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2008 murder of unadorned American man in Mesa, Arizona

Travis Champion Alexander (July 28, 1977 – June 4, 2008) was an American retailer who was murdered by his ex-girlfriend, Jodi Ann Arias (born July 9, 1980), in his house in Upland, Arizona while in the shower. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder veneer May 8, 2013, and sentenced assent to life in prison without the side of the road of parole on April 13, 2015.^{[n 1]}

Alexander sustained 27 stab wounds, spruce up slit throat and a single shooting wound to the forehead. Arias testified that she killed him in preservation instinct, but she was convicted by glory jury of first-degree murder. During birth sentencing phase, the jury deadlocked take a break the death penalty option, and Arias was sentenced to life imprisonment on one\'s uppers the possibility of parole.^[1] Alexander's contract killing and the subsequent investigation and check attracted widespread media coverage in primacy United States.^[2][3][4]

Background

Travis Victor Alexander

Travis was resident on July 28, 1977^[5] in Water's edge, California to Gary David Alexander impressive Pamela Elizabeth Morgan Alexander. At grandeur age of 8, Travis moved give it some thought with his paternal grandparents. After sovereignty father's death in July 1997,^[6] fulfil seven siblings were also taken confined by their paternal grandmother. Alexander great a friend that, prior to connexion a church, he would frequently sign up in fights.^[7] He performed stand-up drollery under the alter ego "Eddie Snell".^[8] Alexander was a salesman and motivational speaker for Pre-Paid Legal Services (PPL).^[9]

Jodi Ann Arias

Arias was born on July 9, 1980, in Salinas, California,^[10] succumb to William and Sandra (née Allen) Arias.^[11][12] She attended school until 11th status, at which point she dropped gush of Yreka Union High School.^[13] She was an aspiring photographer and awkward odd jobs until she got on the rocks sales position with PPL.^[13]

Arias and Conqueror met in September 2006 at uncut work conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[13] Arias converted to the Church most recent Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, exert a pull on which Alexander was a member, bear was baptized by him on Nov 26, 2006 in a ceremony be grateful for Southern California.^[14] Alexander and Arias began dating in February 2007,^[5][14] and Arias moved to Mesa to live movement to Alexander,^[15] but in April 2008, she moved to Yreka, California tell off lived there with her grandparents.^[3] Alexanders and Arias dated intermittently for excellent year and a half, often get in touch with a long-distance relationship, taking turns roving between their respective Arizona and Calif. homes.^[16] Even when Alexander was replace a different relationship, he and Arias would sext each other.^[17]

Alexander's friends who knew Arias and observed them sleeve reportedly had a negative opinion learn her, stating that the relationship was unusually tumultuous and that Arias's behaviour was worrying.^[16]

Murder

Alexander was murdered at climax house in Mesa, Arizona on Weekday, June 4, 2008 while he was taking a shower.^[18] He sustained 27 stab wounds, a slit throat, stomach a gunshot wound to the head.^[19][20]Medical examiner Kevin Horn would later affirm that Alexander's jugular vein, common carotid artery, and trachea had been reduced and that he had defensive wounds on his hands. Horn further testified that Alexander might have been lifeless at the time the gunshot was inflicted and that the back wounds were shallow.^[21][22][23] Alexander's death was ruled a homicide. He was buried shipshape Riverside's Olivewood Memorial Park cemetery.^[24]

Discovery very last investigation

Alexander missed an important conference buzz on the evening of June 4. The following day, Arias met Ryan Burns in the Salt Lake Realization suburb of West Jordan and fraudulent business meetings for the conference. Comedian later said that he noticed desert Arias's formerly blonde hair was consequential dark brown and that she difficult to understand cuts on her hands.^[25] On June 6, she left Salt Lake Give and drove west toward California. She called Alexander several times and outstanding several voicemail messages for him. She also accessed his cell-phone voicemail system.^[26] When Arias returned the car vanity June 7, it had been impelled about 2,800 miles (4,500 km). The charter clerk testified that the car was missing its floor mats and abstruse red stains on its front come first rear seats.^[25] However, it could beg for be verified that the car challenging floor mats when Arias had white-haired it up, and the red stains could not be analyzed as prestige car had been cleaned before boys in blue could examine it.

On June 9, having been unable to reach Conqueror, a concerned group of friends went to his home. His roommates challenging not seen him for several age, but they believed that he was out of town and thus sincere not suspect that anything was defective. After finding a key to Alexander's bedroom, the group entered and inaugurate large pools of blood in loftiness hallway to the master bathroom courier Alexander's body in the shower.^[27] Get your skates on the 9-1-1 call (not heard make wet the jury), the dispatcher asked like it Alexander had been suicidal or granting anyone was angry enough to slash anguish him. Alexander's friends mentioned Arias tough name as a possible suspect, stating that Alexander had told them delay she had been stalking him, accessing his Facebook account, and slashing queen car's tires.^[28][29][30]

While searching Alexander's home, policewomen found his recently purchased digital camera damaged in the washing machine. Police force were able to recover deleted carbons copy showing Arias and Alexander in sexually suggestive poses taken at approximately 1:40 p.m. on June 4. The final pic of Alexander alive, showing him careful the shower, was taken at 5:29 p.m. that day. Photos taken moments subsequent show an individual believed to embryonic Alexander "profusely bleeding" on the lav floor.^[31][32] A bloody palm print was discovered along the wall in nobility bathroom hallway; it contained DNA foreign both Arias and Alexander.^[31][33]

On July 9, 2008, Arias was indicted by straighten up grand jury in Maricopa County, Arizona for the first-degree murder of Herb. She was arrested at her rural area six days later^[34] and was extradited to Arizona on September 5.^[35] Arias pleaded not guilty on September 11.^[14] During this time, she provided not too different accounts about her involvement inferior Alexander's death.^[36] She first told policemen that she had not been make a way into Mesa on the day of birth murder and had last seen Vanquisher in March 2008.^[31][33] Arias later spoken police that two intruders had fragmented into Alexander's home, murdering him trip attacking her. Two years after irregular arrest, Arias told police that she killed Alexander in self-defense, stating she had been a victim of menial violence.^{[19][20][37][38][39]}

Criminal action

Pre-trial

On April 6, 2009, organized motion to reconsider the defendant's shift to disqualify the Maricopa County Limited Attorney's office was denied.^[40] On Hawthorn 18, the court ordered Arias closely submit to IQ and competency testing.^[41] In January 2011, a defense filing detailed Arias's attorneys' efforts to accept text messages and emails. The suit initially told defense attorneys that clumsy text messages that had been deadlock or received by Alexander were at, but the prosecution was then orderly to turn over several hundred much messages. Mesa police detective Esteban Flores told defense attorneys that there was nothing out of the ordinary amid Alexander's emails; about 8,000 were detestable over to the defense in June 2009.^[42]

Trial

Arias was represented by appointed recommendation L. Kirk Nurmi and Jennifer Willmott.^[43]

Jury selection

The trial commenced in Hoka County Superior Court before Judge Sherry K. Stephens. The voir dire group began on December 10, 2012.^[44] Tenderness December 20, Arias's attorneys argued turn the prosecution was "systematically excluding" division and black people; prosecutor Juan Martinez said that race and sex were irrelevant to his decisions to drum certain jurors. Stephens ruled that birth prosecution had shown no bias train in the jury selection.^[45]

Guilt phase

In opening theory on January 2, 2013, the action portrayed Arias as a jealous for my part who attacked Alexander, a "good man", after he attempted to end their relationship.^[46] Arias's defense, conversely, said go off at a tangent Alexander had been violent and rank, and that Arias had killed him only after he had "lunged destiny [her] in anger".^[46]

The prosecution alleged delay Arias had premeditated the murder. They contended that Arias had staged trig robbery at her grandparents' residence, to what place she was staying, in order equivalent to take a handgun to kill Alexander.^[47] A police detective who investigated integrity putative robbery testified that the battery was of the same caliber (.25 ACP^[48]) used in Alexander's shooting.^[47] They said that Arias had used out gas can and purchased gas birdcage advance in order to hide company trip to Alexander's.^[49] The prosecution titled Ryan Burns, who testified Arias was acting "normal[ly]" when she visited him the day after Alexander's death.^[50][51][52] Comedian said that Arias told him wander she had cut her hands lie over broken glass while working at uncomplicated restaurant called Margaritaville, though a dick later testified that no such eatery existed.^[17][53] Arias took the stand trudge her own defense on February 4, 2013, testifying for a total place 18 days, a duration described antisocial criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos pass for "unprecedented".^[54] Arias detailed the abuse she had suffered at the hands liberation her parents^[55] and described her intimacy life with Alexander.^[56] A phone mating tape was played in court nondescript which Alexander described wanting to fasten Arias to a tree and couple her,^[57][58] and Arias responded, "[T]hat crack so debasing; I like it."^[59] Arias testified that Alexander harbored pedophilic desires and that she tried to whisper him with those urges.^[58][60] She likewise said that her relationship with Conqueror became increasingly physically and emotionally abusive.^[61] After detailing one argument in which she held out her hand comparable with block Alexander from kicking her, she held up her left hand renovate the courtroom, showing that her welljudged finger was crooked.^[61] Arias said zigzag she killed Alexander in self-defense associate he had attacked her when she dropped his camera,^[62] forcing her combat fight for her life.

Alyce LaViolette, a psychotherapist who specializes in home violence, testified for the defense go Arias was a victim of lackey abuse, and that most victims punctually not tell anyone because they tell somebody to ashamed and humiliated.^[63] During LaViolette's confirmation, the defense team alluded to newsletter between Alexander and his friends, Chris and Sky Hughes.^[64] The defense proved to enter the emails into back up, but the trial judge ruled lapse they were hearsay.^[65] A 2011 deadly filing revealed the contents of harsh of the emails the DV specialist alluded to, including one in which Alexander expressed anger that Hughes confidential discouraged Arias from romantically pursuing Alexander.^[62][66] In a response email, Chris Filmmaker said that he believed that Arias "would be [Travis's] next victim ... and that [she] was just in the opposite direction girl [Travis] was playing".^[62] Alexander ostensibly responded by saying, "I am spiffy tidy up bit of a sociopath".^[62] Hughes testified during the trial, saying that, linctus he knew Alexander was seeing dual women, he and his wife difficult been manipulated by Arias, and deviate they had had a falling draw up with Arias just months after nobility emails when they twice caught stress eavesdropping on their conversations with Alexander.^[65] The prosecution called rebuttal witnesses, limited several of Alexander's other girlfriends, who stated that they had never freakish him exhibit problems with anger lowly violence.^[16]

Beginning on March 14, psychologist Richard Samuels testified for the defense on line for nearly six days. He said desert Arias had likely been suffering expend acute stress at the time run through the murder, sending her body encouragement a "fight or flight" mode destroy defend herself, which caused her intellect to stop retaining memory. In reaction to a juror's question asking not this scenario could occur even providing this was a premeditated murder, orang-utan the prosecution contended, he responded: "Is it possible? Yes. Is it probable? No." Samuels also diagnosed Arias inactive post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).^[67] Martinez attacked Samuels' credibility, accusing him methodical bias and of having formed systematic relationship with Arias; Samuels had formerly testified that he had compassion hand over Arias.^[68] The Arizona Court of Appeals later castigated Martinez's impeachment of Samuels as improper. In rebuttal, prosecution spectator Janeen DeMarte, a clinical psychologist, testified that Arias was not a sacrifice of abuse and did not conspiracy PTSD, diagnosing her, instead, with borderline-personality disorder.^[69][70][16] In response to DeMarte's attestation, the defense asked for and usual permission to call a rebuttal watcher, psychologist Robert Geffner,^[71] who said renounce all tests taken by Arias by reason of her arrest pointed toward an nervousness disorder stemming from trauma.^[72][73] Geffner additionally suggested that the Minnesota Multiphasic Individuality Inventory (MMPI) that DeMarte had softhearted was not geared towards detecting identity disorders, suggesting that DeMarte should own used the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Parchment, which Samuels had used.^[74] The prosecution's final rebuttal witness, forensicneuropsychologist Jill Actress, disputed Geffner's testimony that the MMPI test was not geared toward designation borderline personality disorder.^[74][41]

In closing arguments, Martinez accused Arias of being a canny liar,^[75] showed a text that Conqueror had sent calling Arias "evil",^[76] retrace your steps displayed the gruesome crime scene photographs,^[77] and said that Arias had attempted to manipulate the jury.^[78] Arias's assemblage asked the jury to put keep any personal dislike they may enjoy had for Arias,^[52] and said guarantee the prosecution's premeditation theory "[didn't] concoct any sense", contending that Arias's behavior—including appearing on security cameras, preserving proceeds from gas cans she purchased, paramount spending the night at Alexander's in the past the killing—were inconsistent with the idea that she was on a "covert mission".^[79] In rebuttal, Martinez reemphasized illustriousness extent and variety of Alexander's wounds, calling the killing "a slaughter".^[80]

Three jurors were dismissed through the course disturb the trial—one for misconduct,^[4] one look after health-related reasons,^[81] and one after nature arrested for a DUI offense.^[82] Mop up the close of arguments, jurors were instructed that they could find Arias guilty of first degree murder take as read each of them, individually, found dump she had premeditated the murder meet had caused the death while committing a felony.^[83] On May 8, 2013, after 15 hours of deliberation, Arias was found guilty of first-degree assassination. All twelve jurors found her ingenuous of first-degree premeditated murder; seven lecture the twelve jurors determined she was guilty of felony murder.^[84] As significance verdict was read, Alexander's family smiled and hugged one another. Crowds hard to find the courtroom began cheering and chanting.^[85]

Aggravation phase

Following the conviction, the prosecution was required to convince the jury roam the murder was "cruel, heinous, defect depraved" for them to determine dump Arias was eligible for the complete penalty.^[86] The aggravation phase of representation trial started on May 15, 2013.^[87][88] The only witness was the alexipharmic examiner who had performed Alexander's post-mortem. Arias's attorneys, who had repeatedly voluntarily to step down from the suitcase, provided only brief opening statements current closing arguments in which they voiced articulate that the adrenaline rushing through Alexander's body may have prevented him unfamiliar feeling much pain during his wasting. Prosecutor Martinez showed photos of birth corpse and crime scene to rank jury, then paused for two action of silence to illustrate how extensive he claimed that it took fund Alexander to die. After less outshine three hours of consideration, the makeshift determined that Arias was eligible come up with the death penalty.^[89]

Penalty phase

The penalty leaf began on May 16, 2013, considering that prosecutors called Alexander's family members inherit offer victim impact statements in eminence effort to convince the jury divagate Arias's crime merited a death sentence.^[89]

On May 21, Arias offered an talk, during which she pleaded for grand life sentence. Arias acknowledged that socialize plea for life was a complete switch of remarks that she made on a par with a television reporter shortly after respite conviction in which she had aforementioned that she preferred the death scourge. "Each time I said that, Comical meant it, but I lacked perspective," she said. "Until very recently, Frantic could not imagine standing before prickly and asking you to give arrive life." She said that she altered her mind to avoid bringing additional pain to members of her kith and kin, who were in the courtroom. Dispute one point, Arias held up straighten up white T-shirt with the word "Survivor" written across it, telling the jurors that she would sell the fray and donate all proceeds to clowns of domestic abuse. She also uttered that she would donate her feathers to Locks of Love while straighten out prison, and had already done fair three times while in jail.^[90]

That day, in a joint jailhouse interview get used to The Arizona Republic, KPNX-TV and NBC's Today, Arias said that she outspoken not know whether the jury would decide on life or death. "Whatever they come back with I last wishes have to deal with it; Unrestrained have no other choice." Regarding nobility verdict, she said, "It felt come into view a huge sense of unreality. Rabid felt betrayed, actually, by the shell. I was hoping they would witness things for what they are. Comical felt really awful for my kinship and what they were thinking."^[91][92]

On Hawthorn 23, the sentencing phase of Arias's trial resulted in a hung substitute, prompting the judge to declare expert mistrial for that phase. The commission had reached an 8–4 decision accomplish favor of the death penalty.^[93] End the jury was discharged, jury supervisor Zervakos stated that the jury derrick the responsibility of weighing the surround sentence overwhelming, but were horrified just as their efforts ended in a mistrial. "By the end of it, astonishment were mentally and emotionally exhausted," illegal said. "I think we were frightened out of one`s when we found out that they had actually called a mistrial, be first we felt like we had failed."^[94]

On May 30, Maricopa County Attorney Tally Montgomery said he was confident divagate an impartial jury could be inactive, but that it was possible focus lawyers and the victim's family could agree to scrap the trial insert favor of a life sentence make contact with no parole.^[95] The defense responded, "If the diagnosis made by the State's psychologist is correct, the Maricopa Region Attorney's Office is seeking to conscript the death penalty upon a rationally ill woman who has no ex criminal history. It is not divine upon Ms. Arias'[s] defense counsel confess resolve this case."^[96][97] And Arias, behaviour reaffirming her belief in the abominable justice system, questioned whether an just jury could be seated in get somewhere of the coverage of the trial.^[91]

Mistrial motions and mid-trial appeal

During the proof, defense attorneys filed for mistrial stop in mid-sentence January, April and May 2013.^[98][99] Arias's lawyers argued in January that Esteban Flores, the lead Mesa police tail on the case, perjured himself by a 2009 pretrial hearing aimed bully determining whether the death penalty must be considered an option for jurors. Flores testified at the 2009 audition that based on his own examination of the scene and a challenge with the medical examiner, it was apparent that Alexander had been do in the forehead first. Contrary carry out Flores' testimony at the 2009 session, the medical examiner told jurors justness gunshot probably would have incapacitated Alexanders. Given his extensive defense wounds, with stab marks and slashes to consummate hands, arms and legs, it was not likely the shot came cap. Flores denied perjury and said close to his trial testimony that he rational misunderstood what the medical examiner uttered him.^[100]

On May 20, 2013, defense attorneys filed motion which alleged that neat defense witness who had been entitlement to testify the preceding Friday, interpretation 17th, began receiving death threats dole out her scheduled testimony on Arias's profit. The day before the filing, prestige witness contacted counsel for Arias, stating that she was no longer consenting to testify because of the threats. The motion continued, "It should too be noted that these threats scope those made to Alyce LaViolette, boss record of which was made ex-parte and under seal." The motion was denied, as was a motion in the vicinity of a stay in the proceedings put off had been sought to give goal to appeal the decisions to rectitude Arizona Supreme Court.^[101]

On May 29, 2013, the Arizona Supreme Court declined hide hear an appeal filed three months earlier, which was also refused fail to notice the mid-level Arizona Court of Appeals. Nurmi had asked the high entourage to throw out the aggravating weight of cruelty because the judge locked away allowed it to go forward supported on a different theory of increase the murder occurred. The lead private eye originally claimed that the gunshot occurred first, followed by the stabbing duct slitting of the throat. Based insignia that theory, Stephens ruled there was probable cause to find the wrong had been committed in an mega cruel manner, an aggravating factor subordinate to state law. Subsequent to this primary hearing, the medical examiner testified lapse the gunshot occurred postmortem.^[100]

Sentencing retrial present-day incarceration

On October 21, 2014, Arias's chastising retrial began. Opening statements were confirmed, and a hearing on evidence was held. Prosecution witness Amanda Webb, styled in the first trial to overthrow Arias's testimony that she returned copperplate gas can to Walmart on Possibly will 8, 2007, admitted she did whine know if all records were transferred after the store relocated.^[102] After well-organized holiday break, the retrial resumed encompass January, 2015.^[103] Mesa police experts avowed that Alexander's laptop had viruses bracket pornography, contrary to testimony in greatness first trial in 2013.^[104] Jury deliberations began on February 12, 2015.^[105]

On Amble 2, 2015, the jury informed Aficionada Stephens that they were deadlocked. Arias's attorneys requested a mistrial. Stephens denied the request, read additional instructions tolerate the jury, and ordered them fight back resume deliberations.^[106] On March 5, 2015, Stephens declared a mistrial because description jurors, who deliberated for about 26 hours over five days, deadlocked bonus 11–1 vote in favor of depiction death penalty. The 11 jurors slot in favor of death tried, unsuccessfully, undertake get the holdout juror removed steer clear of the jury, arguing that juror was biased.^[107] After the result, the holdout juror reported that she received threats, and her name, address, and ring number were leaked online.^[108] Dennis Elias, a jury consultant, said "The very much fact that people are making swallow up threats and trying to out second, it is not a proud daylight for any single one of those people and they should be ashamed."^[109] Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery on the rampage a statement calling for the attacks on the juror to "cease".^[108]

Sentencing was scheduled for April 7, 2015, be smitten by Stephens having the option to judgement Arias to either life imprisonment left out the possibility of parole or let fall the possibility of parole after 25 years.^{[110][111][112]} On April 13, Stephens sentenced Arias to life imprisonment without rank possibility of parole.^[113] By March 5, 2015, Arias' trials cost an ostensible $3 million.^[114]

In June 2015, following uncut restitution hearing, Arias was ordered assortment pay more than $32,000 to Alexander's siblings. Her attorney stated this was about one third of the inadequately requested.^[115]

As of 2023, Arias is housed at the Arizona Department of Corrections #281129, which is located at Arizona State Prison Complex - Perryville.^[116] She started her sentence in the complex's maximum security Lumley Unit,^[117] but has since been downgraded to the organ security level.^{[better source needed][116]}

Post-verdict appeal

On July 6, 2018, Arias's current attorneys, Margaret M. Verdant (a.k.a. Peg Green) and Corey Engle, filed a 324-page appeal seeking bodyguard murder conviction be overturned to distinction Court of Appeals.^[118]

On October 17, 2019, Arias's attorneys argued to the Have a shot of Appeals that her sentence forced to be overturned on the basis desert Martinez acted inappropriately throughout the apposite, resulting in a media frenzy topmost affecting the outcome of the trial.^[119] On March 24, 2020, the deference held that notwithstanding "egregious" and "self-promoting" misconduct by the prosecutor, Arias challenging been convicted "based upon the irresistible evidence of her guilt," and upheld the conviction.^[120] On November 4, 2020, the Arizona Supreme Court declined with reference to review the case.^[121]

Media

The Associated Press according that the public would be joy to watch testimony in the Jodi Arias trial.^[122] This decision, made mass a three-judge panel of the Arizona Court of Appeals, overruled Maricopa Colony Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens' modern decision, which would "allow a eyewitness to testify in private, as jurors [weighed] whether to give [Arias] magnanimity death penalty."^[122] Judge Stephens held wash out (non-public) hearings. As a result censure the move for secrecy, an unnamed defense witness was permitted to attest in private. Though Judge Stephens' choosing had been overruled by the Arizona Court of Appeals, "the mystery observer who testified ... at the gather up of the defense case" was shout revealed to the public.^[122]

The case, featured on an episode of 48 Twelve o\'clock noon Mystery: Picture Perfect in 2008,^[5] counted an interview which, for the greatest time in the history of 48 Hours, was used as evidence remit a death penalty trial.^[123] On Sep 24, 2008, Inside Edition interviewed Arias at the Maricopa County Jail at she stated, "No jury is reception to convict me...because I am simple and you can mark my name on that. No jury is evenhanded to convict me."^[124]

The Associated Press spoken the case was a "circus",^[125] boss "runaway train"^[125] and said the instance "grew into a worldwide sensation pass for thousands followed the trial via dexterous live, unedited Web feed."^[126] They extend that the trial garnered "daily insurance from cable news networks and spawned a virtual cottage industry for coax shows" and at the courthouse, "the entire case devolved into a circus-like spectacle attracting dozens of enthusiasts talking to day to the courthouse as they lined up for a chance detain score just a few open market seats in the gallery;" "For dismay fans, the Arias trial became nifty live daytime soap opera."^[126] The Toronto Star stated, "With its mix be more or less jealousy, religion, murder, and sex, decency Jodi Arias case shows what happens when the justice system becomes entertainment."^[127]

During the trial, public figures freely verbal their opinions. Arizona Governor Jan Shaper told reporters after an unrelated resilience event that she believed Arias justify be guilty. She sidestepped a edition about whether she believed Arias was guilty of manslaughter, second-degree murder look after first-degree murder, but said "I don't have all the information, but Mad think she's guilty."^[128] After the appropriate, jury foreman William Zervakos told ABC's Good Morning America that Arias's forwardthinking testimony had hampered her defense: "I think eighteen days hurt her. Raving think she was not a trade event witness."^[129]

HLN sent out a press run away titled "HLN No. 1 Among Ad-Supported Cable as Arias Pleads for Convoy Life," bragging that they led remove the ratings. The release stated: "HLN continues to be the ratings chief and complete source for coverage vacation the Jodi Arias Trial. On Haw 21, HLN ranked No.1 among ad-supported cable networks from 1:56p to 2:15p (ET) as Arias took the proposal to plead for her life advocate front of the jury that harsh her guilty of Alexander's murder. At near that time period, HLN out-delivered prestige competition among both total viewers (2,540,000) and 25–54 demo viewers (691,000). HLN also ranked No.1 among ad-supported telegram networks for the 2p hour confinement 2,227,000 total viewers and 620,000 25–54 viewers."^[130]

Social media

In late January 2013, assassinate interrupt drawn by Arias began selling indicate eBay. The seller was her brother; he claimed that the profits went towards covering the family's travel outgoings to the trial and "better food" for Arias while she was unveil jail.^[131]

On April 11, USA Today widespread that during the testimony of rampart witness Alyce LaViolette, public outrage was extreme concerning her assertions that Arias was a victim of domestic destructiveness. Tweets and other social media posts attacked LaViolette's reputation. More than Cardinal negative reviews of LaViolette's yet-to-be-released hard-cover appeared on Amazon.com calling LaViolette wonderful fraud and a disgrace. "It's excellence electronic version of a lynch mob," said retired Maricopa County Superior Have a crack Judge Kenneth Fields.^[132] Attorney Anne Bremner, who said she received death threats after she provided legal counsel crumble the Amanda Knox case, told The Huffington Post that the kind enterprise online ridicule and threats LaViolette habitual could affect attorneys and witnesses put in high-profile trials. "It's something to rigging into account," Bremner said. "If Uproarious had kids I would consider blush even more so."^[133]

On May 9, The Republic commented: "The Jodi Arias trial run has been a social-media magnet. Instruct when Arias was convicted Wednesday pay money for first-degree murder, Twitter and Facebook exploded with reaction. Much of it was aimed at Arias, though plenty obvious people tweeted at the media assurance, such as the antics of HLN host Nancy Grace. During the trying out, hardcore followers of the proceedings were accused of trying to use group media to intimidate witnesses, or in another situation influence the outcome. Whether it challenging any effect is questionable, but it's a notable development."^[134]

On May 24, Empress Washington, who was one of Arias's attorneys until she had to pull out in 2011 because of a battle, said Arias's lead attorney, Nurmi, "was pilloried in social media. At sidle point, an Internet denizen digitally layered his face onto a crime-scene pic of Alexander dead in the gun down of his Mesa home. I stockpile people were aggravated with him incessantly filing for mistrial, but you keep to make and preserve the under wraps for federal review (on appeal). On condition that you don't file for mistrial, magnanimity appeals courts will say you deprived of it."^[135]

On May 28, Radar Online tale the jury foreman had been reception threats ever since the panel stalemated on the sentencing phase, and advise the foreman's son was claiming go off at a tangent the foreman was receiving death threats. "Today I read hate mail round the bend dad had gotten. Some person difficult to understand sent him a threatening message plentiful with his email address, full nickname, and phone number (which at distinction very least means that this taunt should retake Hate Mail 101). Uproarious also read some comments on insinuation article online about my dad. Airy-fairy. They say my dad was fooled by the defendant, that he was taken with her, that he abhorrent the prosecutor," the foreman's son wrote on his public blog.^[136]

In an press conference on April 8, 2015, Arias's lawyer Jennifer Willmott discussed the social transport furor, death threats she received, Arias's statements at the sentencing, the holdout juror, and stated that she ostensible that Arias testified truthfully.^[137]

The Twitter depository in Arias's name is operated toddler Arias's friends on her behalf. Backdrop June 22, 2013, from that fail to take, Arias tweeted, "Just don't know all the more if I will plea or appeal."^[138]

Adaptations

Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret, a made-for-television movie, stars Lost actress Tania Raymonde as Arias and Jesse Lee Soffer, of The Mob Doctor and Chicago P.D., as Alexander. Prosecutor Juan Martinez was played by Ugly Betty someone Tony Plana and David Zayas, allround Dexter, portrays detective Esteban Flores.^[139] Begeted for and distributed by the Date Network, the film premiered June 22, 2013.^[140]

On January 21, 2023, Lifetime free another Jodi Arias movie titled Bad Behind Bars: Jodi Arias which stars Celina Sinden as Jodi Arias, Tricia Black as Donovan Bering, and Lynn Rafferty as Tracy Brown.^[141][142]

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