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Jodi Arias guilty of 1st-degree murder

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Jodi Arias guilty of 1st-degree murder - World - CBC News

Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday in the gruesome killing of her one-time boyfriend in Arizona after a four-month trial that captured headlines with lurid tales of sex, lies, religion and a salacious relationship that ended in a blood bath.
Arias, now 32, was charged with first-degree murder in the June 2008 death of Travis Alexander, 30, in his suburban Phoenix home. Authorities said she planned the attack in a jealous rage after being rejected by the victim while he pursued other women. Arias initially denied involvement then later blamed the killing on masked intruders. Two years after her arrest, she said it was self-defence.

Any thoughts?

I really have nothing to add, she was guilty as sin.
 
Is it sad I have such little faith that I was expecting her to get off?

Probably just me. Either way, hope she enjoys prison
 
A death penalty state? Is that on the table for sentencing?
 
A death penalty state? Is that on the table for sentencing?

Yes it is. I hope it's not considered, but it is up as an option.
 
I would be fine with her getting the death penalty. She's clearly guilty of a heinous crime. I'm glad that the right call was made though.
 
Generally, regardless of guilt or innocence, a passionate defense lawyer will hug or at least take the hand of a client who suddenly receives a verdict that devastating. Even if only to send a message of humanity to the appeals court.

At the reading of the verdict, this lawyer wouldn't touch her, wouldn't even get near her, wouldn't even look at her. That is very poor attorney behavior. The message sent is that the lawyer really doesn't like her either.

Also sends the message that the attorney's focus was on herself as a lawyer, rather than any concern for the client. True or not, that is not the right message to send.
 
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I see no reason to kill this girl. She is in custody and can't hurt anyone else. Why do some people want to kill her?
 
I see no reason to kill this girl. She is in custody and can't hurt anyone else. Why do some people want to kill her?

Because she and deserves it and there is no meaning in allowing her to live. Why give her a paid life in prison when she will never get out, is clearly guilty, and deserves to die?

I used to be staunchly against the death penalty, but I'm finding myself more in favor of it in certain cases.
 
Because she and deserves it and there is no meaning in allowing her to live. Why give her a paid life in prison when she will never get out, is clearly guilty, and deserves to die?

I used to be staunchly against the death penalty, but I'm finding myself more in favor of it in certain cases.

If you are a believer in God, then only GOD says whether someone deserves to die or not. You are giving men and governments too much power when you give them the power over life and death IMO.
 
If you are a believer in God, then only GOD says whether someone deserves to die or not. You are giving men and governments too much power when you give them the power over life and death IMO.

God gave Israel the authority for them to put violators of the law to death. My personal theology is that it is not sinful for someone guilty of murder to be given a death sentence.

I don't think it is giving the government too much power to allow them to put murderers to death. Any crime? Absolutely, but for murder, especially very dark murders like hers, the government is within it's means to put the guilty to death.
 
No matter how you slice it, she does not have an edge here that I can see.....
 
God gave Israel the authority for them to put violators of the law to death. My personal theology is that it is not sinful for someone guilty of murder to be given a death sentence.

I don't think it is giving the government too much power to allow them to put murderers to death. Any crime? Absolutely, but for murder, especially very dark murders like hers, the government is within it's means to put the guilty to death.

Well, I have to disagree. I am against the death penalty completely for those reasons among others.

If I were to support the death penalty, I certainly wouldn't apply it in this situation. I would only apply it in situations where the perp is extremely dangerous, such as Jeffrey Dahmer (who ironically did not get the death penalty - I guess his state didn't have it), people who are the worst of the worst, people who have killed multiple times and have proven that they are truly evil and get some type of enjoyment out of killing.

IMO, those would be the only people deserving of the DP, because of the fact that they are just gone.
 
Well, I have to disagree. I am against the death penalty completely for those reasons among others.

If I were to support the death penalty, I certainly wouldn't apply it in this situation. I would only apply it in situations where the perp is extremely dangerous, such as Jeffrey Dahmer (who ironically did not get the death penalty - I guess his state didn't have it), people who are the worst of the worst, people who have killed multiple times and have proven that they are truly evil and get some type of enjoyment out of killing.

IMO, those would be the only people deserving of the DP, because of the fact that they are just gone.

I partially agree. Although what Jodi Arias did in my view is enough to deem her a danger to society if she ever escaped and that her actions also merit being put to death.
 
If this had been a man, there would be little question about using the death penalty. I'm personally against it, but I won't shed a single tear for her.
 
I partially agree. Although what Jodi Arias did in my view is enough to deem her a danger to society if she ever escaped and that her actions also merit being put to death.

What she did was awful, and she is rotten, but no one could say if she would ever do it again or not. On the other hand, serial killers, mass murderers have proven that they would act again and that something is missing inside of them.
 
If she wasn't a danger to society, Travis Alexander would still be alive.
 
Yes, but probably not, considering the jury's verdict...

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I thought from the verdict there'd be a good chance she'd get the death penalty. They were 100% in agreement that she committed premeditated murder, they were just divided on whether or not she committed the murder during the course of a felony, that being breaking and entering the man's home. She seems entirely unsympathetic to me and Arizona doesn't strike me as a state where people give murderers a break.
 
What she did was awful, and she is rotten, but no one could say if she would ever do it again or not. On the other hand, serial killers, mass murderers have proven that they would act again and that something is missing inside of them.

I don't think we should give her the chance. She is clearly guilty. She lied about her story throughout the trial, never showed signs of remorse (that I'm aware of) and shows no evidence that she wouldn't be willing to kill again. She killed this man in a brutal and dark way on purpose, shows no remorse, and has lied and changed her story around. In my opinion that's reason enough to deem her dangerous and her actions alone merit being put to death.
 
I don't think we should give her the chance. She is clearly guilty. She lied about her story throughout the trial, never showed signs of remorse (that I'm aware of) and shows no evidence that she wouldn't be willing to kill again. She killed this man in a brutal and dark way on purpose, shows no remorse, and has lied and changed her story around. In my opinion that's reason enough to deem her dangerous and her actions alone merit being put to death.

Hmmm. I saw her cry several times during the trial. That is showing emotion. Something you don't see from the serial killer or mass murderer. Whether or not her tears are real or for selfish reasons, no one can really say.
 
She deserves a one-way trip to the wood chipper.
 
Evidently, she wants the death penalty.

Jodi Arias said in a post-conviction interview with a TV station that she prefers the death penalty over life in prison.
Arias talked to Fox affiliate KSAZ in the courthouse minutes after she was convicted of first-degree murder. With tears in her eyes, she said she feels overwhelmed and that she was surprised because she didn't believe she committed first-degree murder.
She said in the interview that she would "prefer to die sooner than later" and that "death is the ultimate freedom."

Jodi Arias says she prefers death penalty in post-conviction interview | Fox News
 
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