Episode Synopsis
Jodi Arias has been found guilty and is now pleading for a life sentence for murdering Travis Alexander. She has gone to the strange lengths of citing her charitable efforts and her intentions to be a model inmate, but will the jury be moved? Criminal Minds writer and retired FBI agent Jim Clemente joins Crime Time to talk about it.
Guest Bio
Jim Clemente is a retired FBI agent and current advisor, writer and producer for the TV series “Criminal Minds.” A graduate of Fordham University School of Law, Jim was the head of the Child Sex Crimes Prosecution Team in Bronx County for the New York City Law Department. As a result of undercover work that led to the imprisonment of a child sex offender, Clemente was recruited into the FBI. From 1998 until October 2009 he was a Supervisory Special Agent in the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico, Virginia. He is an expert in the fields of Sex Crimes Investigations, Sex Offender Behavior, Child Sexual Victimization, and Child Pornography. Clemente has investigated and consulted on thousands of cases involving the violent and sexual crimes, sexual victimization of children, and he has interviewed hundreds of victims and offenders. He has also testified as an expert witness and lectured on these topics across the country and around the world.
Hosts
Allison Hope Weiner
Episode Breakdown
00:01 Coming up on Crime Time.
02:20 Jodi Arias shares her “Survivor,” shirt with the court.
08:24 Jodi appeals to the jury so she can continue donating her hair.
10:15 Stunned by the incredible charity-and ego-of Jodi.
13:42 Patterns of violence in criminals and lessons in psychopathy.
18:15 Jodi talks suicide with the jury.
21:50 How an innocent person responds to being arrested.
28:40 Mental disorder vs psychopathy.
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