Today, we learn Arias tweeted something like, "I will be sorry for the rest of my life..." Yeah, she WILL be sorry but she's not yet, not unless and until she feels the needle stick. She really thought her little t-shirt presentation was going to spare her but, so far, it hasn't. Now she's getting desperate, I guess.
Tonight, I sit here listening to HLN speculate on rumors that Jodi Arias is negotiating a plea deal. I'm not at all convinced there's any truth to this rumor, but the mere thought of her getting only twenty-five years has me steaming from both ears. Some days ago, the Maricopa County Prosecutor stated publicly he would have a moral and ethical obligation to consider any plea deal brought to him by the Defense. I hope to God that's just political posturing and not a hint he may be weak in the knees. I seriously doubt Juan Martinez and/or the Alexander Family would feel any such obligation, but the ultimate decision to accept a plea would not be theirs to make.
Now we hear Nurmi has released a press statement:
"If the diagnosis made by the State's psychologist is correct, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office is seeking to impose the death penalty upon a mentally ill woman who has no prior criminal history."-- quoted tonight on Dr. Drew
Good Lord in Heaven! Does this have anything to do with either of the two new filings yesterday in Maricopa County Superior Court? We know Arizona has denied a motion to remove the death penalty from the case, so this may well be the Hail Mary play we've been expecting.
[Off to pound my head with a brick.]
