Surely the Jodi Arias trial in Phoenix will far surpass Casey Anthony in cost ($1.4 million and climbing) length of trial and media sensationalism. Because of an insatiable need for news and entertainment, American jurisprudence has gone beyond pure guilt or innocence into a Court TV and CNN/HLN reality television Bizzaro World. Jodi Arias: Season One. The only question remains if Jodi Arias will be picked up for season two?
For those who haven't been following the trial there are a great cast of characters; a Phoenix prosecutor named Juan Martinez who looks like the Rabbi Marvin Heir's younger brother and a battered woman specialist named Alyce Laviolette who looks like Janet Napalitano's older sister. Previously there was a wacky psychologist for the defense who looked like the skipper from Gilligan's Island and so on. Did I mention they just dismissed a female juror who came to trial with pink and blue hair, rarely seen in a formal judicial setting?
When watching this trial, dismiss the minor incriminating evidence like Jodi leaving her own bloody palm print at the crime scene along with digital photographs- time stamped- showing the killing in real time (don't all maniacal killers photograph there own crimes)? No, instead focus on some of the better testimony Jodi Arias gave on the stand: "I wanted to be ravished by Travis." To view said ravishing, go to various websites that show Ms. Arias' anus without censor-bars looking as big as the Holland tunnel. In fact there is so much sex in this trial I'll bet all the little old ladies in Mayberry U.S.A. are reaching for smelling salts before they call their friends.
During lulls in the trial, Nancy Grace has been divulging incredible minutiae like the cuisine served at the Estrella Jail- mostly bologna sandwiches and what looks like a gruel breakfast. What, no ham Easter feast? We've also learned that her jail cell is really small and that Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a mean man who hasn't even brought his prisons up to the standard of the Motel 6 hotel chain.
But I'm kinda pulling for Jodi Arias- Season Two. I'm sure it could beat Splash! during rating sweeps month even with Katherine Webb and her cameltoe swimsuits.