Are we there yet? No we are not. Keep your seatbelt on. Play with your iPod. Take a nap. Don’t make me pull this car over. Dr. Samuels is still on the stand. Everyone else is bored too. Consider it a life lesson in patience. No Uncle Belvin cannot drive. Uncle Belvin did not come on this trip so stop asking for him. Here have a juice box. I do not want to hear I’m bored one more time. WE ARE ALL BORED.
Well, son, I’ll tell you:
This trial ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had hacks in it,
And splinters,
And private parts torn up,
And blood in places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare butts.
But all the time
We’ve been a-climbin’ on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light.
So boy, don’t you turn your back on the trial now.
Don’t you set down on the steps
’Cause you finds it’s kinder boring.
Don’t you fall now—
For we’re still goin’, honey,
We’re still watchin’,
We’re inchin’ toward the closing
And this trial, for us, ain’t been no crystal stair.
The strong among us will comment and update and recap the trial today for those of us who lose faith in it ever ending. We will press on. Those closing arguments have to come eventually.
How you doing? That’s the only caring nice thing ill say today, I swaaare.
I’m rested and ready for another day of questions for this “expert” witness! Bring it on!
HLN says a source at Pre-Paid legal says that Jodi Arias was the one initially booked to go to Cancun, not Marie Hall!
Yes! And I heard somewhere that she purchased sunblock at the same time as the 3rd gas can. So, she included Ryan as a diversion, went to sex up Travis and show him what he’d be missing and cancun, went he didn’t change his mind she made believe she was leaving. As he was in the shower she snuck back in and began snapping pictures of him. That one of him standing and facing the wall with his arms crossed and clenched always struck me a pensive/remorseful…. Almost prayerful.
That last one when he is looking at the camera seems to show an amount of shock to me.
She took the photos to blackmail him; maybe to show The girl he was taking.
They argued he still didnt change his mind and she threw the camera on purpose and she killed him !
They keep reporting that the jury is sick of this witness testimony so why do they keep submitting their own questions?
Seriously… Do they hate us because we didn’t get stuck on the jury duty from hell and are trying to punish us?
Maybe they are playing with him like a cat plays with a dead bug! LOL
Good Lord, Jodi and her female atty are dressed alike AGAIN.
it really is WEIRD isn’t it??
LOL MAYBE THEY HAVE A THINGS GOING IM JUST SAYING
I posted below before reading your statement. It’s really just another type of ‘stalking’ that Jodi does, isn’t it? All of Travis’ friends and family describe Jodi as vacant. SPOOKY! I think JM is about to ponce on Samuels after a long sidebar. Check back later. I am obsessed with this trial!
Psycho copycat is wearing the same thing as her attorney AGAIN. Her ninja story was copied from Travis’s robbery story and she keeps thinking she can morph into a non-killer by dressing like her attorney. It gets better and better.
Mimi, I’m livestreaming the trial, but came to TT to say the same thing. It’s almost a Bobbsy Twin sorta thing now; a different kind of STALKING! Jennifer Wilmot(t) does not like JM does she?
ITS STUPID ATTENSION,ATTENSION
haha. someone needs to tell her the stringy, flipped-in bang look went out sometime in the 80s
yeah its weird. she lies alot bt so did casey anthony. she found innocent because there was a reasonable doubt. just like jose baez sais if a person can come up with a hypothesis they are nt guilty. too many people are focused on hurting the shrinks and jodis credibility, bt that alone wont get a first degree murder conviction. he still hasnt proven premeditation at all. his biggest problem is he’s trying to act like a psychologist and keeps interrupted people when they try to respond that why they say hes a pitbull he just yells. today he was mentioning irrelevant stuff even the shrink called him out on it he said i know lol. he knows he has no premeditation thats why hes bringing up extra stuff. like when jodi was a teenager. hes the one prolonging the case.
I disagree. I think that the gun being a 25 calibur like the one stolen from her grandparents, the 3 gas cans, the phone off-line while she was in Arizona, the visit to Ryan in Utah, the 2,000 miles she traveled, and the 62 seconds timeline all scream 1st degree murder with premeditation.
Jodi created a youtube account, jodiannarias, days before killing Travis, and posted a video of him days after the discovery of the body. Is this old news, and was this discussed in the trial? I only know of that and what I’ve read here, plus a good bit of the prosecution since she took the stand. Tried to watch the defense, but dude sends me to sleep, something that usually requires 100mg of Seroquil.
Oh and I cannot be the only one who thought the jury question, “does jody take meds for this TERRIBLE ptsd?” was sarcastic, right? Hilarious.
That’s interesting info, Sars. I keep learning more and more things about JA that make her seem guilty as sin. I wish more focus was on stuff like this and less on this Dr. Dunderhead dude. #yawn
Just now, Martinez was confirming an incident when Jodi was a teenager and she displayed a bout of anger when she hit her mother Sandy. The Doc confirmed it, then the camera pans to Jodi and her lady attorney, and I could read Jodi’s lips, she said “I never hit my mother”.
Of course, I don’t believe anything out of Jodi’s mouth, but is it possible that the Doc is making up more stuff to support Jodi’s PTSD?
the shrink didnt make up anything to support jodis ptsd. mr martinez is the one bringing it up. i wish people wld stop talking about how she lies so much. there has to be evidence. she has to be find guitly without a reasonable doubt. the prosecutor hasnt done that. remember casey anthony lied alot bt look what happened there. the jury believes she lies alot bt yet asks her over 200 questions why if they thaught she lied so much. like jose baez said jodi may lie bt not the evidence. keyword evidence nt her lies. people are hating on him bt his client was acquitted. innocent until proven guilty.
It is guilty beyond a doubt. She is admitting she killed him. She is just trying for a lesser sentence based on self defense/ ptsd/insanity bs. Casey never admitted to being the one who killed her kid, so it was different.
not enough evidence your head needs to be examined. How much more do you need 29 times throat slit and a shot to the head.. what if that was your family member I wonder if that would be enough for you
I know I am going to get some nasty feedback for what I am about to say. But I need to address the elephants in the courtroom. Sorry. Am I the only one who thinks that Jodi’s family AND many supporters who I have no idea if they are related or not look…um…developmentally delayed? They have inappropriate expressions and an odd affect in general.
It had to be said. On the other hand Jodi looks NOTHING like anyone in her family.
Tamara, I’m with you on the creepy expressions, esp seeing it played out in the Doublemint Twin’s faces x 2. But, to me there’s an evil resemblance to Jodi, her mother and aunt……..they all have snake noses.
I AGREE WITH YOU THEY ARE SO COLD SNICKERING LAUGHING THEY ARE A DISFUNCTIONAL FAMILY
lol at the trial talking about hypervigilance as I have just walked out to take down a tag number of the truck sitting outside my house.
Dr. Dufus is talking how Jodi yelled and hit her mom when she
was a teenager. I would think he would believe then that a majority of teens who yell at their folks have PTSD.
that doesnt make since he never said she devloped ptsd or anything when she hit her mom. many people do thing when the are teenagers that they dont do when they are older and wiser. the prosecutor hasnt provided any evidence that shows that jodi arias deserves a first degree murder charge. it was easy with the last lady he put on death row she used poison thats textbook premeditation. guess what shes still on death row 23 years later. he needs to hit premedatition all this attacking credibilities wont warrant a first degree murder charge. hes prolonging the case now. hes a great attorney he just needs to stick to premeditation which i believe he knows he cant prove thats why hes bringing up her isues when she was a teenager that has no relevance. one again he starts strong then starts to drift all over the place. the shrink told him thats has no relevance he sais i know lol. also, the shrink said you are speaking in areas you have no expertise once again he said i know lol. at the rate it the case will take 2 or 3 more weeks!
Blah, blah, misspelled word, blah, blah, incomplete sentence, blah, blah, blah.
The hitting her mom as a teen goes towards showing a violent and irrational nature.
Martinez has unique handwriting. I think it’s pretty. I’m envious because mine looks like turds on the paper.
thats nice. hes a great laywer however why isnt he hining in on premeditation gas cans etc. he just gave up on that. hes mentioning when jodi hit her mom when she was a teenager. no relevance which he admitted when the shrink said something. hes all over the place again. the jurors are asking her 200 plus questions because they believes she lies alot and what to attack her credibility. thats shows they cant be sure or they wouldnt be asking so many questions if she lies so much. many forget mr martinez only received this case because another prosecutor turned it down. remember there has to be no reasonable doubt that she killed travis on purpose he hasnt proven that. earlier in the trial he got her to admit to killing travis, he was so excited when she said yes i did those things bt she already admitted to that before the trial started. hes all over the place again.
Just from the nature of the crime there is full proof that she intended to kill him. You don’t stab someone 27 times, shoot them in the face, and slit their throat in an “Ooops!” moment. Her defense has no way of explaining that one away, and that’s what the prosecutor should focus on.
Judging from just the crime scene photos– there is no way you can reasonably doubt that his death was an accident. The reason why they’re even pursuing the death penalty is because the murder fit under the “especially heinous and cruel” category…
First of all I need to say that no way was it self defense for the simple reason that Travis was diced and sliced and she had not a scratch. How in the hell can that be self defense. She totally went psycho when she couldn’t sex her way into going to Cancun. That’s all the evidence I need
think she thought she could change his mind on trip to cancun she had a full brazilian on her way there
Jodi has PTSD because she had trouble sleeping in jail and could not relax. I guess it had nothing to do with trying to decapitate her lover after all.
tamara, I agree with you! When the camera pans to Jodi’s mom and her Aunt, they seem to be smirking and/or smiling, sometimes chuckling. This really bothers me! I am convinced that Jodi is a psychopath who has no empathy or regard for other people’s feelings. It is clear to me, anyway that her mom and aunt display those same traits! They act like this is some kind of comedic play they are watching instead of their daughter/neice’s death penalty trial for which there was a young man tortured and brutally murdered!
yeah i see that as well thats weird. mr martinez isnt proven anything bt that she lies. he hasnt proven premeditation at all. just like jose baez said if you cna come up with a hypothesis of why a person shouldnt be guilty they are nt guilty. focus on evidence nt her lies that doesnt lie she may. thats where martinez is going wrong.
okay, dude, how many times do you want to say the same thing? Ten, twenty? We got it. You don’t think JM has proven premeditation. Now go sit down and shut it.
Thank you! Felt like I was on a skipping record for a while there!
Martinez isn’t done.
Today there are two males sitting next to them that are the same way. They all have that “face” when not laughing and giggling as if they are somehow…mentally delayed.
If I had a kid who mutilated and shot his/her ex, I can assure you I would not be sitting there in court supporting them. To me, just the fact that they’ve been sitting there day after day and watching this whole thing unravel shows that something is seriously wrong with that family…
The sidebars are sofa king long today that the HLN showing even with eleventy billion commercials every ten seconds is rapidly catching up to real time.
Good lord – all Juan has to ask if “What does PTSD following a criminal act have to do with premeditation of that criminal act?!”
Bingo, Mimi.
ptsd has nothing to do with premeditation. it was brought up to explain her foggy memory. nothing to do with actual killing
She is trying to use ptsd along with her self defense bs to portray herself as a victim that went temporarily insane.
Why does everyone at the defense table have on white today? It is creepy that they are all dressed alike.
If my kid mutilated and killed someone, I would go to court and support them, but I would have to be HEAVILY sedated and would probably still be a sobbing, suicidal mess.
Haha, exactly! Either not able to be present, or showing some sort of anguish that your kid did such things… not calmly sitting and smiling.
Also, Mimi, I think they are trying to prove she had PTSD to say that she was under such duress from all the previous “abuse” that it caused her to snap when Travis did his blind linebacker lunge. So first it was the ninjas, then the mafia, then the Mormons, then PTSD, and pretty soon we’ll hear that Travis was suicidal and did it all to himself.
Oh my gosh, they are talking about “blunted affect” Jodi’s inability to show the appropriate emotions, ie: laughing, giggling at inappropriate times! This is just what we are seeing with her mom/aunt!
Wouldn’t this disorder fall under the category of PSYCHOPATH? Wow!
tee heeee Dr. Dildo tells us that Jodi’s lying is to help shield herself from reality that she just cannot face. God. if I had to sit there and testify like him, I’d need a bottle of vodka up there.
ITS FOR THE MONEY HE IS SO STUPIUD I CAN HARDLY STAND IT WHO IN THE HELL WOULD HIRE HIM EXCEOPT THESE IDIOTS HES NOT HELPING HER BUT THATS GOOD
Dr. Doofus now can’t even admit that Jodi Arias lies.
Juan Martinez tore Dr. Samuels a new one today. I couldn’t take my eyes off of the total destruction. I suggest he have a liquid lunch.
Speaking of the DSM, I submitted a suggested personality disorder to the reviewers of the DSM-V you can see it here. http://s17948.p858.sites.pressdns.com/2012/03/05/bravo-housewives-disorder-bhd-and-kim-zolciaks-new-song/
They started trial today at 10am AZ – barely 2 hrs later Judge calls recess for 1 1/2 hrs…with all the sidebars, did they even have 20 min of witness/Martinez??? Judge really knows how to move a trial along….
I have only seen the one face picture of Travis in the shower but to me he always looked scared in that picture. Almost like he was about to cry. I’ll bet she had the gun on him then.
Travis Alexander’s family looks very dejected today. Much glummer than usual. I wonder why?
They are probably ready to get this over with and move on… I would be depressed if I had to look at my brothers murderess every single day, listen to the lies about him and not able to defend himself , and not be able to jump the railing and punch that crazy heifer in the throat! This trial makes me wanna go nuts!
There is a member of the audience who has on a BAMA sweatshirt this afternoon. Only a southerner would inject SEC football into a murder trial! lol
GEEEEEEEEEEZ !!!!!
This is ridiculous. Juan Martinez is a jerk. yes, i know most people think he is wonderful, but enough is enough.
THE JURY is supposed to determine WHO is telling the truth, if the experts are believeable and so on.
He should present the evidence and STFU.
The jury already thinks this expert had feelings for Jodi thru their own questions.
They already think his testimony isnt credible.
This is a huge waste of taxpayer money. The defense offered a plea, but Juan doesnt take pleas. He wants to hear himself play Perry Mason.
What will happen is that for a myriad of reasons the trial will have be to re-tried. Stupid lawyers on both sides, incredible experts……
I would blame the judge before I blamed the lawyers. Judge Stevens should take control and insist they move on. The jury has heard more than enough to decide if this witness is an expert or not
I agree about the judge too. I think in her case she is being too cautious because its her first death penalty case.
I know most judges wouldnt allow Martinez to act the way he does in their courtroom.
I remember when the judge in the Phil Spector trial shut down Bruce Cutler for his abrasive manner.
I AGREE
Is your CAPS LOCK broken??? Or are you shouting?
The plea that she offered as a favor to Travis’ family to “ease their pain and suffering” since after all there is no way she will be convicted of first degree murder or be given the death penalty? Yeah, I would pass on that too.
While I don’t think Martinez is a jerk or full of himself, I do agree that he belabors a point more than he has to making us forget about the bigger picture.
on my way out to a Boston Bruins game-I will be checking this site on my phone for updates on the trial as I cannot get it to live stream on my cell phone! Keep the discussion going please! lol
tamara, I hope it is ok to post this link. This is someone in Dr. Samuel’s field, another psychologist. He has some strong words to say about Dr. Samuels!
http://drjacksinger.com/giving-all-professional-psychologists-a-bad-name/
great article lol mostly because he agrees Dr. Samuels is toast.
I missed the first week of the trial-did JM have his own forensic psychiatrist examine JA? Or will that come in rebuttal?
Hope you had fun at the game. Sorry we didn’t update better. It was mind-numbingly boring. I literally just click off the live feeds when then angry lesbian took the stand.
I should go on record as saying that in general lesbians are the best advocate for women out there. In college there was a free clinic run by gay women to try and help all the college sluts with their vaginal issues. Um, not that I would know how nice they were personally. But I HEARD they were very nice.
Just like I hate the gay men who are misogynist bitter men afraid of vaginas, I also hate the lesbians that have an axe to grind with anyone with a penis. They are two sides to the same mean coin. And this woman just rubs me the wrong way. Um, so to speak. No that I have ever… oh let me hush.
hahaha….damn now I’ll have to go to youtube and try to find today’s testimony, if only to see this new expert!
And yes, I had a great time at the game-they won 🙂
i was nodding off as usual and moved my laptop onto the coffee table and lost my video connection. When I came back Willmott was questioning the witness. I thought JM had shut up and she was doing a few follow ups. When I restarted the stream, it seems like it is showing the part where JM has Dr. Dorkwad looking for Travis saying three hole wonder in a text and reading forever. WTF is going on. How can I be so confused just missing a few minutes? Is this all a dream?
Okay, I know this is of no relevance concerning the legalities of the court drama being played out for us but I just have to ask: What the hell is up with Willmott’s hair? Me thinks she needs WEN (Shout out to CHAZ)!! Her hair is as fried as my brain after watching this fiasco… Guuh!!!
Did anybody else just watch Samuels as he was waiting for his “property” to be released. As he was looking down, you can clearly see him looking over at JA. Either he is contemplating the demise of his career at the hands of this woman, he is truly attracted to her, or he is wondering if he could whack her and get away with it…. hmmmm
Another side note: Is anyone else hoping one of the spectators will scream “I love you!” and throw her bra at JM? <~This is what inquiring minds want to know after watching this cerebral numbing shyte that appears to have no ending…
Samuels needs to TOTALLY quit giving testimony after this. But I will say, and I stand by this, he would make a really good teacher/professor, because he clearly loves talking about science and how the brain works — that is his comfort zone and he lights up and does a great job.
In my view, Samuels is in the right house but in the wrong room.
Oh thank you, Jesus. The camera operator has been showing the back of Dr. NoNuts head as he’s gazing at jodi. Eeek. She’s even turned around and very casually met his glance. She’s teasing the sh*i outta him.
Okay this “domestic violence expert” had problems finding the witness stand, and then attempted to use Dr. Doolittle’s used water cup until the defense atty stopped her. She has a master’s degree and when asked what the difference was between her undergrad and her graduate degree she answered, “two years.” She is giving her credentials like an old man talking about his high school days…back at that time….etc etc. I just can’t with her already.
Agreed, that woman is inept. I am not sure what rambling on about her education in community college had to do with the trial either…usually an expert would cite their highest degrees and qualifications, not explain their entire life..
Oh, Child. I was gonna stop viewing out of boredom. Tamara, I’m back. This expert is going to hang herself, too…all for Jodi.
The Siroptimists and the Rotary? Or did she mean Chiropterists? Chiropracters?
This lady expert witness — only one question, dudette: were you there when the defendant planned and executed the bloodbath murder of Travis Alexander? OR are you only going on what she told you AFTER the fact?
If so, how do you base the veracity of your testimony?
ok — so that was 2 questions. don’t shoot me, just put me in a padded cell alone with Juan Martinez. Heh heh…
Ok, time for my southern baptist/Lutheran/catholic/backslidden side to come on out. People, I do not know for sure if there are any criminal prosecutors among this tt club, and I have been quilty of whining too. But, and mine is too big, but this is all happening because this Jodi creeper killed Travis Alexander. Not just oops, I. Shot you, 911. She butchered him and that picture of him facing her in the shower will haunt me because she had either just stabbed him in the chest or she was hiding and showed him the gun,he looks like he’s in shock. If it takes till next year for the pitbull to gnaw her nasty leg off, we need to trust that justice for Travis is Juan Martinez. Is he perfect, too loud or anything. We don’t know. He has tried hundreds of cases and we have to get behind him with faith and prayer that he is doing this the way it needs to be done. Remember little Caylee?maybe if that guy had not laughed and had taken the case as one already won, the outcome would have been justice. Please don’t hate on me. I simply feel we need to look at the final picture, hopefully where she at the very least, doesn’t get to hurt anyone else and people stop showering attention on the haggard, evil thing she has evolved to be. Come on, we are the good guys, need to pull for the warrior. As. Long. As. It. Takes. I love you all. Don’t hit me for preaching. I’m taking some nasty pain meds, been bed bound for three years and I want her punished. Travis could have been any of our sons or brothers. Buck up! And yes, my. Family knows I’m crazy, but in a harmless way……