Jodi Arias is innocent *Fall Tier Tournament- round 2*

Despite my opponent repeatedly saying he needs to prove his case beyond a shadow of a doubt, I disagree. That's way too heavy of a burden for him to carry, probably an impossible Burden of proof. I insist we just hold him to proving his case beyond a reasonable doubt, which is still a higher BOP than would be required in a typical debate, but more fair to him. INTRODUCTION What I'm going to do is take you through an extremely plausible scenario for how this day played out and show you that Jodi Arias was indeed acting in self defense. Let's replay the event as it most likely unfolded. KINKY SEX According to Jodi Arias's testimony. Her and Travis were into some kinky sex. He would tie her up with some decorative rope and have rough sex with her.[1] He would cut and singe the ends of the decorative rope in the bathroom to avoid damaging the carpet. Afterwards he left the knife in the bathroom on the kitchen sink. ,[1] Pictures Jodi went into the bathroom to take pictures of Travis because he was extremely proud of the progress he's made with his body and she thought it would be fun. Jodi goes into the bathroom with his camera and starts snapping photos of him in the shower.[2] Being the devout Mormon that he was Travis probably feared that these photos would get out and he got visibly upset with Jodi. Jodi stunned by this accidently drops Travis's camera. He yells at he "You F**king idiot", and body slams her to the tile. [3] CHASE Jodi get's up and runs. to the closet and is so afraid of Travis that she feels the need to grab the gun. During the pursuit Travis is slipping due to being naked and wet and tripping on things and slamming into things getting his shins and legs all cut and bruised up. Somehow they meet up just outside the closet and he attempts to tackle her football style. she draws the gun and it accidently discharges hitting his sinus cavities. [3] The gunshot wound likely snapped him back into a less aggressive state and he went to the bathroom leaning his ear towards the sink to get a better look at the wound. The blood is dripping out of his face and you can see the evidence for this in how the blood is found in the sink.[4] Jodi being concerned about Travis and thinking he's calmed down likely followed him into the bathroom. Once he realizes he's okay the anger returns from being shot, from being photographed nude, from Jodi dropping his camera. He grabs her by a piece of the clothes to hold her there and start attacking her. She is scared and grabs the knife, off of the bathroom counter. The initial wounds to Travis are superficial and indicate Jodi was merely trying to get away. She is trying to get away, while he keeps her close by holding onto her clothing. After all of the stabbing to the hands to get him to let go of her clothes and superficial cuts mainly to the left side of his body Jodi final gets a deeper wound into his chest which causes him to let go and grab his chest. At this point she makes her only aggressive move which is a forward lunge to cut his throat and save her own life. Here is how Jodi gripped the knife to get that type of wound on Travis's neck.[4] Now Travis is mortally wounded and instinctively continues attacking by wrapping his arms around her to slam her again. This is where she stabs him several times in the back to fight him off some more. IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH After the event Jodi was in a state of post traumatic stress disorder according to psychologist Dr Geffner. "She could be suffering from PTSD and borderline personality disorder, but if all of your symptoms of borderline came after the event, it's not appropriate to call it just borderline," Geffner said. "All your tests are supporting some sort of anxiety disorder." [5] Immediately after the event Arias was likely in a state of shock causing her to repress memories and do things people wouldn't normally do.[6] She went so tried to literally wash away the horror she just experienced by washing Travis and putting the camera in the washing machine. As a photographer she knows to erase pictures you'd just need to take out the flash card, and this shows throwing the camera in the washer was about washing away the horror not erasing any evidence. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE I want you to understand it's not surprising to hear a story of Travis being violent or angry or having a mean streak. Here is an E-mail between him and Jodi where he acknowledges his nasty temper. Travis: "Yeah, I know, but they"ve see (sic) him at his worst, and I promise my worst is worse. So far." Jodi: "I"ve seen your worst. We haven"t walked in his shoes but I take that bet." Travis: "Hah, yeah, if I could transmute that fury I couldn"t be stopped. That shiz is scary." Jodi: "You"ll master it one day."[7] and another e-mail Travis (next morning): "You couldn't get off your lazy butt to read it could you. That's the sociopath I know so well. It freakin figures." Travis' response: "I don't want your apology I want you to understand what I think of you. I want you [to] understand how evil I think you are. You are the worst thing that ever happened to me."[7] Travis at one point even breaks Jodi's finger and she holds it up in court to show the evidence of his abuse.[8] This woman is a victim of an abusive relationship, but you wouldn't know that from watching HLN. All you see is this evil psychopath and this perfect Mormon version of mother Theresa. The truth however isn't so neat. CONCLUSION My opponent will not offer any physical evidence of the crime scene that contradicts the scenario I laid out. He will not be able to show Jodi Arias as the cold blooded murderer she has been made out to be. This is either what happened that night or as close as you can possibly get to what happened without actually having a videotape of the events. The best my opponent will be able to do is a character assassination of Jodi Arias. This isn't too uncommon of victims of domestic violence. They are called liars for repeatedly putting themselves in that situation, when the reality is they are afraid to remove themselves from those horrible situations. It's not unusual for the victim of domestic violence to be called a liar and excuses made for the man. It's also not uncommon for somebody to repress or manufacture memories to try and separate themselves from a traumatic event, but you'll hear my opponent call these psychological defense mechanisms the act of a really good liar. The truth is a really good liar wouldn't say "ninjas did it". That is the act of a psychologically damaged person trying to shield themselves from the pain. sources [1] http://abcnews.go.com... [2] http://abcnews.go.com... [3] http://abcnews.go.com... [4] http://herrspeightsventures.com... [5] http://abcnews.go.com... [6] http://www.criticalincidentstress.com... [7] http://justice4jodi.wikispaces.com... [8] http://www.youtube.com...