Jodi Arias Murder Trial: Is She Pulling a Casey Anthony?
March 01, 2013
National News
On the surface, Jodi Arias and Casey Anthony share similarities -- both young beauties accused of murder -- but experts tell “Extra” they have their differences, too.
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Jodi’s courtroom demeanor and librarian look are reminiscent of Casey’s trial tactics, but her murder trial make-under and foggy memory likely won’t help her walk free.
WildAboutTrial.com founder and defense attorney Alison Triessl explained, “The sweet schoolgirl image they are trying to portray is similar, but the facts are very different.”
Triessl believes Jodi’s own words will be her undoing. “It’s going to be her testimony, inconsistencies, the lies she told.”
HLN’s Nancy Grace sees Arias’ memory as a major problem, adding, “The intermittent and at-will amnesia is not going to work with the jury.”
Dr. Drew Pinsky noted, “Jodi is nothing at all like Casey Anthony.” He continued, “Jodi is spending altogether too much time for any of us on the witness stand, while Casey Anthony just sat there smiling and giggling.”
Pinsky also doesn’t think that Jodi’s emotions ring true with the public. “Most people watching Jodi feel her emotions are insincere… the more time she spends up there, in my opinion, the more weirded-out -- for the lack of a better term -- men particularly get. Women, however, seem to have some sympathy for her.”
Arias' trial will resume on Monday at 12:30 PM EST. Watch the live feed below.
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Arias is lier ,cold killer , we hope she gets death penalty .
Yes, both Jodi & Casey are nonstop liars, but more than Casey Anthony, Jodi reminds me of Dalia Dippolito, the woman in FL whose 1st call from jail was to the husband she'd paid to have killed & after he told her he saw the undercover police tape of her putting the hit on him said, "Michael, you're not helping me. I need you to get me out of jail."
this sucks....another 5 day break??? for what?? theyhrdly covered anything today. everytime they get to apalce she has to answer anything good..they take a break. Blah!!!!!!!!!!!
first of all...if your in love with someone and your scared he is going to chase after you...and you accidently shot him in the head...and he is still alive....wouldnt you STOP and try to help him or call 911!! not run and get a knife and cut his throat...OMG NO! you would not. she is a liar......
im sorry, but for her to say she cant remember feeling any anger when commiting murder to someone she supposedly loves, she remembers. how do you not remember stabbing someone multiple times and then shooting them. HELLO!!!!!!
i hope arias gets the death penalty, oh but wait, then it would show that our legal system isn't fair. If casey got off and arias gets death. what would happen then??????? go figure.........
i dont see how the jury with the casey anthony trial could find her not guilty, and now with the jodi arias trial who knows of the outcome. we all know she did it with intent. is she following the whole casey anthony trick. well of course she is. she observed how anthony got away with it and she said what the hell let me kill my boy friend and get off. the jury was crazy as hell not to give anthony the death penalty for little caley, rest in piece you little angel. i can see arias getting off from this and a big foul up in the trial, but dam what about common sence of the jury and what about the defense attorneys that defend these psycotic women knowing they are guilty. its a sad case of pure insanity but not.
Every time Jodi concludes an answer, Nurmi says"ok" in a tone that reminds me of the shrink I was sent to in junior high school - the sort of low-tone, supposed-to-be supportive "ok" that was irritating when I would hear it from an actual shrink as a kid, but in a defense attorney, is just maddening!
Nurmi - quit saying "ok" after every freakin answer, OKAY?
Don't pay any attention to Edgar, He clearly hasn't been watching the trial. She shot him last and the casing ended up in the blood. She had no residue on her hands because she was arrested weeks later. ME said he was shot last....What I want to know if sex was consenting, what did Travis do so wrong to be killed in such a heinous Manner? Broke up with her and was taking another girl to Cancun? Oh God, You men out there better HOPE Jodi is convicted. I think when she is answering the Juror's questions, it's just another made up story! She cleaned up after she killed him, had the sense to throw away the gun and rope and clothes, Washed the blood off And called a Dead Travis to leave a message to say she was sorry she couldn't come to see him. That speaks loud and clear to me Murder in the first degree. I just hope these Juror's are not as dumb as Casey Anthony's Juror's were. I think by their questions, they are a smart jury and will convict her. I don't think they will give her the death Penalty, I think life without parole.
Question from juror: Were you angry when you were stabbing Travis?
Answer: I don't remember feeling fear --
interruption.
And there's 1st degree murder.
Jodi testified Travis walked up to her & introduced himself to her.
A friend of Travis said he introduced her to Travis.
If Jodi "couldn't remember" stabbing, slicing & shooting Travis, how come she remembers all the details of the 2-ninjas story? Isn't being questioned about a murder by police & being interviewed in jail while awaiting a death penalty trial threatening enough to induce fear?
Mr Martinez brilliantly brought out the real Jodi - someone who thinks she's smarter than everyone & who sees other humans (even the prosecutor who is trying to convict her in a capital case) as playthings.
And her defense isn't helping - bringing evidence that doesn't show any violent or perverted behavior by Travis, trying to claim the sex-fantasy talk between Jodi & Travis is some sort of no-touch, across-state-lines domestic 'abuse" & playing a tpae in which Travis admits never having bought lube or doing a certain sex act before meeting Jodi.
And, if you watch the tape of her answering Martinez's questions about whether she was crying will stabbing Travis, her left ring finger is moving normally.
Here's the difference between the Jodi & Casey cases:
Evidence.
We know when & how Travis died. There's a camera showing his killer in the frame with his dead body.
I know this will upset a lot of people, but the public doesn't know how - or when - Caylee died. If you ask a judge, instead of a TV commentator, you will hear someone who is not surprised that Casey not convicted.
She isn't just pulling a Casey, she is a Casey!
I wonder if anyone asked who bought the rope??
She seems to have bought everything else for her 'encounters'.
My, oh my........Please find her guilty. She dismembered a human being.
I BELIEVE THE FOLLOWING ISSUES ARE CRITICAL FOR THE PLAINTIFF'S CASE:
1. MARTINEZ HAS NOT USED, THUS FAR, ANY OF THE NUMEROUS DISPLAYS OF NORMALCY, WHILE ON TRIAL, OF THE ALLEGEDLY BROKEN LEFT INDEX FINGER ARIAS INSISTS TRAVIS BROKE.
THIS IS A BIG ISSUE. I WOULD THINK ANY MEDICAL DOCTOR, ESPECIALLY A BONE SPECIALIST COULD TELL WHETHER IT WAS EVER BROKEN THROUGH X-RAY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION. ALSO, SHOWING THIS PUTATIVELY BROKEN FINGER HELD UNCONSCIOUSLY IN NORMAL POSITION DURING TRIAL WOULD CAUSE GREAT DOUBT IN ANY TRUTH SHE IS UTTERING AND IT WOULD ANGER THE JURY FOR TAKING THE THEM FOR SUCH FOOLS! CAN'T MARTINEZ DEMAND THIS FINGER BE EXAMINED BY A LICENSED SPECIALIST AND X-RAYED, BASED ON HER HISTORY OF LIES AND PHOTOS OF IT EVEN WHILE ON STAND IN AN "UNBROKEN" STATE?
2. THE RECORDED CONVERSATIONS PUTATIVELY BY TRAVIS: IS THERE ANY PROOF OF WHEN THE RECORDED CONVERSATIONS WERE RECORDED? IF NOT, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A PRIOR BOYFRIEND'S VOICE SINCE THE RECENT AIRINGS DO NOT CORRESPOND WITH HIS VOICE EARLIER HEARD.
NOTE THAT TRAVIS VOICE, AS HEARD EARLY ON, WAS INDISTINCT, WEAK, AND INDIFFERENT, TOTALLY UNLIKE THE MALE VOICE WE NOW HERE IN ADDITIONAL "FINDINGS" NOT EARLIER PRESENTED TO MY AWARENESS. THAT VOICE IS CLEAR, LOUD, AND VERY DISTINCT, AND DETERMINED. ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO STRAIN TO HEAR WHAT HE IS SAYING AS IN THE EARLIER RECORDING OF TRAVIS' VOICE.
IS THE DEFENSE ALLOWED TO EDIT AND ADD ADDITIONAL ELABORATING COMMENTS SOLIDIFYING INTENT TO WHAT WAS ALREADY TESTIFIED TO, IN THEIR REDRESS?
THE COURT IS GOING OVERBOARD IN ACCOMMODATING THE DEFENSE.
4. IS THERE ANY SOLID PROOF OF WHEN THE DIARY ENTRIES WERE MADE OR THEIR VALIDITY? IS IT POSSIBLE THEY WERE CONJURED UP AT THE TIME DEFENSE DECIDED ON THE COURSE OF DEFENSE THEY WOULD TAKE?
WERE THESE ENTRIES IN THE HANDS OF THE POLICE AT THE TIME SHE WAS ARRESTED OR FOUND IN HER HOME? IF NOT, THEY MEAN NOTHING!!! THE JURY HAS TO KNOW THIS AND IT IS MARTINEZ RESPONSIBILITY TO INFORM THEM THEY ARE LISTENING TO UNSUBSTANTIATED HERESAY FOR FOUR WEEKS IN A ROW!!
5. IT IS HIGHLY SUSPECT THAT ARIAS HAS ALL THESE RECORDINGS PUTATIVELY OF DISCOURSE WITH TRAVIS. WHAT PROOF DOES PLAINTIFF HAVE THAT THEY ARE LEGITIMATE? WE ARE HEARING EVEN MORE IN REDRESS WHICH ARE, IN MY OPINION AND OTHERS', IN A DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT VOICE, TONE AND MANNER, AS AFORESAID!
WHY IS THE COURT HEARING RECORDINGS THAT NO ONE CAN SUBSTANTIATE WHETHER TRAVIS WAS THE SPEAKER?
AS AFORESAID, TRAVIS VOICE IN EARLY TAPES IS NOT THE SAME AS THE VOICE WE HAVE JUST HEARD ON MORE TAPED RECORDINGS.
AN EXPERT IN DETERMINING THE LEGITIMACY OF TRAVIS VOICE COMPARING IT WITH THE EARLIER AND LATER TAPES IS CRITICAL!
EXPERT TESTIMONY AND EXAMINATION BY A HIGHLY QUALIFIED MEDICAL DOCTOR TO DETERMINE THE FRAUD OF ARIAS' BROKEN FINGER IS ALSO CRITICAL, AS WELL AS RECENT PHOTOS OF ARIAS FOOLING THE JURY BY HOLDING IT UP TO BE EXAMINED AND UNCONSCIOUSLY DISPLAYING IT IN PERFECT FUNCTION, WITH NO BENT KNUCKLE IN OTHER RECENT INSTANCES. (ARIAS IS PROBABLY DOUBLE-JOINTED. DOUBLE-JOINTED PEOPLE HAVE GREATER FLEXIBILITY)
FINALLY, THE COURT AND JURY HAVE TO KNOW WHAT PROOF THERE IS IN ARIAS' HERESAY TESTIMONY, IF ANY, AND THE PROOF THE DIARIES ARE LEGITIMATE AND PROOF THE RECORDINGS PUTATIVELY BETWEEN SHE AND TRAVIS WERE LEGITIMATELY BETWEEN THEM AND NOT SHE AND ANOTHER MAN. LACK THEREOF BEARS VERY HEAVILY IN PLAINTIFFS' FAVOR IF COUNSEL HAMMERS THIS IN OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AS WELL AS EVIDENCE OF HER CONTINUING LIES.
ARIAS HAS HAD FOUR YEARS TO PREPARE FOR HER DEFENSE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS JUDGE IS GIVING A MURDERER FOUR WEEKS TIME TO TESTIFY TO HERESAY AND UNPROVEN TESTIMONY SUCH AS "DIARIES" AND TAPED CONVERSATIONS WITH AN ENTITY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SOMEONE OTHER THAN TRAVIS!
THERE IS SO MUCH EVIDENCE ARIAS IS A COMPULSIVE LIAR (HAVING CHANGED HER MURDER STORY THREE TIMES, ETC.,) AND DESPITE THIS, THIS JUDGE ALLOWS HER LIES TO PERPETUATE. THEY ARE UNFOUNDED. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ANY CASE WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS PERMITTED TO PERPETUATE UNFOUNDED "EVIDENCE" AND ELABORATE TO THE EFFECT OF CHANGING HER ORIGINAL TESTIMONY WHICH SHE IS NOW DOING!
THIS PERMISSIVENESS SHOULD BE CAUSE FOR A RETRIAL DUE TO THE UNFAIR PERMISSIBILITY BY THE JUDGE OF ALLOWING EXTENSIVE AND NON-ENDING UNFOUNDED BIASED TESTIMONY WHICH THE DEFENSE IS CHANGING IN THEIR FAVOR DURING REDRESS!!!
THIS JUDGE SHOULD BE ASKED TO STEP DOWN! IN THE CASEY ANTHONY TRIAL, HER COUNSEL DID NOT HESITATE TO HAVE A GOOD JUDGE REMOVED. MARTINEZ IS PUTTING UP WITH ALL OF THIS.
LASTLY, MARTINEZ SEEMS TO BE HANDLING THIS ENTIRELY BY HIMSELF. I SEE SOMEONE SITTING AT HIS SIDE BUT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THIS PERSON IS TAKING ANY NOTES NOR EVEN CONVERSING WITH MARTINEZ. HE NEEDS SOME ASSISTANCE!
I BELIEVE IT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE THAT MARTINEZ' ADDRESSES THESE ISSUES AND BRING THEM HOME IF HE WANTS TO WIN THIS CASE, AND THAT HE CALLS EXPERT WITNESSES NOT ONLY TO COUNTER THEIR DEFENSE BUT TO BRING TO LIGHT THE INVALIDITY OF THE ONLY EVIDENCE ARIAS HAS IN HER FAVOR, WHICH IS TOTALLY UNSUBSTANTIATED!
FOR THE POLICE:
THE GUN: CAN THE CASING FOUND BY TRAVIS' BODY BE TRACED TO THE GUN ARIAS' GRANDFATHER HAD?
IF HIS GUN WAS REGISTERED, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRACE IT BACK. EVEN IF THE GRANDFATHER SAYS IT WAS NOT REGISTERED, THE POLICE SHOULD CHECK IT OUT ANYWAY BECAUSE HE COULD BE LYING.