“WHERE IS THE JUSTICE FOR TRAVIS?”
The true fact of the matter in the Jodi Arias murder trial is this: The defense can continue to call, and recall and then recall again and continue to recall witnesses for as long as the Honorable Judge Sherry Stephens continues to grant their request to do so. So far she has set no limits. The judge is the one that holds all of the authority in her courtroom. She should have set her standards high from the first day of trial. There isn’t an attorney on the face of this earth that isn’t going to push to see how far they can get with a judge. In the majority of all courts, they find out real fast what their limitations are. I seriously don’t know which party is most at fault with all of the delays and length of this trial…..the judge or the defense attorneys.
In NO WAY am I writing this to ‘bash’ either side in this trial. I’m giving you ‘my opinion’¬¬ from my experience from working for a judge for years and how the courts here in Texas are known for. There is a huge difference so that may be why I’m so astounded in the way this trial is being handled.
At first I thought maybe the laws of Arizona were just so different than the laws in Texas where I live. In working in the court system here and what I’m familiar with, I assumed all judges followed the same code of ethics. Our judges did NOT cut any slack in our courtrooms. The judge might go to lunch with his staff and even several attorneys on any given day, come to our home for dinner, go to city functions together, our kids grew up together and were in each other’s homes at all times, but when we stepped into the courtroom, everything changed. It was all business. And we knew it and we respected it.
I cringe to think how any or our judges from Brazoria County would handle Nurmi and/or Wilmott. This is NOT an article I’m writing to talk against any of the court officials or parties in this trial. I’m just telling you first hand that the actions in Judge Stephens’ court is not what I’m accustomed to.
The day that Maria DeLaRosa’s phone went off in open court, in the middle of the trial and being that she is a member of the defense team, her phone would have been taken by the bailiff IMMEDIATELY and given to the judge. It was one thing for someone in the gallery’s phone to go off ……that wasn’t pretty either. The phone was taken for the day and that person was reprimanded in front of the entire courtroom and then escorted out of the courtroom. But God forbid an attorney’s phone ring. That was the worst thing that could happen. In our court she would have been asked to stand up and the judge would have reprimanded her in a very harsh manner. As a court official, she above anybody knew to turn her phone off when in the courtroom. This was just simply unacceptable!! She may have been removed from the courtroom but the embarrassment and speech given to her in front of everyone else would be unforgettable. She would not get her phone back until the end of the day when court recessed for the day. I am just using this as one example of RESPECT for the court.
There would be NONE of the sitting together like Maria and Jodi do in court all day long, passing notes back and forth, whispering in each other’s ears while the trial was in session. When I say the judge DEMANDED respect in his courtroom, that’s exactly what I mean.
The sidebars that have become such a nuisance and almost automatic every few minutes in this trial, my judge would not be that generous. And just because one side or another requested a side bar, did not mean they were granted one. The judge would rule from the bench on almost every occurrence. You rarely ever saw a sidebar here. And the attorneys knew NOT to try and push their luck when the trial began.
And let me emphasize this to the extreme! There wouldn’t be an attorney within a gazillion miles of our courtroom that would get away with the disrespect that Nurmi has shown to the state’s witnesses. I sit here in SHOCK when I hear the tweets sent out and can visualize thru their comments just how rude and obnoxious he really has been to them. The way he treated Dr. DrMarte, as an example, would be a huge mistake on Nurmi’s part here in the Texas court. My judge would have called for a recess IMMEDIATELY and ORDER the attorneys into his chambers!!!! And you knew by his tone that he was not a happy Judge! He didn’t have to say anything as to ‘why’ he was doing this, it was obvious and we all knew why!
We had some of the highest profile trial attorneys hired by defendants in our county that would travel long distances to try these cases. They were legends in our eyes. Everyone fought to get a seat to see them try their case. They were that good. But the one thing they all had in common was this…....they showed the utmost respect in the courtroom and to the judge in the highest manner. Some of them were just good old country boys, wore cowboy boots and were instantly likeable. I never saw any of them disrespect an opposing counsel or treat an expert witness with disrespect. They were polite and respectful. Don’t get me wrong. They could get answers out of witnesses that were crucial to the case but they didn’t have to scream, yell, or talk ‘down’ to a witness.
I feel like this trial has become a run-away train without a conductor on it……..just running wild on the railroad tracks all by itself.
I could go on and on about examples of how Judge Stephens is running her court that is so different from the judges here. I have no doubt that she is doing the best to her ability to try to keep this trial under control. I can’t imagine her having to show up each day the trial is in session and have to deal with all of the chaos that is going on. We can name blame all we want to as to who is at fault for the length of this trial…..and we would all probably be right in a sense of the matter. It’s just too far gone, in my opinion.
And this leads us back once again to the patience of the Alexander family. They have had no say in how this trial is being handled. They have sat in silence and grace just like you are supposed to do in a court of law. They have caused no outburst or any trouble with anybody. All they want is to see Jodi Arias punished for the murder of their brother, Travis Alexander. I’m not speaking ‘for’ them but I would think they would like to know what really happened on that day that she murdered Travis. Stop it with all the lies and accusations against Travis! How is it that a ‘known’ liar and murderer get more rights in this trial than the victim’s family? She is the defendant and yes she has rights. But she has pushed her rights above and beyond what ANY defendant ever gets.
She is granted the right to testify in secret because she fears for her life? Are you serious? Then they say that all of her witnesses will not testify for fear of threats on their lives? They are no different than any other witnesses in any other trial. Testifying is always a gamble for anybody. The truth is, Jodi had nobody willing to stand up on her behalf. Not even one family member stepped forward to try and save her life. What does that say about Jodi? What does that say about her family? Just maybe there’s nothing ‘good’ to say about her. And maybe the REAL TRUTH is they do have fear alright……..but it’s because they know the brilliant prosecutor Juan Martinez will be cross-examining them.
You don’t have a right for the court to feel sorry for you because nobody will come forward for you and testify. You have no right for the court to try to continue to protect you and lean heavily in your favor leaving the prosecutor hanging out to dry. It’s like Martinez is trying the case with his hands tied behind his back. But he keeps trucking on!
It seems like a century ago that I first heard the name Travis Alexander. And I heard the story of how he died……not ‘WHY’ he died but the vicious way he was killed. And then we started seeing Jodi in all her glamour on TV telling her sweet side of the story. She was so easy to want to believe. She was good……really good in telling her tales of Travis’ murder.
Then we all went thru the first trial. And her 18 days on the stand and when she stepped down and was finally finished, there wasn’t a soul around that liked her. That is except for the jury Foreman and three others on the jury.
How in all of this chaos did people forget the real victim in all of this? How did Travis’ name get shuffled aside and hidden like it has been? How do you forget the photos that we have all seen of the horrible, horrific damage she did to Travis? How much rage has to be inside a human being to do that much damage? And most troubling to me, how do they turn the tables around, coming from the defense team, in trying to convince people that Travis deserved all of this? That he was so abusive to Jodi that she ‘snapped’ and lost control and then she went into that ‘fog’ that nobody else on earth seems to have ever witnessed or had it happen to them? Just because Jodi said so!
I feel the pain when Steven said….”I never want to hear the name or see the face of my brother’s murderer again.” This isn’t about you Jodi Arias……this was never about you being the victim. This is about a man who lost his life over what? Jealousy over another woman? Was that it? The fact that he absolutely wanted to end it with you for good?
We will never know the real truth because you will carry those facts with you to your grave. You will continue to play the victim, begging for sympathy from whomever you can get it from. You care about nobody but yourself.
We simply ask for one thing! In the end, when this trial is over, that Travis Alexander’s name is remembered in a positive way. For what he lived for and stood for in his short life.
We humbly ask for justice for Travis! We pray that this jury will bring justice to this man and in doing so they sentence Jodi to death.
God bless you Travis. Your life did matter.
JUSTICE FOR TRAVIS.......we are so close!
Admin/Sharon…..
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