Teen charged with two felony sex crimes against HERSELF!

Fayetteville: fayobserver.com is reporting that a sixteen-year-old high school student was charged with "two felony sex crimes against herself." Yes you read that correctly! The charges were a result of the girl making "a sexually explicit nude photo of herself for her boyfriend last fall, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office concluded that she committed two felony sex crimes against herself and arrested her in February."

This bizarre situation has resulted in an even stranger charge sheet: "The girl was listed on a warrant as both the adult perpetrator and the minor victim of two counts of sexual exploitation of minor - second-degree exploitation for making her photo and third-degree exploitation for having her photo in her possession."

Luckily for the girl, Brianna Denson, she avoided prison time and being put on the sex offender's register, after a plea bargain in July may allow her record to be cleared altogether.

The boy she shared the images with is yet to be as fortunate. According to fayobserver.com, Denson was "sexting" her boyfriend Cormega Zyon Copening. The Sheriff's Office hit Copening with "five sexual exploitation of a minor charges - four for making and possessing two sexually explicit pictures of himself and the last for possessing a copy of the picture that Denson made for him.
Copening, who was 16 at the time and is now 17, also faces possible prison time and the requirement to register as a sex offender if convicted. The charges have already forced him off the football team at Jack Britt High School. He had been the quarterback."

In court on July 21, Denson told District Court Judge Stephen Stokes that she was responsible for the crime of disseminating harmful material to minors. This is a misdemeanour and does not have the life-ruining requirement that she register as a sex offender.
One of West's assistants dropped the felony sexual exploitation charges.
Stokes put Denson on probation for a year. He ordered her to pay $200 in court costs, stay in school, take a class on how to make good decisions, refrain from using illegal drugs or alcohol, not possess a cellular phone for the duration of her probation and to do 30 hours of community service.
If Denson stays out of trouble, West's office next July will drop the misdemeanour charge. She will be able to move on with her life with a clean criminal record.
She shouldn't have been charged in the first place, researchers Temple and Drouin said.
"It seems to me that you might be among the strictest of the laws that I've heard of" in the country, Drouin said.
Copening's case is still pending.

 To read the more in depth article including the logic in implementing these kind charges, and the place of sexting in teen culture, please click here.

Murder charges dropped against Aisling Brady McCarthy, Irish Nanny in Boston baby death

       

              

Aisling Brady McCarthy

Boston: The Irish nanny at the centre of a murder case, involving the death of one-year-old baby girl, Rehma Sabir, has had the charges against her dropped. 

As Boston news 90.9 WBUR has reported: 

"Since her arrest two years ago, Aisling Brady McCarthy has denied murdering 1-year-old Rehma Sabir, a baby in her care.

The Middlesex County district attorney dropped charges after the state’s medical examiner, who had performed the autopsy, ruled that the death of Sabir was not a homicide after all.

“The medical examiner issued findings saying that based on what she was then reviewing, she was changing her opinion,” said Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan.

The medical examiner said Sabir died of complications of a brain hemorrhage of unknown cause, and not the result of blunt force trauma to the head, and amended the manner of death from “homicide” to “undetermined.”"   Source

You can listen to WBUR's report on the news below.

Breaking: Suspect Apprehended in the Shooting of Officer Charles "G.I. Joe" Giniewicz

As reported by Western Journalism: "... developing reports, an Illinois police officer was fatally shot Tuesday morning during a traffic stop.

Slain Officer Charles "G.I. Joe" Giniewicz

Shortly before 8 a.m., the Lake County officer pulled over three individuals for what he deemed “suspicious activity,” a department source revealed. According to the latest reports available, authorities are looking for one black male and two white males in the area, using both ground and air surveillance. Police arrived on the scene following an interruption in radio communication. They found him with a gunshot wound and, according to multiple sources, he has since died from the injury.

But it appears now that the suspect is in custody as per CNN

Judge won’t allow 5-year-old’s prior sexual history at child-rape trial

William Charles Wunner, 29.

WILKES-BARRE: As reported by the Time Leader
"Evidence of a 5-year-old’s alleged prior sexual conduct will not be admitted in court.
A Luzerne County judge at a motions hearing Monday denied, among other motions, accused child rapist William Charles Wunner’s request to introduce at trial evidence of his alleged victim’s sexual history, according to court papers.
Wunner, 29, of Wilkes-Barre, filed court papers earlier this year seeking to admit evidence the 5-year-old girl had engaged in sexual activity which her mother “did nothing about.”
The court papers argued the mother’s knowledge of this activity coupled with her resentment for Wunner motivated her to accuse him of assaulting her daughter. Wunner also argued this biased the alleged victim toward him.

Court papers indicate Judge David W. Lupas ruled the girl competent to testify and found no evidence her testimony was tainted."  Source

TV hosts describe Lafayette shooter John Russell Houser as anti-tax, anti-feminist ‘gadfly’

It has been reported by Al Jazeera  that the perpetrator of last week's LaFayette theater shooting which left 3 people dead, including the gunman, John "Rusty" Russell House, has a history of "mental-illness, troubled, anti-tax, government hater"
It has also been reported by the Washington Post  that John House was also a misogynist who may have targeted the "feminist" film Trainwreck and hated liberals:

"Jonathan Martin reports on Houser, a drifter from Alabama with a history of mental illness, hatred for the government, and for women and liberals: "John Russell Houser, the man police say opened fire inside a Lafayette, La., movie theater on Thursday night, had boasted in an online profile that he made dozens of appearances on television talk shows. The hosts of those shows said Friday that Houser over-stated his role, but they do remember him as an argument-starting guest who was angry about high taxes and the growing power of women. Houser allegedly killed two people and wounded nine others who were watching the new comedy “Trainwreck,” a film written by and starring the feminist comedian Amy Schumer."

 Sources: 

Al Jazeera:

Lafayette shooter John Russell Houser was "troubled, anti-tax, government hater" 

You can watch this video below.

The Hollywood Reporter:

Did the 'Trainwreck' Shooter Purposefully Target a Feminist Movie?

The Washington Post:

TV hosts remember alleged Lafayette gunman as anti-tax, anti-feminist ‘gadfly’

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Convicted child killer & molester arrested at public library #RichardDobeski

Marion County Sheriff Deputies arrested a convicted killer and child
molester who traveled to Indianapolis from northern Indiana.

Richard Dobeski, 67, was arrested Thursday at the downtown Indianapolis Central Public Library.

Dobeski
served time for killing two boys in 1965 and was released in 2007, only
to go back to prison in 2008 for molesting a child.

He was
released on July 16, 2015, and had until midnight on July 23 to register
as a sex offender. He was arrested on four charges of failure to
register, all level 6 felonies. He will be extradited back to La Porte
County to face his charges.
http://fox59.com/2015/07/23/convicted...

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WATCH: #Witness: 3 dead in #Lafayette shooting, gunman dead

LAFAYETTE, La. - A gunman opened fire at a movie theater in Louisiana on Thursday night, killing at least three people and injuring at least six others before shooting himself, officials said. The shooting took place at the Grand Theatre in the city of Lafayette, said Clay Henry, vice president of operations for Acadian Ambulance. Henry said eight people were brought to the hospital and that two, including the gunman, were pronounced dead on arrival. Henry said emergency workers got the call to go to the theater about 7:30 p.m. 

He did not immediately have any additional information. Lafayette police say they know the identity of the gunman but are not releasing it at this point. Police say the 58-year-old white man died of a self-inflicted gunshot. They also said they closed other theaters in the area out of precaution. 

The shooting happened about 20 minutes into a 7 p.m. showing of the movie "Train Wreck," according to the newspaper. 

 Source: Fox4News

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Dead Man Found with $5m Gun Stash, linked with Missing Woman; Believed He Was Alien Hybrid,Savior and a secret spy.

 This is the most bizarre thing ever!

From KTLA:
"A man who lived in a home filled with guns and whose decomposed body was found in an SUV in Pacific Palisades was believed to be a human/alien hybrid secretly working with the U.S. government by his fiancée and a missing Oxnard woman who worked for her, according to the fiancée’s  mother.

Dawn VadBunker of Oxnard was last seen by her family on the same day 60-year-old Jeffrey Lash died. Lash has not been officially identified as the man whose body was reported to police on July 17, but his former attorney confirmed his name to KTLA."
Source: KTLA

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10 Year Old Girl Charged With Raping 4 Year Old Boy (Update needed)

Texas: Almost two years ago I posted this video, (it's also posted below) but since then I've been unable to find any updates on what happened to both of these children. If anyone out there has any information, please get in touch with me throw leaving a comment here, on the video on youtube, or at my Twitter

 More on the story below in the video.

 

Boston Harbor "Baby Doe" May Have Been Poisoned!

4 year old Baby Doe found in Boston Harbor

Boston, MA: Just ten days ago I blogged about my hope that like the formerly known Baby Grace, Riley Ann Sawyer, would be quickly identified, by perhaps, a relative who didn't see the child enough to realise she was missing.

From that blog:
"Five days after the release of Gibson's precise post-mortem sketch, Riley's grandmother in Ohio recognized the sweet face and contacted police.

So my hope is that, like Riley Ann Sawyer, some concerned family member, who like Riley's grandmother, mightn't see the child enough to notice that she is not longer around, and this little girl can too have a name, and be brought home and given a decent burial."


But there doesn't seem to be any swift ending for this little girl's suffering, even after death. Three weeks after she was found in a thrash bag along the Boston Harbor shoreline, Baby Doe, as she is now known, is still pretty much an enigma.
And now ktla.com is reporting that the child may have been poisoned before her death.

“She was discarded by someone, and the indignity of it has really struck a chord with all Bostonians and all New Englanders,” Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley told CNN. “And we have tried very, very hard to identify who she is and how this could have come to pass.”

He continued: “The body had no obvious signs of violent trauma, so we’re looking at a possibility of a poisoning. It could have been accidental, for example. I don’t know the answer to that,” Conley said. “But that’s why we appeal to the caregivers, the parents. Please step forward. Clear your conscience. No child, no person, deserves to be discarded like this.”
Authorities are awaiting the results of toxicology tests to determine whether the girl was poisoned or ingested drugs before her death, Conley said.
According to CNN, on Monday, officials said some results came back and show she did not ingest bleach or drain cleaner.

It’s unclear how long she had been dead, but there was a modest amount of decomposition when her remains were removed from the trash bag she was found in, according to Conley.

Again, if you have any information, however small it might seem, please use the following contact number:
Tipsters may contact the Suffolk County State Police Detective Unit at 617-727-8817, the State Police Communications Section at 508-820-2121, or Winthrop Police tip line at 617-539-5806.

Please look at the photos below, and see if you recognize anything about them. Thank you.

The blanket & leggings found with Baby Doe in Boston Harbor

Can you help to identify the Boston Harbor "Baby Grace"?

Boston MA: According to wtnh.com, authorities have released a computer-generated image of a young girl found dead last week inside a plastic bag along a Boston Harbor shoreline and are hoping it generates clues about her identity.

District Attorney Daniel Conley said at a news conference Thursday  that the girl’s identity and how she died remain mysteries.
They also added that they believe that she had not been in the water too long a time.
Officials believe the brown-haired, brown-eyed girl was about 4 years old. She stood about 3 1/2-feet tall and weighed about 30 pounds.
Her body was found June 25 inside a bag that also contained a black and white zebra-print blanket. (Pic below.)

"Authorities believe the blanket may have been special to the girl," the Suffolk District Attorney's Office stated in a release Thursday.

Tipsters may contact the Suffolk County State Police Detective Unit at 617-727-8817, the State Police Communications Section at 508-820-2121, or Winthrop Police tip line at 617-539-5806.

Do you know this beautiful little girl! Four year old girl's don't just turn up missed, and dead, and nobody knows them Unless of course, and this is purely hypothetical due to the circumstances, certain family members don't want her to be found.

The sketched version of "Baby Grace"

 Remember the sad case of Baby Grace? Or Riley Ann Sawyer, to give her her given name. Her parents beat her death, dumped her in the sea, because they never wanted her body to be found. Four months later she washed up, and the issuing of  sketches, of  what she looked like, much like in the present case, led to an identification.

Riley Ann Sawyer, 2, before her murder

Five days after the release of Gibson's precise post-mortem sketch, Riley's grandmother in Ohio recognized the sweet face and contacted police.

So my hope is that, like Riley Ann Sawyer, some concerned family member, who like Riley's grandmother, mightn't see the child enough to notice that she is not longer around, and this little girl can too have a name, and be brought home and given a decent burial.


 Again, if you have any information, however small it might seem, please use the following contact number:
Tipsters may contact the Suffolk County State Police Detective Unit at 617-727-8817, the State Police Communications Section at 508-820-2121, or Winthrop Police tip line at 617-539-5806.


Edited to add: I found this lovely, but very sad Facebook page, that deals with incidents like this.


UPDATE: July 14 2015 HERE

Sandusky Standoff 911 Call Released

Sandusky, OH: Erie County Sheriff Paul Sigworth's department has released the terrifying 911 call made by the wife of the man held police at a standoff last weekend.

Gerard "Gary" Moore, 60, of Homegardner Road, remains in stable condition in the intensive care unit at Firelands Regional Medical Center. This after he shot himself in the chest after a nearly day-long armed standoff.
Moore allegedly tried to kidnap his wife at her Sandusky home and threatened to kill her. She fled, police said, and Moore fired a gun at her as she ran off.


As reported by The Sandusky Register, Moore remains at the hospital as he recovers from his injuries, but he was served with his warrants there this morning at 7:20 a.m., according to Sandusky police Chief John Orzech.
Moore is now considered to be in police custody, and Sandusky officers will guard him 24/7 until his hospital release, Orzech said..

ENHANCED Video shows James Holmes as he falls or jumps off bed in Jail

A still of the video shows James Holmes standing on his jail bed

CENTENNIAL, CO: The defence continued to present their case in the trial of the so-called Theater Shooter, on Tuesday June 30 2015.

They showed the jury video of the gunman in jail.

The video, from November 2012, is significant to Holmes' insanity defence, as it allegedly shows the beginnings of a nervous breakdown, or psychotic break, the accused suffered in jail.
In the video, James Holmes can be seen standing on his bunk and then jumping or falling backwards to the ground.

You can view an enhanced version of the video played in court, below.

The trial continues.

LISTEN: Ohio police release 911 call about hoax hostage "swatting" situation

Parma Police Department, Ohio

Parma, OH: The cleveland.com is reporting that the Parma Police Department have released the audio of a hoax 911 call in which a man told the dispatcher that he had already shot his father and was holding his mother and sister hostage.
The man, who sounds rather distressed on the call, called 911 at 8:20 p.m. and told a dispatcher that he along with having already shot his father, he also claimed to have his father, sister and his mother tied to chairs.

Parma officers and the department's SWAT team surrounded the home but discovered that the call was a hoax, Lt. Kevin Riley said.
"I just shot my dad in the stomach with a 12-gauge shotgun," the man said during the call. "He's in the bathroom right now. My mom's in the bathroom and so is my sister. They're all tied up."
Investigators released audio of the call Monday and are asking the public to help identify the caller, Riley said.

At one point in the call, the tension rises very quickly when the dispatcher asks for the caller's name; he threatens to shoot the rest of his family.

Investigators have said they believe the hoax is  an example of a trend called "swatting," which involves reporting life-threatening emergencies in the hopes of bringing in a SWAT team and a large contingent of first responders.

Police also say that this is not "prank behaviour", and have asked people to listen closely to the 911 call (embedded below) and contact the Parma Police Crime Tip Line at 440-887-7340 or by emailing crimetips@parmajustice.net

  

Florida Man Calls 911 to Confess to Brutal Murder of his Girlfriend.

Reginald Kindle, pictured here in a mugshot from 2011

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.

This is the face of the man who at 6.20 am, Sunday, June 28, called 911 to tell them that he had "killed his girlfriend." in the room they shared at the Rashelle Hotel.

Deputies responded to the motel,where they arrested 52-year-old Reginald Kindle without incident.

 According to an incident report, Kindle confessed to killing her, by choking, early Saturday morning after an argument about his drug use. He told detectives he tried to kill himself, by taking a large amount of pills and cutting himself. but ended up calling 911 to report his actions, Deputies said. 

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/article25740448.html#storylink=cpy

Responding deputies found the victim's body under a pile of clothing in the room, obstructing her from view. They said she was bound at the wrists and ankles with belts, preventing her from escaping or fighting back. The report stated that Kindle had several lacerations on his lower arms and wrists and was taken to a hospital for medical treatment.

The victim, who was in her 50s, was found dead Sunday morning at the Rashelle Hotel on Northwest 27th Avenue near Fort Lauderdale.

A hotel manager informed detectives that the couple had checked in together May 29.

Associate medical examiner Dr. Rebecca MacDougall arrived at the scene and ruled the death a homicide. MacDougall said the victim had been dead for more than a day.

Broward Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Keyla Concepcion said Kindle claimed he killed his girlfriend about 2 a.m. Saturday.

Kindle was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder.

Jodi Arias Screws Over the Alexanders AGAIN

Jodi Arias-post sentencing Mugshot

Phoenix, Arizona: Just a few short hours ago, Maricopa County Superior Court judge, Sherry Stephens, announced that Jodi Arias must pay restitution to Travis Alexander's family in order of more than $30,000.

Arias, who is now serving the life sentence handed to her in April, was not at the hearing.

The restitution is to cover travel, lodging and other costs arising from having to attend two trials.

It is roughly one-third of the $100,000 restitution the Alexander family had asked for. And Arias' defence attorney, Jennifer Willmott, was quick to point that the reason for the discrepancy in the two figures, is "because they didn't turn in all the necessary receipts."

Willmott also explained that she arrived at the amount to be distributed to each family member using the receipts that were submitted to her. She also revealed, that she had asked the family to disclose the amount of money they received in donations from trial followers to "offset their expenses". They declined to reveal the amount.

Prosecutor, Juan Martinez, told the hearing that the Alexander family had been too traumatised by the two trials to come to the restitution hearing, so Judge Stephens awarded the amounts proposed by the defence.
The amounts break down as follows:
Travis' Sisters: Samantha, $15,530.73, Tanisha, $10,754.99, Hilary, $4,232.11.
Travis' Brothers: Stephen, $1,372, and Dennis, $225.60.

Even though $30,000 is nothing to be sneezed at, when you consider the trauma and lost this family has had to endure for six very long years, a lot of it in the public view, it's a pittance.

And of course, Willmott had to stick the boot in my reminding the world that Arias most likely won't ever be able to pay for it! 

"In the past, my experience has been that victims are unlikely to get the money when somebody has been sent to prison for so long because they don't have the ability to make it," Willmott said. "Eventually she'll be able to get a job making 10, 20 cents an hour so they can take money from that, but it's very small." 

Poor Jodi! :'( 

So it seems that yet again Jodi Arias is going to screw over the Alexanders. They probably never expected to get anything from her, and maybe this is just a formality to them.


Below you'll find two videos. Each is the same interview with Jennifer Willmott, just  set in two parts. It's unedited, and raw. So it's a rather interesting insight into her.

READ: GMAIL EXCHANGES BETWEEN #JAMESHOLMES & HIS GIRLFRIEND

On Wednesday, June 10th 2015, Gargi Datta, took the stand in the trial of James Holmes. She attended graduate school with Holmes from 2011 until he dropped out the following June. For some of that time, Ms Datta, who came across as very intelligent, confident, was Holmes' girlfriend. And once again, she showed her maturity and confidence, by being not one bit embarrassed to speak of the personal nature of her relationship with James Holmes.
Quite tellingly, she referred to Holmes as "the defendant" throughout her direct testimony. A choice not missed by the Defence, as on cross examination, they asked her did she always refer to Holmes as the "defendant" or was it just after he'd been charged. Obvious question, but, of course, the defences job is to humanise their client, at any chance!

Some things of note in these chats:

• The beginnings of their relationship 
• Discussions with Datta about wanted to kill people
• Discussions about his college work
• How his thought process was operating in tandem with planning the theater shooting
• Discussions about mass murder
• Datta advising Holmes to get some help from a therapist (he called it the mind rapist, or The Rapist (a play on the word "therapist"
• etc; etc.

*Scroll down for both sets of emails.

Emails entered into evidence on Wednesday June 10th:

  

 Emails entered into evidence on Thursday June 11th 2015:

READ: James Holmes' Notebook

USPS America Scientists Forever Stamps

The much discussed, and up until now, little seen notebook of James Holmes has come into the public domain. First brought up at trial during the opening statements for both sides, each offers their own view of its importance. For the prosecution; the notebook is a clear and concise map to mass murder. For the defence; a pure example of the workings of a seriously ill man.
But now through testimony over the past couple of days the notebook, which Holmes had mailed to his campus psychiatrist Dr Lynne Fenton before the shooting, has been laid open to the public.

We learned, through the testimony of Sgt. Matthew Fyles, that it was intercepted at the mail centre before it reached its intended destination. It was in a manilla-type envelope with bubble wrap. On the front the aspiring scientist had attached sixteen stamps from a very specific collection: the USPS American Scientist "Forever" stamps. Four rows of each scientist. We also learned that there was a post-it type sticky attached to the notebook, on the front was this symbol (which had previously been found on a calendar in Holmes' apartment, etched on the date of the shooting):

On the back of the sticky note read: "Who, what, where, when, why and how." This symbol was found a further three times throughout the notebook, as per Sgt Fyles. 

Also contained within the envelope was twenty $20 bills, some of which were burned.

And then the testimony turned to the contents of the notebook itself. We learned that Holmes' had written the notebook for three people; his mother, his father and his sister. We also learned that he had an "obsession to kill." Read the full notebook below.

Exhibits 5-27-15 James Holmes' Notebook by bluethunderr

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GrahamDwyer Trial: An Arrest is Made

Dublin, Ireland: With the long trial of Graham Dwyer finally complete, I've been looking back at how the story has developed since the discovery of Elaine O'Hara's remains in Killakee forest, right up to the current events of the trial. 

So, I've created a little series about it all.

The series is unique as it is compiled by using radio news reports and talk radio discussions, collected over a period of a year and a half.



The following is the second chapter in a series based on the death of Elaine O'Hara and the subsequent arrest of, and trial for her murder of, Graham Dwyer. 

Graham Dwyer Trial: The Early Reports

Dublin, Ireland: With the long trial of Graham Dwyer coming to an end, the jury are expected to get the case today, I've been looking back at how the story has developed since the discovery of Elaine O'Hara's remains in Killakee forest, right up to the current events of the trial. 

So, I've created a little series about it all.

The series is unique as it is compiled by using radio news reports and talk radio discussions, collected over a period of a year and a half.

The following is the first chapter in a series based on the death of Elaine O'Hara and the subsequent arrest of, and trial for her murder of, Graham Dwyer. 

Jodi Arias' Sealed Testimony Released.

Arias in court during her penalty phase retrial.

The Story Behind the Sealed Testimony: The Public is invited, but not welcome!

I've already read the majority of the transcripts which were released after the controversy surrounding Judge Sherry Stephens' decision to allow Arias to testify without the media present. A decision which led media outlets bringing a winning case before the Arizona Supreme Court.

The Court of Appeals not only agreed with the media outlets but imposed a stay on Stephens' decision after two days of closed testimony and ultimately ruled that witnesses could not testify in secret.
The Court of Appeal declined to agree, and hence ordered that the transcripts of the proceedings be released, and that all secret testimony cease.
It was through the written transcripts, that the much speculated on "secret witness", was revealed that it had been Ms Arias herself who had testified behind closed doors. The, alleged reason for this required protective secrecy, is that Ms Arias didn't feel she could convey her heartfelt condolences and remorse to a packed court room.

Naturally, Jennifer Willmott filed a petition in the Arizona Supreme Court to reverse the decision by the Appeals Court which ordered had order the release of the transcripts and the cessation of the

Attorney Jennifer Willmott, with Arias.

sealed testimony.

They claimed at the time, that three witnesses for the defense "refused" to testify on behalf of Arias, in open court, due to receiving death threats and online harassment due to their association with the case. Willmott and Kirk Nurmi, also argue daily broadcasts of the trial would lead to defense witnesses backing out for fear of being harassed or threatened.

As a consequence of these rulings, Ms Arias was asked by Judge Stephens if she wanted to continue with her testimony, which had been put on hold while the petition to the Court of Appeals was being heard. She stood up to face the court and announced:

“I do want to complete it but I’m not able to.”

It was then suggested to prosecutor Juan Martinez that he could have Ms Arias' incomplete testimony struck out, as he hadn't had the chance to cross examine her (which we all would have enjoyed watching! Let's admit it!). Martinez allowed it to be left in, and hence forth the defense rested their case!

And that's the story behind the Sealed Court Sessions.

The really remarkable thing to me (besides the obviously legal ramifications of closed door testimony), is that from what I read in the usual boring, self-serving, overly detailed Jodi stuff that was got in excruciating minutiae in the original guilt phase of the trial in 2013.

Attorney Kirk Nurmi

So I guess it's just Jodi's pathological need for attention. 

Kirk Nurmi says "Arias would not testify because the media coverage of her testimony would affect her ability to think and answer questions in a manner 'she truly means' to 'fully actualize' her mitigation.
"Specifically, counsel stated that Arias was receiving threatening mail, including death threats, and as a result, Arias did not feel she would be 'able to fully communicate what she wants to say, communicate her remorse and go through all the mitigating factors and get them out there in front of the jury with the public here,'" he continued.

Why either Nurmi, Willmott, Arias or even Judge Stephens felt that these were legitimate reasons to essentially lock the public out of a public proceeding, at which they had every right to be, is beyond me. 

It would be understandable if the testimony was of a "sensitive" nature, as has been done recently here in Ireland, in the case of Graham Dwyer, but it seems abhorrent in a country whose willingness to openness in the legal system has long held my respect and interest. It seems that Judge Stephens is a believer is that old sentiment:

"The public is invited, but not welcome."

Judge Stephens speaks with Attorney Martinez

But there wasn't anything sensitive shared by Arias over those days, from what I recall from the transcripts, so as I begin to watch them now, I'll be viewing them closely! 

Playlist of the Sealed Testimony by Jodi Arias. Oct/Nov 2014

Sources:

 Jodi Arias' secret testimony to a jury where she pleaded not be executed

Court: Judge can't shut out media from Jodi Arias trial

  

Arizona Supreme Court won't allow secret Arias testimony

Jodi Arias defense attorneys appeal to Supreme Court

JodiArias' lawyers say 3 witnesses on her behalf won't testify in open court

Jodi Arias Refuses To Continue Testimony In Death Penalty Case — Claims, ‘I’m Not Able To’

Jodi Arias Sentencing Retrial Update: Court Reveals Why Arias Refused to Testify in Public

Graham Dwyer Trial: Judge clears members of public from court for a third time

Graham Dwyer: Profile of an alleged killer

Playlist of the Sealed Testimony by Jodi Arias. Oct/Nov 2014

My Thoughts on Nurmi's Scumbag Move! #jodiarias

Kirk Nurmi

 March 13th 2015.

I had made a posting on a forum (whom I shan't be naming), earlier tonight, proclaiming that after editing through fifteen or twenty minutes of it, (listening and editing go hand in hand, obviously);

I made the rather bold statement for a lady who really couldn't stand his low brow tactics in the 2013 trial.

I said that after hearing as far as I heard, I thought that maybe Kirk Nurmi seemed to be doing quite well. He had an easy to follow narrative set out, and even seemed to know where he was going with it. No aimless rambling.

I think I also remarked that maybe he had spent some of the 2.7 million he bled from the State of Arizona on some actual law books actually learned something.

And then a further few minutes into the edit, THIS HAPPENED:

I hereby declare that I'm taking back every kind thing I ever said about the man.

He's still a scumbag. Only a scumbag would delve this low. To imply that Travis was near the top of a pyramid scheme. I'm not one of those people who worship Saint Travis, so I understand what he was involved in.

Gus Searcy: A Legend in his own mind

Remember Gus Searcy? Or Creepy Gus, and he came to be called.
That man was reprehensible! Just looking for his 15 minute.
His exchange with Martinez is a classic, where they argue over the "shape" of the business model.
The exchange lead to, the now. immortal line from Gus:

"It's not a triangle, it's more of a circle, if you want to get into geometry."

*Watch the video of this exchange been Martinez and Searcy here or scroll to the bottom of this page to watch it here!

So after watching Searcy dance around the structure of the company like a prima ballerina, it was quite easy to infer what business practices were in place. And so did everyone else, thanks to Martinez's dogged approach!
But Nurmi seemed to be implying that Travis was way at the top, maybe even running it ffs! I'm mean we all that Travis was in serious debt. So there absolutely know reason for Nurmi to cast aspersions on Travis's job or finances, other than to purely to facilitate a really disgusting and low attempt at character assassination.

I can't recall if Nurmi every tried this kind of approach with Travis in the 2013 trial, but I'll see what I can find. But I'm fairly sure that he didn't.
Which gets me thinking! Maybe my husband is right. But not only is Nurmi trying to physically morph into Martinez, but perhaps, maybe (and by maybe I mean, WILD SPECULATION! LOL!), just maybe! Nurmi is taking a leaf out of Martinez's playbook  by using Legal Shield to discredit someone. Because that's exactly what Martinez did when Searcy was a defense witness!

Just a thought!

  Gus Searcy & the Great Geometry Debate:

Watch: The Best of Juan Martinez' Opening Statement during the Penalty Phase Retrial

Laois, Ireland: March 12 2015: Us eager Jodi Arias and trial watchers alike, are currently awaiting the full release of all those glorious hours of trial to pour over (I'm not addicted, I can quit anytime I want! :P),. But it seems that whoever is holding the tapes from release is content to tease us by releasing Juan Martinez's Opening Statement and Kirk Nurmi's Opening Statement along with Day 1 Part 1 and Part 2 .
So while I wait for the rest of the videos, I edited down Juan Martinez's opening speech in the search for those little gems he sometimes pulls out of nowhere! He didn't disappoint.

Below you'll find a handy playlist I put together to make for easy viewing! Enjoy!

WATCH: JODI ARIAS INTERROGATION VIDEOS FROM JULY 2008

Note: These videos were made over two days in mid July 2008. They were admitted (in part) by prosecutor Juan Martinez in the case of the State of Arizona versus Jodi Ann Arias. They were submitted to the court in January 2013 as evidence of the evolution of Arias' stories as to who murdered Travis Alexander in June 2008.
They are essential viewing for trial watchers, as they show the first two of Arias' story as to how Mr Alexander ended up murdered in his shower. The first story, of course, was that Arias wasn't anywhere near Arizona on the day of the murder, the second story came on the second day of questioning, when she told Detective Flores that she had been there, but that Travis had been killed in a home invasion by two intruders.
The third story, of course, of domestic violence, self-defense, came a lot later. And by all accounts this "admission" of guilt came only after both Kirk Nurmi and Dr. Samuels (Dr. Fog), pretty much told her that nobody was buying the intruder story!

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VIDEO: Aaron Hernandez Trial Day 4

February 4th 2015: Aaron Hernandez Murder Trial in the death of Odin Lloyd continues....

A Tale of Two Hernandezes. The Footballer and the Gunrunner.

Aaron Hernandez in court

In any other world you wouldn't have really put the two Hernandez men together. 
On the face of it Aaron Hernandez was living the dream: a beautiful family, a great career, a forty million dollar contract, a new house, and all of this before he is even close to reaching thirty! 
But according to prosecutors in the just getting under way trial, this lavish life was merely the facade for a man they say not only murdered, or orchestrated the murder of Odin Lloyd, but that he is also implicated in a double murder in Boston in 2012.
During the current trial, where Aaron Hernandez faces multiple firearms charges along with the charge of first degree murder, the Judge has ruled that the jury will not be allowed to hear about the other outstanding charges. Prosecutors in the Boston case have said that they believe Aaron Hernandez killed Daniel Jorge Correia de Abreu, 29, and Safiro Teixeira Furtado, 28, over a "spilled drink in the club". He also faces attempted murder charges for the other surviving occupants of the vehicle he allegedly shot into.

Oscar Hernandez JR

So who is Oscar Hernandez? Although the men are not related, according to prosecutors, and his own guilty plea, he acted as a "gunrunner" for Aaron Hernandez.

In his opening remarks, on January 29th 2015; Mr Bomberg made mention of a single deposit of $15000 into a bank account for Oscar Hernandez from Aaron Hernandez. The implication being that this was for the purchase of guns.

On January 21 of this year, Oscar Hernandez pleaded guilty to shipping an FEG assault rifle and two handguns to the residence of Aaron Hernandez in Spring of 2013. He also pleaded guilty to lying to a grand jury, witness tampering, obstruction of justice and gun conspiracy.

Oscar Hernandez's attorney insists however that Oscar won't "rat" on Aaron, and is in no way is his client consenting to be a witness at the trial of Aaron Hernandez and that it wasn't a part of the plea deal Oscar Hernandez had made with prosecutors.
But whether that remains the case, we'll have to wait and see!