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Originally Posted by SemiMike
Here's a perspective on these issues from an Eastern viewpoint, as the so-called Fifth Remembrance of the Buddha: "My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand."
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Ditto. I'm a big fan of the present Dalai Lama. Happy to see your post.
Case in point......Jodi Arias slaughtering Travis Alexander.
Overkill, to say the least. She could have just walked out the door.
I do tend to believe he went into a rage when she dropped his new camera in the shower. Irregardless of all of her lies to cover up her evil deed (after the fact), I do believe she was a victim of verbal abuse and perhaps physical abuse. That in and of itself does not condone murder. I do not believe in murder.
She could have simply left his home..........or, never gone back there in the first place.
Whether or not she "snapped", probably about something vile he said to her.......it is no excuse to take a life. That action of hers has now ruined her own life. Life without parole in an Arizona prison system will not be a picnic. Death Row will go on for years and years with all the appeals.
That route also will not be a day in the park.
Jodi Arias cannot escape the consequences of her actions the day she killed Travis Alexander.
I do also believe that she never told anyone of the "domestic abuse" to preserve his reputation; it was a dysfunctional relationship to say the least. I also never thought it was premeditated. The jury should have been sequestered as when they returned home, how could they avoid the news and late night shows bashing Jodi Arias?
I feel deeply for Travis' family who will have to sit through another round of gory photos, lurid testimony, etc.
Jennifer Wilmott, the female defense lawyer, did a remakable job of humanizing Jodi when she put her hands on Jodi's shoulders prior to giving her final closing argument.......
Again, Jodi has no one to blame but herself for her own actions......however, the jury was conflicted as far as showing mercy vs. killing her. As Wilmott said, "Two wrongs don't make a right".
Not to bash dead person, but Travis was not a saint....although he passed himself off as a virgin "Bishop" of his church. No one deserves to die for that, however, it was a tricky case all around..........
Forevermore, Jodi Arias' actions will be the ground upon which she stands.