Judge calls recess until 4:00 EST

They forgot to set the clocks ahead in that courtroom. Par for the course. It is now 12 noon, not 11am. Judge says it's now 11am and to come back at 1pm...which for her will be 2 hours from now (12 noon). So....either they will notice that the judge doesn't know the right time of day, or they won't and we'll end up starting court today at 2:00PM. Good grief. Does any of this make sense? Of course not....and to think things were just getting good.

The defense wants a psychologist to take the stand to PROVE that Travis' murder was NOT premeditated. Juan objects. Now we'll see who wins this battle when they all come back in several days or months to let us know. This is all unbelievable.

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It is so confusing. Arizona doesn't participate in Daylight Savings Time. So they are 3 hours behind us on EST.

2:10 p.m. ET: Judge Sherry Stephens she is going to recess the court, and will allow Martinez to interview Samuels during the break. The live blog will pick back up at 4:00 p.m. ET when court resumes.

Okay...thanks for the info....Arizona doesn't choose to participate in Daylight Savings Time? Oh my, sorry Judge...hope 2 whole hours is enough time for you to decide that which should have taken you about 5 minutes. So we get court essentially starting at 1pm today? Pretty soon, they'll start their day around 4pm and we'll get 30 minutes a day if we're lucky.

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"Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour." Leviticus 19:15

I just rewound HLN and the judge said they will be back at 1:00pm Arizona Time.

Which will be 4:00pm EST. How strange they don't do Daylight Savings Time along with the rest of us!

The amount of time wasted is really annoying!

I admit I'm curious to see the new information that the jurors should not see according to Martinez!

Now it sounds like Jane on HLN says the 'expert' psychologist will show how Jodi couldn't help savagly murdering Travis...because she suffered abuse as a child.

When will the world begin to understand that being abused as a child should NEVER be deemed a reasonable defense for premeditated MURDER!!! Or for any other kind of abuse of others!

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"Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour." Leviticus 19:15

If the jury gives Jodi 2nd degree murder because she 'may have been' abused as a child, I will scream!

Okay...if they buy that Jodi was turned into a malicious murderer because she was abused as a child, and that is deemed a valid defense, will the jury see that she murdered the wrong person? Shouldn't she have brutally murdered her abuser instead of Travis???

Somebody please mercifully calm me down. Maybe my puppy will...

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"Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour." Leviticus 19:15

For the life of me, I just cannot fathom anyone with any kind of integrity getting up on that stand and knowingly misleading, especially in the defense of someone who is dangerous!

Hi all... I finally made it.


A bit of a rush on OMNIpotent Admin services... I hope to catch up on JA soon.

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That kind of thing only frustrates a person who knows justice from injustice. Knowingly misleading others (lying) happens billions of times every day all over the world. But it is especially grievous in a court of law. I have seen it done in court in person more than once and you have to sit there and do nothing about it.

One thing we know is that in court one side is misleading (lying) and the other is telling the truth. We know who is misleading in this case...Jodi and all her counsel! They are all a bunch of liars.

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"Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour." Leviticus 19:15

Lucky you! You've missed nothing but a bunch of frustration!!! Hopefully things will get better this afternoon, which it seems to be what we're always waiting and hoping for.

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"Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour." Leviticus 19:15

4:01 p.m. ET: From our producer at the courthouse:

The attorneys are in a conference with the judge, camera coverage is not permitted for this hearing.

Just a little more frustration....I just tried to see if the Live trial had started again at AzCentral and here's the message I get: "The video you are trying to watch is currently unavailable. Please check back soon." I'm not surprised, they can't conduct this as a real trial and also can't keep the audio or video going for long either.

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"Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour." Leviticus 19:15

4:14 p.m. ET: Martinez is also objecting to certain slides Samuels was going to show to the jury in his power point presentation. The judge is now reviewing those slides.

4:13 p.m. ET: Judge Stephens said she wants to have an evidentiary hearing where Samuels testifies so she can accurately rule on this issue.

4:12 p.m. ET: Willmott said Samuels is going to give a scientific definition of premeditated murder and how it relates to crime scenes, and not a legal definition. Martinez said it could confuse the jury so it should be barred.

4:07 p.m. ET: Martinez is objecting to how Samuels was planning to explain the jury the differences between premeditated murder and a heat of passion murder.

4:06 p.m. ET: Martinez is explaining to the judge what he learned from talking to Samuels during the break.

Judge wants evidentiary hearing.

4:30 p.m. ET: Sameuls is talking about his fellowship he completed in human sexuality after getting his Ph.D. He got his first license to practice pyschology in 1975.

4:27 p.m. ET: Samuels is reading his resume to the jury.

4:26 p.m. ET: Samuels is explaining his education, and how he has a Ph.D in Biopsychology. Defense attorney Willmott is walking Samuels through his education, and experience in the field of pyschology.

4:23 p.m. ET: The jury is being seated, and Samuels is taking the witness stand.

4:21 p.m. ET: Judge Stephens says she wants to have an evidentiary hearing outside the presence of the jury on multiple issues regarding the admissibility Samuels testimony including certain slides. Samuels will take the stand today and omit the testimony and slides Martinez has objected to.

4:20 p.m. ET: Samuels is sitting at the defense table with Arias as the judge reviews his slides.

Sorry, guys, I need to run out! So much time wasted with these delays.

Thanks Remote....
I have a minute or two

4:48 p.m. ET: Samuels said when he first met Arias he told him intruders killed Alexander. Eventually, Samuels confronted Arias that her story was false, and then she told him about killing Alexander in self-defense.

4:46 p.m. ET: The attorneys are at a sidebar with the judge.

4:45 p.m. ET: Samuels said the point of his interviews was to diagnosis Arias. He used his extensive notes from his interviews with Arias to make a diagnosis.

4:43 p.m. ET:

"I try to develop a rapport, I try to make the person feel comfortable with me and I find that that extracts the most accurate information," said Samuels.

4:42 p.m. ET: Willmott is asking Samuels about how he conducted the interviews with Arias. He said they were not linear in nature, because he usually began the interviews by asking Arias what was on her mind.

4:41 p.m. ET: He did not record his conversations with Arias, but she did take notes.

4:39 p.m. ET: Samuels met with Arias 12 times over a three year period to extract information out of her.

4:38 p.m. ET: Samuels says he usually works for defense attorneys since living in Arizona. Arias defense team hired Samuels in September 2009.

4:36 p.m. ET: Samuels moved from New Jersey to Arizona in the late 80's. In Arizona, Samuels has only done forensic work.

4:33 p.m. ET: Samuels said he has counseled police officers suffering from PTSD.

4:31 p.m. ET: Now Samuels is now walking the jury through this professional experience as practicing psychologist in the late 70's and 80's.

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