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Originally Posted by LynnDeb
She admitted that she killed Travis when she took the stand.....Isn't that enough proof that she is guilty??? What I dont understand is why they still are going on with this case...what am I missing??
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It is not a matter of guilty or innocent.
After three different stories, she finally admitted that she had killed Travis. So, she is guilty of murdering Travis.
She said it also during the trial. The jury knows that she killed Travis.
It's a death penalty case.
The prosecution (the state of Arizona) claims it was premeditated murder which is first degree felony murder.
The defense claims she killed Travis in self defense after he attacked her when she dropped his new camera in the shower.....she claims she killed him rather than be killed herself, by him, in his violent rage.
That would be manslaughter or some lesser murder charge.
So, it's either death penalty by lethal injection which might take twelve or more years with many appeals.........
Or.......it is manslaughter or some other lesser type of murder.
That would save her life.......and "perhaps" she'd get out in 20 years.
I've heard different versions by different attorneys.
You'd have to go back and listen to what the judge has said or "will say" once the verdict is read and/or the sentencing happens.
Juan Martinez, the Prosecutor, kept pushing for Felony Murder.....as the state believes it was premeditated (due to the gas cans, the theft of the gun, etc.)
All along the state has said she was stalking Travis; his friends claim it was like the movie FATAL ATTRACTION.