04-06-2013, 07:28 PM
^ I also meant to quote the part of your post referencing the suspect journal entries, not the magazine message, Barbara.
Good question. I did a little searching; didn't find a peep about a poly in this case.
Guessing that Arias likely refused the LE poly and her defense attorneys knew better than to ask her to take a private one. She was already on tape as a proven liar and evidence-tamperer by time she was arrested. The public defenders were then assigned and stuck with Snow White. Easier to convince others that something is possible, no matter how ludicrous, if you don't know for a fact that it is completely false yourself.
The experts, on the other hand, chose to defend her and didn’t look beyond Jodi's own words because they knew that Jodi’s version of events is hers and hers alone. Performing like objective professional evaluators and exposing themselves to credible alternate versions might have precluded them from testifying in support of the defense’s story. They’d have lost their paid gigs. They may also be staunch opponents of the death penalty and feel the ends justify the means (don't know that to be a fact, but it could be another motivator).
Bottom line: IMO, the defense side of that courtroom has no interest in the truth. It defeats their purpose.
(04-06-2013, 12:31 AM)BlueTiki Wrote: Did either request an independent polygraph to validate her responses and their conclusions?
A poly to assist rendering a diagnosis; If not . . . Why not?
FFS! You'd think Jodi would jump at the opportunity to have witnesses state she passed a poly to confirm their respective diagnoses of PTSD and satisfy the truthfulness of her portrayal of an abusive and pedo Travis.
Not to mention his being a demander of journal page removal, too.
Good question. I did a little searching; didn't find a peep about a poly in this case.
Guessing that Arias likely refused the LE poly and her defense attorneys knew better than to ask her to take a private one. She was already on tape as a proven liar and evidence-tamperer by time she was arrested. The public defenders were then assigned and stuck with Snow White. Easier to convince others that something is possible, no matter how ludicrous, if you don't know for a fact that it is completely false yourself.
The experts, on the other hand, chose to defend her and didn’t look beyond Jodi's own words because they knew that Jodi’s version of events is hers and hers alone. Performing like objective professional evaluators and exposing themselves to credible alternate versions might have precluded them from testifying in support of the defense’s story. They’d have lost their paid gigs. They may also be staunch opponents of the death penalty and feel the ends justify the means (don't know that to be a fact, but it could be another motivator).
Bottom line: IMO, the defense side of that courtroom has no interest in the truth. It defeats their purpose.