Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner aka Dr. Buzz discusses with television host Jack Ford and hostess Ashley Banfield, the psychological factors on why in a Florida trial, a murder defendant’s tattoos may have become an issue for jurors. Joseph Bearden faced the death penalty for repeatedly stabbing Ryan Skipper for being Gay, on March 14, 2007. Bearden has two dagger tattoos above and underneath his left eye. Under his right eye is also a small teardrop. On his neck, you can see the top of another tattoo that is an copra snake poised ready to strike. During jury selection, potential jurors were individually questioned as to whether the markings influenced them one way or the other as to the defendant’s guilt. While in jail it was reported that Mr. Bearden was beaten up so severely he was admitted to the hospital because of his injuries. Bearden later got these tattoos to help survive jailhouse life. During jury selection, potential jurors were individually questioned as to whether the markings influenced them one way or the other as to the defendants guilt. Ryan Skipper was beaten, stabbed 20 times and his throat slit. His body was then dumped by the side of a road in Wahneta, a small town outside Winter Haven, Florida. His car was abandoned at Lake Pansy. Bearden, an admitted methamphetamine addict, reportedly claimed to friends that he was doing the world a “favor” by killing Ryan Skipper whom he stated was a “faggot.” Joseph Bearden was convicted of second degree murder in …