What will the verdict be for jodi arias

A blood-covered knife typically becomes slippery and slides through the hand of the person wielding it, often resulting in wounds. She said it happened months prior to Alexander's death and was a result of his physical abuse.

Prosecutors allege she hurt herself during the killing, and that's why the injury is not visible in photos shown to the jurors that were taken after she claimed the injury occurred. Arias testified the cans were a precautionary measure, so she would not run out of fuel while traveling through the desert. Prosecutors said she had them so she would not have to make fuel purchases that could tie her to the area.

Arias said she returned one can to Walmart and received a cash refund without a receipt. Prosecutors said the exchange never occurred and presented a Walmart employee who testified there was no record of the transaction.

Alexander was killed with a. What is bizarre about some of Arias' claims is that they are irrelevant in the grand scheme. Once she admitted she had killed Alexander, why argue about some of these little things? In the case of her finger, Arias' version of events was an attempt to show prior domestic abuse, but it might have served her better if she had played it differently. As for the gas can, what was the point in saying she'd returned one and then being contradicted by a witness?

It is all these details that Arias has woven into her story that could ultimately be her undoing. Travis and Jodi met at a convention in Las Vegas in September and hit it off immediately.

Travis hoped to marry Jodi at some point. He sent the following email to Hughes:. She is amazing. It is not hard to see what whoever scores Jodi, whether it be me or someone else, is gonna win the wife lotto. Arias converted to Mormonism, much to the delight of Travis, but the couple kept having sex. She wanted to make that clear.

Alexander broke up with Arias, but unbeknownst to his friends, the couple maintained contact. At the time of the murder, Alexander was courting another Mormon woman named Mimi. Arias claimed that she murdered Travis in self-defense and that he was abusive.

On May 8, , the jury reached a verdict. Jodi Arias was found guilty of first-degree murder. The jurors did not reach a consensus about whether the murder was premeditated or not.

On May 16, the penalty phase of the trial began, in which jurors must decide whether Arias should receive the death penalty or life in prison. On May 21, Arias pleaded for a life sentence, despite asking for the death penalty years earlier, in addition to being put on suicide watch shortly after being found guilty. On May 23, the jury announced that they had failed to reach a unanimous decision, declaring a hung jury.

HLN, which televised much of the proceedings, has been airing clips of interviews and testimony with a stopwatch counting every second of deliberations. Spectators from across the country gathered outside the courthouse in anticipation of the verdict. FB Tweet More. Credit: CNN. You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications.