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Closing arguments heard in businesswoman's murder trial
Los Angeles Times
Kelly Soo Park listens to her attorney George Buehler make opening statements at her murder trial in the beating and strangling of Juliana Redding in Santa Monica. Closing arguments were heard in the trial Wednesday. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times ...

High-tech crime fighting tool now defunct
WWL
Since we've been in command, we have made significant upgrades in NOPD's use of technology including the use of Omega Crime View for reporting and mapping, implementation of Lexipol Systems to manage policy development, accountability and ...

New York Daily News
'Murder Ballad': Theater review
New York Daily News
Like the show's cheating upper West Side married mom, who can't resist her lower East Side ex, the musical “Murder Ballad” has been drawn downtown. The rock-infused fable about fidelity by Julia Jordan (book and lyrics) and Juliana Nash (music and ...
'Starcatcher' and 'Murder Ballad': Two Shows, So Different Yet So AlikeNew York Times

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From what I have heard about the Jodi Arias murder of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander on June 4, 2008 was a very brutal murder.

Jodi Arias says that after a night of sex she and Travis were photographing each other and then she dropped the expensive camera and Travis got angry and started to chase her angrily. Jodi says she was afraid for her life and she got a knife and stabbed him and then she also knew he had a gun in his house and she got the gun and also shot him in the head.

This trial started in January 2013 and now it is May 22, 2013 and right now the jury is deliberating. A few hours ago the jury said they could not reach a conclusion.

As a Christian I am against the death penalty and I hope and pray that she will get life instead.

From what information that came out in this very long trial it can be assumed that Jodi very much wanted to have Travis as her boyfriend even though his religion is Mormon. Mormons, evidently, according to the trial, cannot have sex before marriage so Travis broke that rule when he had sex with Jodi. So Travis was having sex with Jodi but he also told her he would never marry her because of his religious beliefs. Travis did baptize Jodi into his religion but it seems that he rejected her as a future wife.

All through the times that Travis and Jodi dated since 2006, Travis would ask Jodi for money for various things that he needed and Jodi had to go into debt to please Travis. All this info is according to what Jodi Arias told in court since Travis can no longer talk we have to believe her or not believe  her.

According to Jodi, Travis would request strange perverted sexual things and she would agree to accept these as long as Travis was happy even though she seemed to be unhappy with these actions. 

From what Jodi said Travis would use her for money and cause her to be in financial hardship, as described, he would convince her to have perverted sex with him, he never intended to marry her and the sex was just for pleasure and not love and then in the end Travis would attack Jodi and Jodi was defending herself with a knife and with a gun until she overkilled Travis.

One has to look at this murder from the perspective of a woman who has been kept an emotional hostage by Travis even though Travis said that Jodi was not staying out of his life and injecting herself into his life over and over again after he found new girlfriends. It is possible that Jodi wanted to show Travis that she is worth more than just a sexual object and that Travis did not want to understand this message and when he kept using her for money and sex over and over again and then disrespected her in other ways and then attacked her - that was the very last straw for Jodi and at that point Jodi understood that she was nothing to Travis.

 Travis mistreating her so many times was just too much to take for Jodi after having invested 2 years into this relationship. She had put her whole heart, mind and body into this relationship so what Travis did to her mattered to her a whole lot. So one can look at the example of Cain and Abel and how Cain killed Abel because he was emotionally upset because God loved the gifts that Abel gave better than his own. 

So emotional distress is a good reason for a person to become a murderer according to the Bible. Emotional distress can be so disturbing to a person's emotional well being that it can drive that person to commit  murder.

All the professional people that were on Jodi Arias' side that the defense presented in this case were treated badly by the prosecutor Martinez. The public would send death threats to people who sided with Jodi Arias and they then refused to testify in behalf of Jodi at the hearing before the jury went into deliberations. Jodi spoke about 20 minutes for herself to let the jury know that she was abused by Travis and she did apologize to the family of Travis and her own family.

On the news it is said that Jodi Arias is the most hated woman in America. I don't understand this kind of thinking. Jodi has endured much abuse by Travis and nobody even considers that maybe Jodi is telling the truth? 

Many of Jodi's friends vouch for  her as being a generally good person with a few emotional ups and downs in her life. How can anyone blame this emotional ups and  downs on her when Travis treated her like a prostitute instead of a real girlfriend, as a  bank instead of a real girlfriend, as a punching bag instead of a real girlfriend? Wasn't Jodi Arias defending herself against Travis when she killed him? Didn't the attack her? According to Jodi he did.

Jodi takes care of herself and the public sees that as a negative in her. They don't like that she takes good care of her hair and make-up. What all this has to do with her as a person I don't know. Maybe Travis demanded 100% good looks from her who knows?

I am not going to be a hypocrite and call Jodi Arias a liar in all she does and says like so many others are doing. I am praying for her that no matter what happens that she will be prepared and that God may help her through this difficult time. I also pray for the Travis Alexander family and the family of Jodi Arias.

Wikipedia: The Killing of Travis Alexander

Boxes of cash seized in Mexico corruption probe
MiamiHerald.com
The PRI governed Mexico for 71 years and was seen as a party that encouraged corruption and authoritarianism. It lost the presidency for the first time in 2000 but it returned to power on Dec. 1 with Pena Nieto, who has said that his party has changed ...

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Millions meant for California crime victims goes unpaid
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The state admits up to half the time, victims of crime don't get their money -- money the state has actually collected from inmates -- because of a glitch in the system. County courts and district attorneys are failing to forward contact information ...

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HARTFORD, Conn. — A group of Connecticut organizations that support gun rights, pistol permit holders and gun sellers has filed a lawsuit in federal court... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-gentilviso/

Legit Review: 'Murder Ballad'
Variety
That's the lurid premise of “Murder Ballad,” the hot and sticky rock opera that made auds sweat when it opened six months ago at Manhattan Theater Club's studio space. Reconfigured for a commercial transfer in a larger theater, this hot-blooded ...

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New York Times
'Starcatcher' and 'Murder Ballad': Two Shows, So Different Yet So Alike
New York Times
“Peter and the Starcatcher,” at New World Stages, and “Murder Ballad,” at the Union Square Theater, wouldn't exactly make a natural double feature. “Peter,” Rick Elice's adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson's novel about the boy who became Peter ...
'Murder Ballad': Theater reviewNew York Daily News
Dive Bar Drama! Murder Ballad Opens Off-Broadway, Starring Caissie Levy ...Broadway.com
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Anti-gay crime up in New York as city prepares for pride events
CNN International
New York (CNN) -- Police in New York are stepping up their presence in neighborhoods with large gay and lesbian communities after a string of recent attacks on residents based on their sexual orientation. "Hate crimes are down this year, almost 30 ...
Suspect in vicious Manhattan anti-gay hate crime surrenders following West ...New York Daily News
Prominent Gay Journalist Explains Why Hate Crime Laws Aren't HelpingBusiness Insider
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Ryan Gosling's 'Only God Forgives': Critics really, really hate the crime drama
Yahoo! Movies (blog)
Winding Refn, the enfant terrible of Danish film, previously teamed with Gosling on "Drive," earning a Best Director award at Cannes in 2011 for his hallucinatory crime story. Once again, the screen pulsates with all manner of blood-letting - from ...
Ryan Gosling's violent new crime movie booed at CannesAstro Awani

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Jailed Pussy Riot member declares hunger strike
CNN
(CNN) -- A jailed member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot told a court she is on a hunger strike after being barred from attending a parole appeal hearing in person, Russian state news agency Ria Novosti reported Wednesday. Maria Alyokhina was ...

Washington Post
Ex-premier who was ousted amid corruption probe seeks return to power in ...
Washington Post
McLaughlin blasted Bush's previous administration, saying the last four years had been a time of tense relations with Britain and “corruption and rumors of corruption.” He said Bush's arrest on corruption charges damaged the territory's reputation and ...
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Extra, Extra: Pussy Riot-er Goes On Hunger Strike
LAist
Extra, Extra: Pussy Riot-er Goes On Hunger Strike. old_glory.jpg. Photo by clint mcmahon via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr. A bear crawled into a Duarte home and was seen eating off the kitchen counter. Cal State L.A. has its first new ...

FBI called into hate crime targeting whites
WND.com
Once Baton Rouge police started looking into the case, they asked the FBI about possible hate crime charges. Authorities allege 41-year-old Donald Ray Dickerson is responsible for initiating the attack. However, New Orleans criminal defense attorney ...

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Paul McCartney Writes Letters to Russian Officials Supporting Pussy Riot
Billboard
Last August, Paul McCartney threw his support behind Pussy Riot, the Russian all-girl punk collective convicted with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, early on in the band's case. Now, the former Beatle has voiced his approval of the the Pussy ...
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'Metallica Through the Never' Trailer: Heavy Metal and Riot Police (Video)
Hollywood Reporter
There appears to be police in riot gear, a galloping horse and an armed rebellion involved. In a video interview with The Hollywood Reporter at Cannes, drummer Lars Ulrich described the narrative of the film as occurring in a "parallel universe" to the ...

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New Orleans crime report: Algiers couple robbed of wedding rings in front yard
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New Orleans crime report: Algiers couple robbed of wedding rings in front yard. Bridal Jewlery Algiers Robbery.jpg. New Orleans police said that an Algiers couple was robbed of $50,000 in bridal jewelry in front of their home Wednesday night. (New ...

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New Orleans Inspector General says he already is looking into NOPD crime stats
NOLA.com
J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, filed a resolution Monday that calls for a state audit of the NOPD crime figures, in response to a NOLA.com | Times-Picayune story Sunday in which criminologists cast suspicion on relatively low violent crime figures for ...
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Amy's Baking Company has had a rough go recently, and it may yet get worse: Sami Bouzaglo, one of the restaurant's owners, may be facing... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-grenoble/