Jodi Arias Verdict Reached

[H2O Man]

14. There are certain

types of trials that interest me. So, while I didn't care about ones involving Michael Jackson or Robert Blake -- circus types -- this one is different.

I'll try not to provide "way too much information" -- though I do talk a lot -- but: my first 2.5 years of college were spent studying law, and much of my later work history was in the human services area of domestic abuse. Much of it involved cases of child neglect and abuse. Also, at the mental health clinic, I ran forensic groups for batterers, including male and female, both at the clinic and at the county jail. Overall, I testified in probably 25 to 30 cases.

Jodi Arias will soon be the stuff of forensic psychology text books. Her case is extreme, but worthy of study. (I thought the prosecutor's psychologist was extremely impressive.) I talk to a couple of my former co-workers about this case, as they find it equally interesting.