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Murder defendant's legal Hail Mary

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    Jodi Arias's decision to testify may only be an attempt to avoid the death penalty

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The -- sexual relationship that ended in a murder today dirty areas back on the witness stand testifying about meeting the naked man she's accused of savagely murdering in the shower.

Areas telling the jury about their first sexual encounter.

Between.

He.

Began to remove your clothes.

Was sad and surprising to you.

Can win.

-- most exciting but it was sooner.

I felt.

Apprehensive about it I was feeling it.

-- -- You know I was expecting them.

-- I didn't really tell you know.

So I just -- -- that.

But -- I want.

I don't want anything that they may be deceived and not because -- Fears thank -- thinking really even I didn't want to see him.

And -- -- have to feel rejected and it's.

And get a feeling -- Oregon on us soil than it is.

-- you are getting long -- He had good chemistry and this is really just played.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- The big deal to you.

Com and at that point in time I was not really accustomed to seeing -- I was who.

I listen I have a lot of backbone of -- east.

He is -- -- -- -- was in the Arizona courtroom today -- loud and I'm not sure exactly where all this one is going for her.

Well I will tell you this you played -- -- there are a lot of people blessing in that courtroom today Greta some very very graphic sexual testimony.

Stuff I can't repeat here obviously -- about that I can -- in an.

There is -- public Travis Alexander everybody liked he was a pious Mormon he was virginal.

Then there was this private Travis Alexander who if you believe Jody was very sexually crude sexually aggressive.

And possibly the defense is gonna try to prove tomorrow this private Travis Alexander was also an abuser and that's what led -- to kill him.

Self defense.

You know.

Here's senators actually crude or an abuser that isn't that this is still -- no legal defense to lean -- and coming back and shooting them.

And stick you know with a knife -- seventh time since -- throughout.

-- that's exactly self defensive he'll -- -- than any come back with this is a -- I'm really having a hard time understand where this defense is going and I mean this may be.

All they have but.

At least it looks rather than from this perspective.

They've got a big hill to climb Greta and I think I think that everybody kind of understands out here that Judy -- is probably not gonna get off completely.

But they could have some lesser included her she could get a second degree murder charge remember the prosecution is going -- the death penalty here.

So the defense just -- -- her life that you say that's a vicious.

Yes except for the fact is they put -- this stage says exactly why -- -- on -- putter on this stage and -- -- to them.

And then you go to the definitely phase if she's convicted she gets back up on the witness stand -- -- gonna beg for mercy because she's a liar.

Usually what you did you save your client -- -- -- take the guilty verdict you -- -- -- very -- -- -- client on the stand.

Insinuate that definitely phase and then he asked for mercy.

You know I think get a good point -- earlier Greta did they have nothing else and you know I watched several days of testimony from the defense and I can tell you from.

My perspective on this two guys sitting there I try to think of myself as a member of the jury.

They had nothing else so to -- is kind of a hail Mary put her on the stand we'll see what happens tomorrow tomorrow's the big Dave yes me.

NT and try and I'm not sit in the car and I'm just 3000 miles away and sometimes verdicts completely surprised -- is sometimes -- near the court makes a big.

The difference thank you tried.

You -- And other early on I sense is the former prosecutor Michael Cardoza in here Washington defense -- -- Bernie Grimm and Ted Williams Bernie round.

I would attack.

That along -- -- take the -- and you never ever let your client take the stand in any kind of a choice you have obviously heard that person's constitutional choice the lawyer can't make that decision for her.

That being said you never call your client the merits phase of a death penalty -- a client says I didn't I didn't do it.

Three days later she's convicted engines on the sand that was to have -- I just tried and I tried to fully I did do it.

But I'm gonna tell you why what these lawyers do and I would tell you what what are you don't have to tell you why this is this a direct testimony not be quick Michael and start.

Eight between eighteen and -- -- interest -- christianity and buddhism.

Nothing to do with the case that she dated a guy named Matt McCarthy nothing to do with the case you didn't -- 20021.

She worked at a place -- -- -- California roared -- job from 2001 and -- 2005.

She didn't find out until five years later that he smoked -- been engaged in which witchcraft nothing to do it this case and that at the end.

He's like you know took to the mosque -- -- -- -- He ever -- -- dvd that christianity nothing to do with the case and then later on she picked up to this guy Alexander did you sort of the -- to death.

Now Ted did tell you why the different -- I don't -- Like I said well simply parked -- and this is -- Smart defense attorney and that is he is saying.

Don't kill my client -- -- heads don't understand going through all but -- even relevant information.

I don't even know why the judge is allowing all of this information because we have not -- -- the only place I can see where somebody from coming into.

But none have isn't bad as it is not relevant we wanna know why your children how you killed him and that that -- how the -- this case I don't think -- I don't I could tighten again ask a fight could have Pete -- go ahead that should she take decision taken a stand.

Yes you should have taken a stand -- said that last week she should take the stand it is her only hope in this case.

What the defense is doing.

They're putting her up -- do and -- painstakingly and I think they're going much too slowly.

But they want the jury to get to -- or it's could make it hard for the jury to put her to death to bring back that death verdict.

I like that sit with if she's likable -- but any and you could you have too many if you haven't opportunity in the death believe basically -- -- and write nice setting up for being a lot higher -- the jury that the -- regular not know why acre.

-- she said she did it there's no issue about that I did it it's the reason that she did it.

That the jury's going to have to grapple with these people aren't after.

Getting her not guilty verdict what they want is bring back a second degree bring back a manslaughter don't put her to death.

And like the reporter said if they get anything but from a but a death penalty.

They've won this case that's what they're doing.

Well I gotta tell you I'm waiting for the cross examination because that they'll be returning migrants die every problem with passion might go that it's going to be interstate and I'm just I want us.

-- -- -- I learned my change it up on all cross examination this this guy's very aggressive.

Eighty may cash alienate -- -- he's -- -- hello hi Brian examiner as high grade I well we got to go we -- a guy.

Absolutely agree with that I live in did testimony and so -- discusses again to my stomach thank you.

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