In a surprising turn, Jodi Arias' lawyer asked for a mistrial after the jury was excused on Thursday, on the claim that Detective Flores, the lead detective on the case, gave inaccurate information at a hearing in 2009. The judge denied the motion, claiming that the error made by the detective did not prevent Jodi from getting a fair trial.
This discrepancy is apparently involving information in the case report he may or may not have heard from ME Kevin Horn, regarding the sequencing of the injuries. Surely, many people are wondering why it matters at this point which fatal injury was inflicted first; it actually kind of does. Though it was originally thought that she would've had to have shot him first to incapacitate him, it is believed now that, when Travis was shot, he may have already been dead, meaning it was the last of the injuries inflicted. Not only would this show more brutality and cruelty on Jodi's part than if she shot him first, this may be the key the prosecution needs to show this was not a case of self defense, as is currently her defense.
This really seems a ridiculous ploy to prolong the life of the defendant. Really, it's not as though more time will make her less guilty. This trial has already been prolonged and dragged out for over 4 years. Travis Alexander deserves justice, and in no way should Jodi Arias be allowed to escape what's coming to her.
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Ok, in theory even if she shot him after he was dead, she may have not known he was dead, and shot him just to make sure he would die.
I read a lot of true crime, and this seems right up my alley, having been busy for the past couple of years, I remember hearing about the case, but don't remember that much about it.....of course that could be a sign of my just getting old.
The victim, and his family deserve justice, as much as the defendant deserves a fair trial. Now to be fair, it sounds like she has had more than a fair shot to get a fair trial, asking for a mistrial this late in the game, would be very time consuming and costly if its is nothing more than a stall tactic......