Jodi Arias Expert Witness Gets Grilled In&Out of Court with Loni Coombs

Jodi Arias expert witness Alyce Laviolette gets looked at closer by prosecutor Juan Martinez, and we examine her testimony and how she responds to the trail in this Crime Time featuring guest Loni Coombs.

GUEST BIO:
Loni Coombs attended Brigham Young University, graduating at the age of nineteen with a bachelor's degree in psychology and minors in philosophy and music. In 1988, after graduating from Pepperdine Law School, Loni began her legal career as a criminal trial prosecutor for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. Her numerous felony trials ranged from murders to sex crimes and DUIs.

From 2003 to 2005, Loni headed up the District Attorney's Hate Crimes Unit, monitoring discrimination cases throughout the county and training law enforcement agencies.

In 2006, Ms. Coombs transitioned into the broadcast world as a legal analyst for national and local broadcast outlets, including CNN, Court TV (now TruTV), Extra, The View, Entertainment Tonight, and KTLA. Loni covered various trials including Phil Spector, OJ Simpson, Mel Gibson, Warren Jeffs, and Casey Anthony. Her daily coverage of the Phil Spector trial on KTLA.com earned her an AP award.

Loni anchored newscasts (KTLA's Prime News, KDOC's Daybreak OC), co-hosted talk shows (KTLA's 9 am Morning Show, Fox's San Diego Living), and reported from the field (KTLA's Morning News and Prime News). Loni appears as a regular contributor on "Dr. Phil", "The Doctors," and "Dr. Drew."

ADD'L LINKS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8HtT4l0dEc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXyOC7p8z_U

EPISODE BREAKDOWN:
00:01 Welcome to Crime Time.
03:00 Jodi's face in the picture of Travis in the shower.
08:47 Ineffective questioning from Juan Martinez.
13:05 Questions from the jury for Alyce Laviolette.
22:45 Harsh treatment for the expert witness and a few good questions.
30:26 The most disturbing jury question, clip.
32:04 Appropriate questions from jury vs. prosecutor.
40:55 Jodi is tweeting and her refusal to be quiet.
48:25 Social media lynching and "slut shaming" cases.