Jodi Arias Trial: Day 38

The defense's domestic violence expert, Alyce LaViolette, will continue with her testimony today. Trial will resume at 9:30 PDT, and it will run only three hours because of Easter break. Trial will then resume on Tuesday.

While Dr. Samuels cannot say much because the trial is still ongoing, he does appreciate the many emails of support for his testmony. He was very good explaining PTSD and why Jodi Arias's behavior was the way it was following the killing of Travis Alexander. I believe at this point, barring any new evidence, she should be acquitted of the charges. That doesn't mean the jury will agree, and I think there will be a hung jury in this case.

LaViolette, in an absolutely damning moment for the prosecution, discussed emails that Travis Alexander had exchanged with his friends Chris and Sky Hughes, where the Hugheses were highly critical of the way he was treating Jodi and discussed his pattern of abusive relationships with other women. She couldn't directly quote them, and prosecutor Juan Martinez kept trying to thwart the damning email series by raising objections it seemed every five seconds. The Hugheses felt that Travis never fully got past his horrible childhood, and that he needed counseling to deal with his issues. Sky Hughes even indicated she would not let him date her sister. The Hugheses also indicated to Jodi in emails that she needed to move on with her life with somebody else. Of course when you are in a relationship like they had, it's very hard to break away.

The last part of the testimony, with the emails discussed at about the 17-minute mark:



The defense decided it was a good time to stop the questioning, which will resume at 9:00 or 9:30 Tuesday morning.

The judge was also planning to question each juror to find out if they have been watching television "coverage" of the trial, probably, or have witnessed Juan Martinez's rather unethical behavior outside of the court building with a "Dr. Drew" groupie, called a juror for his program in Pinsky's attempt to twist public opinion. This woman was not only in the courtroom today, but she had her picture taken with the prosecutor a few days ago, and it was posted all over the internet. This issue was discussed in a hearing this morning where HLN/CNN correspondent Jean Casarez was put under oath to answer defense questions regarding the conduct of Juan Martinez with the Pinsky "juror" and other "fans" and whether a trial juror saw this behavior.


Trial can be viewed at the Arizona Republic website, among live streams or can be viewed here on the blog: