Jodi Arias Should Receive the Death Penalty

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Jodi Arias Should Receive the Death Penalty
Jodi Arias should receive the death penalty for violently murdering Travis Alexander. Arias planned on murdering Alexander when she traveled to Arizona. Arias brutally murdered a man who did not want to be in a relationship with her and then Arias lied about it. Alexander’s family and friends would like to see her receive the death penalty. Arias also said she would like the death penalty in an interview. Arias has been manipulative and deceiving through the trial and she made statements that were defamatory to Alexander’s character. She is not remorseful for what she has done.
Arias drove to Arizona from Northern California with the intentions of murdering Alexander. Arias stole her grandfather’s gun with the intentions to shoot Alexander, rented a car, brought extra gas cans along to avoid a paper trail, and she shut off her cell phone to prevent being tracked by cellular towers. She went through all those precautions so she would not be traced to the area and be considered a suspect.
If Arias was in an abusive relationship with Alexander then she should not have driven from Northern California to Arizona. Common sense would say to stay away from an abuser. Someone driving from Northern California to Arizona with a stolen gun has intentions of murdering someone. Arias was the abuser because she would stalk Alexander by showing up to his house unannounced, stalk the women he was dating, and she slashed his tires.
Arias gave an interview with a local reporter and said she would prefer the death penalty over life in prison. Arias has looked at her whole situation as a joke. She should get the death penalty because she originally said she wanted the death penalty. She h...

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... not find another man and become obsessed with him and murder if he does not reciprocate the same feelings? Arias purposely took another man’s life and has used this trial to gain fame and notoriety. Arias wants attention and does not care if it is negative. Arias is clearly a terrible, selfish person who does not have any morals. Jodi Arias does not have any remorse for what she has done to Travis Alexander and his family.

Works Cited

Gaynor, Tim. “Jodi Arias Found Guilty of Murder”. South Florida Sun – Sentinel 9 May 2013. A4. ProQuest. Web. 29 Mar. 2014.
Skoloff, Brian. “Jodi Arias Pleads For Life in Prison For Murder”. Pittsburgh Post – Gazette 22 May 2013. A16. ProQuest. Web. 29 Mar. 2014.
Steiber, Zachary. “Jodi Arias Trial: Experts Say Defense at a Disadvantage with New Jury in Sentencing Phase”. Epoch Times 27 Mar. 2014: n. pag. Web. 29 Mar. 2014

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