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Acquittal {or not}

Author == 8 June 2011 37 Comments

Sometimes white ladies kill their babies :: they probably don’t mean it as a favor to CNN … but it is one.

Last week the State of Arizona completed its case against James Death Ray.  CNN is no longer covering the trial because they’re super busy looking at weather maps and buying new touch screens for zooming in on Wolf Blitzer’s beard. But they were back on the scene today in case the defense’s obligatory motion for acquittal was granted.

It wasn’t.


 

– #JamesRay Sheila :: Sheila :: Sheila :: Sheila!! #


 

– Ms. Polk :: Liz heard #JamesRay say that she was okay :: so she said she was okay. She wasn’t okay. #


 

– People in the group wanted to help each other but they felt intimidated by #JamesRay #


 

– Kirby needed help :: but #JamesRay needed to close a flap. #


 

– Debbie testified that #JamesRay said :: “really … she’s not breathing?” regarding Kirby :: oh my … #


 

– The things Dr. Dickson said would be the “signs to watch for” were the very things that #JamesRay was trying to induce. #


 

– Ms. Polk turns over the mic to MC Hughes. #JamesRay #


 

– Legal mumbojumbos confusing. #JamesRay sucks though … that’s clear. #


 

– “Russian Roulette is not cool … even if there’s a waiver” :: says the law. #JamesRay #


 

– Mr. Hughes making the case that #JamesRay had a legal duty to act :: and he did not do so. #


 

– Time is critical in a heat stroke situation :: not sandwiches. #JamesRay #


 

– Mr. Hughes sits. Mr. Li has 12 minutes … he starts with an objection to information coming through fire hoses. #JamesRay #


 

– Mr. Li can’t pronounce “vehemently” :: I object! #JamesRay #


 

– Mr. Li has a seven year old :: he’s not going to murder her in a sweat lodge. #JamesRay #


 

– Mr. Li argues that you can waive the duty of care. Then you can have sandwiches without remorse. #JamesRay #


 

– #JamesRay didn’t know about the altered states … when he was talking about them he was just joking or something. #


 

– The Judge speaks … #JamesRay #


 

– The Judge finds that there was a legal duty to the victims. #JamesRay #


 

– There is :: at the very least :: a contractual legal duty. #


 

– There is sufficient evidence of causation. #JamesRay #


 

– No 1st Amendment violation. No Due Process violation. #JamesRay #


 

– Rule 20 motion denied. Big surprise. Recess. #JamesRay #


 

– An hour into the defense :: first witness criminalist Dawn Sy :: no relevant questions yet. #JamesRay #


 

– Defense using the first witness to establish the fact that not enough meetings have been held. #JamesRay #


 

– The defense team was not missing me :: nor I them. #JamesRay #


 

– Why didn’t Det. Diskin want to know more about the things you didn’t find? #JamesRay #


 

– Truc Do :: “How does science work?” #JamesRay #


 

– Oh gosh … that was lame. Ms. Do sits. Why call that witness if that’s all you had? {ie nothing} #JamesRay #


 

– This lab criminologist doesn’t know much about o-phosphate poisoning cause of how it’s mostly used to kill bugs instead of people. #JamesRay #


 

– I wish #JamesRay would start shouting out stuff tourette style. That would bring CNN back for sure! #JamesRay #


 

– I AM THE ALPHA AND OMEGA!!! NO REFUNDS!!! JESUS WAS MY SHAMAN!!! #


 

– Mr. Hughes done. The lab didn’t find anything interesting … so this isn’t interesting. #JamesRay #


 

– Why didn’t the lab test for Plutonium-239? Is it because they hate #JamesRay and harmony? Think about it. #


 

– The defense opens its case with a failed bunt. Recess. #JamesRay #


 

>> bleep bloop

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  • James Ray Trial Updates: Final Phase « Spirituality is No Excuse said:

    [...] Droid has edited and uploaded a video of the acquittal hearing. It it includes the state’s recounting of its completely and [...]

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  • Omikse said:

    Perhaps the million dollar question that the prosecution did not have an opportunity to ask the defense is, “Would you, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Li and Miss Do, ever consider entering and proceeding with a sweat lodge run by your client, Mr Ray? If not , why not”

    The defense is attempting to defend Ray without ample knowledge of what a lodge is. That is what caused the whole sad, horrifying chain of events. Ray had no knowledge of a sweat lodge either.

    As for the defense and the extreme heat the samples were introduced to in the forensic lab, that degree of heat was much higher than a body could withstand inside any sweat lodge. I am not sure what, if anything, this proves.

    There are biological catalysts in the body many of which are involved in releasing energy in the form of ATP..( Adenosine triphosphate )
    The best temperature for these enzymes is 37 degrees C
    Temperatures above 50 degrees C would cause the hydrogen bonds to break in the enzyme causing their shape to change
    The body would not last very long in environmental temperatures greater than 50 degrees C
    This is why you feel very tired then you have a high temperature.

    The wood was not burned inside the lodge, Ted was the fire keeper and he was not affected by any fumes given off by the burning of the wood outside in the fire pit. I always wondered how and why the defense waved around an unburned log with a nail in it as proof that they burned wood with nails. Did no one sift through the ashes to see if a nail or nails were present? Ray sat near the door, and received benefit of air exchange whenever the door was opened. He also had access to the water bucket, to cool/spritz himself off…his ‘lodge-mates’ did not have benefit of this bucket. He seems to have made sure his butt was covered.

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  • 2LateSmart said:

    Clever questioning by what’s-er-name there – the friggin beloved bruenett whatever. “Are polymers a marker for plastic? Are the tarps plastic? So if you found plastic in the plastic, that would mean it was plastic? Okay? Okay? Okay? No more questions, your honor.”

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    LaVaughn Reply:

    @2LateSmart, I think she did very well with her questions for a 13 year. She’s very precocious. I’d give her an A for effort. I just wish she’d take up more age appropriate activities, like maybe a WordMaster challenge! That Jeremiah McDowell would probably clean her clock, though.

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  • _cartman_ said:

    Anyone know what happened to the trial feed?

    I was all excited to see that CNN was covering the trial again, and went there now to find no trial feed.

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    2LateSmart Reply:

    @_cartman_, I hear that they are not covering it again until the verdict day. They showed up yesterday just in case the judge went with the acquittal requested by the defense. So we’re going to miss the whole defense case, except by following the trial tweets from Tragedy in Sedona and others. As far as I know, that’s the only way we can get the latest, except from the AZ newspapers.

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    Anne Reply:

    @_cartman_,

    Now they show it in their schedule for 5:00 pm today. Not that it actually means anything.

    Keep up the complaining the CNN & their advertisers though. Last weekend they said ‘no more’, yet here they are back. Well, . . .sorta, . . . from time to time.

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    LaVaughn Reply:

    @Anne, Could CNN suck any more?! Ian Paul is on the stand. They had the trial on the schedule for 12:15. And instead it’s empty feeds and weather… again.

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    Anne Reply:

    @LaVaughn, I am very disappointed because I wanted to hear this Dr. Paul make the case for organophosphate poisoning.

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    LaVaughn Reply:

    @Anne, Me too. And then I was gonna go out for an organophosphate cocktail to celebrate! Usually, I prefer my organophosphates neat with water back. But on a day like today, when Ian Paul is bringing home the defense’s case, I say we go all out. A little pineapple juice, a splash of grenadine and one of those little paper umbrellas! Mmmm…. Festive!

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    Anne Reply:

    @LaVaughn, LOL

    Cheers!

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    Jean D Reply:

    @LaVaughn, Do you think a sprig of mint would make it too “Julipy”? Can’t wait to try your recipe. But can my bugs and mice drink it?

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    LaVaughn Reply:

    @Jean D, Think of it this way. If there are any little bugs on your mint… well, problem solved. Meanwhile, you have a lovely, refreshing beverage that’s only mildly toxic.

    I bet I could sell these recipes to Sandra Lee. She never actually eats food, but the woman LOVES a good cocktail!

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    LaVaughn Reply:

    @Anne, Not for nothin’ but they “sorta” came back because they were hoping to pick over the carcass of a dead trial. Vultures. But, instead, Judge Darrow made a mockery of their continual insistence that the prosecutors would never make the case for manslaughter. And now the CNN satellite truck is… I don’t know… in a cornfield somewhere?

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    Anne Reply:

    @LaVaughn,

    Well, CNN did show a briefing on the Wallow fire, about 3 hours east of Camp Verde. So, okay, maybe they had a good reason THIS time.

    It sounded like there was going to be a media tour of the fire. If so, I don’t see CNN getting back to the trial this afternoon.

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    LaVaughn Reply:

    @Anne, It was on there for like five minutes. It’s not on there now and it hasn’t been for most of the afternoon.

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    Anne Reply:

    @LaVaughn,

    Good point. (It’s still morning in Arizona though)

    I want to see a lot more fire footage today before I forgive them.

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    LaVaughn Reply:

    @Anne, I remember seeing something about a fire very briefly on the feed. But it was literally like, don’t blink you’ll miss it, and I haven’t seen it on there since. So if they sent their lonely, little truck on a 6 hour excursion for that, while the defense’s paid medical expert — the showpiece of their case — is testifying, they are the LAMEST news organization imaginable. I mean, are we seriously supposed to believe that CNN is that strapped for resources? Journalism is dead in this country.

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    _cartman_ Reply:

    @2LateSmart,

    Thanks….Sigh…It does make sense why they actually covered the trial yesterday [[and of course I never actually checked yesterday]].

    @Anne,

    Thanks….Yup, there it is back on at 5:00pm [[strange time to say the least]]. That would tend to “logically” indicate [[if it isn't outright deception]] that CNN could possibly be restarting coverage. I just don’t see CNN going to the trouble of setting up all equipment for 3 hours on a non pivotal day, unless it is just a carry over from yesterdays coverage [[but twitter reports from people in the court stated CNN packed up and left...so who knows anymore]].

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    Moxie Reply:

    @_cartman_, The Casey Anthony Trial started and CNN switched to covering that. To run the Satellite feeds from all their locations costs tons of $$$, and that’s why they have decided to only come back to AZ when it’s Verdict day…..and they will cover the verdict.

    From my understanding, Closing Arguments are set for Tuesday, June 14th and are expected to take 1-2 days…..then the plan is to get the case to the Jury by Friday, 6/17 at the latest—Judge’s request.

    So hopefully by the end of this week we all will know something substantial. Tom Kelly has been busy whining about the proposed Juror instructions for Deliberations and basically wants everything left out except, “Hi, My Name is James Ray”. – LOL. I just love when Judge Darrow uses my favorite word: Denied !!!!

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    LaVaughn Reply:

    @Moxie, I just don’t buy the “we can only afford to broadcast Casey Anthony” crap. CNN has the resources to do both. In Session routinely follows more than one trial and would have had at least a 2 ring circus going had the Conrad Murray trial not been continued. They started broadcasting this trial with a lot of bells and whistles knowing full well it would be a long trial. It’s not like it’s gone over schedule. Now it looks like it may come in ahead of schedule. They simply hate this trial. It did not follow the narrative the In Session — and by extension CNN — talking heads predicted. It embarrassed them. It will probably embarrass them more because James Ray will very likely be convicted. And the defense team they lauded ended up looking like the Keystone Cops. Their defense of James Ray has been risible. Sorry, but when a network like CNN cries poverty I can only laugh. This is only an economic decision in two respects. It has a cult rather than a massive following. That means it’s not a money-maker, not just because it doesn’t have mass viewership, but because the viewers are more cerebral and advertisers HATE cerebral.

    This is why mass media is the way it is. It’s why Anthony’s Weiner and Casey Anthony (funny that they’re both named Anthony) have sucked all the oxygen out of the marketplace of ideas — the mass appeal of the salacious brings in a big audience and it invites little to no critical thought. Both stories go straight to the reptilian brain, for very different reasons, and advertisers love that. Keep people emotional and viscerally charged and they’re more likely to buy whatever you put in front of them. Make them think too much and they make more reasoned spending choices. Like it or not, that’s how advertisers make decisions about ad buys. That’s why your better news venues have to run largely ad free.

    But my views on this come down to this. If your editorial decisions are based on pleasing advertisers, don’t call yourself a news organization. Call yourself a whore because that’s what you are.

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    Moxie Reply:

    @LaVaughn, Hi LaVaughn…..I totally agree that this bullshit of CNN does not have the funds to satellite broadcast this Trial and Casey Anthony together is just a pathetic lie. But that is exactly what was told to a friend who was in the Courthouse, because she asked as she is frustrated too, and the $$$ excuse was given. The cameras are still rolling in the Courtroom and recording all of this…where that is going, I have no clue. CNN promised they would be back “for the Verdict” but not for closing arguments.

    It’s bullshit because they carry 4 screens, and we all know one is always the weather…however, I have seen all their screens filled before, especially from the Whitehouse and the House of Representatives, etc.

    CNN did acknowledge that they have received a LOT of correspondence about covering this trial, but obviously they (cameramen) didn’t get permission to roll the satellite until Verdict day.

    IF he is convicted, there will be a lot of hype about that…hype like you’d see in the National Enquirer…and I bet we see all that on InSession….they seem to like to take the “drama” element at hand, and just blow it up for the audience (without checking the facts on it first).

    I’d rather watch Salty’s presentations rather than that shit. And also, at this stage of the trial, sure I’d love to SEE a Guilty verdict read and see all the courtroom movement afterwards….especially from the defense table….but if I only hear it announced somewhere, like if CNN pulls out on all of us in covering the Verdict Day, it won’t wreck my life.

    I am just glad we are at this stage of the Trial and I love Luis Li’s words of “then there is no defense”. Duhhhhh, you jackass, he finally woke up!

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    LaVaughn Reply:

    @Moxie, Luis Li… LOL… Freudian slip much? I know. Hilarious.

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  • what?? said:

    Thank you for the highlights of the arguments. I missed it so it was great to get a sense of Li’s ridiculous performance…without actually having to watch it all and count the literallys.

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  • SD (author) said:

    I think CNN is the wrong tree to be barking up …

    1) they don’t care about you
    2) they have no obligation to you
    3) they suck at their job anyway

    Everyone’s giving them shit on twitter while saying nice things to the NBC producer on site for her occasional tweets. But NBC has shown us exactly ZERO of the trial … they could do it just as easily as CNN … so could ABC … so could The Arizona Republic. Web based feed distribution is not tricky.

    Anywayz :: I vote for lobbying the court instead. This is supposed to be a “high tech” courtroom … and they are wasting it by leaving distribution to the same incompetent middle men that have been ruining the world for the last three-ish decades.

    Millions of tax dollars went into building a modern tech court. They do have an obligation to you {and hopefully care about you} …

    Start sending your complaints here … and let’s see what happens.

    yavapaiverdevalleyjusticecourt@courts.az.gov

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    LaVaughn Reply:

    @SD, That only works if someone there knows what they’re doing and it doesn’t sound like anyone does. Lynn LaMaster spent some time and energy trying to coordinate with the camera guy there to stream through her news site and couldn’t make it work.

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    SD Reply:

    @LaVaughn ::

    Only the court can access the court’s bandwidth without complication.

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    LaVaughn Reply:

    @SD, I just don’t think they know anything. I got an email from someone who spoke to the court clerk who “thought” the camera was still there. The camera, from my understanding, is the property of Turner Broadcasting. But it is still there and it was that camera guy, who works for Turner, who was trying to work out an alternative with LaMaster or anyone else really. But no one seems able to pull it off. I’m on the EC and I’m not that tech savvy. This is just what I’m hearing second-hand.

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  • _cartman_ said:

    We have sweat lodge coverage on live.cnn.com

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  • Ryan Townsend said:

    Trial’s back on!! http://live.cnn.com

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  • Nancy said:

    The trial began streaming on CNN at 2:00 pm Arizona time. Although our state is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone, we don’t observe Daylight Savings time (we see enough of the sun in the summer, thank you). Well, the Navajo Reservation does use DST. So, 5:00 Eastern is 2:00 Arizona time this time of year. Let’s hope they stick with it till the end (although starting with Truc Do was giving me indigestion).

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  • jamo said:

    “Dr” Paul — what a jerk. He has no idea how much organophosphates it would take to kill an adult via skin absorption (a shit-load) let alone 3 adults, has never seen a case of OP poisoning or seen any of his colleagues have a case. But that is his cause of death, due to sweating, low rectal temp and pin-point pupils. Retarded moron money-grubbing liar.

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    kalista7 Reply:

    @jamo, yep, he seemed strange… and nervous with a red face most of the time.

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  • kate said:

    SD, thank u so much for the trial updates. I loved what the prosecution put together to present to judge. And what the hell was Li talking about…..it was exactly like having a child in a hot car. He sounded like an idiot… Anyway, thank you again. You’re updates r the only info I get anymore and really enjoy all the comments.

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  • Mario said:

    It was great to hear how clear Judge Darrow was about the criminally arrogant defendant’s guilt! Understanding evidence as he does, and being as liberal to the defense as he has been, it should be a very good indictation of where this is all headed. I doubt that this jury will buy any of the bullshit that Kelly, Li and Do have served up. I hope we get to hear closing arguments!

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  • SD (author) said:

    Oh Snap!

    The defense rests …

    http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/justice/defense-rests-in-sweat-lodge-trial-6-9-2011

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    SD Reply:

    … or do they?

    Defense hasn’t formally rested to jury yet. Judge Darrow told Li they will not rest today. #jamesray

    http://twitter.com/#!/DatelineApril/status/78960770116878337

    Well that’s bizarre.

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