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[Jane]

I don't know how you have the energy to do it.

hence the Sunday afternoon nap! 

[Jane]

I should have shut the sliding doors in our bedroom sooner as it has gotten rather chilly out.  I had to change out the flannel sheets today so Keith could slide more easily with his sore back.  Guess I will be wearing flannel p.j.'s to compensate.

[Jane]

During the night I was having a slew of unpleasant dreams, then suddenly I was in a car and two birds came flying right at us and one hit the window.  I gasped rather loudly & woke Keith up. 

Once back to sleep the various  dreams continued & I woke up rather tired-lol. 

[vixmom]

Exactly.....hoping the jury is back by Wednesday.....if not there is one idiot that believed the defense arguments....or experts....

Aren't we sworn not to talk about the case/  - Oh wait, i forget, we're not actually deciding this, are we?

Oh I am DR FJL....

Jack is Fred?    Boy I take a nap and things get all confused

As they used to say where I worked years ago - if you don't know Fred, you don't know Jack

LOL!

[vixmom]

BACK VIBES FOR KEITH

[vixmom]

HEALING VIBES FOR CALLIE

[vixmom]

VIBES of COMFORT  TO JOHN G AND ALL WHO LOVED DELORES

[vixmom]

BREAK A LEG VIBES FOR BK AND CO

[Laura]

Boy, I understand Keith's sore back. I am just recovering from back pain myself. Which part of his back hurts? My biggest complaint was my mid-back on the right side. That is finally better.

[John G.]

Last BARNUM was, as tentatively predicted, totally excellent.  Those kids really came through.

Good news.

[John G.]

Three hours of telephone calls this evening. Good to catch up, but I feel three hours behind on everything else.

A cucumber-ginger margarita did facilitate matters quite nicely. A jumbo bowl of guacamole and the drink were my nod to Cinco de Mayo.

[Laura]

A jumbo bowl of guacamole and the drink were my nod to Cinco de Mayo.

We had Chinese for lunch.

[George]

 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR GEORGE!!

May you have a lovely day!
(And lots of chocolate lush)

Thanks, Jeanne!!  The Lush was Delish!

[George]

And just what IS chocolate lush?? (I think I want some.)

Click HERE for a sample recipe.

[John G.]

Good night, all. Though I have to check out the lush first.

[George]

Feliz Cumpleanos Jorge!

Gracias, Vixmamá!

[George]

One of these fine days dear reader Jeanne will get off her ASS and come to a Kritzerland show - I do realize it would require her to drive OVER THE HILL but I'm sure she could do it if she tried.  She's only missed thirty-three of them.

What the HELL??!!!

I wouldn't be missing a show if I lived within a couple of hundred miles of the place.

Me, either.

[vixmom]

Three hours of telephone calls this evening. Good to catch up, but I feel three hours behind on everything else.

A cucumber-ginger margarita did facilitate matters quite nicely. A jumbo bowl of guacamole and the drink were my nod to Cinco de Mayo.

our Latino members hosted our coffee hour today - we had tortillas and homemade salsa and jalepeno cheese, dulce de leche cake, and some homemade "donut holes" or "munchins" that were a Peruvian pastry 

[Cillaliz]

Holy Moly on Rye!!! I've heard some strange noises outside tonight and since I've been reading Amanda Knox's book and watching the Jody Arias trial I was a bit spooked. I thought it wasn't anything...then Ricky started going crazy at my bedroom window upstairs. I was telling him it was nothing when I looked out and a pair of eyes was looking back. I screamed, went to the bathroom for a better view and there was a raccoon looking in at me.

I was banging on the window to scare it, but it wasn't going away. I have to say I breathed a huge sigh of relief knowing that was the cause of the things that were going bump in the night. I think it's living under my gazebo.   I'm going to try to find a service to trap and move it.  And to check my attic to see if he got in.  They can do so much damage that I don't want it living here

[vixmom]

George that choclate lcush soudns good

[Cillaliz]

Questions for DR Cillaliz:

1. Is it possible that if the jury deliberates a very short time that the verdict could be thrown out because they obviously didn't discuss all of the evidence long enough?

The defense could argue it on appeal but it wouldn't work.  Once they are in the jury room it's pretty much up to them.  They've been listening and seeing the evidence since January 4.  If they have all been convinced beyond a reasonable doubt, they've all been convinced beyond a reasonable doubt.  You would have to prove some sort of misconduct - acutally violating the rules or undue pressure on a juror or something like that before it would make a difference

2. If she gets life in prison, would her case be appealed automatically, like it would if a death sentence is handed down?

It probably isn't automatic, it may be, but it will be appealed if the verdict is anything but not guilty....you can mark my words on that, lol

[Cillaliz]

The penalty phase is afterwards DR LAURA - the jury decides on her sentence after another trial....and I think the DP is the only sentence that gets an automatic appeal, but then again, I am not a lawyer.

Yes the penalty phase is afterward, but you can appeal a conviction, a sentence or both

[Cillaliz]

The penalty phase is afterwards DR LAURA - the jury decides on her sentence after another trial....

What?? ANOTHER trial?? Good Lord.

Yup, another trial with the same jury.  That's why the alternates have to sit in a room in the courthouse.  They could be called in if a juror is excused during deliberations, but they are also included in  the penalty phase trial

[George]

George that choclate lcush soudns good

Do!  Highly recommended by the likes of me!

[Laura]

How long could the second trial take? Holy cow!

[Laura]

You know, if I was ever on a jury where the verdict got thrown out, I would be so angry. I would never serve on a jury ever again.

[Cillaliz]

The second trial is all aggravation and mitigation.  Some information not allowed in the first trial may be admissible in the second. 

[Cillaliz]

I don't know that a verdict gets thrown out very often, unless it's clearly contrary to the evidence, and if that's the case the judge should have granted the directed verdict.   If a case is reversed it's usually based on a legal error somewhere in the trial.  I guess you could call that throwing out a verdict, but it really isn't.  It results in a retrial though. 

[Laura]

I know the taxpayers have to pay for a death sentence appeal. Will we have to pay for this appeal, too?

[Cillaliz]

Yes you will.