I happened on the tweet below by attorney Kathleen Zellner on a friend's facebook page.  I couldn't have seen it on twitter since I next discovered Zellner has blocked me.  I don't recall having words, so to speak, with Zellner, but I do recall replying to her snarky tweet about Jodi and the Miss America pageant.  Maybe I won that won?  Hmm.

Zellner helped free Ryan Ferguson and according to her website has obtained multi-million dollar judgments for many wrongfully convicted clients. 

I'd be willing to bet Zellner hasn't given more than a glance to Jodi's case.  I'm not saying she should have, by any stretch, but just seems she, as have so many others, refused to look at the massive corruption in Maricopa county and consider that it just may have touched this rather unpopular defendant, Jodi Arias.

Like Jodi or not, that fact and many others does not seem to keep folks from using Jodi aka #jodiarias to draw a little attention to themselves, their cause, their business, etc.  It's the way of the world, and Zellner is, from the very little I know about her, no different than other lawyers online, famous, infamous, and unknown, who can't seem to resist poking Jodi, and often her supporters.

Zellner brings up this lame comparison about the cost of Jodi's trial (which by the way, had the state agreed to her plea deal, no one would have ever heard of Jodi Arias) and compared the money spent to the apparent money not spent on unarmed black kids or armed innocent cops. Not seeing the logical comparison but then I'm not a lawyer. 

So anyway, I'll add Zellner to my "famous people who have blocked me" on facebook or twitter list:

1.  Beth Karas
2.  Joey Jackson
3.  Kathleeen Zellner
4.  Darren Kavinoky followed, then unfollowed, and is following again.  Course, he follows everybody, but still....

....there's more but I can't recall them just now.

More to come on Travis Alexander's hard drive.

 The latest and most comprehensive motion to date from Jodi Arias' defense team was denied by Judge Sherry Stephens.  The motion was asking for the death penalty to be removed from the table based on 17 incidences of misconduct. Had the judge ruled in favor of the motion, the re-sentencing trial would have been over and the judge would have sentenced Jodi, to either life in prison without the possibility of parole, or to life in prison with possibility of parole.  With the sentencing trial being continued, I predict there will be even more surprises, twists and turns. I've highlighted what I think are a few of the more interesting statements contained in the judge's ruling.  

There may have not been a "focus" on pornography, but even prosecutor Juan Martinez himself allegedly asked about and was searching for evidence of porn in the Mesa PD evidence room.

Testimony from computer expert "John Smith" and from Detective Flores has been in front of the jury.  It was clear from reporters' tweets that Flores was not being completely factual or forthright with attorney Jennifer Willmott. No doubt this will leave an impression on jurors.

Looks like the defense will be able to truthfully assert that there WAS porn of the nature Jodi described seeing on January 21, 2008.

"Additional evidence" may be forthcoming.

If this were true, why would Jodi and her defense team put this potentially damaging information in a motion? They would not. Why would Det. Flores' wife Corinna disclose such through twitter? Because she was seeking to further damage Jodi's case?

"The Court does not take lightly"....What about Mesa PD?

Was this a conversation Det. Flores was having with a juror? Or something else? Any alleged conversation with a sitting juror should be investigated thoroughly.

"Mr. Smith was able to locate such links on data sites found on the victim's computer."

"not appropriately before the court at this time"...does this mean "more to come?" Does this mean the court could consider how this evidence had affected the guilt phase of trial?

Will we hear from Det. Melendez yet again? I've always felt he was uncomfortable giving his testimony during the guilt phase, to say the least.

"There may have been errors made"..... Link to entire 16 page response from Judge Stephens: http://media2.abc15.com/html/pdf/AriasJan14motion.pdf

A conversation between Jeff Brasfield and others in one of  George Barwood's facebook groups.





    Bern if Jodi would have had any marks on her to show Travis was attacking her when they were face to face and Jodi was stabbing him in the back to protect herself then that theory would have made some sence. But the only person in your so called struggle with defensive wounds or any type of wounds was travis.

Jeff Brasfield Bern the types of wounds JA would have received from body slamming and wrestling style fighting would not leave visible marks. perhaps some bruising on her butt.


    I find it really odd that the prosecution would show all those pics of JA naked but I don't remember any pictures of her body at the time of arrest. I remember the pics of OJ's hands etc. so why not pics of JA to prove the Bruising


    WOW how convenient for the police. LOOK we have no pictures of the bruises - what jerks - I really think that People from AZ believe they are clever or something. LOL



     Jeff Brasfield Bern I think I may not have been clear -

Bern Jeff Brasfieldexactly I didn't see any bruising on her or anything that showed she went through a struggle. "She is fighting for her life her". But not a scratch on her. It all points to just her attacking him.

        I believe the police saw the bruises but did not document them properly. IF there were no marks then there should have been pictures to verify. There is no reason to trust proven liars like Flores and Martinez, If they say there were no marks then you can be assured there probably were.

        BernThe detective did ask her if she had any marks or wounds. She just showed him her finger.

        Bern Jeff Brasfield I understand you. But Jodi said she didn't have any when asked by the police.

        Jeff Brasfield Bern who is in charge there - They should have made her disrobe and document- its not as if nobody was going to see her goods. - I think it is so negligent as to be purposeful evidence spoilage.


        Jeff Brasfield Bern she also said it was self defence - so why believe one vs the other.


        Bern Even in court Jodi said all she got was a bruise to the head and and she got winded for a second when body slammed. That's it that's all she got.

        Bern Jeff Brasfield because the evidence shows otherwise.

        Jeff Brasfield BernYou cant say what the evidence is if you dont take the pics or investigate. also It is possible to not know if you had a bruise or mark on your back parts. - the bottom line is if they did not check they were rushing to judgement, incompetent, probably both.


        now we will never really know- - I really wonder if you can see something in the police interview tapes-. I bet you can see evidence of injury to JA - if you notice her finger throughout the trial you see that she is not faking whatever is wrong with it.

        Jeff Brasfield In Fact I think that pictures of JA right after the event would be 100x more convincing than a hypothetically missing gas can. The picts would show marks or no marks. IT is possible to have no marks but at least it is not hypothetical like the "vanishing" records for the gas can return.


        Bern Jeff Brasfield she ruled her self out on the finger. She said in court she didn't get it when she killed Travis. But she insist she didn't. Even when witnesses have testified seeing her finger in a bandage the day after. Jodi gave many different story's about the finger. She contradicts her own story's. It's hard to tell which is the real story.


    Bern  Jeff Brasfield the experts gave testimony to the evidence and pictures. And I saw them.


        Jeff Brasfield Bern The finger does not matter - I would have liked a thorough documentation of JA body condition at arrest with good clear pictures and video. A full examination by a specialist in the field etc. - if it was not done then the cops were wrong. that is all .


        Jeff Brasfield Bern were there pics of JA at her arrest ? if so please give a link. I must have missed that.


        Jeff Brasfield I am talking about full nude, close up, front, back, top, bottom, with good lighting and reference markers for size, etc.


        Bern Jeff Brasfield there is evidence that she bought a gas can and lied about returning it. Because she filled it up in Utah. There is evidence that shows travis was viciously attacked and she wasn't. I'm going by what I saw in court with my own eyes. Not made up hypothesis.


        Bern  Jeff Brasfield look at the tapes of her arrest. I didn't say she had pics.


        Jeff Brasfield Bern there is no evidence that JA did not return the gas can- There is evidence that Walmart missed the transaction, but who knows with that so-called "expert" . and because there are no pictures of JA body or wounds there is no evidence that JA was not attacked. -

        actual Evidence is different than lack of evidence. - you really can not rely on a claim that is based on lack of information.

        for instance:

        I have looked but cannot find an honest man, therefore there are none.

        that is not logically conclusive - it is an inductive argument with a Deductive conclusion - it just does not work logically.


        Bern Jeff Brasfield the proof was given when Tesoro witness testified. And brought her records showing Jodi bought 5 gallons worth of gas inside. And Martinez showed the 2 recites with 9 . something and 10. Something. Enough to fill her car + 3 gas cans. Jodi used one credit card to purchase the gas. again I'm going with facts here.


        Bern Jodi said when asked by Martinez that all she got was a bruise on the head and winded. And I think her side hurt. And that was because he body slammed her. again I'm going with facts. Jodi's own words in court.


        Jeff Brasfield Bern I will have to re-watch that but - I seem to recall that the receipts were not itemized precisely. also what are the chances that you borrow a gas can from your neighbor and it is bone dry.


        Take a look in your garage and see if you have a gas tank and then see if if is empty. I doubt it - I like to keep mine 1/2 full - did her friend say if the can was empty when he loaned it to her? if not why not ask the simple question - because JM is lair trying to make everything fit his delusion by ignoring things that don't agree with him.


        The calculations of JM show roughly (and I mean roughly) that if what was bought was fuel, then it the cans would have been bone dry.


        Jeff Brasfield i also believe JM makes another one of his gaffs during that testimony - he confuses 1000ths with hundreds or something like that. - Further proving he doesn't know his ass from his elbow.

        Bern Jeff Brasfield the receipts had the exact gallons on them. And the Tesoro witness brought her records showing a perchance of 5 gallons. She filled them in Utah as she was leaving to come back to California. You can make any excuses you want but facts are facts.


        Ron Photos of Jodi's body might have been helpful right after the murder, BUT she wasn't arrested until a month and a half later!


        Jeff Brasfield Ron - Take them anyway. there might be scars etc.


        Jeff Brasfield Bern I am looking for the receipt right now- if you have a link - that would be great. I thought there were multiple purchases.


        Bern She showed her arm. She said her cat did it.


        Jeff Brasfield Ron also that the is the same excuse DR JD used when she cheap skated the $35 for the current test. This is a Capital case folks- IT is much cheaper to take the pictures now rather than to be cross examined for a week as to why you did n...See More

        Bern Jeff Brasfield again. Excuses! Excuses! Excuses!

        Jeff Brasfield Ron So JA was arrested 1.5 months after the fact. Do you think that if she would have been slashed during the fight that there would be some evidence left after 6 weeks- scars or redness etc. - Be honest- they should have taken pictures even 6 months after.

            Bern Jeff Brasfield right after she killed him. She was rolling in bed with Ryan. He testified about her finger. And Jodi said nooo! Ryan's wrong. It was the other other finger on the other hand. She was hanging with friends nobody saw her in pain. Again even more proof she was the one who attacked Travis and there wasn't this crazy struggle. Hypothesis!

                Jeff Brasfield Bern make a tally of the times people have contradicted JA on a detail. One column for JA correct and one for the other person. I really cant think of anyone that was correct when they contradicted JA on a detail. can you - if so lets hear it, its as rare as chicken teeth.

 also wounds can take up to 2 years to heal and then there still might be a scar. they should have taken pics. I agree "excuses" for the cops - but i think it was purposeful negligence - I could do a better investigation and so could most grade schoolers.


Bern Jeff Brasfield Jodi own testimony contradicts what she testified to in court. If she would have had wounds as soon as she got to Utah people would have seen it. The cops gave a many chances for her to tell them the truth as in what happened and if she got hurt. If she did get hurt and didn't say anything to the cops or in court then she is a dumb ass. She just continued lying to them and everyone else. Your the only one making excuses hear for her.

 Bern Her life was on the line but she continued lying.


Jeff Brasfield  Bern There are no excuses here. The cops are the investigators and the suspect ( esp when the cops are trying to kill you) job is frustrate them as much as possible and never ever help-

The bottom line is JA could have claimed in court that she was injured and there would be no way for the keystone coppers to prove otherwise- I would have used that- I just cant believe the incompetence on both sides. the DT and the PT.


 either way because of the misconduct from the state JA will get another trial - I just hope they read some of my suggestions.


Jeff Brasfield Bern there is no evidence that JA lied under oath. Note I said there is no evidence- ( this is the same as saying there is no record of a returned gas can), so there you go - you can't have it both ways - if you believe Webb then you should believe JA is telling the truth also.


IT takes positive evidence to properly find someone guilty - not lack of evidence.


Bern I'm pretty sure that's what they are doing right now. Looking at Jeff Brasfield suggestions.


Sam you've got me wondering why they never took photos of Jodi to see if there were bruises or marks. What a farce.


Jeff Brasfield Bern they actually did - and also JVM mentioned once of my comments on HLN once - I know that's not so great. I was excited tho.


Jeff Brasfield Sam the more I review this case the more I believe it was a frame job from the police- I am not saying JA did not defend herself and kill TA. I am saying that the police made up a narrative and then made the evidence fit the best they could (really poorly) and then you have fools that just take the lying polices word for stuff-- it is tragic.


 Police and prosecutors or anyone that gives false witness need to be held to account for misconduct esp in capital cases - I believe that intentional false witness in a capital case should be treated as seriously as the underlying case- they should be tried and if found guilty a mandatory death sentence to be carried out by the aggrieved party if they wish to do so.

 Jeff Brasfield Bern what punishment do you propose for false witness in a capital case. Mind you that the penalty for False witness in a capital case has been death for 1000's of years - its even one of the ten commandments- (sermon of the day)


That is a serious question will you please answer?


 Jeff Brasfield see rule #3 - this is from 1750 B.C.


 3. If a man has borne false witness in a trial, or has not established the statement that he has made, if that case be a capital trial, that man shall be put to death


                http://www.commonlaw.com/Hammurabi.html

 Bern It also says. Honor your father and mother. Jodi kicked her mother. Shall not murder. She murdered Travis. Shall not steal she stole a gun and Travis ring bur brought the ring back. Shall not covet. She covet Travis when he was dating another woman.

 Jeff Brasfield Bern Yes those things are between he and her maker. My question is what punishment should bearing false witness in a capital case bring. I am taking about laws not religion.


                1. Honor your f+M IN THE LORD for this is right .

                2. shall not KIll - but murder is a better translation - Jodi killed in self defense not murder.

                3. covet refers to property - wife, maid servant, man servant ox and ass etc.

                4. stealing has a very specific definition that i don't think is met by the gun or the ring.

                5. TA was fornicating against his religion. he also was committing sodomy - according to his beliefs that is a death offence.


                sermon of the day #2.


                Bern Jodi was in the same religion so, so was she


                Bern nobody bared false witness against Jodi.


 Jeff Brasfield Jodi was brainwashed to swap religions - How long was she a mormon- Lets count from the time she was baptised - just before she was raped in the church by TA. how many days was that before she had to defend herself and kill TA. - I am serious was it a full 3 months or less.


LOL she was no more mormon than a visitor to the mormon soup kitchen .

 Jeff Brasfield Bern really = what about the porn on the computer. - please address that seriously because if you will not conceded that there was porn on the computer then there is no point in discussing - JM is a lying little spawn of satan, he is a serial killer at worst and at best he is an complicit in the conspiracy to kill people. ( note i use the word KILL not MURDER)


Jeff Brasfield I guess it was November 26, 2006 - so she was a mormon for about 1.5 years or so. longer than i thought. but still a baby mormon compared to TA the elder.


Bern Jodi did whatever the guy was doing at the time she was dating them. When she dating Bobby, matt, burns, TRAVIS.she did what they did in order to keep them. whatever they believed in so did she.

 Kitz Hmmmmm.... baby mormon? Does that mean she gets a free pass at her behavior then Jeff Brasfield?


 Jeff Brasfield Yes she was very malleable and vulnerable to abuse.


 Bern Jodi is a chameleon.


Jeff Brasfield Kitz - yes kids under 2 are usually free. not complete absolution but a proportionate amount of blame. I say 85% travis 15 JA. JA would ask TA if what they were doing was bad and he kept telling her it was ok- (if i remember correctly) I think as an elder of the church most would trust his comments about the religion.

 Bern Then she shouldn't had been baptized. But it was her choice and she did it to be with Travis. What a hore!


 Bern  There were porn sites found on the computer.


Kitz Lynn Well Jeff Brasfield, how do you then account for JA indicating that she was the driving force behind their "creative" sex life in her journal and text messages? Since you believe she was only responsible for 15% of the blame?


 Bern Jodi also said she grew up Christian. so she new sex before marriage was wrong. She didn't want to have sex with burns but she sure wanted to have sex with Travis.


 Kim Jeff hasn't read all the journals, Kitz. You know that, silly goose!


 Jeff Brasfield Bern I do agree JA made a mistake by joining the Mormons- all religion is dangerous and poisonous to most good things. also you have to listen to the tortured way JM asked about the "nudes" but YES it turns out JM is a liar. whatever he said was untrue and when he "Found out" (LOL) he did not reveal his mistake to the jury that is 2 counts of lying . and many more if you really analyse it. on that alone there are probably 10 false statements to the jury or more.
 without religion both TA and JA would be fine and happy today ( unless the cops caught TA with some child porn or something similar)

 Sam How do you know she wanted to have sex with him? He didn't even ask her. He just took her. Maybe she never really was attracted to him and faked it the entire time to avoid getting beaten.

 Sam Bern you said "Jodi did whatever the guy was doing at the time she was dating them. When she dating Bobby, matt, burns, TRAVIS.she did what they did in order to keep them. whatever they believed in so did she.?" What is so bad about that? Shouldn't all people strive to make their partners happy?


  Jeff Brasfield Sam very possible - but I think she probably did want to have sex at least once. but then he started getting freaky - so perhaps after that she just went along like she testified she did.


Sam Yah, who knows Jeff Brasfield. I'm so tired of people claiming she is whore because she was a sexual person. If anyone was a whore, it was the person cheating and lying while pretending to be monogamous.


 Jeff Brasfield I still would like to know a proposed penalty for giving false witness in a capital case.


  Sam Well, I think the penalty should be WORSE for giving false witness than the crime they are giving false witness to. Courts need order restored!


  Bern  Jeff Brasfield are you kidding me? When the defense had her on the stand Jodi acted like little miss innocent and she did everything Travis wanted. When JM had her on the stand that's when the true Jodi came out. The Jodi that's wasn't going to let anybody mess with her. If she didn't want JM asking her about the nude pics. Then she should have pled guilty to first degree murder.

 Sam Are you a psychologist, Bern? You seem to know a lot about human behaviour. Is it instinct or did you study?


  Jeff Brasfield Sam I agree with you - until JA was "indoctrinated" to being a mormon she was a Wicca. The motto of the wiccans is "an it harm none, do what ye will" Vs the motto of Abrahamic and specifically christian religions is " the wages of sin is death" and "all have sinned".

 Sam There is no evidence of Jodi cheating on Travis or even being mean to him. There is plenty of evidence going the other way.


 Jeff Brasfield Bern I believe anyone would be aggressive toward that rude little spawn of an imp Martinez. Just looking at him makes me feel aggressive- I thought she did very well esp when she pointed out what a bully he was just like travis - LOL good one.


 Bern  Sam that makes no sense. If she wasn't attracted to him, why stalk him? Why stalk the women in his life? Why show up unwanted at his house? Why drive thousands of miles to see him? She gave him sex because she thought that was the only way to keep him.


Bern Sam Jodi went overboard when it came to keeping men in her life. She never had her own identity.

 Bern Sam yes I did take a psychology class. And did you not hear all psychologist talk about Jodi during the trial? It's called come sense. You should use it once in a while.


Tam exactly!!


 Bern The only time Travis was mean to her was because she was stalking him, intrusive, doing crazy things to him. He had every right to be angry with her.

Tam Samantha there was "plenty" of evidence against her being mean to him! Stalking him.. Sneeking into his house, etc,etc! Where have you been!!? Alot more evidence against her "odd" possessive behaviour than Travis .. You never saw him chasing after her to California .. Ever

Jeff Brasfield no evidence just speculation. even TA is not sure in his emails- The slashed tires could have been an upset husband of women he was having "stay" with him. LOL

Bern again all you have are excuses! excuses!


Jeff Brasfield Bern if JA slashed the tires why was she not arrested? wait for it ? NO EVIDENCE. that is really the reason. People close to the situation say that it could have been a jealous lovers of the TA floozy brigade marching in and out of his house. both are speculation and that counts for exactly GOOSE EGG as far as laws go.


Tam  Again .. Common sense & testimony of friends & family of her odd & possesive behavior .. Even "her" parents in their 1st interviews with detective! They were "not" surprised one bit! Dissapointed & sad .. yes, but not surprised! Her mom even said they didn't even "know" Travis .. Had never met him. "then/at that time" they were pleading that their daughter desperately needed help! Of course they have since shown their true character...


 Jeff Brasfield Tam I believe the reason TA did not pursue JA is because he had his own personal harem. He would troll the "wards" looking for young girls. How perfect a never ending supply of fresh 18 year olds to tie to trees and F in the butt.


Jeff Brasfield Now if only there were enough trees in AZ.


Tam Wow! Talk about a vivid imagination & highly speculative! Jodi's behavior & odd behavior was brought up by many witnesses .. Including her parents .. Where's your facts .. Evidence of Travis having a bevy of 18 yr olds or even a harem ..going in & out of his house! That's right .. No one! Travis can't have a voice here, so all we have to by is evidence, past history actual .. Factual accounts .. And Jodi's word ... She lost her credibility a long time ago! Her father "and" mother stated that she lied so much!


Jeff Brasfield Tam there are several examples of his harem. some testified to being grouped. [sic but funny] and some spoke of being berated, cheated on, there was testimony that TA held someone to a couch, etc. Plus his current an past GF - the one he was taking to spring break (or where ever) etc. This guy had more concubines than King Solomon.


Sam I read the gchats. Jodi was not even the slightest bit aggressive while taking the verbal assaults Travis was handing out. NO way did she stalk him or slash his tires. All gossip from jealous people who think their instincts are facts.


Sam Bern I find your comment to me totally uncalled for. What did I ever do to you? IS that your real name?

Bern Jeff Brasfield nothing justifise Jodi killing travis. The point is she is a sociopath and she got what she deserved Natural Life without parole.


Bern Yes they did Jeff Brasfield lol


Bern Yes it is Sam


  Jeff Brasfield Using a fake name on social media is a felony.

 Jeff Brasfield Bern if someone blocked me then they are a fool- and probably don't have the education or intelligence to properly participate in an adult conversation. So I am glad not to have their input. I do feel bad for them that they are missing a great education from my posts.


Jeff Brasfield not high or low - just accurate.


 Bern Jeff Brasfield I don't know if it is educational but it is definitely mind boggling


Jeff Brasfield either way it's worth the experience.


 Jeff Brasfield Bern surly you learned something from the wound healing video and the reference to Hammurabi, and of course my daily sermons with hermetical explanations etc - Rev Jeff.


Bern Sure I did Jeff Brasfield.


Ava  Jeff, if TA was a pedophile, child abuser, child porn viewer, domestic physical abuser, why was he never arrested for it? Wait for it... NO EVIDENCE.


George Barwood Ava  It never came out - apparently he persuaded witness #1 not to report him in 2001, and the same with Jodi. I don't know if anyone else knew about it, probably not, although there was that strange message on MySpace.


Jeff Brasfield Ava yes as it should be - no evidence no arrest. It was just a matter of time. and there was evidence he was a sexual batterer and psychologically abusive. His own words from his own voice admitting to sexually battering an Unconscious JA. He would have been arrested if he were alive. (should have been at least)

Kim Jerry Sandusky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Sandusky

Kim Jerry Sandusky = pedophile Travis Alexander = murder victim

 George Barwood There are any number of UK pedophiles that somehow got away with it for years. Jimmy Saville, some high-up Tory MPs, I think many were shocked by Rolf Harris. Blimey, I just found this, apparently a Royal: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Mystery-royal-suspected...


Kim The thing with pedophiles is that they have a set pattern of grooming...They put themselves in a position/proximity where they are around the type of children that turn them on sexually...Jerry Sandusky was clearly a groomer....There is NOTHING in Travis's history that suggest anything such behavior...Nothing!


Bern Kim did you see KN tweet. He said despite comments #jodiarias made in a letter to her "supporters", he did not "bless" her statements during sentencing -far-from it. Lol she is still lying


George Barwood They shot Norman Scott's dog, and then the gun jammed.


George Barwood Kim We don't really know what Travis is alleged to have done, besides downloading child porn, and what is in the letter that I believe to be genuine ( but inadmissible by rules of evidence ).


George Barwood Judging by UK politicians, there is a lot more pedophilia going on than anyone could ever have guessed.


George Barwood Crikey, this is a strange turn of events: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/.../man-behind-facebook...

        Man behind Facebook page that named and shamed child sex offenders has a...

        belfasttelegraph.co.uk


Kim NO proof of Travis EVER downloading child porn! None whatsoever, but for an affidavit written by WITNESS #1, who was took chicken poop emoticon to appear in court; and his (non) testimony was discredited 8 ways from Sunday.


  George Barwood BY DAVID YOUNG AND GEORGE JACKSON – 12 MAY 2015
            A self-appointed moral guardian who set up a Facebook page to name and shame convicted child sex offenders has a string of convictions for indecency himself.
            'Paedophile hunter' Joseph McCloskey (39) has been exposed as a career criminal with a total of 96 previous convictions, including four for indecency, as well as a host of others for drugs - including supplying Class A drugs - public order and road traffic offences.


 George Barwood Doubt grows over dementia claims made by alleged paedophile peer Greville Janner
            OUTRAGE over the failure to prosecute alleged paedophile peer Greville Janner grew yesterday after it emerged he wrote to the House of Lords a fortnight ago, despite claims he is suffering from dementia.
            http://www.express.co.uk/.../Greville-Janner-dementia-claims


 George Barwood Detective says his investigation into 29-stone Liberal MP was also blocked Jack Tasker said officers took 'every scrap' of evidence and threatened him Smith was also snared by undercover police sting on child abuse but let off Police allegedly targeted London houses suspected of hosting sex partiesSmith was reportedly held at property in Streatham but released hours later Officers were then ordered to hand over all notebooks and video footageExtraordinary claims made by sources in BBC Newsnight investigation  Smith was outed as serial child abuser in Parliament by MP Simon DanczukCalls for PM to lift Official Secrets Act to allow whistleblowers to speak outTheresa May today insisted police with evidence should come forwardShe said officers would not be prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act
            Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Cyril-Smith-held...

            Cyril Smith held at paedophile sex party but police told 'cover it up'

            Lancashire detective Jack Tasker spent years...

            dailymail.co.uk


George Barwood If the US has a problem with wrongful convictions, I would say the UK has a major problem with high level cover-ups!!


Kim Which is the worse of two evils?


 George Barwood Umm... well Kim, both are worrying, I wouldn't like to make a comparison really.


Kim It is an interesting question though, isn't it? A wrongful conviction which can be overturned & corrected vs a cover up that allows the perpetrator to remain free and cause more harm to more victims....Which is the worse of two evils?


George Barwood There certainly are UK wrongful convictions as well. I am currently supporting two cases, and know about another alleged one, and there is one I keep secret because the person was a total D-bag abuser in any case.


Kitz You are supporting a "total D-bag abuser" George Barwood?



Jeff Brasfield George Barwood it is sad that the system cannot put the D-bags away playing by the rules.

***Yes, it most certainly is.....- me




  A conversation from George Barwood's Jodi Arias discussion facebook group.

Pamela Valemont

I think that those who continue to want to find conspiracy theories might be in denial, since Jodi at her sentencing under Judge Sherry Stephens, declared for the world to hear that she remembers cutting Travis' throat. She did however; say that she did that horrific thing out of fear for her life, that he was still attacking her, so she had no choice but to defend herself.

For my own part, I don't believe any jury could have been 100% sure that Jodi planned the killing of Travis Alexander. If proper direction had been given by the presiding judge, I don't see how they could have found Jodi Arias guilty of Murder One; maybe manslaughter (culpable homicide); in what was clearly a crime of passion; but definitely not pre-meditated murder, based on the circumstantial evidence tendered to the court.

No gun, no knife, no bullets to fit the description of the allegedly stolen gun, missing computer porn deleted by the prosecution either accidentally or by design, no receipts for gas cans returned because the store had relocated etc etc. None of what the prosecution brought to the table was enough to convict Jodi Arias of pre-meditated murder.

All of these things seem to point to a distraught young woman on the run after killing her lover, and a prosecution desperate to conceal the true nature of their client and gain a conviction for the killer. I am not saying Jodi Arias definitely did not plan the murder, what I am saying is that it was never proven beyond reasonable doubt. If a crime is not proven beyond reasonable doubt, we are obliged to give the defendant the benefit of the doubt, and acquit her of the charge.

There are a host of appellate issues that will now go to constitute grounds for appeal, and I for one will be very surprised indeed if the court of appeal does not uphold her appeal. I believe Jodi Arias has been given too lengthy a sentence, i.e. natural life. She has already served 6.5 years. In light of the fact this was clearly a crime of passion, I believe Jodi Arias has served enough time for the crime she has committed and I would like to see her released back into society as soon as possible.

The argument that she is a danger to society, in my eyes is ludicrous. She was a danger to no one but Travis Alexander. The crime was resultant upon the very nature of their relationship. It was a powder keg waiting to explode. It may have been a murder waiting to happen. If Travis Alexander's supporters believe there is insufficient evidence to convince the court he was the decadent man the defense portrayed him to be, I think we can also argue that there is insufficient evidence to convict Jodi Arias of Murder in the First Degree.

On the evidence presented to court, Jodi had a clean record, no prior convictions, yet the same was not entirely clear about that being the case with Travis Alexander. Numerologically, it would seem that Travis was in trouble with the law and the courts between 27th July 2002 and 27th July, 2003, when he was in a Master 38/11 Personal Year. This period of time was exactly the time it was alleged Travis was involved in an illegal theft at a chemist shop which resulted in his abusing and becoming physically violent with a staff member. Who was that person, and why has that person not come forward yet?


Jodi was not the one making the disgustingly vile, misogynist, sexually deviate requests, the recordings of which we heard in the courtroom - Travis was responsible for that.

In my book, I talk about a particular number - 59 - that appeared on Travis' chart, and its association with murder and sexual deviancy. I also demonstrate how that same number can represent the perpetrator of same or be the victim of same. Jodi did not have that number on her chart, only Travis did. Travis was clearly a victim of murder. But who was the one sprouting the sexual deviancy? It was Travis, not Jodi. That much is certain. That leaves open the question of "Is Jodi telling the truth that she acted out of fear, in self-defence?" That's possible of course. What is equally possible is that Travis was murdered by Jodi not for what he did to her but for what she feared he would do to others or had already done to others: namely, little boys.

Very little credence was given to Jodi's cellmate who vowed that Jodi had told her she saved the world from a pedophile. For my money, that statement rings true, even if the messenger of said statement is not the kind of woman to inspire confidence in us to believe one word she says. We shouldn't automatically rise up and shoot the messenger. There is more than a grain of truth in what the informant said. Jodi could of course have burst out with that in retaliation at being teased and pestered. It certainly sounds like the kind of statement one would make in response to being harassed. The informant does look rather like someone who would try the patience of a saint.

However, since this site is all about being open to finding new information, I am asking again: if there is anyone out there who:

1. has any knowledge at all of deviant behaviour on the part of Travis Alexander which he committed upon an underage youth or child and/or, equally important,

2. Any deviant sexual behaviour committed upon his person, when he was a child, please contact this site, anonymously if you wish.

Based on his birth date of July 28, 1977 there are certain years in the life of Travis Alexander I feel bear closer scrutiny. They are: -

July 28, 1977 - July 28, 1978, the first year of his birth.

The year July 28, 1986 - July 28, 1987 at the age of 9.

The year July 28, 1995 - July 28, 1996 at the age of 18.

Part 2

As you can see, the year 2011 numerologically is a repeat of the year 2002, since both add up to a 4. So, had Travis lived on, he would have entered another Master 38/11 Personal Year beginning in the year 2011. I believe numbers continue after the death of the person, and since the Master 38/11 rules legal matters, justice and the law courts, and can rule appearing before a female magistrate or judge, that would have been a significant year for Travis, posthumously.

So, if we look at that year, 2011-2012, as it transpired after Travis' death, Jodi went into a 20/2 Personal Year from 9th July, 2011 to 9th July, 2012. (9+7+2011= 20/2) This equates with the Judgement Card, which as you can see, has the number 20 at the top of it in the Roman Numerals: XX. This card and number rules Judgment Day, when the Angel Gabriel sounds his trumpet and calls the person home to Heaven. At that time, the person will be judged for what he or she has done on this earth. You will remember that all the things that had been kept hidden from the public, were then displayed before the world and everyone came to know Travis Alexander as they had never known him before while he resided on this earth. They heard his phone calls to Jodi on tape recordings, read his emails, and got to know what a hypocrite he was while he was on this earth. So, he was being judged. So too was Jodi, in a court of law, for killing him. Judgment Day had arrived for Jodi Arias in that she had to face the court of law here on earth.


So now you can see how my mind works, and what the numbers all mean in our lives, not just while we are here on this earth, but after we pass from it to a heavenly plane. The trial of Jodi Arias commenced on December 10, 2012, in Maricopa County Superior Court before Judge Sherry K. Stephens. Posthumously, Travis was in a Master 38/11 Personal Year, from 27th July 2011 to 29th July, 2012 as he had been when he was alive between 27th July, 2002 and 27th July, 2003. (27+7+ (2002=4) = Master 38/11. During this time, evidence was being gathered by the defense team that would show the kind of person Travis Alexander really was, not the man he portrayed himself to be to the world at all. That evidence would be presented to the court when the trial began some months later, in December 2012.


Between 9th July, 2011 and 9th July, 2012, Jodi Arias was in a 20/2 Personal Year equating with the Judgment Card. Travis was in a Master 38/11 Personal Year, between 27th July, 2002 and 27th July, 2003, equating with two cards, the Queen of Cups and the Justice Card. (27+7+2002= 38/11). You can see that there is an overlap in time of their both being under Justice and Judgment cards, between 9th July, 2011 = Judgment, Jodi's birthday and 27th July, 2011= Queen of Cups and Justice, Travis' birthday. The Queen of Cups which rules the Master 38/11, could be said to represent Judge Sherry Stephens.

Correlatively, I believe that there is no doubt that it was Travis Alexander and NOT his brother who was before the courts, when he transited the Master 38/11 Personal Year, between 27th July, 2002 and 27th July, 2003. That has serious implications. I believe his sister who is a policewoman, Hilary, and/or others in the police force conspired to change the court records to absolve Travis from blame for this crime. That is tampering with police records, to pervert the course of justice and would result in dismissal from the force for any and/or all persons involved in this devious switcheroo.


Numerologically, I have proof of this deliberate perversion of justice, but of course what I have to say would not stand up in a court of law. However, it should get Nurmi and others involved in tracking down the person or persons who did that switch of identity. This could be a crucial element of consideration during the appeal and could result in Jodi getting a lesser sentence. Since she has now served 6.5 years in jail, she could even be released from prison on appeal, for time served
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Part 3

There have been four people who share the same birthday, 9th July, all of whom have been involved in a murder around the same time or convicted of a murder around the same time. 

OJ Simpson – 9th July, 1947 – charged, then acquitted of murder committed on June 12th 1994 of Nicole Simpson and lover Ronald Goldman.

Amanda Knox - 9th July, 1987- charged, then acquitted then convicted for murder committed on November 1st, 2007. Meredith Kercher died from knife wounds to the neck.

Jodi Arias - 9th July, 1980 – charged, convicted for murder committed on 4th August, 2008. Travis Alexander died from knife wounds to the neck.

Corryn Rayney – 9th July, 1963 – murder victim, died on 7th August, 2007. Body discovered a week after her disappearance in a shallow grave at Kings Park, Perth, Australia. No cause of death established. Husband charged and acquitted of murder. Corryn Rayney’s body was found at Kings Park in Perth in 2007.



All three young women bear a striking resemblance to one another. All have long dark hair. One of these women, Corryn Rayner was a victim and not a perpetrator of murder.  This raises the question of: could Jodi Arias have been telling the truth when she said she killed Travis Alexander in self-defence in order to avoid being a victim of murder herself?

Part 4

Some things to bear in mind.  The thought may have occurred to you that “maybe Travis was in some other kind of trouble”, not the supermarket incident - nope, doesn’t apply in this case; I narrowed it right down to the day remember with the Master 47/11 Personal Day that Travis was in on 7th March, 2002, which rules hallucinogenic substances, (47) violence (47) and justice and the law (Master 11).  That particular vibration of the Master 11 is heavy duty indeed. Unless Dennis was born exactly the same day, then it applies only to Travis.

In any case, why would Travis be transiting that vibration on the very day of the offence? I don’t believe in coincidences. I want to make you think outside the square, that’s all. If you do not have an open mind on the subject of numerology it will make no impact whatsoever. If you do, it could set you thinking.

The trouble is, 99% of people just cannot grasp the concept and unless I have a chance to help them understand what I am saying it goes right over their heads. This always amazes me, as I try very hard to make it absolutely clear. I have to go into enormous detail, yet even when I do, people just cannot grasp the concepts I am trying to convey. To me, it is so transparent, so easy to see. I never fail to be amazed that people cannot comprehend what to me is simple arithmetic.

The problem is, it is new to almost everyone, whereas in Ancient Greece they would have latched onto it all immediately, as the study of numerology and astrology was the foundation of all knowledge. Logic and philosophy too of course. Medical science and the natural sciences were totally bound up in it in those days. It is a shame so much knowledge has been lost to humankind through religious repression. I am not religious in the accepted sense. I am deeply religious in an unconventional sense. I believe in a form of the afterlife, but do not know what form that will take. It may simply be a shift to a different dimension which has no physical form.

I guess I believe in a parallel universe to this one in which we now bodily reside. That would explain why I have found the continuation of number vibrations appertaining to people long after they leave this earth. I first noticed it with events happening in relation to Marilyn Monroe and the interest continued from there.  I don’t pray to a God as such, but I do ask for help from outside this world as I believe the next is more highly evolved. I don’t believe in an omniscient, omnipresent “God” as most Christians do.

I view the Bible as a code book which has to be fathomed and understood, much like a mathematical document in its intricacy. I share that view with Sir Isaac Newton, I believe. I believe as Pythagoras believed: that all is number, that numbers are the building blocks of the universe.

To me, the numerological evidence trumps it all. Jodi said Travis lived a healthy life; but Jodi didn’t know Travis in 2002. She didn’t meet him until 2007 – November, wasn’t it, or thereabouts? I know she hadn’t known him very long when she killed him. His “health” was clearly not good in earlier days, as his sister said at the time of his death, that “he was so healthy now” - at the time of his death: that was her Freudian slip showing, she was actually making a contrast, that was inherent in her spoken words. Just because Travis went off on a mission doesn’t mean he was doing the right thing at all, after all, we saw that he was a total hypocrite all during the trial.

He was definitely trying to live a healthy life and succeeding admirably at the time of his death. He may not have been doing that 6 years earlier, when he was much younger. He was 30 when he died, wasn’t he? Much more mature. Born on 28th July, 1977, died (before his birthday) on 4th June, 2008? 

From Wiki: Travis Victor Alexander was born on July 28, 1977, [7] in Riverside, California. After his father's death in July 1997,[8] Alexander and his seven siblings were taken in by their paternal grandmother, Norma Jean Preston Alexander Sarvey (1932–2012), who eventually introduced them to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[9]

Travis Alexander and his father, Gary

 
I don’t think they would have to coerce Dennis, I think he would very willingly do it, even volunteer the information to make a stronger case against Jodi Arias. In the motivational speeches, I read it was mentioned Travis spoke about identity theft but as far as I know he never ever named his brother and maybe never said it had happened to him, but alluded to it? That was my impression, but of course, I may be wrong about the latter, but I think right about the former, that he never named Dennis.

The problem with the police checking anything is that if they altered the records then the fact that they checked their own alterations means nothing. It’s like an inquiry being conducted by the perpetrators, never works. The DA’s office is an entirely different kettle of fish. I too doubt they would ever be a party to corruption. But I don’t trust police to do the right thing; after all, we know they didn’t as far as the computer files were concerned.

There is no evidence except the numerological but that is very telling from my point of view. Very telling indeed. That is why I have brought this up.  I had only checked it on a whim, nobody seemed to take a scrap of notice really and it all blew over very quickly. I discovered the likelihood of trouble with the law in doing Travis’ chart, and found that it coincided with the time of the supermarket incident.

Did Jodi say Travis had told her that Dennis had stolen his identity? I hadn’t heard about her saying that at all. Fingerprints can be swapped; they already had Dennis’ on file. No hardship to swap Travis’ for his.  They can also swap photographs. That’s all very easy to do - all it takes is one person game enough to do it. Computer records can be hacked into and records altered from afar also, if there are no paper records remaining and only computer ones left.

If they deleted files from Travis’ computer, why would they not extend that to deletion of his criminal record? I believe they did remove his record, and alter it to make it look like Dennis did it. This would have been with Dennis’ permission of course, and why wouldn’t he give it? He wanted Jodi dead as much as the rest of them, that’s for sure.  The period of time when this transgressor was under scrutiny was quite a considerable length of time, taking into account the period of probation.

Strange that no one at all picked up the fact that Travis and Dennis were two entirely different people in all that time. And as I said before, why was the record still remaining 6 years later with Travis’ name on it?

I would think this issue was of paramount importance. For two reasons: it is the only evidence we have other than from Jodi’s own tongue, that Travis was capable of physical violence. Secondly, it may indicate that the defense team not only deleted porn files but also criminal files on Travis. This is very serious stuff and could result in dismissal from the force or disbarment for those involved. Sandra Webber turned up Travis’ record, long after his death.
Why, if Dennis had impersonated him, had that record not been changed long before? Because it was legit that’s why. Travis did not have it changed while he was alive, and why not, if it was false? Why would he allow it to be left there, for all the world to see, if it was false information and Dennis had confessed to him he had used his identity illegally and without his knowledge?

After all, who would NOT apply to have a false criminal record removed from the official files? Travis couldn’t get it removed, because the record was legit.

The record would have had nothing to do with his murder if there had been no charges laid against him that he could be violent. Since there were charges laid against him that he was violent, that record and its legitimacy is of vital importance to Jodi’s claim of self defense. Nurmi and Willmott are a pair of incompetent fools to let that one slip by them. Hell, I could have done a better job and I am not even a lawyer!

The photo on the original record as compiled on the day of the offence was never revealed to the public. Putting a photo up there of Dennis on a newspaper article long after Travis is dead proves absolutely nothing! If you look at the records that I put in the article, nowhere is a photo identity shown on any of them.  As far as I know, these are the only records ever released to the public. If anyone has ever seen a record of arrest at the time, with a photo of the offender on it, I have never seen it publicly displayed. Where did they get that photo of Dennis in the news article? Off one of his previous records? He was a perpetual offender.  Easy to obtain.

Unless we were privy to a photo on the actual arrest record at the time of the offence, March 7th 2002, then we have no idea of who the offender was, all we have to go on is the name and birthdate as recorded, and that is the name and birthdate of Travis Victor Alexander, 28th July, 1977.  No photo ID = no proof of perpetrator’s identity other than Dennis’ and the police’ say-so. It could have been either one of the brothers, unless there is a photo ID on the original record of arrest.  And, as far as I am aware, such a complete photographic record does not exist.

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Artwork by Supporter of Jodi Arias

This essay is from a letter sent to Judge Sherry Stephens prior to her handing down Jodi Arias' sentence. There are four main reasons why I support Jodi Arias.  First, she has shown me  she is an honest and decent person.  Secondly, I do not believe  her trial was fair.  Third, she does not deserve the punishment she is getting at this time.  Fourth, she has a very high degree of strength of character.  Since the time of John Marshall, the job of the justice system, specifically prosecutors and judges, is to preserve the safety and security of the community being served.  I feel the current situation is not this, but rather to wreak vengeance on behalf of the Alexander family and to put a bullet in the guns of the prosecutor and judge. 

I am currently working with: The Children’s Policy and Law Initiative, The Wrongful Convictions Advisory Board (WCAB in our state - not Arizona), “Making It Easy”, a new program to help teens deal with police interactions, The Board of Directors of the Montessori Garden Academy, and a member of the American Academy of Forensic Science.  I have published several magazine articles, and two textbooks.  I am a coauthor of two technical, refereed journal articles and have served on several national committees with sponsors that included the FBI, the NIJ, and the Dep’t. of Commerce - NIST.  For more than 33 years, I worked at a Fortune 35 corporation, including reporting to a Senior VP that reported to the CEO.  Then I worked for the mayor of our city (at the time, the 12th largest in the country).  The mayor had me work with the police department, which is how I came to adopt forensic science and develop views of the justice system in our country. 

Of particular interest is the Making It Easy project, which is done under the JAA Initiative, LLC, (in collaboration with the Children’s Policy and Law Initiative, a not-for-profit corporation).  I started this effort back in 2013 in the hope of helping young people avoid some of the dark wells into which Jodi Arias had fallen.  She is not alone in this: in fact she is almost very common.  When I started this, I was auditing  classes at the local School of Law in order to prepare for taking a seat on the WCAB.  Some things bothered me.  For example, I saw Jodi being interrogated by a detective.  She told several lies – in our program we teach our students: “do not lie to the police”.  Then when she asks the detective, “should I have a lawyer?” he, of course, pays no heed and continues with his questioning.  We teach: “one has to claim the Miranda rights or they are assumed waived”. She, like most law-abiding citizens was clearly naïve.  Our program was designed to teach some basics to avoid taking small matters (like the Staten Island situation where the man was selling cigarettes) and making them into big ones, and to help them make sure that they do not surrender their rights by mistake (like more than 30% of people exonerated by the Innocence Project who had “confessed”).  We have now given three presentations and gotten very positive feedback.  Jodi’s errors, and those I read about in the case literature were the inspiration for a program designed to help other young people avoid similar errors -- hence the name, JAA Initiative. 

I started the Making It Easy project, because I had seen things that may have been perfectly legal, but offended my sense of justice.  When I watched the Arias trial, I saw several of these things and started to become sympathetic to the cause that showed a woman was being railroaded.  Over the months I began to see her as a good woman mistreated by her lover, who responded with violence, was unfairly tried, and now inappropriately punished.

I have come to know Jodi Arias by seeing her on TV: in court, in interrogation videos, and during media interviews. I began to see that Jodi was naive, honest (see Alan M. Dershowitz excerpt below), and almost too logical for people looking for vengeance.  I began to be able to predict what she would say since it was what I might have said (although I would not have talked so much).  I did not get any impression she was a major danger to society like Whitey Bulger, the Manson Gang, Jeffrey Dahmer (who said if he were set free, he would kill again).  During the years of her incarceration and trials, she matured somewhat. There is every reason to believe trend will continue as she grows older. 

Then there is the issue of vengeance.  Jodi was convicted, and the law demands she be punished.  But should the punishment be based on a need for vengeance, or to let it be known that certain behavior is not to be taken lightly? (Despite the severe punishment she has been dealt, the next similar event has already occurred.  There is no disincentive effect in actions of passion!).  I know and understand the Alexander family is seeking severe vengeance, but the State of Arizona should seek a higher objective.  There are many in the local area  driven by vengeance.  No punishment will bring back Travis Alexander. A year from now, hardly anyone will remember the name Jodi Arias.   A more civilized middle ground should have been found.  Leaving the ultimate decision to a parole board a few decades from now seems quite in order.  A sentence of life without the possibility of parole turns the Department of Corrections into the Department of Vengeance and Punishment since there is no life for which the convict needs to correct.  

My review of the case does not convince me that there was clear premeditation or careful planning.  The trip was ill advised, the planning both before and after the fact was poor, and there must have been substance to her claims of self-defense.  But her lawyer totally botched presenting these positions. 

I have also come to know Jodi Arias through her famous tweets and via personal correspondence.  These communications are very different from what appear in the courtroom, where she is literally fighting for her life.  Once she advised people not to buy copies of her letters.  Instead, she said, “write to me and I will send one for free”.  This may not seem like much, but it shows a motive based on consideration for people who were buying copies of her letters -- many because they thought they would be valuable later on.  She did not need to do this, and it brought nothing tangible to her.  While she was in general population at the jail, other women in her pod held her in high esteem as a good person and a loyal friend.  In her letters to me, she offered advice regarding the failing health of two of my children.  She wrote of how sorry she was for what she had done.  She also took interest in me as a person who was taking on mounting endeavors.  After all, she knew I was officially retired and sick with chronic illness.  A mean person that is forever a danger to society does not do these things. 

I sent her a post card telling her I had read Jane V. Mitchell's book. In her next letter, she scolded me for enriching Mitchell.  In my next post card, I explained how and why I got the book.  I got it second hand, could easily see that the bulk of the book was basically written by staffers providing biographical information, and that the meanness was added by Mitchell.  The meanness reflected more on the author of the book than its subject.  I went on to say that as father of five, I had seen all of the factual behavior (save one incident) and that those young people grew up just fine, thank you.  I wrote that she is a good woman and should not punish herself.  Arizona is working very hard to do that and does not need her help with that effort.  She wrote back and accepted my explanation. 

In summary, I feel strongly that Jodi Arias is basically a good person that did one really bad thing.  She has and will continue to suffer punishment.  But, to remove all hope benefits no one.  If she is ever considered for parole, then at some point a decade or so from now, a parole board will review her situation and decide whether she has been sufficiently punished and if she is no danger to the community.  If so, she gets a chance to redeem herself, if not she remains in prison.  There is no downside to that save the short-term anger from the vengeful.  But, that unhappiness based on vengeance will soon fade and all that will remain is the loss of a loved one, which cannot be changed by this or any other decision.

THE RULES OF THE JUSTICE GAME
BY: ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ
Professor at the Harvard School of Law and well-known defense lawyer

I    Almost all criminal defendants are, in fact, guilty and tell many lies.

II    All criminal defense lawyers, prosecutors and judges understand and believe Rule I. 

III    It is easier to convict guilty defendants by violating the constitution than by complying with it, and in some cases it is impossible to convict guilty defendants without violating the constitution.

IV    Almost all police lie about whether they violated the constitution in order to convict guilty defendants.

V    All prosecutors, judges and defense attorneys are aware of Rule IV.

VI    Many prosecutors implicitly encourage police to lie about whether they violated the constitution in order to convict guilty defendants.

VI    All judges are aware of Rule VI

VII    Most trial judges pretend to believe police officers that they know are lying

VIII    All appellate judges are aware of Rule VII, yet many pretend to believe the trial judges who pretend to believe the police officers.

IX    Most judges disbelieve defendants about whether their constitutional rights have been violated, even if they are telling the truth.

X    Most judges and prosecutors would not knowingly convict a defendant who they believe to be innocent of the crime charged (or a closely related crime).

XI    Rule X does not apply to members of organized crime, drug dealers, career criminals, or potential informants

XII    Nobody really wants justice


Allegedly, 150 letters of support for Jodi were presented to Judge Stephens in Maricopa Superior Court on the day of Jodi's sentencing. They were handed to her in court, and only moments later, she sentenced Jodi to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Yeah, I drove 1, 200 miles last week through Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, south Florida to be exact. Alligator alley to be even more exact. Alone.

....to be continued.
More soon...really....well, unless I see something shiny....

I've talked with Kareem.  He's one of the good guys. And though I've never been a big fan of rap, I like his song. He is sincere.  Jodi Ann Arias needs every single one of her varied and talented supporters writing, singing, speaking, and now rapping against the injustice not only in Jodi's trial, but at the corruption that defines Maricopa County, Arizona. 

 The self-entitlement of the family of the late Travis Alexander, specifically Tanisha Sorenson, continues to permeate social media.  The family's fund raising efforts, this time, for....."a trip to Cancun" also continues.  Thought I'd pop    this up in case anyone wanted to add their thoughts. 

 I'll be adding more....I can barely get through watching this entire tape without snorting my drink all over my keyboard.....whoops, I meant "spewing".....

I don't know if Sandra Bland took her life by hanging herself with a plastic garbage bag in her jail cell. Or if, as many are saying, she was murdered. I will though use the cliche' that from all I've read, fits; there was a perfect storm beginning to brew the day she was arrested, July 10, 2015, and for the next three days in Waller County, Texas.

I've never been arrested, and I've only gotten one speeding ticket in all my years of driving, but I do remember being stopped for having a brake light out many years ago. The cop issued me a warning ticket, and I was on my way.  I have friends though, who've been arrested, incarcerated, and in some cases, wrongfully arrested and incarcerated. I like to hear both sides of conflicting stories, and even then I know, and respect that the truth is very often in the middle.  From what I've read and know to this point about Sandra Bland and what lead to the end of her life, the middle is a very crowded place.

From Sandra Bland's facebook page.  Sandra's mother and her on a road trip.

As I watched the 52 minute video, provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety where the Waller County officer stops Bland and begins to address her for not using her turn signal as she changed lanes in front of him, I tried hard to view the encounter within the confines of those minutes. But I kept getting popups on my screen about similar cases of traffic stops for minor violations gone wrong,  ending in violence and even death.  I wanted to take this one incident and view it unadulterated by the roar of online media and social media rants. In the last few days, I've learned that this particular area of Texas is notorious for traffic stops of a blurry nature, and ending badly for those stopped.  It's described as a pyramid between Houston, Austin, and San Antonio.  A triangle comes to my mind. 

According to Sandra Bland's family, her life had recently taken a positive turn. They are finding it hard to fathom that she would have taken her own life.  She'd gotten a new job at Prairieville A & M, where she'd graduated from with a bachelor's degree in agriculture.  Her family said she was "euphoric". 

As I watched the dash cam video, I felt my own mind racing to catch up with Bland's words. She was spinning.  In a hurry to resolve and get away from the oppression of being stopped for what any reasonable non law enforcement person would view as petty and a waste of time for all.  Bland stated the officer had been tailing her and she was trying to get out of his way.  A reasonable explanation of why she'd moved over to the next lane by any standards.  Cops are more often than not in a hurry.  

After an initial introduction at the side of Bland's car, the cop stated, "you seem irritated."  Was that a reasonable comment?  Or necessary?  In light of what eventually played out, well.... I could also sense the tension in the officer's voice starting ever so slightly to rise as more words were spoken.

From Bland's facebook page.

At one point, the officer says, "Would you mind putting out your cigarette, please?" Emphasis on "please".  Game on. Or so seems the consensus on social media, and I agree, at least in theory.

"I don't have to step out of my car."

"I am giving you a lawful order."


The cop takes out his taser and says, "I will light you up." Sandra Bland gets out of her car.

"Yeah, let's take this to court. "

"Put your phone down." 

"You feeling good about yourself?"

The cop, despite having had training to deal with mentally unstable behavior, was still a cop, first and foremost.  Charged with protecting others and himself from harm.  The dynamics of the stop was changing quickly.

Bland was refusing to put out her cigarette, giving the reason that she was in her own car.

"Am I under arrest?" 

"Yes."

"Why will you not tell me why I am being arrested?

"Because you are non-compliant."

"I'm not compliant because you just pulled me out of my car."

"That's all ya'll is, is some scared  cops."

More was said by the cop now that I've listened again that tells me he was getting very personal with Sandra Bland.  (I edit my posts as I learn more, because I write when the muse hits, and that means not writing perfectly...)

Bland was clearly working off emotion at this point. What was the temperature in Prairie View that day? Maybe 98 degrees? Add in the humidity and the asphalt, and a man with a badge and a loaded gun.

Bland, in her spin, seemed to jump to some erroneous conclusions from the words she began to use. Clearly, this cop was bearing the brunt of the sins of others who'd gone before him.  Had Bland been able to refrain from appearing irritated, which she clearly had a right to be, she would have went on her way.  No ticket.  Just a warning with no financial or legal entanglements. But just because a cop has a legal right to do many things, unless our human verbal responses are a threat, we are entitled to them.  But to the consequences? What happened to "preserve and protect"?
"I was trying to sign the fuckin' ticket"....11:51



"I can't wait to go to court."

"You gonna throw me to the floor?"

"Little ass Prairie View, Texas"

"Pussy ass cop"

A passerby takes video with a cell phone, and it appears the cop took Sandra Bland down by force to the ground.

Bland is taken to Waller county jail.  The charge "assaulting a public servant". The cop tells a female cop who appears on the scene that Bland kicked him.

Bland was alone in a cell that is designed to hold four inmates for three days.  Allegedly, she was placed in a cell alone because she was considered a "high risk to others". Wouldn't that include being a risk to herself, and if so, shouldn't she have been supervised more closely?  Those deficiencies and more at the Waller county jail are now being addressed from what I've read on various online news sites.

She has trouble using the phone system, that is, I am told by someone with direct experience, difficult to use for reasons I won't go into for now. No doubt, Bland is playing over the events that led her to this point. And so Bland spins. Or to use a clinical term, "obsesses".  Bland's youtube videos showed her talking about depression, and how especially in the black community depression is not talked about freely.  She has many videos posted, and I haven't watched them all, but this one belied sincerity and haunts me when I watch it knowing she is gone.

Depression is not simply sadness. It's not just unhappiness over loss or disappointment.  It's the replaying of negative events over and over and over in one's mind that can lead a person towards escaping the pain, altogether.

No light but the fluroscenct overhead in her cell. Was there a window to the yard?  I didn't see one.  Had Sandra Bland slept during these three days? Didn't look like she'd eaten at least not by a photo showing an uneaten sandwich on the table in her cell. On the morning of July 13 she uses the intercom system to asks for assistance in using the phone.  No one comes to help her.  An hour later she is found, hanging from a metal bar, a plastic trash bag wrapped around her neck.

Toxicology from the autopsy states Bland had a high level of marijuana in her system. Speculation is that she ingested  marijuana in her cell somehow, or perhaps before the cop approached her car three days earlier.

My only brother's death in January of 2013 was ruled suicide.   His wife and step son had gone to a local chamber of commerce meeting that evening and when they returned, they found my brother.  In his basement.  It appeared he'd hung himself. There was no note.

I've since gone through shock, and brief periods of acceptance. And lots of anger over inconsistencies and things that don't make sense.  I run those inconsistencies over in my mind, and try hard to turn off the switch that keeps me awake.

~For errors I may have made in facts, or exact quotes, I apologize in advance.


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Bloody hell!  I set the broadcast for 9 pm tonight.  Now it says broadcast at 4am?  Oh dear......I should probably read the directions........

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