Defense attorney Kirk Nurmi will begin his redirect on Monday, attempting to show that his client, Jodi Arias, is credible witness. He has a tough job, as prosecutor Juan Martinez has done a stellar job discrediting many details that she has testified to. However, according to Arizona law, he won't get to recross examine. If he could, this trial could go on even longer. It's already been going on for 2 months, mostly due to the short court days and numerous days off.
After Nurmi finishes the redirect examination, the jury will have the opportunity to ask questions of Jodi, which is not a common practice, but is allowed in Arizona courts. If you think about it, it's kind of a good idea, and a time saver for when they go to decide the verdict. Theoretically, they won't have as many questions if they have all been answered. After this, the defense may choose to rest, or they may call more witnesses. It's expected that they will call a psychologist and a domestic violence expert, which may help their case.
Once the defense rests, the prosecution can call rebuttal witnesses to refute the defense's case, then the case will go to the jury. After all the crazy, kinky details that have been exposed during the course of this trial, what is the jury thinking? Are they buying the self defense? Do they believed that Jodi Arias did stab Travis Alexander 27 times, slit his throat, nearly decapitating him, and shot him, in defense of her own life? Or are they with the prosecution, that she premeditated the murder, driving 1000+ miles for a sexual encounter and to kill her lover in a jealous rage? Their job is not one to envy, as they have the difficult task of deciding if the abuse by Travis is another of Jodi's lies, like her first two defenses—first that she wasn't there, and then that the two of them were attacked by masked ninjas. These men and women have to decide whether or not to sentence Jodi to death. What do you think the verdict will be?
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Comments: 7
I really don't think she will get out on time served as she told someone. That poor man was her victim, she had a plan she executed and now things she can pull it off. Clearly it was over kill not self defence. I don't think anyone is going to buy it.
Maybe she watched the move "Serial Mom" one time too many...
I'm not sure I believe that Jodi would have to drug Travis. He trusted her, so he probably didn't think twice, thinking she was harmless. Clearly, he should have been more worried. I agree, this had something to do with the Cancun trip, but we will probably never know what really happened. Just like Casey Anthony, Jodi Arias is an accomplished liar.
"A medical examiner later confirmed that, given the victim’s extensive defense wounds, it wasn’t likely that the shot came first."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/jodi-arias-grilled-court-face-death-penalty-article-1.1271292#ixzz2MX1NcFW6
So considering their difference in sizes, even if it started with him naked on the floor of the shower.. with the defensive wounds they found, he could have barreled into her legs knocking her over. The look on his face in that photo, makes me think he was in no condition to get up to respond to her attack. I can't see any reason for her to take the rope to the desert unless it had blood on it from her dragging his body around... to establish her "story"... She had to know very little about that camera as well because all she needed to do was remove the memory card, not put it in a washing machine. Having him pose clearly was to get him in a vunerable position... but something had to derail his response to being attacked... his adrenalin after being attacked and in pain, should have been enough to get him up... and be able to cause a retaliatory response and there does not appear to not have been one. I don't remember hearing the man she went to afterwards mentioning seeing any bruises or injuries. If she had been body slammed as she claimed, she should have. I think the only injury might have been to her finger, and that could have happened during the defensive wounds she made or if she hit bone with any of the stabbing. And that was a lot of stab wounds.
"She said she remembers putting a knife in the dishwasher and disposing of the gun in the desert as she drove from Arizona to see a man in Utah, where she spent the night in his bed as she worked to create an alibi and avoid suspicion. She even attended Alexander's memorial service about 10 days later." http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57571661-504083/jodi-arias-murder-trial-takes-another-raunchy-turn/