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Trial Day 54 – May 1st, 2013 [REPLAY]

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Today’s 2013 replay rolls into Day 54 with an 11 hour marathon performance.

It features the direct/cross/redirect, juror questions & pros/defense follow-up of surrebuttal witness Dr Robert Geffner… plus the infamous “typo & tapioca” related BS testimony from Kevin Horn… and with some tigers, bears & gophers (and Dr Jill Hayes) thrown in for good measure.

Click the links to read my original posts & comments submitted during & after Trial Day 54:
Afternoon session. After trial comments.

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Trial Day 54 – May 1st, 2013:

Part 1/6:

Dr Robert Geffner PhD – surrebuttal witness – direct

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Part 2/6:

Dr Robert Geffner – direct continues

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Part 3/6:

Dr Robert Geffner – direct/cross

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Part 4/6:

Dr Robert Geffner – cross

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Part 5/6:

Dr Robert Geffner – redirect + jurors questions + defense/pros follow-up

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Part 6/6:

Dr Kevin Horn (ME) – direct/cross/redirect  + jurors questions + pros/defense follow-up
Dr Jill Hayes – rebuttal witness – direct/cross/redirect (state rests)

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Remember: WE ARE TEAM JODI – AND WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS in our quest for JUSTICE FOR JODI!

Leave your thoughts and comments below.

If you missed my earlier post regarding the launch of the new Jodi Arias Art Gallery website, click here to go check it out.

SJ
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    • Hey guys! SJ made ‘first comment’!!!!! (giggling)!!!!! 🙂

      Congrats! We will have to think of a great ‘first comment’ gift for you! 😉

      I am going to rewatch the videos to refresh my memory of yet another day of BS that Jodi had to tolerate… 🙁

      As for the song you posted! You know I love Green Day and Billie Joe Armstrong ♥ ! You did it on purpose! To make me drool! Didn’tcha????? admit it!!!!

      An awesome weekend back atcha! xoxoxo

      (((SJ makes first comment ♥ ))))
      (((((JODI ♥ )))))
      ((((TEAM JODI ♥ ))))

  4. Thank you Sister Mary!!!! I appreciate you expertise!!!! 🙂
    (((((Mary))))) (((((((TEAM JODI))))))) FREE OUR JODI ARIZONA!

    • R. Love, we are going to have to give you lessons on how to add a video to your comment. It’s really simple!

      STEP 1: When wanting to add a link (either a video or an article) click on the ‘URL address’ of the link you want to add so it will be highlighted, then go to the ‘edit’ button right on top of that, click it, click on ‘copy’.
      STEP 2: Come back to your comment, go back up to the ‘edit’ button and click on ‘paste’.

      This requires having 2 tabs open (one tab with the page or song you want to add to your comment and another tab to our site).

      Good luck!!!! (crossing fingers) – I am cheering for you!

      Give it a try! 😉

      ((((R. Love & adding links to her comments!))))

      • Just now saw this!!! THANK YOU Pandora!!! I will try it again sometime soon! BUT you better cross all of your fingers and then your toes! 🙂 LOL Love your new Picture! Beautiful!

  5. Well it sure is lonely over here on Day 54 🙁 I’ve made it through 1/6 and 2/6 and dreading hearing the rest of it! Martinez makes me sick! Maybe chocolate will help. Where is everyone???

    • I’m here, R. Love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Oh, I had someone sing the song I wrote for Jodi and they even made a video of it and put it on Youtube for me! If you want to listen and view it here it is:

      http://youtu.be/P6pIH7ICANA

      (((((FREE JODI)))))

      I hope everyone has a FANTASTIC weekend!!! Don’t forget to say a prayer for Jodi and send all your hope and love her way!!!

      (((((JODI)))))

      • Mary, beautiful song! ♥

        Piece of advice: whoever put the song up should close the ‘comments’. Believe me, you don’t want it opened! A lot of haters will want to leave their ugly comments there!

      • Absolutely Beautiful Mary! Loved it and I thought I heard your sweet voice singing backup!!!!!! 🙂
        Jodi is blessed by SJ, the Administrators and all of the talented and gifted people fighting for her!!!!
        Everybody hang in there and we will see Jodi free one day. . .SOON!

    • Sorry, R. Love —-

      We are very busy here getting ready for Lucy’s new little buddy. At least, I HOPE they’ll be buddies, because I’m getting him for her, not me!

      • That is great news! I hope they get along!!!! Tell us how that goes!

        (((Lucy & new buddy!))) ♥

      • WOW Lucy has a new buddy coming to live with her!!!! I’m sure you are busy getting ready for the new arrival. I was just wondering where everyone went without me!!!! 🙁 feeling left out.
        BUT, I was just kidding I knew everyone was waiting in the wings somewhere!!!!! I know Pandora was in her garden plowing away!!!!! GOSH, and Mary must have gone to Nashville to record her song!!! Loved it!!! XOX Everyone have a Fantastic Weekend!!!! Great News:Lucy has a New Buddy!

    • OMG R. Love!!!! LMAO!!!

      Just last night I was telling SJ how I was craving chocolate! So I raided my cupboards trying to find some! Was out of luck though! I ended up eating honey flavored cereal! (rolling eyes!)

      ((((Chocolate cravings)))))

      • I find it is the only way to get through a session with Martinez’s voice! I might even stuff it in my ears!!

  6. Jodi tweet:

    Jodi Arias Updates ‏@JodiAnnArias 2m

    The new art website is up and running at http://www.jodiarias.com . Check it out. Currently there are 3 prints for sale. You know you want one.

  7. Happy Saturday my cyber family!!!

    Hope you all have a great weekend.

    I’m still not finished rewatching the vids. Hopefully I’ll be able to watch them all without wanting to break my screen every time I hear kermits whiny objections! 🙂

    ((((Cyber family))))
    (((Jodi)))

    • Loved it Maria! Hopefully soon Jodi’s hopes and dreams will come true for her and all of us!!!!

    • Good morning, Maria! Thank you for the lovely song + video!

      Here is a song that was the inspiration for last year’s “Dear Jodi”. This is “Dear Prudence” by The Beatles. The story of the song is that John Lennon wrote it for Prudence Farrow, sister of Mia Farrow, while they and The Beatles were in Rishikesh, India learning Transcendental Meditation from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Prudence would frequently stay inside of her room and not come out which prompted Lennon to write this song. Just as it was with “Dear Jodi”, this really isn’t a love song in a romantic or sexual sense, but in a spiritual or unconditional one for a friend. Here is the link to the video plus the lyrics:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMZF1A1WnBQ

      Dear Prudence, won’t you come out to play?
      Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day.
      The sun is up, the sky is blue,
      It’s beautiful and so are you,
      Dear Prudence, won’t you come out to play?

      Dear Prudence, open up your eyes.
      Dear Prudence, see a sunny sky.
      The wind is low, the birds will sing
      That you are part of everything,
      Dear Prudence, open up your eyes.

      Look around, look around, ’round, ’round
      Look around.

      Dear Prudence, let me see you smile.
      Dear Prudence, like a little child.
      The clouds will be a daisy chain,
      So let me see you smile again,
      Dear Prudence, let me see you smile.

      • Here’s another song that makes me think of Jodi: “Not Guilty” by The Beatles (written by George Harrison).

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuhAZIKPejo

        Not guilty of getting in your way,
        While you’re trying to steal the day.
        Not guilty, and I’m not here for the rest,
        I’m not trying to steal your vest.
        I am not trying to be smart, I only want what I can get.
        I’m really sorry for your aging head, but like you heard me said, I’m not guilty.

        Not guilty for being on your street,
        Getting underneath your feet.
        Not guilty, no use handing me a writ,
        While I’m trying to do my bit.
        I don’t expect to take your heart, I only want what I can get.
        I’m really sorry that you’re underfed, but like you heard me said, not guilty.

        Not guilty for looking like a freak,
        Making friends with every Sikh.
        Not guilty for leading you astray on the road to Mandalay.
        I won’t upset the apple cart, I only want what I can get.
        I’m really sorry that you’ve been mislead, but like you heard me said, I’m not guilty.

        • You always find the perfect song for the situation Jeff! So glad to see you’re back!

          • Thanks, Corrine, but I’m only going to be making sporadic appearances on here.

            • Well I for one would like if you made more than sporadic appearances! You know we all adore and respect you Jeff! No haters here you know! Even if you don’t feel like posting I’d like to hear from you sometime, you have my email if you ever want to chat. I’ve had such an eventful last month and a half! Hopefully I’ll talk to you later!

  9. Jodi Tweet:

    JodiAnnArias
    “Don’t take refuge in the false security of consensus” – Christopher Hitchens

  10. Look who we got here! Jodi’s famewhore jurors, not missing out on some air-time!

    http://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/jodi-arias-jurors-weigh-in-on-death-penalty

    And they STILL don’t get it! Though one of them claims she ” she spent the month after the Arias trial reading everything she could find on the internet about the trial.”

    REALLY? Did she come to our site? Did she read everything with an open-mind?? Puh-leeez! Did she do a thorough and objective research??? I doubt it… My guess would be she went to all hate sites and FB pages where she could just reinforce her negtive opinion and contempt for Jodi. WHY did she felt the need to do so, after all if she is convinced that their verdict was the right one?
    Remorse maybe? Doubts? Trying to ease her conscience by clicking on the links that she knew subconciously would validate her decision to convict Jodi? Just saying…

        • Clueless is right! It makes me crazy when I hear that Jodi is remorseless. What in the world in Jodi’s demeanor says remorseless? Or maybe these people consider themselves mind readers. Or maybe, just maybe, they just use that sort of mental gymnastics to justify their clueless decision. If they had to look at facts rather than conjecture they might themselves have to experience remorse and they’d rather project their own avoidance of remorse onto Jodi.

          • Maybe Jodi should take acting lessons from the acting coach who instructed the Alexander family. ~~~~~~~~~iiiiiiiiiiiii s ! :0

          • Yes!!! It makes me mad as hell!!!!
            I guess bawling her eyes out on many on many occassions, testifying numerous times how disgusted she is with herself and almost collapsing on the witness stand doesn’t qualify for being ‘remorseful’. Those people are laughable! I despise their ignorance, their lack of critical thinking and how comfortable they seem wearing their blinkers!!! They are blind to the truth; what scares me the most is that probably they lead their lives in this same distorted way.

            • Exactly, Maria, it is scary to think that they probably live their lives in this same distorted way and how does it affect their children if they have any!!!!

    • Those jurors should have been thrown in jail! You just KNOW they were watching Nasty Disgrace on HLN every night of the trial. I bet they would have happily appeared on her show during the trial if they could have gotten away with it. They’re just as much to blame for Jodi being in jail as Flores, Martinez, and Pickles.

    • Maria,

      Thanks for the link to show us how the media is starting ALL OVER again with their BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Far in advance of the penalty phase, OF COURSE!!! We all know what they’re doing!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are NOT fooling us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      We need to get someone on the news to show how corrupt the FIRST trial of Jodi was and HOW IMPORTANT it is to let the new jury know that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have got to do this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We CAN do this if we all work together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      CORRUPT Jodi Arias Trial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FREE JODI ARIAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      • Jodi Arias Trial –

        LIES, LIES, and MORE LIES!!!

        Jodi Arias Trial –

        UNCOVER the TRUTH, EXPOSE the LIES, LIES, and MORE LIES!!!

        Jodi Arias Trial –

        UNFAIR, UNJUST, based on LIES, LIES, and MORE LIES!!!

        Jodi Arias Trial –

        Based on PERJURY, WITHHOLDING EVIDENCE, CROOKED PROSECUTOR, CROOKED ME, CROOKED DETECTIVE, CROOKED JUDGE, CROOKED PROSECUTORIAL WITNESSES!!!!!!!!!!!

        FREE JODI ANN ARIAS, NOW, ARIZONA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        • I believe you covered it ALL Mary. Free JODI!
          WAKE ARIZONA THE WORLD IS WATCHING YOUR CIRCUS!!!!

    • I’m not even going to click on the link… I can only imagine what she says… (rolling eyes: you know, the samantha way!).

    • A quote from “let’s go to prison”:

      “The three scariest words in the English language – trial by jury. Juries are made up of 12 people who are so dumb they couldn’t even think up an excuse to get out of jury duty”.

      • I’ve never cared for that quote.

        People with a moral social conscience are not dumb, and consider it both a privilege and a responsibility to serve when asked.

        • True,
          Though to me this quote means a call for professional juries. Laymen, even smart ones, cannot properly evaluate presented evidence, without special training. Like which type of evidence should be given more weight, etc. And of course they would select only people who are committed to the job and don’t lack integrity (i.e. they won’t be selected at random).
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          In Jodi’s case, Alyce LaViolette’s testimony was largely ignored by the jurors (even though she has decades of experience) in favor of Demarte’s testimony (who doesn’t have enough experience in DV cases). A professional jury would not have made this mistake.

          • We’re mostly ‘laymen’ here, aren’t we?

            I really don’t think it’s usually a matter of people not being able to properly evaluate evidence, and when it is it has more to do with the expert witness than it does the jurors.

            I think it has more to do with the personal ‘baggage’ – the life experiences – that the jurors bring to the table. These are the very qualities they’re selected for during voire dire, with both sides trying to stack a jury in their favor.

            But there is a general public perception that innocent people don’t get in trouble, that a person MUST have done something wrong in order to find themselves at odds with the law – and that usually holds true in civil cases as well as criminal cases.

            And a DEATH PENALTY qualified jury is typically even more pro-prosectution than average.

            • Fairness in judicial proceedings is dependent upon the good faith of the community at large and on the sworn officers of the courts and their presiding judges.

              If a judge is lax, inconsistent, biased or inattentive, it should not be realistically expected that a group of “peers” would nonetheless see their way to a fair verdict.

              Society should not have a foolish expectation that juries ever could carry the entire burden of impartiality at trial. The verdict is the jurors’ to render; the moral, intellectual and ethical conditions in which they view evidence and are asked to deliberate are not under their control. On the contrary, they are virtually captive to the tone and decorum of ongoing proceedings. They undertake their judicial duty with the understanding that they shall not be intimidated, brainwashed, hypnotized, terrorized or otherwise coerced into a particular verdict by either side.

              But sometimes they will be.

    • It would take a person a lot longer than one month to read everything that’s on this site.

  11. Is it possible for Jodi to hire a private investigator in order to destroy the prosecution’s case? I really feel there is more evidence out there that either was ignored or suppressed by the prosecutor. I was watching Lt. Joe Kenda on TV and I thought to myself “It’s too bad this guy didn’t investigate Jodi’s case!” I feel that a good cop would have gotten to the truth before putting Jodi in a room and berating her with ridiculous accusations.
    I wonder how much it would cost to hire a retired police detective…not one from Arizona….to dig into this case and get to the bottom of what really happened that night.
    I would love to have Joe Kenda look at this case. Now I know that might be unrealistic but there are many cold case detectives out there. I know that any of them could do a better job than “detective” Flores did! I really hope Jodi has thought about hiring a detective. I think it would definitely turn up new evidence that would turn this case around.

    • There was a Detective that was well-known that said he would look into it but he wanted a big retainer to even start. I can’t remember his name but Journee probably remembers. Money is one of the problems.

      • I don’t remember the name, either, R. Love. Seems like the retainer was six figures, though.

          • Good lord, 20K?!?! I wonder if someone asking for that much money online (before even starting his investigation) is some kind of scam artist? I would be willing to contribute as much as I could afford to help Jodi though. I never had an idea it would cost so much though!

            • $20K is less than I remembered. And I don’t think it’s unreasonable, really… assuming the guy has references of course. People need to make a living. As well intended as we all are here, who could afford to quit their jobs and go to Arizona and pay for a place to stay while they investigated?

              People have encouraged me to write a book supporting Jodi, and I’ve started pulling a few things together. But it’s definitely back burner, because I gotta take care of business first, you know? Gotta pay the bills, take care of the house, etc.

              • Great idea!!! Journee writing a book about Jodi’s trial!!! Maybe Lucy and her new buddy can occupy each other and you may write in your spare (?) time!!! Give JVM a run for her money!!!

                • Well, yes, Lucy needs a buddy so I can get more work done. But for awhile he’ll just be extra work! (I am not fond of potty training puppies!)

              • Journee, it’s a wonderful idea writing a book!

                You write so great and have so much input in this case. It would be great to have a book that would be pro Jodi! If you need any research done, I am sure we all will volunteer to help out!

                As for Lucy’s new buddy, ever thought of naming him ‘Buddy’??? 🙂

                I can comprehend about all the hard work needed to be done with a new puppy. And yes! potty training is not fun AT ALL!!! My Bobber is 19 yrs old and he is very old and sometimes he can’t keep himself and we have accidents in the house… Right about now, I think I am the best customer of companies that make disinfectant products! LMAO!

                So good luck and patience! Let us know how it’s going!

                (((((Lucy’s new buddy)))) ♥

                • He has arrived!

                  My intent was to name him Tucker – as in ‘bib and tucker’ because he’s traditional black and white Boston, looks like he’s wearing a tux.

                  But his litter name was “Ducky”, which is kinda cute and suits him, and close enough to ‘Tucker’ that it will probably be one of the many names he is called.

                  Lucy, for example, is Lu, Lulu, Loodle-loo, Little-do, just Do, Bug, and Upside Down Rubber Puppy.

                • Oh boy! Hope Loodle-Loo Lucy is helping take care of Little Lucky Ducky Tucker!! I can’t wait to hear some puppy tales!!!!! 🙂

              • Journee, you are one of the people I respect the most. When it comes to Jodi’s case, I think it’s your insight, knowledge and sharp memory that would make you an excellent author of a pro-Defense.

                • To be clear about any potential book –

                  I’m looking at the idea. Just now, though, I feel like the only reason to write it would be to say what hasn’t been said already. While we’re definitely in the minority, there are a few pro-defense sites that have gone into great depth looking at all the various angles. Not only does it seem pointless to say what’s already been said (although it didn’t seem to bother JVM), I’d also need the permission and cooperation of all of those who’ve put forth so much effort.

                  And I also feel I’d need to have some ongoing communication with several people close to the case – maybe even some from ‘the other side’ – because I need to change the picture that’s been painted for the public. The picture of Travis, the picture of Jodi, the picture of their relationship and the context that surrounded it all.

                  Can I afford to abandon the rest of my life to go digging around in Arizona and California for several months? Nope. I might be able to do a lot of it through emails, but I’d have to be able to authenticate who I’m talking to.

                  So, it’s complicated, and I am THINKING about it. 🙂

                • Journee,
                  It is a big deal writing a book, especially when it’s non-fiction and it’s actually about a murder case. I think that you’d have no problem having support and permission and cooperation from everyone defending Jodi, from supporters that have put a lot of effort in research and have made sites, blogs and essays about Jodi and the case in general. Jodi wouldn’t have any problem, whatsoever! As for the ‘other side’? Hmmm, I seriously don’t know if you’d have the help you need there.I don’t see anyone willing of helping out in the writing of a book pro Jodi, even though you say that it would be a book trying to change the picture of both sides and the context that surrounded it all.

                  So whatever you DO decide to do, just remember that you have a lot of people willing to help out in gathering info and whatever else you need! You can count us greek girls in! 🙂

                  Overall, it is a very big commitment and will take time out of your everyday. So whatever you finally decide to do, I back you up!

                  ((((No pressure on Journee’s decision)))) ♥

              • Wow I see you have Boston Terriers! I have two myself. Their names are Axl and Sid and they’re such sweet little balls of energy!

                • When interviewed on-air about her book on this case, JVM’s first adjective in describing Jodi was “slutty”.

                  – Not exactly a level-headed approach to writing about a case that involves a possible death penalty.

                  Wonder how JVM defines the word. Is she aware that Jodi said that TA had had more sexual partners than she had?

            • Just for reference, 19 years ago, I think it was $2000 I spent to put an attorney on retainer. Of course, that was applied to my first several bills. I’m sure the price to put an attorney on retainer for criminal court has went up considerably since then. Hiring a private detective will be the same way. Expensive. $20.000 might get you a month or maybe two of work if you are lucky. Whereas an attorney can be working several cases at the same time in his office a private detective brought in from somewhere else will only be working on yours.

            • If he really is what he claims to be on that web site, I think he can help Jodi a lot!
              I hope this verdict will be overturned and there will be a new trial! I’m all for it!
              This trial was a sham, a modern day witch hunt!
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              This trial was rife with prosecutorial misconduct, even by Russia’s standards!

  12. Hi everyone! Miss you all very much. Been living some of my own time consuming issues. I check in on twitter a lot. I just posted SJs song. It has an excellent message.
    Jodi is still waiting for the last part of her first trial? I try to keep up. It seems like this keeps getting rescheduled. Plus they still live the delusion they are going to find a jury that hasn’t heard of the case. I call this place Fairytale Land for everybody but Jodi. Who is living in a hell.

    Question! If Jodi goes through this last part of the trial and gets life in prison, does she have the right to a whole new trial. Can she get another trial and be declared innocent?

    Also, I think the Private Investigator is an excellent idea. I don’t know who the one that responded is but we need to investigate his work history. I know the big problem is money. I am terrible at raising money. But there are ways to do it. I have to ask some of my friends if they have suggestions.
    I just don’t know who the main people concerning getting Jodi’s defense are? I pray down the line she get her right to have the best defense.

    A few threads ago I read an excellent post by Sirlip. The whole thread was excellent. It really made me dissect so much of motivation and belief. I saw that if you take all the mistakes of the prosecution, judge, and jury it is blatantly clear that there was not a separation of church and state. For those reasons 1) Jodi needs a Private Investigator to make that clear, 2) any trial involving this case and Jodi needs to be held far away from Arizona, the Mormon Community, and any state where there is a strong Mormon Community. Jodi’s trial need to take place where there is a clear difference between Church and State.
    That is the American way. Jodi needs Justice!

    I will be around a few days. xxoo

    • Hi Marianne!!
      So nice to see you again, it’s been a while huh?
      On September 8th, Jodi’s sentencing phase retrial begins. In other words, yes it’s still a part of the ”first” trial as you said because the Jury in the first couldn’t unanimously agree on a sentence. After she’s sentenced, Jodi can move on to the next stage. Which is appeals.

      • Hi Maria! It must be a few months I have not been here. I had my own crazy drama. Which I would love to share but not on a social network.
        So whether Jodi gets the death penalty or life in prison, she still has the possibility to go through another trial and be found innocent(or what ever gets her to walk out of jail a free woman)?

        How is Greece? I look at pictures of Greece and it looks so beautiful. I have to visit one day!

        I am hanging out for a few days. I hope not to get pulled away for so long again. I do stop in to twitter. They only allow me to put down a few words. Then they push me out. If u have account there, check me out.
        Thank you! xxoo

        • We’re in the middle of spring here and of course summer is on its way! YAY! Summer in Greece, oh I bet most of you have seen photos of the gorgeous Greek islands, sunny beaches crystal-clear waters, amazing sites to go sightseeing and lots and lots of fun!
          s for Jodi, an appeal may take years or even decades to be heard before a Superior Court and even then it doesn’t mean that the whole trial is gonna be repeated; they have to show there was a problem with due justice, like Prosecutorial Misconduct for example. I’ve read it is extremely hard to prove it and convictions are equally hard to be overturned.

    • Hey Marianne, I missed U! I am glad your around! I have been looking for you! clapping hands!!
      ((((((Marianne))))))

      • Hi R. Love!
        I miss you also. Sometimes life gets ahead of me or I need a faster computer. I will be checking in as much as I can.
        Thank you for keeping everything moving along with all the other cyber family! xxoo

    • Marianne, nice to have you back! I hope everything is well for you! Don’t stay away too long, R. Love get’s upset! And we miss you too! 😉

      • Pandora,
        I miss everyone also. I am going to change my email. Can you tell SJ. Can he email me back so I know it was changed with administration. I am changing it on this message. You can email me also. Happy to be with my cyber family.
        Big Hugs! xxoo

    • A rush to judgement can occur for many reasons.

      IMO law enforcement painted themselves into a corner when they became overly excited about the recovered camera and its deleted photos. In evaluating the state’s reactions to that damning discovery, note that the photographs became evidence when Jodi was still denying that she had returned to Mesa.

      It doesn’t appear that LE asked themselves or anyone at the scene why Mimi, a visitor to the premises, would make the 911 call, or that LE were skeptical of implicating statements made about Jodi by an individual who obviously did not know her and had to be coached through the emergency report.

      LE didn’t ask themselves either why a supposed murderer had put a camera into a washing machine when it could just as easily have been taken from the scene. They did not bring themselves to consider how the slashed cuts on TA’s upper back could have pointed to self-defense on the part of the perpetrator (it ought not be difficult, especially for a trained investigator, to imagine). They did not ask of Jodi why she was not seeking the protection, as provided by law, of an attorney.

      LE were unwilling to imagine that Jodi could have been covering for TA. It was too much of a stretch for them when their better judgement was overwhelmed with gossip and lurid photographs. Clamming up as Jodi did modeled classic battered woman behavior while lying could obviously have resulted from the same syndrome, the same embarrassment and mortification.

      Investigators smelled victory. It was an exhilarating moment for them. Their questions, they believed, were all answered. Convinced that Jodi had committed premeditated murder, the state’s hubris carried the day. Without a backward glance, they handed off the case to their hanging prosecutor.

      To my mind, the most important element of this case in terms of prejudice is that the value of a woman’s life in a domestic violence situation can be automatically discounted if, even by accident, she prevails in a fight to the death.

      Since the media had a field day with the love story within this case, there is irony in the fact that the relationship had actually devolved to one of “friends with benefits” by the time Jodi visited TA in June of ’08. Communications between them seem to show that by the end of May, she was more focused on the “friends” aspect of the relationship than on its “benefits”. She wanted simple respect from TA far more than a romantic commitment. It was an uphill struggle for her. She stated on the stand that he became even more verbally abusive to her after she moved to Yreka.

      Tragically, JA realized too late that TA was experiencing even higher levels of stress in June than he had in April, when she’d removed herself from his close physical proximity. Law Enforcement could not have known about these aspects of their liaison when they rushed to judge Jodi.

      Many (dare I say even most) religions have been historically reluctant to weigh a woman’s rights equally with a man’s. Serious consideration of that widely accepted fact within the greater context of national media and prevailing social attitudes would be of more assistance to Jodi than a singular focus on the apparent non-stance by the Mormon community with respect to the case.

      We may observe as well that churches of any denomination very rarely undertake official PRs when cases go to court. That restraint, IMO, is reflective of the Constitutional separation of church and state, not necessarily demonstrative of its absence.

      • I agree about the domestic violence. I had worked in hospitals many years of my life. There are posters all over, especially the bathrooms, asking: Are you a domestic violence victim? The posters give you criteria and tells you to report it. Tell your nurses and doctors. On the workers end they are supposed to ask during admission if a patient has experienced domestic violence. All this needs documentation by the worker. At one time this was mandatory. It still is supposed to be mandatory. What I find is that woman are not being asked about domestic violence anymore. I went into the hospital for testing. No one asked me about domestic violence! The world is really changing.

        Thank you 🙂

      • The premeditation theory should have been excluded as a possibility right there and then: when they found the camera. No ”self-respecting” murderer who has spent days, weeks, months to premeditating a crime leaves damaging evidence behind, let alone evidence with his face on it! FFS!

        Not to mention that if I were Martinez (eww, God forbid!) and had pushed for M1, I’d be embarrassed as Hell and ashamed to find out that the suspect is a photographer. Aspiring or professional, it’s the same to me! Jodi knew more about cameras than the average person who MAY think that simply deleting them or throwing the camera in the washing machine would be enough.

        • Right on Maria!!!!! That is one thing that has always screamed at me!!!! There is no way Jodi would have put the camera in the washing machine!!!! Jodi is way to smart in that area. . it had to have been the someone staging the scene!

          • Or putting camera in washing machine could have resulted from the shock and confusion of what happened. No one would be in their right mind after that unless they WERE a cold-blooded killer.

            This is just one of the things the Jodi haters try to have both ways.

        • Why the heck would a person that premeditated a murder leave key evidence at the scene??? It would have been simple for Jodi to have taken the camera with her and destroyed it later on. So, ya this and only this should have crossed out the premeditation theory. It’s common sense, ffs! If the jury didn’t take this into consideration then how are we suppose to believe that they were capable of deciding on one’s life? pfff….

  13. morning peeps 🙂
    only a brief visit 🙁

    i see we are all as strong and adamant as ever about jodi’s innocence

    i don’t recall if i ever posted the following quote here or not, but in any event i’ll repost it because i know it talks to our attitude towards the individuals, groups and institutions that were arrayed against jodi, and every other person, who has been the target, or victim of their evil

    ie those who individually, or collectively, either privately, or officially, can fairly be characterized as villains, crooks, liars, sociopaths, criminals. etc, and who to date have escaped all legal accountability

    the quote is by edmund burke:
    ‘There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.’

    standing alone this quote can be seen as a sound rule of thumb when dealing with evil men, and women, but we know from experience that it has proven to be fully borne out in jodi’s case, and is thus without any such qualification applicable to the forces that were, and are still, arrayed against her

    bye for now

    Wes

    ps

    quotes by edmund burke >

    http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/17142.Edmund_Burke

    • OF those i described above as the forces arrayed against jodi, including some of the primary entities, or forces, such as the police, the prosecution, and the judicial system which i described as …

      “ie those who individually, or collectively, either privately, or officially, can fairly be characterized as villains, crooks, liars, sociopaths, criminals. etc, and who to date have escaped all legal accountability”,

      AND the slowness of the process,

      i found the somewhat well known quote:

      “Millstones of Justice turn exceedingly slow, but grind exceedingly fine.”
      ~John Bannister Gibson (1780-1853), American jurist, Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

        • hi maria, thank you for your comments, pleased to contribute; i hope you are enjoying what i’ve heard is the traditional outdoor evening summer life, and that the summer doesn’t get too hot 🙂

        • Wes,
          I hear you and feel you on both quotes. I am disappointed with the judicial/legal systems for many experiences that have opened up my eyes to reality. I now start out with a premise of evil. The other side needs to work very hard to change my mind. Being that they truly are not after Justice, they don’t even try. That’s okay. And this is where your quotes connect for me. Those judicial/legal systems can busy themselves with all the lying and evil their rotted hearts desire. Somewhere along the long slow road of Justice, always make sure the fine grind is stopped. Some of our first steps doing this is not following the crowd. It is done in many ways. But needed as the turning points from evil.
          Thank you Wes!

          • maria, by its widespread and deep, unjust,unfair and vindictive behavior the criminal justice system has deservedly earned the publics characterization as a societal and institutional evil

            one of the greatest american criminal defense attornies, gerry spence has spoken often on this

            not just on winning criminal trials, but on the significance of the issues, the great societal issue of justice, and the institutions and officials of state coercion and power

            here are some google videos with gerry spence

            i recommend them all without reservation, even though i have not watched them all
            his words and acitons reveal the issues

            https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=GERRY+SPENCE&tbm=vid&ei=sKpnU9fFO4ikyQGXnoC4Ag&start=0&sa=N

            watch videos from different google video pages

            and hear his assessment of the american justice system

            for example i just chose a short video by him, which i thought would be on point, AND WHEN I WATCHED IT, THERE IT IS, THE KERNEL OF THE ISSUE
            ONE MINUTE AND SIXTEEN SECONDS

            Gerry Spence on the American “justice system”

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMm3ry1HqBc

            • ooops, marianne, not maria; hides face in embarrassment for not reading carefully; discards possible feeble excuse that the first five letters of both names are the same; hi to you both 🙂

              • Wes,
                Don’t worry about the names. I am happy to be mistaken for Maria. She is wonderful! Most important is the information. I did check out the video and you were exactly correct. Gerry Spence not only had it figured it out but he could cut right through the BS. I watched other videos and continued being impressed. Can we get him for Jodi?
                Jodi really needs someone like Gerry.
                I have seen so much corrupt, non justice behavior going on. I just want Jodi to get justice.
                Thank you

  14. pandora, thank you for you comment, good to see you 🙂

    occasionally, although not often enough i suppose,i like to read, and think on a few quotes, they’re my lazyman’s shortcut to insights, and wisdom; i llike those at the website goodreads, which seem to be plentiful, of good quality and well displayed

    i search google starting with the word “quotes”, without quotation marks, followed by an author’s name, or a quality

    that mostly brings up goodreads among the results, although i don’t limit myself to those

    i see for the first time that there is a section at goodreads devoted to quotes which i wasn’t aware of till now
    http://www.goodreads.com/quotes

    i see there’s an entry on children, at the second page, so you could have some fun reading reading others views, hopefully mostly amusing, on children

    http://www.goodreads.com/tag/popular/quotes?page=2

    🙂

  15. Not sure if anyone is familiar with the late Cynthia Gillespie or not, but she wrote and published a book in 1989 called “Justifiable Homicide”. She was a lawyer and Executive Director of the Northwest Women’s Law Center, where she had worked frequently with women seeking refuge from abusive relationships. Her book’s thesis was simple: because of the way the law was created historically, battered women who kill their abusers were not permitted to plead self-defense, even though they thought they were in immediate danger of serious bodily harm. Deprived of a justifying defense, they were almost always convicted of murder.

    Gillespie stated that traditional self-defense law assumes two men of roughly equal strength and ability, one of whom credibly threatens to kill the other. Unless he is defending his own home, the law obliges the person threatened to escape. If he kills his antagonist instead, to plead self-defense he would have to show that he was unable to get away-trapped between his assailant and the door, for example-or that he did try to escape, and his assailant pursued and continued to threaten him.

    For women it was different. Self defense law did not acknowledge the right of a woman to defend herself, even in her own home. Threatened, she should flee no matter what the circumstances. Courts were also extremely reticent to allow potentially mitigating testimony by expert witnesses about battered woman’s syndrome, learned helplessness caused by repeated physical abuse at the hands of a spouse or domestic partner.

    “The [traditional] law makes sense for what it was designed for-two men in a bar fight,” Gillespie said, but not “for a woman trying to defend herself from a man who has threatened to kill her before.” In 1981 the Ohio Supreme Court had ruled that the syndrome had not been scientifically validated, and subsequently that testimony about it was inadmissible.

    Shortly after Gillespie’s book was published, Dagmar Celeste, wife of then-Governor of Ohio Richard Celeste, gave her husband a copy of it. He read it. He asked members of his staff to read it. His office then undertook a review of 105 cases of women in Ohio’s women’s prison, the Marysville Women’s Correctional Institute, many of them on death row, who had been convicted of murder in which battered women’s syndrome could have been a factor, if the court had allowed testimony about it.

    On December 23, as he was leaving office, Governor Celeste granted clemency to 28 of those women: 24 were released, and the other 4 had to serve up to 2 more years in prison. On December 28, Andy Rooney of “60 Minutes” wrote that the Governor had just declared open season on Ohio husbands. The Ohio Attorney General vowed to re-prosecute. Other responses were more humane. In June the Ohio legislature passed a bill recognizing battered woman’s syndrome and the belief of imminent danger of harm as an element of self-defense. Maryland Governor William Schaeffer commuted the sentences of 8 women, citing their inability to introduce evidence of abuse as a mitigating factor. In the next two years 11 other governors either reduced or commuted sentences or granted clemency to women who had been similarly unable to introduce evidence of abuse at trial.

    In Ohio, a few months after the clemencies had been granted and the women released, Gillespie was invited to meet with shelter workers in Columbus and to give a talk in public. There were 50-60 people in the audience: psychologists, social workers, lawyers. Gillespie’s talk and the Q&A session that came after it were at a fairly high professional level: legal and regulatory considerations, psychological and safety issues, etc. As things were winding down a woman sitting in the back of the room stood up and waited to be recognized. “Ms. Gillespie,” she said, “I was one of those women on death row in Maryville. I just wanted to say thank you.” Then she left.

    One of the persistent fears about allowing battered women to plead self-defense, as Rooney had expressed it, was that it would allow them to get away with murder-and, implicitly, encourage them to kill again. The evidence has proved otherwise. A 2003 study of clemency for battered women found that only two of the Ohio women granted clemency had been rearrested, one on property-related offenses and one on a drug charge. Their recidivism rate for violent crimes was zero.

  16. I encourage each and everyone of you to visit the website for RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network). I’ve included their link on this post. They have an article about Dating and Domestic Violence which is defined as “any act, attempt, or threat of force by a family member or intimate partner against another family member.”

    Dating and domestic violence occurs in all social-economic, educational, racial, and age groups. The issues of power and control are at the heart of family violence. The batterer uses acts of violence and a series of behaviors to gain power and control.

    Behavioral Signs:

    Intimidation: Smashing things, abusing pets, destroying victim’s property, displaying weapons.
    Threats: Making and/or carrying our threats to harm the victim, to commit suicide, to report him or her to child welfare, to make him or her drop charges.
    Isolation: Controlling what the victim does, sees, and reads, limiting who the victim talks to.
    Emotional abuse: Putting the victim down, calling him or her names, making him or her think he or she’s crazy, playing mind games.

    Warning Signs:

    Someone involved in an abusive relationship might display certain behavioral signs including:

    Inconsistent explanations: Victims may provide inconsistent explanations as to the cause of their injuries due to fear of alerting others to the severity of their situation.
    Alcohol abuse: Victims may use alcohol as a means of escape from their everyday reality of abuse.
    Injuries in multiple stages of healing: Bruises are the most common form of injury and have the following stages of healing: purple to green to yellow.

    Why Does The Victim Stay?

    Financial dependence: Batterers may have forbidden their partners from getting or keeping a job or may have kept secret the location and balance of bank accounts.
    Lack of social support: Batterer may have controlled victim’s contact with friends, family, and the outside world. Such isolation limits her or his ability to obtain help with an escape.
    Fear of severe physical attack: Batterer may use threats of attack to keep victim in a state of perpetual fear. The batterers may tell their victims that, if they leave, they will be killed.
    Self-blame: It is not uncommon for victims to believe that the abuse is a result of their real or imagined offenses.
    Belief that the violence is temporary or caused by unusual circumstances: Often batterers place blame for abuse on external sources, alcohol, work pressures, etc. and do not take responsibility for their actions.

    The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (www.ncadv.org) also goes into detail about what battering is:

    Domestic violence may include not only the intimate partner relationships of spousal, live-in partners and dating relationships, also familial, elder and child abuse may be present in a violent home. Abuse generally falls into one or more of the following categories: physical battering, sexual assault and emotional or psychological abuse, and generally escalates over a period of time.

    Victims of abuse may experience punched walls, control of finances, lying, using children to manipulate a parent’s emotions, intimidation, isolation from family/friends, fear, shame, criticism, cuts, crying and afraid children, broken bones, confusion, forced sexual contact, manipulation, sexist comments, yelling, rages, craziness, harassment, neglect, shoving, screaming, jealousy and possessiveness, loss of self esteem, coercion, slammed doors, abandonment, silent treatment, rape, destruction of personal property, unwanted touching, name calling, strangling, ripping, slapping, biting, kicking, bruises, punching, stalking, scrapes, depression, sabotaging attendance at job or school, brainwashing, violence to pets, pinching, deprivation of physical and economic resources, public humiliation, broken promises, prevention of seeking medical and dental care, ridicule, restraining, self-medication, forced tickling, threats to harm family and friends, threats to take away the children, threats to harm animals, threats of being kicked out, threats of weapons, threats of being killed.

    • I recognize many of these things: I made the mistake this year…..or September last year, of moving in with someone I had dated briefly in college. I did not know ……the extent of who he really is. Watching an interview with JA she talked of wanting to keep silence but finally being put in a situation where you’re forced to confront and talk about it. Ted displayed many of the above traits when I moved in with him (as roommates, no romantic interest at least on my part…..but another time for that) and has been accused of many of the others by other women. He is on the site report your ex. I know exactly of what these people speak. It took me a month and a half to pull myself together after walking out and being finally forced to call the cops on him (there were two police men……one was sympathetic another was acting as if this was my fault). His family and friends seem like decent people; but they are either oblivious or in denial or covering up for him. I want to believe the first two. Point being…….heaven help anyone who walks into a situation like this. I am so grateful to have gotten out. Because this person will spend all his waking hours setting a scene which makes him look like a great guy or innocent person and anything he does to you or says to you is your fault and you deserve it. THe rest of his time he will spend lying and evading any responsibility for what he is doing. I was in the room with him when he lied to the police and his friends. I documented as much as I could……on my site you will see more.

      • Laura, sorry to read about what you’ve been through. I am very glad you did walk out! You are a strong woman! And although the scars will always be there, you have the power to move forward and as R.Love said: never look back. ♥

      • You are a strong woman Laura! Nice to have you in Jodi’s corner ♥

    • Very enlighting, Jeff. Thanks for all the info.

      BTW, good to see you around! 😉

    • After that debacle, would you want to be the next governor in the country to sign off on a lethal injection execution with all of the problems that now exist trying to get the necessary drugs to do it. Most foreign countries will not sell to the U.S. for it to be used for executions. Some of the other types aren’t made hardly anywhere in the world and they are trying to have certain formulary pharmacies put it together for them. Lethal injection is on a slippery slope and losing traction.

      I know that most posters on this site are against the death penalty. I am for it, but only on a very limited basis and it must be one that works perfectly without hitches like what just happened. I do not believe it should be for people convicted of 1st degree murder that were involved in a some sort of relationship where they knew each other like Jodi’s The type of case that I’m talking about where it should be used happens maybe only a few times in the whole country. I’ll give a few examples. Boston Marathon bombers, Colorado theater shootings, Virginia Tech shootings if he hadn’t committed suicide, longtime mass murderers like Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Richard Ramirez. There is a big difference between those and most other murders. All of these examples listed had large numbers of victims. That is why I feel there should be a distinction between life and death between the crimes. I’m not a death monger and think it is necessary in every case. It would only be used a few times a year in the whole country. Can we agree to disagree on limited and a complete ban? If it takes a complete ban to help Jodi out I can agree to it then. And it might be that that is coming in light of what happened in Oklahoma. Electric chairs are out, are gas chambers still in existence? Lethal injection possibly next? In thinking about the trial it looks like throwing somebody under the bus is still available.

    • Well if he’s not too busy why doesn’t he take a look at what’s going on in Arizona? Seriously. Everyone is so worried about Russia but there’s a virtual police state right there in our own country where they’re throwing an innocent woman in jail because they just decided she seemed guilty! Then while in jail she is subjected to the most deplorable conditions imaginable! I really hope those people in Arizona who did this to Jodi can sleep well at night. Putin and Stalin would probably just love Arizona! I just bet Putin would like to make Sherriff Joe and Martinez his secret police leaders.

  18. I have a simple question that I need answered. Did the wall between the shower and the tub stop at the top of the shower or go all of the way up to the ceiling or end somewhere inbetween? It’s something that I’ve been thinking about the last few days and I can’t go farther with it without knowing for sure.

    • Good morning Lonnie –

      A couple of the pictures taken during Travis’ shower photo shoot show that the shower stall is just a few inches taller than him (so probably 6 feet) with brown wall above.

    • And I’ve just realized I misread your question.

      Since the shower head is on the wall shared with the bathtub, and appears from the photos to be mounted above the shower stall, I am making the assumption that the wall goes all the way up. I don’t know of any photos that show that, though.

      • Thank you, Journee. The police photos don’t show that wall. It seems that if they are going to use photos from that camera as evidence they would be required to show the whole picture and not be cutting pictures off on the top and sides. It is an important detail to find out.

  19. One thing people who want to demonize Jodi never talk about is that she WENT to the Mesa PD and VOLUNTARILY gave a DNA sample!!!

    She wouldn’t do that if she was a master criminal, ffs!!!

    • If she were a criminal, she would have delayed giving the DNA sample for as long as possible. They would have had to get it from the straw after she tossed an empty strawberry frap cup, and we would never have heard the end of that investigative “coup”.

  20. Corrine Steele, thanks for the chuckle in the midst of serious conversation: “I just bet Putin would like to make Sheriff Joe and Martinez his secret police leaders” That did bring a smile and a chuckle to me. I am good at visualization. Thanks

    • From the first photograph I saw of Putin, I had the impression that he was cast from the “strongman” mold. He has always been worrisome to me.

  21. Yes, Maria,

    It is obvious to those of us who support Jodi that JM slowly began to understand that the case was far from “open and shut”. He was left with so much egg on his face that he had to find his way to the “gunshot last” scenario.

    You made a very good point about Jodi being a photographer. When the defense put Jodi on the stand she testified with some authority that she knew deleted photos could be recovered. She said she knew it could be done but that it would just take a lot of money.

    • Well, the prosecution has spared no expense. Jodi would not have left the camera there to be discovered. Proof (to me) that there is not one ounce of premeditation involved in any of this.

      • Three other photo-related circumstances the pro pros try to have both ways because they have bought TA’s shameless cover story:

        JA undeniably did a photo session with TA but was “uninvited” because she was a scorned woman.
        TA and she obviously had consensual sex (photos=proof) but he was “chaste”.
        TA and JA documented their sexcapades (^) but Jodi intended her visit to be “undercover” and a “surprise”, even though he had a fancy but soft rope (see remnant tassels exhibits) on hand for the anticipated tie-down sex, and in spite of TA’s being “afraid of Jodi”.

        • Better yet, whichtrial, is the assertion by some that Jodi and Travis did NOT have sex that day, because Travis wanted nothing to do with her. They say the early afternoon photos were just fakes to make the suggestion that they did have sex – so Jodi premeditated a murder and fabricated photo evidence to leave in the washer to make sure she’d be arrested for the crime. These folks are just brilliant, I tell ya.

          • Funny. How do they explain the photos of St Travis? Looked like he was enjoying himself, didn’t it? Weird group of people!!! Martinez’s Wonderland!!

            • Headed to watch 24 maybe Jack Bauer will give me some ideas! They would have to better than anything Martinez dreams up! LOL!

          • Ok, Journeee, lol, I’m trying, really I am, but just can’t follow all that. You’re the brilliant one for being able to put it all together here for them!

        • Yes.
          Yes.
          And yes.

          They are ridiculous trying to have it both ways. And you know what? At the end of the day I don’t if I’m madder at Martinez for coming up with a fabricated win-at-all-costs story or at the jurors who should have seen through his so many contradictions and inconsistencies.Gullible or stupid? Havne’t made up my mind yet.
          Especially the stalking theory! It is laughable. Just laughable. Last time I checked people who are mortified and go around sharing stories of how this bad girl is stalking them,don’t end up in bed with her for marathon sexcapades.

          • Hello Everybody! Betsy here!
            Your right Maria, there’s no way if he was soo scared of Jodi that he would have been having afternoon sex with her. And someone as smart as Jodi leaving that camera there for anyone to just open the washer and finding it sitting in there? Jodi IS NOT stupid you know! Give me a break.
            I was curious about why it took so long for the judges to hear Jodi’s appeal so I asked Johnny to check the internet for me, he’s much better at looking up those things so it save me the time, what are husband for lol. He told me last night that it takes about 10 years for The Supreme Court to free Our Jodi! I couldn’t believe it! God has forgiven Jodi so why can’t those crooked jerks in Arizona do the same, who do they think they are anyway?
            I’m glad that Journee is going to write the true book of Jodi’s life. Maybe she should write the Lifetime Channel screen play herself too, then millions of haters will FINALLY learn THE TRUTH about our girl and not all those lies they showed the first time. Our girl is INNOCENT and that will help us FREE JODI once an for all. Even President Obama is paying attention now Martinez so you better do the right thing for a change, we WONT wait 10 years for the Supreme Court to do it, we WILL get Jodi out of that cage AND SOON, VERY SOON!
            Have a Blessed day everyone. Betsy

            • Hi Betsy –

              Jodi’s appeals can’t even begin until she’s been sentenced.

              Appeals CAN take many years, but they don’t always. David Camm, for example, had his first conviction reversed in four years – was retried and convicted again two years later. Then THAT conviction was reversed three years after that. When he was tried for the third time last year he was acquitted. It was thirteen years all told, but in that time he had two successful appeals and three separate trials.

              Guess it all depends on how obviously egregious the errors were and how far up the line of appellate courts they have to go to find judges who recognize the errors. AZ is in the 9th circuit court of appeals, which is seated in San Francisco (where prevailing ideologies are very different from those in AZ ) and there’s at least one judge there who’s had his eye on Martinez for awhile now.

              So we can hope!

              • Journee and Betsy, it is good to know that Jodi doesn’t HAVE to wait 10+ years or so to appeal. Not to be a party pooper BUT knowing the witchtrial Jodi has been through does anyone actually think that her appeals are not going to be put ‘in the bottom of the pile’? I am guessing that martinez is going to do everything in his power to delay any appeals Jodi files. SMH. I hope I’m wrong!

            • AGREE, Betsy, we WON’T wait ten years for Jodi’s freedom!!!

              I will keep praying for the truth to come forward and the lies exposed!!! It WILL happen in HIS perfect timing, not a day too soon or a day too late!!!

              “All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does what he wills with the host of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can stay his hand or say to him, “What are you doing?” Daniel 4:35

    • This all happened last year, Maria – don’t you remember? Nurmi and Willmott were citing DeMarte’s testimony, saying the state’s own witness had declared their client mentally ill.

      Look at the date on that article.

      • UGH! I knew it! People on FB thought it was new so I didn’t even bother to check the date! I did comment though that her attorneys had filed a motion to get the DP off the table, if we are to go along the Prosecution’s claims that she suffers from BPD.

        Thanks Journee! You have an ”eagle’s eye” as we say in Greek.

        • um – I read the article. When the article said Stephens had set July 18 for discussions on the retrial I thought ‘well THIS is old news! doesn’t this reporter know we have a trial date set for Sept 8?” So then I looked up at the date of the article, lol

        • Thanks, R. Love!

          I’m going wild with this new iphone – taking selfies & everything – hehehe!!! 🙂

          I even took a picture of the beautiful Lily picture by our Jodi, that YOU so generously sent me for my birthday & made me the happiest person alive, on Twitter AND Facebook!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

          (((((TEAM JODI – SISTERS!!!)))))

          (((((R. LOVE)))))

          (((((JODI)))))

          (((((TEAM JODI)))))

    • Awesome!!!

      Hey Mary! Nice to put a face to the name 🙂 🙂
      Muah!!

    • R.Love! You did it! I was not at the least concerned that you wouldn’t be able to! Yay for R!!!! And thank you for the song! I never heard it before but it’s a happy song! Love it!!!

  28. OMG!!! By George I think I did it!! LOL Jumping up and Down! WooooHooooo! Thanks Girls!

  29. That is a great song too! 🙂 Sorry guys, we just got carried away just a tad bit! BUT all kidding aside I can only imagine how happy we all will be the day we find out Jodi is freed! I pray every day that it will come soon for Jodi and her family! What she has gone through is not fair at all! My prayers are with Jodi tonight and every day until that day is here! (((((((JODI & TEAM JODI))))))

    • That day that Jodi walks free will truly be a great day for justice. There’s so much this poor girl has missed out on over these years she’s been stuck in prison. Just imagine all that talent going to waste in there. Imagine all the people she could help, but she’s trapped in that awful place. It really angers me to think if the unfairness of her situation. I know it doesn’t do her any good to get angry and we need to just send her positive thoughts and as much love as we can! Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone from this site and all those who love and support Jodi could all be waiting outside the courthouse the day she walks out a free woman? We could just surround her with love and support, because you just know the haters will tryi to ruin Jodi’s big day. I think the first thing she should see are the smiling faces of all of her supporters. It would be wonderful to throw her the biggest party of all time. Although we’d have to hold it somewhere other than Arizona. They seem to like locking up people who are passing through their state for no reason at all.

      • Amen to all the above Corrine! We all have one direction in mind for Jodi and that is Freedom! ((((JODI))))

      • Count ME in, Corrine, for one of Jodi’s supporters waiting for her when she walks out a FREE woman!!!!!!!!!

        ((((((FREE JODI ANN ARIAS!!!)))))

      • Count me and Pandora in, too!!!
        The day she’s out of that hell hole, we’ll be there to party with all of you and to take her to Greece- party to be continued here 🙂 🙂

  31. There was an article in “Psychology Today” from last year which discussed domestic violence and went into great detail about the profiles of abusers. First, let’s look at “The Cycle of Violence”.

    Phase 1: Tension building (in this phase there is usually tension building from the batterer/abuser and there is usually an argument)

    Phase 2: Explosion (this is where the assault happens)

    Phase 3: Honeymoon Phase (this is where the batterer/abuser apologizes for his behavior buying the victim gifts or flowers)

    The cycle of violence will not end until one partner leaves or seeks treatment.

    “The Five Types of Abuse”

    1) Emotional (killing pet, playing mind games)
    2) Verbal (calling names)
    3) Technological (GPS system/Facebook sabotage)
    4) Sexual (forcing sex while sleep or based on The Bible)
    5) Physical (killing, punching, choking)

    Then there is the “Profile of an Abuser/Batterer”

    1) Jealousy (questioning her constantly about whereabouts, and jealous of time she spends away from him)
    2) Controlling behavior (victims can’t get a job, leave the house or bathe without his permission)
    3) Isolation (Makes partner move away from family and friends so that she depends on him solely for support)
    4) Forces her to have sex against her will (including forcing their partners to have sex with their friends and when she is asleep)
    5) Holds very rigid gender roles (Believes that her job is just to cater to him, he is the “king of the castle”).

    Men that are abusive are very clever, smart, and extremely charming. Most of these men have a personality that draws people in because of their level of charm which is part of their art to deceive and manipulate. This is why often times when a victim does report an assault she is not easily believed because people usually say “not him, he is so nice, you are so lucky”. All of this plays into his because if he gets people outside of the home to buy into his deceit the victim has little if no support. Most batterers are seen as “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” because of the stark contrast in their public and private selves.

    • Meanwhile the abuser has gone about dismantling the reputation of the victim in various ways, just for good measure, something the victim suspects when they hear:

      …“not him, he is so nice, you are so lucky”…

    • Jeff have you ever thought about writing a book about this subject? I only ask because it’s so obvious how passionate you are on the subject. You’re also a talented writer to boot! I think a book on the subject written by a man could really help open a lot of men’s eyes to the epidemic of abuse. I also think you’d make a great expert witness during a trial like Jodi’s. Having a witness that is so passionate and not afraid to mix it up with a bully like Martinez would really help a lot of women.

      • Corrine,

        Thank you for your kind words! Yes, I have thought about writing a book on this subject. More men need to have their eyes opened to this issue.

  35. On this Anniversary day, May 7, in France, in 1795, a mad dog bulldog prosecutor & his entire entourage were all guillotined on the same devices where he sent thousands of innocent defendants to their deaths, in the Reign of Terror. **What goes around comes around** … **Politics change** … …
    ***** ***** *****Also:
    … …Seems to be international news coverage on the man who was executed by a blotched lethal injection, 4/29/2014, in Oklahoma. …I ((WLOPEZ4JAA)) believe the [43 minutes of suffering till death], is NOT ACCEPTABLE and it is cruel, & it is revenge, & it is illegal. …
    … …Many believe that over 4% of totally innocent or overcharged people are on death row, or they were already executed. …So, America is [less than 96% legal] with executions, & the innocent people on death row are 100% victims of the illegality of being murdered by some states, [murdering is the word] if they are really innocent, & apparently 4% are proven to be innocent eventually. …
    … …I think it is good that President Obama may discuss this with Attorney General Eric Holder. … …
    … …I believe the DEATH PENALTY should be totally ELIMINATED for all state & federal & military crimes (or the judgement that a crime was committed). … Because a court judgement & conviction only means that 12 jurors could have been snookered (tricked) to render an incorrect verdict which is probably 4% totally incorrect. … … THIS IS MY REASONING:
    … …The United States of America should join the rest of the civilized world which does not need to execute their citizens for REVENGE or for POLITICAL persuasion. … …And, apparently most other countries do not need SHOW TRIALS unless we go back & look at what happened during The French Revolution, …& further back to the 100 Year War & the execution of St Joan of Arc.
    … …Consider that of the 100 US Senators: … Would they all agree that it is OK to [convict 4% of themselves, four of them] if they are ((hypothetically speaking)) all arrested [[for high crimes, for example, in an attempted coup d’etat for example]] & all are innocent?? … …Would the Senators say 4% collateral damage is OK?? … Would they let four Senators be taken away to prison or worse?? .. Maybe if they start with four Senators from the other party first ! ! ! …Isn’t the law all about politics?? .. ***** ***** ***** Also:
    … …?? WHAT HAPPENED that day MAY 7, 1795 ? … …
    … …Remember The French Revolution started out as a “coup d’etat” to execute the Royalists & King Louis XVI & the Queen. …But they (the Revolutionaries) also guillotined THEIR OWN ((public prosecutor)) Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville & his entourage of 15 other prosecutors & inquisitors who (in the Revolution) persecuted many others to their deaths, including King Louis XVI & Queen Marie Antoinette. … …And, young son (Louis XVII, age 10) died in captivity or seclusion. …He would have been executed when he got older. … … This mad dog bulldog prosecutor (Fouquier-Tinville) begged for his life such that : … … “It is not I that ought to be facing the tribunal, BUT THE CHIEFS whose orders I have executed”. … … … After that speech, & this bulldog prosecutor’s 41 day trial, he (himself) was guillotined May 7, 1795. … … ***I don’t make this stuff up*** I am ((WLOPEZ4JAA)). ..
    … … … {{{What goes around comes around, history repeats itself}}} … …
    … …In My Humble Opinion, …Jodi Ann Arias is innocent. … http://www.disqus.com/WLOPEZ4JAA

  36. Journee,

    How are Lucy and Puppy Duck doing, “together at last”?

    • Um – they’re both still alive.

      But they’re not exactly pals yet. In my experience, it’ll take a few weeks for her to decide whether or not he’s to be allowed to live.

      They’re making all the right moves, though, so I think we’ll be okay.

      I feel bad for Lucy. She’s like the only child who does not realize how her life will be enriched by a sibling – she only knows someone else is taking her mother’s time and attention away.

      • Pups are indeed lucky to have someone as understanding and diligent as you helping them out! ((Keeping fingers crossed))!

      • Poor Loodle Loo Lucy!! It is hard to be the only “child” and then have a new pup move in on you!!! I’m sure Lucy will grow to love Ducky Tucker but it will probably take a whole bunch of treats and praise!!! Tell her we said to hang in there!! Hugs to Lucy and Ducky Tucker 🙂

  37. Jodi Arias Updates ‏@JodiAnnArias 10 hrs
    http://www.jodiarias.com added four pieces to the Archives under “General Art,” for your viewing pleasure.

    Jodi Arias Updates ‏@JodiAnnArias 10 hrs
    “Ciao Bella,” “Weruszka,” “Nine Tulips,” and “Protected.”

    • Nine Tulips in 2011, Protected in 2010, and the other two in 2012

  38. If you can believe it, tomorrow will be the one-year anniversary of the verdict in this trial. So much has happened to all of us in the past year and if you had told us all that was going to happen, we wouldn’t have believed it. Nevertheless, we are still here a year later and though we come from different parts of the world with different points-of-view at times, we are all united in our support for domestic abuse survivors like Jodi.

    Very early on in the trial, I took it upon myself to do research outside of the mainstream media and what I discovered is that there was information that for whatever reason was either ignored or not considered to be newsworthy. Perhaps not coincidentally, most of this information painted an unflattering picture of Travis Victor Alexander and had this information been presented during the trial, it may have persuaded the jury to rethink their opinions and beliefs.

    There is no question in my mind that the daily and nightly 24/7 coverage of this trial on HLN and its well-orchestrated campaign to paint Jodi Arias as the devil incarnate was successful in turning the jury against her as well as most of the country. I used to think that Casey Anthony was the most hated woman in America, but as hated as Casey was during her trial, I never saw the level of hatred for Casey as there was and is for Jodi. In fact, I heard a joke awhile back where someone said that if you asked a Jodi Arias hater who would they shoot first if they had two bullets, Adolf Hitler or Jodi Arias? And, of course, the answer was that they would shoot Jodi twice.

    I don’t expect commentators on cable news networks that cover trials to always agree with me. I understand and appreciate that we all have different opinions and points-of-view including members of the mainstream media, so I’ve got no problem with that. What I do have a problem with is the overwhelming media bias against Jodi and the disturbingly cavalier attitude that so many people have had on HLN and other places regarding the possibility of her getting the death penalty. What is all the more curious about this is that these are the same people who call Jodi a butcher yet where was their outrage when Kermit Gosnell was conducting illegal abortions, murdering newborns after they had been alive and performing illegal late-term abortions? Where was the outrage and anger from the mainstream media? Now, you want to talk about a butcher? All you got to do is look at Kermit Gosnell. Instead, the media and, more importantly, HLN chose to either bury the story or ignore it altogether. CNN recently has spent 24/7 news coverage on the Malaysian plane that crashed last March and even had some on that network speculating that UFOs took the plane or that it vanished in the Bermuda Triangle. Meanwhile, an Islamic fundamentalist group called Boko Haram kidnaps 300 Nigerian girls and nowhere near as much coverage is devoted to that on CNN as they devoted to the Malaysian plane crash.

    In the past week I have posted facts on domestic violence that come from reputable organizations such as Men Can Stop Rape, RAINN and the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. These numbers are not theories or speculation. They are facts that can be backed up. And it is my contention that the defense in this trial quite frankly, with all due respect, and excuse me for the language, but they did a piss-poor job of defending their client. In the first place, why in the world would you allow a sex tape to be played in its entirety in court which is not only degrading and humiliating to the family of the deceased, but even more so to the family of the accused and especially the accused? If he wanted to, Kirk Nurmi could have requested to have excerpts of that tape played without some of the more graphic language or material on it. Secondly, what kind of a defense attorney publicly addresses the jury and admits to them that 9 days out of 10 he doesn’t like his client? I’m sure that Kirk was probably trying to interject some light-hearted humor into this trial, but he came off looking more like “Jerk Nurmi”. What do you think the jury is going to think after a remark like that? I mean, my goodness, if her own defense attorney doesn’t like her 9 days out of 10, why would we?

    Then, on top of that, you had Juan Martinez who was given free reign in the courtroom by Judge Stephens much like Johnnie Cochran was allowed to do by Judge Ito in the OJ Simpson trial. Nurmi’s behavior was disgraceful, but Martinez’s was even worse. I’m all for being aggressive as a prosecutor, but he clearly crossed the lines several times and was frequently rude, disrespectful and behaving like jack-ass. Of course, his devoted followers on HLN and other social media networks ate it up and he seemed to be enjoying his new “rock-star” status, never encountering a camera that he didn’t like. And this brings us to another point which is the frequent accusation about how Jodi loves the limelight and can’t get enough attention from the media. I have a question for these people, a serious question. How many times was Jodi interviewed by the media? And how many times were Dave Hall, Chris and Sky Hughes and other friends, associates, ex-girlfriends, acquaintances of Travis interviewed by the media? Now, don’t get me wrong, math was never one of my better subjects, but I seem to recall the Travis supporters being in front of the camera a heck of a lot more than Jodi. In fact, every time there has been a documentary on this trial, who’s being interviewed on there most of the time? I’ll give you a hint: it’s not Jodi.

    In the past year there have been several courageous people who came on this website to post about their own painful experiences with domestic abuse and violence. Their stories were gut-wrenching and horrible to read about, but at the same time they were inspiring and uplifting. And yet if you can believe it, there were some people who harassed and bullied these individuals simply because they were posting here and showing support for a fellow domestic abuse survivor. Can any of you imagine how that must feel? To have to endure months, if not years, of abuse from someone and then having to relive the pain of abuse from anonymous cyberbullies who have nothing better to do with their time than to attack people because God forbid they have a different opinion than theirs?

    Many of us on this website have become friends and, yes, family to each other. We have become a community that refuses to be silenced and loudly and proudly shines a light for every victim and survivor of domestic abuse and violence. We recognize that the triumvirate of love, compassion and faith have a greater chance of success at changing people’s hearts and minds than the triumvirate of hate, anger and fear. Many of us were as passionate about our pursuit of justice for victims and survivors of domestic abuse before this trial than we are now, but if there’s one good thing that can be said about the incessant attention given to this trial, it is that it brought the issues of domestic violence and abuse to the forefront of the public consciousness of the world.

    I believe that when all is said and done, when all of the facts are examined and the truth is finally heard, that justice will be served. It might take some time to get accomplished, but those people out there who work diligently in their campaign to aid and support domestic abuse survivors have the facts and law and order on their side which is why they ultimately will prevail. In closing, I’d just like to say that earlier this week I heard from an old friend of mine that I hadn’t talked to in a few years and she revealed that she was abused by her ex-husband. Now, I did not know him very well, but he always seemed like a really good guy and the two of them always seemed to be the picture of domestic bliss. I never saw a photo of them where both of them weren’t smiling from ear-to-ear nor would I ever expect that their dream of a marriage would turn into such a nightmare. This woman was abused physically and psychologically and it will take her years to recover from both. We all know the old saying that “a picture is worth a thousand words”, but even a thousand words doesn’t always tell us the whole story. And for many people who watched this trial, they believe that a word is worth a thousand pictures. My prayer is for justice to be served and for comfort, solace and relief to be given to the Arias and Alexander family. I also pray that each and every one here does something every day to learn more about domestic violence and abuse and do something, anything, in their community or outside of it to help raise awareness or support someone who is a survivor. These people need our love, compassion and support, not our ridicule, harassment and judgments. Thank you for listening. God bless everyone.

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