions funded by the state are concluded.

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Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

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SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

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Jodi News Update #104 – May 2021

Here’s the latest Jodi News Update (#104) for May 2021:

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Members of the U.S. Military are onsite at Perryville this week administering the Moderna vaccine to anyone who wants to be vaccinated.

Inmates housed on Lumley Unit, including Jodi, received theirs this morning. The military rolled onto the Perryville complex earlier this week with a truckload of vaccines (thanks to the joint efforts of the current and former presidencies), and has been administering them to the thousands of women housed there.

Late last month, vaccinations began at Perryville for the inmate population 55 years and older. Their second dose was administered this week. Everyone below that age group is now being offered their first dose.

Receiving the vaccine is optional, but most women on Lumley Unit are choosing to be vaccinated both for their health and with the hope that visitation will soon reopen so that mothers who haven’t held their children in over a year can finally do so.

The Arizona Department of Corrections has also used the pandemic as an excuse to prevent attorneys for the ACLU and other organizations that focus on civil rights abuses from entering and inspecting its state prisons. With the advent of population-wide immunity, many people are hopeful for a return to normalcy.

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NEW MATCHING FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN FOR JODI’S LEGAL FIGHT!

We are pleased to announce that an anonymous donor has pledged to match all donations made to the JAA Appellate Fund at Justice4Jodi.com, dollar for dollar, up to $35,000! Any amount you donate between now and the end of the year will be DOUBLED. The goal is to raise $70,000 by year’s end. Doing so will place Jodi within reach of being able to obtain legal counsel after the standard petitions funded by the state are concluded.

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Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

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SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

Click the banner below to read Jade’s post – “Justice Denied: Why The Jurors Got It Wrong & How The Facts Decimate The State’s Case Against Jodi Arias.”:

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Jodi News Update #103 – April 2021

Here’s the latest Jodi News Update (#103) for April 2021:

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NEW MATCHING FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN FOR JODI’S LEGAL FIGHT!

We are pleased to announce that an anonymous donor has pledged to match all donations made to the JAA Appellate Fund at Justice4Jodi.com, dollar for dollar, up to $35,000! Any amount you donate between now and the end of the year will be DOUBLED. The goal is to raise $70,000 by year’s end. Doing so will place Jodi within reach of being able to obtain legal counsel after the standard petitions funded by the state are concluded.

Jodi’s case has now entered a new phase in the fight to overturn her wrongful conviction: Post-Conviction Relief (PCR). She was recently appointed new counsel who will need to spend untold hours familiarizing themselves with this complex case, which is riddled with corruption by the state, gaps in due process, and unprecedented occurrences such as the disbarment of both the prosecutor and the lead defense attorney.

The Arizona Court of Appeals found pervasive misconduct by the prosecution and issued a scathing review of its handling of Jodi’s case. Despite this court’s abject disgust of the prosecutor, it failed to throw out her conviction. Jodi’s public defenders petitioned the Arizona Supreme Court to review the Court of Appeals’s decision, but this higher court declined to do so.

[Of note is the fact that one of the seats on the AZ Supreme Court is held by Bill Montgomery, the same guy who:

1. Was in charge of the prosecutor’s office during both times Jodi went to trial

2. Refused to give up the pursuit of having Jodi killed via the death penalty

3. Has publicly commented about Jodi’s case

4. Allowed his pet prosecutor to violate ethical rules by publishing a book about the case

5. Was the subject of a now-dismissed bar complaint filed by Jodi’s lawyers for reasons in the above number four.

Yes, this guy sits on the AZ Supreme Court. As you can see, prosecutorial misconduct isn’t the only thing pervasive and persistent in Arizona. The “Ol’ Boys’ Club” protecting such corruption has its tentacles in the state’s highest court.]

Jodi’s PCR lawyers will be asking the same judge who sat through both trials to make an impartial determination that Jodi didn’t get a fair trial. Although this is obvious to everyone, including the Court of Appeals, what Superior Court judge — an elected official employed because voters said so — is going to admit that a miscarriage of justice occurred in her own courtroom on her watch?

It’s ridiculous and almost unfair to ask her to admit such. But not as ridiculous as the trials Jodi was forced to endure, and not as unfair as how Jodi was chewed up and spit out by the so-called justice system. After the PCR petition is filed, even if the trial judge agrees to hear argument, this doesn’t mean she will agree to do the right thing by overturning the draconian sentence she dealt Jodi in the first place.

So we press on in our fight to get her conviction overturned and thrown out! Now is the time to donate because your dollar will be doubled. PCR is the last stage of taxpayer-funded recourse that Jodi has. Afterwards, she must pay for her own lawyers to guide her case through the labyrinthine federal circuit. And that’s the main reason the JAA Appellate Fund exists: to raise money to retain a lawyer so that when the time comes, Jodi can afford the justice she has long been denied.

Please go to Justice4Jodi.com to make a donation today.

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FUND UPDATE: The JAA Appellate Fund total currently stands at $101,375.94 — so let’s be sure to keep the momentum rolling so the fund total can push on towards the ultimate target of $250,000. That in turn will help towards covering all the legal fees associated with appealing Jodi’s wrongful conviction.

All donations via Justice4Jodi.com go directly to the fund. It is also the ONLY website authorized to collect donations.

In addition, please DO NOT, under any circumstances, donate through any other website or Facebook page/group claiming to be “official” and/or acting with Jodi’s approval or authorization. The same applies to any “Jodi Membership Clubs”, groups or fake Trust funds that have been set up. These sites are bogus – they continue to steal money from Jodi’s future – and they should be actively avoided. If you are aware of any such sites, please help Jodi by clicking here and reporting them.

Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

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As always, be sure to leave your thoughts & comments below.

SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

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Jodi News Update #102 – Feb 2021

Here’s the latest Jodi News Update (#102) for February 2021:

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Last month, an outside kitchen worker employed by the prison tested positive for COVID-19, exposing several inmates on Jodi’s unit and necessitating a two-week quarantine. (All the women residing on that unit are now OK.) Jodi said, “Everyone was put on a giant time out.” Much like the rest of the world, only essential inmate workers reported to their jobs. Jodi utilized the gift of free time by reading — a lot. One of her 2021 goals is to read all the books in her possession and donate them to the prison. She donates nearly all the books she receives after reading them, but she fell behind and accumulated too many. “I’ve been focusing on reducing the number of books in my tiny room.” Next week, she’ll be donating her eighth book since the new year commenced.

We Are Team Jodi!

On Friday, January 29th, extra prison staff combed through the unit and confiscated everyone’s acrylic paints. Rumors had been circulating for months that Perryville’s “new” Warden hated arts and crafts and didn’t want inmates making anything beautiful. The several previous Wardens of Perryville had been more supportive of rehabilitating inmates through productive activities and creative programs. After years of that quality of leadership, Jodi says, “It was a little unusual to us that someone of that rank would hold such a narrow view, so many of us disregarded the rumor.”

Whether true or not, in mid-January, two men escaped a maximum-facility prison near Florence, Arizona, setting off a manhunt across the region that ended in their apprehension. The escapees appeared to have used industrial acrylic paint — the same used by Arizona prisons via cheap inmate labor to paint their buildings — to cover their orange pants and transform them into stiff new “khakis.” (A few years ago, Perryville was coated with this same shade, covering all the buildings’ dull gray with a new drab beige.)

The men who escaped did not use the watery, elementary-grade, nontoxic, water-based paint sold on the inmate commissary in small two-ounce bottles of primary colors. If these guys used paint it was the same paint procured by the prison to beige-wash all its buildings. Somehow, they would have gained access to the large quantity required to sufficiently cover the orange material of their pants.

The Department is using its own blunder as an excuse to eliminate from its prisons arts and crafts, a proven method of therapy and rehabilitation. Art can be an integral part of rehabilitating men and women scheduled to reenter society. So this backward move may have long-reaching negative effects on both inmates and the Arizona communities into which these people will eventually reintegrate. The Department should confiscate from itself its own paint, its own “escape paraphernalia” made available to those men, and hold itself to account for its lapse in security instead of taking away a time-tested, tried-and-true vehicle for rehabilitation and reduction of recidivism.

Ironically, The Arizona Department of Corrections recently rebranded itself “The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry” (ADCRR) in an attempt to rehab its image. Yet the steps it has taken in this situation are in a direction opposite of what its name suggests. This anti-progress is in the name of “security.” It has capriciously contrabanded harmless art supplies that were never used by the escapees instead of focusing on fixing the real security issue: Inmates managed to breach the prison’s many fences, razor wire, and thinly-populated staff. (The latter is another issue for another time.)

Jodi loves to paint, but due to her circumstances, has not always been able. She has always turned to other media to continue creating. The few acrylic paintings that remain with her family have by virtue of the above developments increased in value, but at this time she does not intend to sell them. She will, however, post them soon for display. For now, it is literally back to the drawing board for Jodi as she plans her next piece of art using pens and pencils. (Click the pic below to visit the Jodi Arias Art Gallery.)

art by jodi arias
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FUND UPDATE: The JAA Appellate Fund total currently stands at $100,770.94 — so let’s be sure to keep the momentum rolling so the fund total can push on towards the ultimate target of $250,000. That in turn will help towards covering all the legal fees associated with appealing Jodi’s wrongful conviction.

All donations via Justice4Jodi.com go directly to the fund. It is also the ONLY website authorized to collect donations.

In addition, please DO NOT, under any circumstances, donate through any other website or Facebook page/group claiming to be “official” and/or acting with Jodi’s approval or authorization. The same applies to any “Jodi Membership Clubs”, groups or fake Trust funds that have been set up. These sites are bogus – they continue to steal money from Jodi’s future – and they should be actively avoided. If you are aware of any such sites, please help Jodi by clicking here and reporting them.

Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

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As always, be sure to leave your thoughts & comments below.

SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

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8th Anniversary, Merry Christmas + a Jodi News Update!

With over 10 million page views & well over 6 million visitors — yesterday, December 20th 2020, marked the official 8th anniversary of the launch of our Jodi Arias Is Innocent .com website.

So with Christmas just a few days away – I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support over the past 8 years – and thank you in advance for your continued support moving forwards through 2021 and beyond.

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So how did 2020 shake out for Jodi? In many ways, this year was a boom.

Here’s why…

The crooked creep who crucified her at trial, ex-“prosecutor” Juan Martinez, was fired from his job for treating his workplace like a virtual Tinder app. But all the single ladies – and some married ones – kept swiping left on his ugly mug. At just over five feet, Juan is a shot glass full of slime that the women in his office were forced to choke down for years. Unaware of his own extraordinary undesirability, his personnel file is peppered with complaints of his unwanted leering. Yet his male higher-ups protected him instead of the women in their employ.

All of that came to a grandiose halt last spring when he was finally canned. Then in July, he surrendered his law license. Sensing the above dirty shenanigans coming into full view at a trial, Juan decided to take the coward’s way out.

It begs the question: What horrors of behavior is he hiding? The world witnessed as this man-child wasted the court’s time by gnawing like a senescent pit bull on even pointless details during Jodi’s trial. What is so juicy in that musty closet of his that he would willingly surrender his license rather than fight for it in his favorite arena? Well, good riddance!

Thanks to many generous donors, Jodi was able to pay her legal bill associated with the above mess. She was informed of everyone who contributed and she wants you each to know how very grateful she is to you. She would not have been able to realize the above legal milestones without YOUR direct help.

Over the last five years, Jodi has worked diligently to pay the restitution she owed, stretching herself to pay down approximately $10,000. Then a few months ago, along came an angel donor who paid the remaining balance, rescuing Jodi from over a decade of further payments, and bestowing TA’s family with a fat, unexpected Christmas bonus.

Contact visitation was suspended in Arizona prisons last March due to the coronavirus pandemic. At a men’s prison in Yuma, Arizona, a huge outbreak was reported with over 400 cases, including the Warden, who was recently felled by the virus. While there have been a few inmates who have tested positive at Perryville, the women’s prison, they have all been on other units and no significant outbreak has occurred. Lumley Unit, where Jodi resides, has remained healthy and free of the virus.

Jodi spends a lot of her time reading and creating art. She is excited to begin the next book in her queue, Memoirs and Misinformation, by Jim Carrey (yes, that Jim Carrey!) of whom she is an adoring fan.

Her latest works, Partington Cove and Black-Ink Butterfly, can be viewed at ArtByJodiArias.com. Also, this final quarter of the year, she completed her first work of Impressionism in acrylic, titled The Clearing, but due to several delays, she was unable to get it on display before the year is to close. (Perhaps January!)

Another thing Jodi has been doing with her time is studying Italian, which she calls “deceptively easy” because of its similarity to the Spanish she speaks fluently. She breeezes through each lesson, immediately grasping the material, only to later discover that she didn’t retain much. Still, she is pressing ahead with lessons in what she calls “this gorgeous language.”

And finally…

What’s next in Jodi’s fight for justice? An all-important phase called PCR (Post-Conviction Relief), also known in Arizona as Rule 32. This is the phase in which her newly assigned counsel will raise issues that her previous appellate counsel could not.

This phase is funded by taxpayers, but afterward Jodi must shoulder all further legal costs. She was recently quoted $2 million — retainer only! — by a dream team lawyer. We are hopeful, however, that we will be able to find someone who will be willing to take her case for the mere fraction (about $100,000, or 1/20th) available in her appellate fund.

Please help her fight this fight by donating at Justice4Jodi.com. Together, we can help Jodi get within reach of great legal representation!

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As always, and to finish off this update, here’s our all-time #1 favorite Jodi-Christmas classic — O Holy Night.”

Just like me, it never gets old.  Enjoy!

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UPDATE: The JAA Appellate Fund total currently stands at $100,770.94 — so let’s be sure to keep the momentum rolling so the fund total can push on towards the ultimate target of $250,000. That in turn will help towards covering all the legal fees associated with appealing Jodi’s wrongful conviction.

All donations via Justice4Jodi.com go directly to the fund. It is also the ONLY website authorized to collect donations.

In addition, please DO NOT, under any circumstances, donate through any other website or Facebook page/group claiming to be “official” and/or acting with Jodi’s approval or authorization. The same applies to any “Jodi Membership Clubs”, groups or fake Trust funds that have been set up. These sites are bogus – they continue to steal money from Jodi’s future – and they should be actively avoided. If you are aware of any such sites, please help Jodi by clicking here and reporting them.

Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

we are team jodi - and we will be victorious

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May the peace, beauty and Light of the season brighten your life with joy, blessings and abundance.

I wish you Happy Holidays a Merry Christmas – and a safe, peaceful, prosperous & snowflake-free 2021!

SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

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