3/14/13
Morning session.
Jodi is wearing a nice dark blue shirt today. She has about 10 bangs today.
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| I have foggy brain |
JM has objections about the witness and article the defense wants to bring in, Dr. Richard Samuels. (OMG, if the things JM is saying the doctor wants to bring up-he going to be on FOREVER) The defense wants to say Jodi had PTSD at the time of the killing.
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| This is just BS |
Wilmont is giving a good argument on why the evidence should be allowed in. Jodi was diagnosed with PTSD by the doctor.
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| I can talk with my fingers! |
Court is in recess until 1:15
They are back from Lunch.
State and Defense are still arguing over the doctor's potential testimony.
Evidence Hearing is going to be set for a later time- either later today or tomorrow.
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| I have the brain power in this group! |
The defense can use the PowerPoint on the brain. The Dr. is now in the court showing the judge the pictures from the Time article. (I'm going to call the Dr. JR. because he look like a Gus Jr.) The PowerPoint will NOT go back to the jury room.
Jury has arrived
Jr (Dr. Richard Samuels) is called to the stand. He has a PH.D. (JM is quick to jump on the paper Jr is reading from) Jr. has a lot of experience. A LOT. I'm pretty sure he is a smart guy. Jr. now lives in Arizona. He works with a lot of PTSD. He only does forensic work in Az. He works mostly with bad sexual cases. Most of the time, he is hired by the defense.
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| Don't cha wish you were as smart as me? Dr. Richard Samuels (JR) |
With Jodi- Jr. was hired Dec 16, 2009. He talked with Nurmi first. Then Jr talked with Jodi. He met with Jodi 12 times. Jr. skirted around the information with Jodi b/c he knew it was going to be hard with Jodi. He doesn't record conversations. He takes notes. The report is a mixture of everything. He used two test on her. He also made an add. to his report b/c the harddrive was released.
JM asks for an approach
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| I'm sure they would love to give Jodi' a mental adjustment. |
The add on to the report didn't change his opinion. Jodi talked about the ninjas when JR first talked to Jodi. JR knew she was lying about the ninjas. Jodi had low self esteem. Passive. Confused. Liar.
Did you notice a change in her self esteem since then to now? Yes. She was more confident. More in control of her feelings. Positive. She wasn't talking about suicide anymore.
Memory- (now Jr is going off on a very long story)
(Wilmont asks for an approach)
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| We pay attention to Jodi's brain! |
PowerPoint- Wait, first Jr has to explain how the brain works (no way am I typing this shit down) Everybody has a brain. He said our brain looks like a seahorse. (I guess our brain is like a filing cabinet and if you ding or break a filing cabinet-it won't work right) (WAIT-maybe our brain is like a puffer fish)
(Wilmont asks for an approach)
Jr says that many police can't remember shootings they are involved in. (Now he's telling police stories) It's common to shake.
(JM asks for an approach)
I guess Jodi's hippocampus (SP?) (I'm going to call it the hippo) is damaged. Jr is saying she could flee even if the memories are not being formed. Time slows down in your brain when things are happening. He has done HYP before
Jr. read Jodi's diaries. It helps if people write stuff down to remember them. (Now JR is trying to sell his book b/c he mentions it on the stand)
Acute Stress- You are stressed. (and a long story explaining the brain)
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| The brain |
More PowerPoint. (Now I know why JM objects when Wilmont is up. She gets flustered when he does)
Amnesia- there are different types. We are talking about acute stress that causes amnesia. Now detachment is bought up.
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| PTSD |
(Judge calls for an approach)
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| The judge looks mighty annoyed today. |
(I had to leave for 20 minutes to take the devil spawn to driving class)
(I'm back)
It's his opinion that Jodi suffers from PTSD. She did fine on all the scale test. The results show she answered honest.
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| PTSD |
Jr. is comfortable saying Jodi is PTSD.
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| "I was so smart to think of this idea" |
Late afternoon
(Wilmont asks for an approach right off the bat)
(Nurmi then asks for another approach as soon as the jury is seated)
Judge then tells the people in the gallery to shut off their phones.
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| Tattle Tails! |
DSM 4 Book- EX 528- that big old book of mental health stuff. Now this expert is reading right out of the book for the court. ( I guess when Jodi killed Travis it fried her brain. It's all Travis' fault)
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| EX 528-That big book |
PTSD with Jodi- EX 525- Jr's report- Now he's listing all the events that lead to PTSD.
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| One article |
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| Another article |
Jr. thinks Jodi was in denial. She's passive. Her old diaries show she never had a violent word. Jodi could not "deal" with the fact that she killed Travis. I guess Jodi was dreaming of Travis at night, and she couldn't sleep. (REALLY?)
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| Killing a man makes it very hard to sleep at night. |
This dude just states right out-Jodi does NOT have any memories of the killing. Jodi couldn't love. I guess the noise in jail annoys her and she can't sleep. He says Jodi was suicidal.
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| Have to check out if my PTSD is working today! |
Jr says Jodi is the one that killed Travis in a violent way. Doesn't mean she can't have PTSD. (Now he's talking about somebody that killed somebody in a hunting accident-he had to quit his job and get disability)
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| I'm so bored! |
JR is now reading from the book on PTSD again. (One thing I don't hear "when you kill somebody" from that book.) We are suppose to fill sorry for Jodi because of the turmoil she felt after killing Travis.
(Wilmont asks for an approach)
Jury is released.
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| "Nurmi, can you actually believe the jurors believed that shit?" |
Monday 10am
Court is finished!
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