It’s only day four of cross-examination. Yesterday Martinez finally began to touch a bit on pre-meditation. I wasn’t watching that closely yesterday because it just seems to drag on and on and on… I have been listening to IN SESSION this morning and they seem to piece the important parts together very clearly. I am not sure that is happening in the courtroom. These jurors have to be irritated and as Jodi said yesterday, “spacing out.” Jodi actually testified that her mind often wandered during other people’s testimony. LIE. It was also interesting to note yesterday that despite Jodi hiding her face during the phone sex calls when they were played the first time she was practically gleeful with her sociopathic grin yesterday. Today we should get to the stabbing and the shooting. Maybe. Let’s see if that wipes the stupid grin off her stupid face.
Can you get a manicure in jail? I just noticed her nails in that picture. Thanks for commenting and helping keep those who can’t watch up to date! I’ll try to post comments as well today.
!!!DRINKING GAME ALERT!!! Every time Jodi says “uuummm…” take a sip straight from the bottle of your favorite alcohol beverage. You wont have enough time between sips to pour a drink and you don’t want to take a full shot anyway cause you wont make it to their lunch break. My guess is that Tamara will be the only one to make it to the end of today’s session.
Sadly, I gave up alcohol for Lent. And sugar, and processed foods….I will eat a lentil or something while y’all play. #sadface
Even while taking small sips I’m sure I’ll be drunk by lunch.
Arias makes me want a second career in forensic psychology. We need to get to picture after picture of evidence today and the order of injuries per the medical examiner.
AND we are delayed already because attorneys have gone into chambers with the attys. Good LORD.
Are you freakin’ kidding me??? She didn’t get her bologna sandwich so court is put on hold??? Can’t make a juror happy!
And we’rrreeeee live people!
He is so getting her right now on the rope incident right before the murder. She said she was uncomfortable and forced and wanted it to stop because he hadn’t shaved. Then Martinez plays a tape of her saying he went up to shave and then showed a picture she took of him in the shoer freshly shaved. BOOM. She’s being Very argumentative. Going to be a good day for evidence.
Omg the shaving thing!!! She is ridiculous
WHY DOESN”T THE JUDGE ADMONISH HER TO JUST ANSWER YES OR NO so we don’t have to watch the same tape ten billion times and her trying to justify what she said????????
The way Martinez is going in on her is making my day!!!!
How can she sit there and still LIE?!?! BITCH YOU’RE ON TAPE!!!
I can’t wait for her to break!!!!
She makes me want to commit a crime, go to the jail she is staying in, and shank her! All hypothetical of course, I wouldn’t remember or not be able to say definitively if I meant this or if I wrote it in my journal…
Hahahaha ha Mimi to funny!!!
HAHA!!!!!! I second that!!
Did anyone else see the forensic psychologist on In-Session (i think) during the lunch break yesterday? She made some great points! She said Martinez is doing a great job with jodi, bc his style brings out the real jodi. He is blowing up the ‘battered woman’ defense, and will eventually completely break her. I think this is why he spends so much time on various incidents, etc.
She also said from a psych perspective, they look at her impulse control….and 2 other things I don’t remember lol But basically Martinez is getting her to demonstrate that she is lacking those 3 things, thus, not who her defense is portraying her to be. I dunno..check it out! Haha
Everybody should review the crime scene photos and autopsy photos, especially if you have never seen them before, to understand the incredible brutality of this murder. I do not understand why Martinez is belaboring each detail of how she is stating, or not stating, every answer. I don’t see any ground gained, and everyone is sooooo frustrated listening to this line of questioning. I hope he will reenact each knife stab of the murder and spend as much time on that, as he is on this area. Does anyone have an idea why he is going on and on regarding the picture taking?
I agree.
This is critical. They were both SITTING down 30 seconds before she claims she dropped the camera and he got angry. She was making him sit down so she had an advantage to stab him. And if she were sitting – the camera would have “fallen” a few inches to the floor, not from a standing position to have any damage or make him angry. He would have had to get up soaking wet from a sitting position and get out of the shower to come after her. Cancun was the hot button jealousy reason for the stabbing so here we go…Buckle up!
Yes, yes, and YES!!!!
I’ve missed some testimony…but she ran to the closet and got the gun with him right behind her….why was he not shot in the closet?….how did they get back into the bathroom? ….. according to her he was in hot pursuit.
Someone here said she dragged him back into the shower…why would she have done that? confusing
It makes sense when you explain it Mimi, but just listening to this round and round and round discussion, I fear the point is getting lost.
This picture of how it all went down is fabulous.
And it even fell on a soft bath mat?? And a square object rolled.
Here she goes, getting all weepy when she sees the photo of him in the shower
Crack!!!!!!
Her lies are catching up to her……. cracking is only a matter of time!
How come her lawyer didn’t ask for a side bar or an objection when she started crying. Oh yeah!!! He wants the jury to feel bad for her. I can’t say I really like this judge.
I agree with you Tamara, however all she is doing is annoying them more (personally speaking) with her lies! There is no way NO WAY that she killed him in self defense there is no evidence of that! Her legal team needed to use a better exucse than that one. Jodi isn’t winning any sympathy points with me! This chick has proven herself to be completly demented!! She is lucky I’m not on that jury!
Martinez just made the point that Travis was so mad he was chasing her down the hallway and then that photo shows him dead back in the shower, and She is the one who moved him back there. She’s crying because she is so busted and cracking right now. No battered woman on the planet would have done all this and then even wanted to touch the man again let alone drag him down the hall and back into the shower all the way from the bedroom. I’m glad they have lunch so I can get some work done for an hour…I hope the murderess enjoys her bologna.
AGREE!!!!!!
I missed most of the sobbing. I assume I will see it 3000 times today on HLN though. I keep TRYING to tell people I am busy. 🙂 I’m also craving fried bologna with mustard.
They oddly just replayed the whole last hlaf hour but showed the camera angle on Martinez this time so you could just hear her sniffling (not qutie sobbing). He was chilling and taking a drink of water, not disturbed at all. I love when he asks “were you crying when you shot him? Were you crying when you were stabbing him? Were you crying when you sliced his throat?” Oops Lunch!
IMO, The biggest problem the prosecutor has with their argument is that they argued that she brought a gun to murder him and that shows premeditation, yet decided to stab him first. I’m not saying it didn’t happen that way, but focusing on these little details that prove that she killed him or how she killed him doesn’t solve the premeditation problem. Because even if she’s lying about self-defense it doesn’t prove premeditation. There’s still manslaughter in the mix, or a lesser murder charge.
so it’s murder 2nd degree if they can’t prove premeditation?
or manslaughter…..that’a a big jump from murder 1 to manslaughter though….
I could be wrong but I thought the choices were 1st. 2nd or NG… I don’t believe manslaughter or other options are a choice.
I thought that Jodi did a very bad job of pretend crying and that’s why she hid her face completely today. Just an observation from old retired kindergarten teacher. I’ve seen a world of crying and excuses. I’m so torn. Is she a sociopath or a psychopath? When she killed Travis she wanted to make sure that she was the LAST girlfriend he ever had. I’ve read that when people commit suicide they are getting the last word and I think that’s Jodi’s thought on this homocide. Travis never gets to have another opinion.
I’m late to the game and just started semi watching with the prosecution. Both times it ended at 3 pm eastern time. Is it done for the day? Where they are it’s earlier, right? Half days?
i think it’s the lunch break right now, and they are suppose to resume at around 3:30pm Eastern time
They’re back!
thanks you guys!
BACK FROM BOLOGNA BREAK. Let’s do this!
Love LOVE that he asked her about her attitude!!
Her attitude is driving me insane!
rather than use the bench that was sitting right there, Jodi opted to use ONE HAND and ONE FOOT to dig in the back of a shelf 7 ft tall to retrieve a gun to defend herself from a raging man, And she did it all without disturbing a single sock. And he didn’t disrupt anything either as he came chasing after her.
That prosecutor is an idiot. If Jodi would have stood up like he told her to do there could possibly have been a mistrial. If I was her I would have stood up immediatly and walked from behind the stand right in front of the jury.
right? the bench wasn’t even askew…and not only that, but if she was in such fear for her life, why not just shoot him there in the closet?
This text conversation took longer than the time it did to shoot him and stab him 27 times.
Ha ha ha ha ha She doesn’t want to act how Travis was charging her and even says “she would prefer not to” and then looks to her attorney for help?? Guess who is about to have to stand up and show us her lie and act it out? Love this! Fingers crossed.
She looks so confused! she is probably thinking how am i going to renact something i am making up!!
Maybe if she would of explained what she meant by “linebacker” and stopped being such a smart ass she wouldnt have to make this up… i’m so upset they camera had to stop.
yup!
The reason she doesn’t want to is because she doesn’t want the jurors to see the shackles.
The jurors aren’t supposed to see the shackles, that’s why Jodi is brought into the court and seated at the stand before the jury is brought in. If she had gotten up their would have been a motion for a mistrial by the defense, or at least reason for an appeal.
Jodi is wearing a stun belt around her waist. If she tries to run, ZAP, ZAP!
The prosecutor lets his “macho” get in the way from time to time. He took a chance when he told her to get up. I kow the jury is not to see her shackled and it could have caused him problems. After afew days or showing his own attitude problems he got down to work and focused and did a great job. First few days, not so much.
Is anybody else wanting her to act this out, (which they have now emptied the court for her to do) her go bat shyte crazy, and they zap her belt!! :/
To clarify* They cleared to the courtroom for the attys and judge to sort out how she will do it with shackles…
Oh please oh please have her act it out!!
shamone na! it’s been 5 minutes!
Well that was not as exciting as I thought it would be :/ her story is so ridiculously stupid though. She did not think it through all the way before she spewed it put of her mouth. The jury cannot think she did this in self defense it was over kill big time.
She won’t even look at Martinez. Just makes her look more guilty to me.
I’e been wondering what the weird mark was under teh casing this whole time. I thought it was in the flooring but it’s blood (since she stabbed him first). WOW
“Maam, were you crying when you were shooting him?”… Loved it!
Okay…. here is my question… Did Jodi Arias treat Travis Alexander like the camera… she threw the camera in the wash to destroy evidence…. therefore did she put Travis in the shower to try to wash away any forensic evidence? Was the shower left running on him or was it off? If it was off are there signs she washed water over him? I am just sorting the hemorrhaging evidence… If water was running over him for an amount of time could it have washed away blood inside the head (entering the wound and disrupt pooling or clots)???
He didn’t have blood On him in the crime scene photos where they first found him in the shower (which we saw today) so I believe she put him in there and ran it for a while to wash everything off. But then she would have had to turn to water off or the roommate would have heard the showering running I would think. And he wasn’t found for days. All of his blood is in the doorway to the bedroom where the neck was sliced. Shot had to come last because when you are shot in the face you are going to drop immediately and not run around being stabbed 27 times. That woman stabbed him in the shower while he was sitting, stabbed him in the back once he stood up and leaned over the sink, then sliced him neck as he was stumbling back down the hall toward the bedroom. She is the worst of the worst sickos. She probably stood over him at the end when she shot him and said “Now you will Never go to Cancun with her!” (andddd scene sorry lol)
I forgot that the jury gets to ask her questions. I can’t wait to see what they will ask.
oh! I forgot about that too! I can’t wait to hear their questions. I hope they have lots.
When/ why do they get to ask her questions?!?
i understand that this is the judicial process in AZ, that the jurors are allowed to ask questions of any witness that takes the stand, by writing them down and having the judge read them to the person on the stand. i thought they might do the jurors questions after cross examination, but it may be after re-direct.
Thank you Maddox!
my pleasure Tamara and Clob! also, the process/rules differ from state to state- right down to whether or not jurors can take notes during testimony! and i totally agree! this should be interesting!
We may get a glimpse into the juror’s mind and if they understood why Martinez is asking her questions in the manner in which he is. There has been speculation the jury questions will take up to a full day… :/
Dang it! Someone stopped by right when it was getting really good. I’m pissed.
Great day for the prosecution. I think Martinez hit it out of the park!
@pughugs Totally agree! She was a hot mess this afternoon.
Just had déjà vu when they were talking about the gas cans. The Casey Anthony trial had sooooo much talk of gas cans. ⛽⛽⛽ Love how Arias uses big ol’ words like ameliorate and contemporaneous to show how intelligent she is.
I think Jodi went to school on the Casey Anthony trial. I bet she watched all the attention she received and figured she could kill someone, become a media darling, go to trial, win and become a millionaire. Testifying was her ace in the hole-she really thinks she can get either a not guilty or a hung jury.
I think she’s deliberately asking a million questions about each question to confuse the jurors. I’m confused about some details, and about why some details seem so important-and Martinez isn’t really stating it plainly enough for my taste. I am watching the trial on a live feed of the court feed on my laptop because there are no commercial breaks, but during lunch and breaks, I’m glad I can turn on HLN and hear the explanation of what was just testified to. I hope the jurors are getting it cuz I think this girl is a cold hearted murderer.
I can’t get into this trial. I suspect because of the huge disappointment I felt when Tot Killing Mom was acquitted. I followed the story online, but I’m not watching the courtroom drama.
Regardless, I’ve formed an opinion and I think she’s guilty as sin itself.
I agree Gela, which is why I appreciate all the comments and updates. Thanks to everyone for posting, I just can’t watch it, she is obviously guilty as what’s her name. At least he wasn’t an innocent child. #silverlinings
This whole thing is confusing because Jodi is lying, and will continue to. Common sense dictates that she had the knife or gun on him, probably in the shower from the look on his face. She took photos to remember his fear, then stabbed him and then shot him once to ensure that he was dead. She then continued on to the other man’s house, disposing of evidence along the way. She knew he was not gonna marry her and went there to kill him.
On a personal note, I broke my f u finger when it was slammed in a window. For the next 4 years I was physically unable to straighten it. I am now able to straighten it without difficulty. From my experience I believe she broke that finger during the killing. It would still be unable to be straightened at this point and bolsters the proof (along with the photos taken shortly after her alleged assault by Alexander) that the finger was injured by her delusional attack from earlier.
Late to the game as well, saw the story on 20/20. She is undeniably guilty, my question is this…the murder happened 6/2008? Why almost 5 years to go to trial?
If you are a GUILTY murderer the last thing you want is a “speedy trial”, so the “Defense” is very happy snailing through the legal processess…everyday of delay possible is another day of breathing for a (hopefully) death penalty convict…and if she is only given a sentence 🙁 , she would get credt for time served—maybe even a credit of “time and 1/2”, “good behavioUr” (Canookian) and other BS….AND the death penalty will take possibly 12 years to appeal!…What ever happened to summary justice?—“GUILTY…OFF WITH HER HEAD!”…….BeaverDamn and you (TT) thought Canooks were nice, gentle, Kumbia folks!
As my Grand mother would say. Throw the book at her. I played the drinking game and just got discharged from the hospital for alcohol poison.