Everyone has been speculating all weekend long about what is going to happen
Monday morning in the Jodi Arias murder trial.
According to the Jodi
Arias support site and one of their best contributors, this appears to be a
plausible explanation of what is going to happend Monday morning:
With
all the current speculation surrounding the start of the new trial week — what
with Alyce LaViolette, witness tampering, Facebook death threats, Grace Wong,
potential mistrials and other stuff — check out the post below from our regular
contributor Al, which sheds more light on the current state of play.
Here
goes…
“… I think this judge has ended up somewhere between the devil
and the deep blue sea, and a lot of it is of her own choosing.
If she
dismisses the case due to the public’s reaction, JM and the family is going to
throw a hissy fit.
If she dismisses it due to the victim’s family’s
actions it sort of puts JM in a tough spot because he probably then is faced
with having to prosecute them and they’re going to throw a hissy fit.
If
she declares a mistrial, the defense is going to claim that given the
international hue and cry, there can be no fair trial anywhere, ever.
If
I was the judge I would tell the state to make a straight up plea deal with the
defense and get it over with. And the plea deal I would urge them to take is
something that would be the equivalent of her having to wait for another trial,
say another year or so.
I know this is going to go down rough with the
Alexanders, but it’s better than opening that witness intimidation can of
worms.
Now I wonder if the judge has thought this out, and the reason she
wants to have Wong up first is so that, if she can find some reason to declare a
mistrial based on what Wong says, it might give her a way out.
She can
then declare the mistrial, have JM take a plea deal and get the whole thing
cleared up. That way none of the rest of this stuff ever needs to be discussed,
and she draws a deep sigh and hopes she can make sure this never happens in her
court again. I bet the Hon. Sherry Stephens never has cameras in her court
again.
If she cannot get some reason based on Wong’s testimony, then I
suspect she’s going to have the worst few days of her life.
What a
cock-up this whole thing has become, and all because this judge could not keep
control of her courtroom. I bet if we didn’t have all the sensationalism
originating from JM’s office and his demeanor in the courtroom you wouldn’t have
this state of affairs.” — Al
http://jodiariasisinnocent.com/
