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Post by Stormyweather on Jan 2, 2013 13:39:46 GMT -6
Jodi Arias Murder Trial: Woman Facing Death Penalty Over Boyfriend's MurderProsecutors in Arizona will begin arguing today that 32-year-old Jodi Arias should die for the especially brutal murder of her one-time boyfriend, Travis Alexander, who was found dead in his shower over four years ago. Investigators say Arias stabbed Alexander 27 times, slit his throat and shot him in the head at his Mesa, Ariz., home in June of 2008. Arias, who has been locked up since her arrest, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. "I didn't hurt Travis. I would never hurt Travis," Arias said in a jailhouse interview after she was arrested in July 2008. "I would be shaking in my boots right now if I had to answer to God for such a heinous crime." Arias and Alexander met at a work conference six years ago. Arias says they fell in love, traveled the country together, and to strengthen her ties to the devout Mormon, she even converted to his religion. But Alexander's friends say after dating a few months he tried to break it off. "There's nothing about her that I see in marriage material -- or wife material," Alexander said, according to his friend, Dave Hall. "But it's hard to say no to a woman that sneaks into your house, crawls in your bed and tries to, you know, seduce you." Alexander's family and friends say Arias was stalking him in the months before the murder -- something she denies. At first she also denied being at his house in the night of the murder. Then police found a camera in Alexander's washing machine containing pictures of the two having sex that day. There were also pictures of Alexander after he was killed. Faced with that evidence, Arias then told the television show "Inside Edition" that she was there, but didn't kill Alexander. "I witnessed Travis being attacked by two other individuals," she said on "Inside Edition." "Who were they? I don't know. I couldn't pick them up in a police lineup." Now the accused killer is admitting to the court that she did kill Alexander, but that it was in self-defense. She claims he was sexually and physically abusive throughout their relationship. Steven Alexander, Travis Alexander's brother, said that he can see Arias' true colors. "It makes me sick because I know her true side," he told ABC News. "And I ask people to please not buy into this sweet innocent personality that she puts on." Arias told "Inside Edition" that she believes she will walk away from the trial a free woman. "No jury is going to convict me," she said. "Why not? Because I'm innocent. You can mark my words on that. No jury will convict me." abcnews.go.com/US/jodi-arias-murder-trial-woman-facing-death-penalty/story?id=18111715
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Post by moonlight on Jan 2, 2013 18:52:24 GMT -6
Something marginal to comment. Wonder why her handcuffs are colored pink. Is that Joe Arpaio's policy treating inmates in his custody?
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Post by starbux on Jan 4, 2013 6:43:19 GMT -6
Yes everything in mericopa county lockup is pink, quite hilerious. Plus they only get a bland meet loaf ha ha ha ha
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Post by starbux on Jan 4, 2013 6:44:36 GMT -6
I wonder how long it will take for Fug to comment on the I humane treatment
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Post by moonlight on Jan 4, 2013 11:38:01 GMT -6
Yaa I saw some video clips on youtube about the treatment of inmates in Joe Arpaio's prisons. It really had an association of a bad BDSM show.
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Post by Californian on Jan 4, 2013 12:19:59 GMT -6
Yaa I saw some video clips on youtube about the treatment of inmates in Joe Arpaio's prisons. It really had an association of a bad BDSM show. The idea is pretty much to make jail (not prison, by the way) an unpleasant place which miscreants may avoid by obeying the law, or in the alternative, committing their crimes elsewhere.
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Post by Stormyweather on Jan 4, 2013 15:34:33 GMT -6
Sorry, I don't believe the abuse claim at all.
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Post by Stormyweather on Jan 4, 2013 15:47:53 GMT -6
Jodi Arias Trial: Jurors Shown Photos of Victim's Dead Body in ShowerJEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images(PHOENIX) -- Prosecutors in the Jodi Arias murder trial showed jurors a photograph of her former lover, Travis Alexander, lying slashed and lifeless in a pool of blood in his shower. The gruesome scene was introduced on the second day of Arias' trial, along with a slew of evidence, including a man's bloodied T-shirt. Defense attorneys for Arias portrayed Alexander as a controlling and abusive lover to the Arizona woman who killed Alexander in self-defense. Evidence emerged Thursday showing they exchanged electronic messages filled with sexually crude references about each other, and the jury heard a recorded phone call between Arias and Police Det. Esteban Flores where Arias said the couple was so distrustful of each other that they shared their online passwords. "He gave me his Facebook password and MySpace and I gave him my Facebook and Gmail account. Reason we did that [is] because we thought, 'What can we do to reestablish trust?'" she said. "It didn't work." In a case that is already being compared to the dramatic 2010 murder trial of Casey Anthony, Arias, 32, is facing the death penalty if convicted in the capital murder case. She is accused of stabbing Alexander 27 times, slitting his throat and shooting him in the head in the shower of his Mesa, Ariz., home in June 2008. A jury will have to decide if she is a cold-blooded murderer or was a victim of domestic violence, as she claims, who was forced to kill. In the most dramatic moment Thursday, prosecutors showed the jury a graphic photo of Alexander's face and body where he was found. Earlier, the prosecution introduced emails between the couple. On cross-examination, a defense lawyer asked Flores whether Alexander referred to Arias in those emails with a crude sexual term as well as other insulting words. "Do you recall her saying he had said several mean things to her?" defense lawyer Kirk Nurmi asked. "Yes," Flores answered. Nurmi asked if Alexander referred to Arias "as a *deleted*." "Yes," the detective said. "As a whore?" the lawyer asked. "Yes," he replied. Bags of evidence from Alexander's apartment were displayed in court Thursday, including a men's T-shirt soaked in blood that was held up for the jury to see. Prosecutor Juan Martinez provided jurors with a look inside Alexander's home, presenting pictures of the garage, laundry room, hallway and where Alexander kept his punching bag in his bedroom. Appearing in court Wednesday as the trial opened, Arias cried through much of the opening arguments. Prosecutor Juan Martinez told the court that it's clear that Arias murdered Alexander. "This is not a case of whodunit," he said. "The whodunit sits in court today." Prosecutors told the jury Wednesday that Alexander was a devout Mormon who was seduced and then stalked by Arias, and killed by her in a jealous rage when she learned he was dating other women. The couple only dated a few months after meeting in 2006 at a work convention in Las Vegas. They broke up in June 2007 but continued a sexual relationship that continued until the day of the crime. www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/national-news/46828-jodi-arias-trial-jurors-shown-photos-of-victims-dead-body-in-shower
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Post by whitediamonds on Jan 4, 2013 18:23:06 GMT -6
Stabbed 27 times, throat slit, shot in the head, in the shower. Self defense?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2013 18:47:51 GMT -6
Sorry, I don't believe the abuse claim at all. Well, she has to have some defense rather than admitting she's just a cold-blooded killer. She figured Mary Winkler got away with it, why wouldn't she?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2013 18:49:21 GMT -6
Stabbed 27 times, throat slit, shot in the head, in the shower. Self defense? Sickening!
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Post by Californian on Jan 4, 2013 19:14:29 GMT -6
Stabbed 27 times, throat slit, shot in the head, in the shower. Self defense? Never heard of a guy who wanted to kill himself so badly.
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Post by whitediamonds on Jan 4, 2013 19:20:48 GMT -6
Stabbed 27 times, throat slit, shot in the head, in the shower. Self defense? Never heard of a guy who wanted to kill himself so badly. No Chit !!
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Post by moonlight on Jan 5, 2013 9:46:23 GMT -6
By all means, this is a classic death penalty case.
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Post by starbux on Jan 5, 2013 22:11:31 GMT -6
I love the chain gang I think Arizona has the best county lockup in the US. I think if we go back to Jail and prison's that make the stay unpleasant and embarrasing that will make people not want to go. It seems nowadays going to prison is a badge of honor for hardened thugs. It doesn't reform it only gives "street cred," to the thugs that they did time and now are super hardasses.
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Post by moonlight on Jan 6, 2013 14:24:08 GMT -6
I too enjoy watching the chain gang and the tent cities of Joe Arpaio. I admire him very much for the way he combats crime.
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Post by dogrose on Jan 6, 2013 15:09:41 GMT -6
I love Sheriff Joe, I think he knows just what he's doing and it's all good as far as i'm concerned.
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Post by Donnie on Jan 6, 2013 18:14:29 GMT -6
I love Sheriff Joe, I think he knows just what he's doing and it's all good as far as i'm concerned. I don't know how long he can hold out against President Obama and US Attorney General Holder. They are trying to put him in a federal prison. I have contributed to his campaign fund and his legal defense fund.
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Post by fuglyville on Jan 6, 2013 19:57:37 GMT -6
I love Sheriff Joe, I think he knows just what he's doing and it's all good as far as i'm concerned. I don't know how long he can hold out against President Obama and US Attorney General Holder. They are trying to put him in a federal prison. I have contributed to his campaign fund and his legal defense fund. The fact that this nutcase keeps getting re-elected speaks volumes about the terrible state of the U.S. correctional system, and how easily people are fooled. Hopefully, his stir crazy attitude towards corrections will be replaced by common sense. What he does, have everything to do with preserving his own image and beliefs, and nothing to do with actually preventing crime.
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Post by Californian on Jan 6, 2013 20:02:51 GMT -6
The fact that this nutcase keeps getting re-elected speaks volumes about the terrible state of the U.S. correctional system, and how easily people are fooled. Go away, you stinking Nazi.
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Post by Stormyweather on Jan 6, 2013 22:45:06 GMT -6
I don't know how long he can hold out against President Obama and US Attorney General Holder. They are trying to put him in a federal prison. I have contributed to his campaign fund and his legal defense fund. The fact that this nutcase keeps getting re-elected speaks volumes about the terrible state of the U.S. correctional system, and how easily people are fooled. Hopefully, his stir crazy attitude towards corrections will be replaced by common sense. What he does, have everything to do with preserving his own image and beliefs, and nothing to do with actually preventing crime. The fact that he keeps getting reelected means people are tired of kissing the butts of criminals. I realize you are an "exception", however.
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Post by Stormyweather on Jan 6, 2013 22:47:13 GMT -6
Sorry, I don't believe the abuse claim at all. Well, she has to have some defense rather than admitting she's just a cold-blooded killer. She figured Mary Winkler got away with it, why wouldn't she? I have a distinct feeling she won't get away with it. I don't know if she'll get the dp but I think she will at least go to prison. Of course you know I'm rooting for the dp.
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Post by moonlight on Jan 8, 2013 13:24:09 GMT -6
The fact that this nutcase keeps getting re-elected speaks volumes about the terrible state of the U.S. correctional system, and how easily people are fooled. Hopefully, his stir crazy attitude towards corrections will be replaced by common sense. What he does, have everything to do with preserving his own image and beliefs, and nothing to do with actually preventing crime. Actually, the fact that People like Joe Arapaio are getting reelected means the American people have great respect for rule of law and law enforcement.
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Post by Woody on Jan 12, 2013 0:42:20 GMT -6
The fact that this nutcase keeps getting re-elected speaks volumes about the terrible state of the U.S. correctional system, and how easily people are fooled. Go away, you stinking Nazi. That's what I call double standards. You came to Europe to fight the Nazi scum and in Arizona you make them Sheriff.
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Post by Donnie on Jan 12, 2013 7:35:42 GMT -6
That's what I call double standards. You came to Europe to fight the Nazi scum and in Arizona you make them Sheriff. How much time have you spent in Arizona? Your bad logic is probably driven primarily by the propaganda fed to you by the petty tyrants of Europe.
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Post by Californian on Jan 12, 2013 11:19:48 GMT -6
That's what I call double standards. You came to Europe to fight the Nazi scum and in Arizona you make them Sheriff. Hey idiot, we'll keep an eye on him in case he decides to grow a funny little mustache. Until then, take off. And "Nazi scum?" You mean your grandparents?
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Post by moonlight on Jan 12, 2013 11:38:55 GMT -6
Hey idiot, we'll keep an eye on him in case he decides to grow a funny little mustache. Until then, take off. And "Nazi scum?" You mean your grandparents? I liked that one ;D
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Post by Californian on Jan 12, 2013 11:50:35 GMT -6
You probably should. He's Austrian, as was the crazy corporal, and over 99% of the Austrians voted for the Anschluss (annexation) of Austria to Nazi Germany in 1938. Can you imagine such a person calling an American a fascist? Some people have no frickin' shame.
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Post by Felix2 on Jan 12, 2013 15:22:45 GMT -6
Hey idiot, we'll keep an eye on him in case he decides to grow a funny little mustache. Until then, take off. And "Nazi scum?" You mean your grandparents? I liked that one ;D Well thats cleared up for me some of the things that did not come intio Calis new year resolutions.
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Post by Woody on Jan 13, 2013 4:11:01 GMT -6
over 99% of the Austrians voted for the Anschluss (annexation) of Austria to Nazi Germany in 1938. So in your sappy logic the people of North Korea also are happy dedicated followers of their great leader. First think, then type, Rightie.
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