@spendius,
Quote:Perhaps he bloody well asked for it
You don't believe in the death penalty because that's "barbaric", but you're trying to try to justify the slaughter of someone, by his ex-girlfriend, by trying to blame the victim for his own murder? So capital punishment is all right if it's delivered by an individual--the way Jodi Arias delivered it to her ex-boyfriend perhaps because, "he bloody well asked for it"--but it wouldn't be all right if the state delivered it to Jodi Arias because she, "bloody well asked for it," by committing a pre-meditated, and quite savage, murder? I fail to see your logic.
The murder victim in this case, Travis Alexander, had definitely not "asked for it". The ongoing relationship between the two ended almost a year before the murder took place. Except that, during that year, Jodi continued to stalk her ex-boyfriend, to slash his car tires, etc.--she was the one who wouldn't let go of the relationship. And this was not a murder committed suddenly, in the heat of passion, or in self defense, it was premeditated--and it was quite brutal--and the jury got this one exactly right with their verdict.
Try reading about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Travis_Alexander
Well, about 20 minutes after hearing the verdict, Jodi Arias gave an interview to a TV station in which she said she'd prefer the death penalty to life in prison--something she's also said before.
Quote:She said in a tearful post-conviction interview that she preferred a death sentence, the Associated Press reported Wednesday evening.
Minutes after the verdict was handed down, she spoke with Fox affiliate KSAZ and said that she would "prefer to die sooner than later" and that "death is the ultimate freedom"...
Arias spoke to Fox affiliate KSAZ in an exclusive courtroom interview about 20 minutes after the verdict was read. Arias was mostly calm and chose her words carefully during the 45-minute interview, appearing to hold back tears a few times, much as she did during the trial, according to the interview.
She said she hoped her sentence would be the death penalty.
"The worst outcome for me would be natural life (in prison). I would much rather die sooner rather than later," she said.
Arias said she is healthy, doesn't smoke and that longevity runs in her family. That means she would expect to live in prison for a long time.
"I said years ago I'd rather get death than life," she said. "I believe death is the ultimate freedom."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/08/jodi-arias-trial-deliberations-verdict/2143925/
So, why would you be against giving this woman what she says she wants? She asking for the death penalty.
Quote: Placing the lady on death row will, no doubt, create a large amount of legal fees and thus assist in getting economic growth back on track.
No, the bill for Jodi Arias' defense is footed by the taxpayers--and she's already cost them $1.7 million dollars. She's helping to bleed the economy--the way she helped her ex-boyfriend to bleed all over his home by stabbing him over 24 times, shooting him in the head, and slashing his throat from ear to ear.
Which she gets to wear while riding in fairy-tale carriages. It's good to be the Queen. 
but um, we will go and have a look at the main town at night 
Only 50 once. 6 weeks, sorry Diane, Beth and others you will have to put up with me for a further 6 WEEKS 
