meleigha schimmoller
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I am currently a Junior at Swan Valley High school, as well as a first year student at the Saginaw Career Complex I have been on the high honor roll through my high school career and was recently indicted into National Honor Society My career goal is to become a Corrections Officer . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Meleigha SchimmollerLaw Enforcement 1
•I am currently a Junior at Swan Valley High school, as well as a first year student at the Saginaw Career Complex
• I have been on the high honor roll through my high school career and was recently indicted into National Honor Society
•My career goal is to become a Corrections Officer
I picked this case because I have been following the case from the start
Jodi Ann Arias is accused of shooting ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, a 30-year-old motivational speaker and legal-insurance salesman, in the face and then stabbing him 27 times and slitting his throat from ear to ear
Jodi Ann Arias
Did she kill in self defense?Should the mistrial have been granted regarding juror number 5?
Should the mistrial have been granted regarding the trial being compared to a Salem witch trial?
Issues with the case
The defense team demanded a mistrial or to at least get rid of a juror
Kirk Nurmi asked that juror #5 be removed claiming that statements made to other jurors amounts to misconduct
Another mistrial motion claimed that the case resembled a modern -day witch trial
The motion also included a circus-like atmosphere in the court room
Mistrials
Judge for the Maricopa County Superior Court
Sherry Stephens
Prosecution
Travis Alexander Juan Martinez
Victim that was brutally killed by Jodi Arias
Maricopa county prosecutor
One of Arizonians top death penalty prosecutors
Defense
Jodi Arias Jennifer Willmott and Kirk Nurmi
Defendant Charged with 1st degree
murder
Public defenders Jennifer Willmott was
assigned to the case in January 2012 after Jodi's attorney pulled from the case
Ryan Burns Leslie udy Ex-lover of Jodi Arias Met Jodi at a work
related conference
Both testified that when they meet up with Jodi Arias after the murder, they noticed cuts on her knuckles
Alyce Laviolette ◦ Domestic violence expert
Richard Samuels◦ Stated that Jodi Arias has PTSD
Janeen DeMarte◦ Clinical psychologist◦ Stated that Jodi Arias has Borderline
Personality Disorder and no evidence of PTSD
Raphael Colombo Deanna Reid
Rent-A-Car shop owner Testified that floor mats
were missing and that there were stains that he thought were caused by kool-aid
Jodi Arias rented a car on June 2nd, 2008
Ex girlfriend of Travis Alexander
Testified that he never abused her or raised his voice at her
Maricopa County medical examiner The medical examiner stated that Travis
Alexander was stabbed first, shot in the head and then his neck was slit from ear to ear
Dr. Kevin Horn
September 2006- Travis Alexander met Jodi Arias at a conference in Las Vegas.
November 2006- Because Travis was a Mormon, Jodi choose to be baptized
February 2, 2007- Travis and Jodi began dating
June 29, 2007- Travis and Jodi broke up but maintained a physical relationship
Sequence of events
December 2007- Travis began dating another women and he told friends that arias slashed his tires on his vehicle twice. After this, his new girlfriend received a harassing email
March 2008- Travis and Jodi visited several states together
April 2008- Jodi moved from Arizona to California
June 2, 2008- Arias picked up a vehicle from a rent-a-car in California
June 4, 2008- Jodi went to Travis's house in Arizona. They had sex and took explicit photos together.
June 5, 2008- Jodi went to Utah to see Ryan Burns
June 7, 2008-Jodi returned the rent-a-car June 9, 2008-Travis’s friends went to his
house because they were worried because they hadn't heard from him in days. They found Travis dead in his shower
June 17, 2008- Arias went to the mesa police station and voluntarily gave her finger prints and DNA
June 19, 2008- Police contacted Jodi and questioned her about Travis’s murder
June 21, 2008- Travis Alexander was laid to rest in California
July 9, 2008- Arias celebrated her 29th birthday. A grand jury incited her on first-degree murder
July 15, 2008- Mesa police arrested Jodi and she was booked
September 5, 2008- Jodi was extradited to Arizona
December 10, 2012- Jury selection began
December 20, 2012- A panel of 12 jurors and 6 alternates were selected. 11 men and 7 women
January 2, 2012- The trial began
Judge Stephens drew the line and announced that the attorneys will be delivering closing arguments
Final jury instructions will be read on May 2nd
Attorneys will give their closing arguments May 2nd and 3rd
The case will be submitted to the jury May 3rd
An End May Be Near
In my opinion I believe that Jodi Arias should be put to death because her actions were pre meditated and there were to many wounds for it to be self defense like she claims. He had over 27 stab wounds to his body and most of them were on his back. He was also shot in the head and his throat was slit from ear to ear. That seems like a lot of built of rage and jealousy and I feel like she should be put to death because Travis Alexander had a drawn out painful death and he knew his life was near the end.
Conclusion
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/01/jodi-arias-timeline-revised_n_2598662.html#slide=2052612
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/03/jodi-arias-whos-who-murder-trial_n_2404657.html#slide=2074086
http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/jodi-arias-murder-trial
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57562995-504083/jodi-arias-trial-medical-examiner-describes-brutal-attack-on-ex-boyfriend-travis-alexander/
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