I think the prosecutor seems to have done a terrific job of destroying her credibility. I bet she sees a drop-off in the number of patients she has; I know I wouldn’t continue to use her services after I found out about this testimony.
Agreed, but it’s still a better defense than “He cut himself shaving, your honor”. All it takes is one idiot on the jury who sees her as a battered woman who had no other option.
I’m glad someone is following the trial. I saw something shiny and wandered off long ago. I had no idea it was still going on.
Woah, that’s a joke right?
Not your fascination, but that female psychopaths are rare?
Hardly.
Tell us more about your experiences on Plenty of Fish.
isn’t she up for execution?
forget jail, I want to see a cute babe fry or gasping on cyanide, or shot, or hanged.
good for the goose,…
I think the idea she’s selling is not that each stabbing was technically necessary for self-defense. It’s that her traumatized Battered Woman mindset caused her to lash out this way. (Which does not mean that the defense itself is an insanity defense. The idea is that the initial killing was technically self-defense, and the subsequent stabbings were not what killed him anyway, but also are not inconsistent with her story.)
FINALLY, the defense rests. I didn’t even know you guys had a thread until I googled it today. Anybody still paying attention? I’m only half listening right now but it seems Martinez has a witness up now to further discredit defense witness Laviolette.
I can’t imagine this taking long to return a decision, but then again one never knows what might come up in deliberations.
I thought her attorney was doing a good job by reminding the jurors that even if they don’t like her, they still have to consider just the facts of the case. It seemed like he was laying obvious groundwork for an appeal. I think there’s just too much evidence against her, tho.
The internet is driving me crazy. “Why would he continue to have sex with someone he claims to have been afraid of?” Okay. Why would she drive hundreds of miles for hours to surprise visit someone she claims is an abusive asshole who only ever used her for sex and always made her feel bad about herself? Why would she not only drive all that way but then have sex with him, too?
They were making a big deal about why wouldn’t she have killed him while he was asleep, or while his back was to her in the shower. To me, that says she wanted him to see it coming.
StG
Author of “Was Snow White a Battered Woman”, and who explicitly said she saw the dead man as a “perpetrator”.
If anyone knows about the Mormon sex in chains case, or the documentaryTabloidmade about it, you’ll see some startling similarities in the way things played out. In that case there was just a kidnapping, no murder, but there must be something about obsessive sex crazed women and Mormon guys.
That was cute. When I looked up Plenty of Fish, that really made me laugh.
Verdict to be read at 1:30 local time today, in just over an hour and a half.
And she’s guilty on first degree murder. Aggravation phase starts tomorrow.
Is this thing on?
This just might restore my faith in American juries.
Sorry, Silver Fire; I’m at work and haven’t had a chance to post before now.
Very glad to see that the jurors weren’t swayed by her ridiculous defense.
I hope the next verdict includes the word “life” in some fashion.
You mean like “You’ll spend your life in prison up until the day we execute you in a manner consistent with the laws of this state,” yeah?
Totally not against the DP here. I get that people are though and I’ll be happy with either sentence, really. As long as she’s never free again.
Heh. I just saw the headline that she’d been found guilty. I was like, ‘And… Why should I care?’
I gather Jodi Arias is a Bad Woman who Killed Somebody.