10-24-2014, 02:44 PM
Well, Mr. Cars, South Africa is both trial and sentencing by judge only. I think it worked in Pistorius' favor, actually.
Anyway, South Africa has serious problems with violence claimed to be self defense and probably wouldn't like it much if we tried to ship Arias' bony ass their way -- "return to sender"...
Btw, she's looking crazier and crazier by the year, to me.
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But, maybe we could convince Martinez to recommend a creative life sentence for the slasher if she doesn't end up on death row -- a kind of redemptive one; like sending her to do Mormon missionary work at hospitals in Sierra Leone.
So, yesterday court was adjourned abruptly and Judge Stephens called a juror into chambers for questioning. No explanation given.
Two of the 18 seated re-trial jurors have already been dismissed. One of them had a family emergency and the other approached Beth Karas from HLN and asked her if she was Nancy Grace.
The jury panel now includes 16 people -- 12 jurors plus four alternates -- to decide whether Arias will be sentenced to life imprisonment or death. There's still a couple of months left on the retrial schedule and if they go below 12 it's a mistrial. (They'd better not go below 12.)
Anyway, South Africa has serious problems with violence claimed to be self defense and probably wouldn't like it much if we tried to ship Arias' bony ass their way -- "return to sender"...
Btw, she's looking crazier and crazier by the year, to me.
But, maybe we could convince Martinez to recommend a creative life sentence for the slasher if she doesn't end up on death row -- a kind of redemptive one; like sending her to do Mormon missionary work at hospitals in Sierra Leone.
So, yesterday court was adjourned abruptly and Judge Stephens called a juror into chambers for questioning. No explanation given.
Two of the 18 seated re-trial jurors have already been dismissed. One of them had a family emergency and the other approached Beth Karas from HLN and asked her if she was Nancy Grace.
The jury panel now includes 16 people -- 12 jurors plus four alternates -- to decide whether Arias will be sentenced to life imprisonment or death. There's still a couple of months left on the retrial schedule and if they go below 12 it's a mistrial. (They'd better not go below 12.)