Did Jodi Arias plan to kill Travis Alexander? or Did she kill him in self-defense?
According to the prosecution, Jodi Arias had a plan and preparation to kill Travis Alexander.
The reasons that Juan Martinez, the prosecutor, gave to support his conclusion are:
Arias stole her grandparents’ 0.25-caliber pistol. (This gun was used to shoot Travis.)
She set up the evidence of alibi such as:
She rented a car in Redding, California to drive to Mesa, Arizona.
She turned off her cell phone and brought along cans of gas.
After killing Travis, she hung out with a guy in Utah.
More deliberately, she staged the crime scene to make it look like self-defense just in case she had to admit she killed Travis.
4. According to Jodi Arias’ defense, Jodi Arias was a victim of domestic violence. She had no premeditation to kill Travis and did it because of self-defense.
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The reasons the defense gave to support their conclusion are:
The relationship between Jodi and Travis is a controlling, psychologically abusive one and Travis considered her as a dirty little secret.
Defense attorney Jennifer Wilmott claimed Jodi was subjected to rough vaginal sex and Travis could kill Jodi after she dropped his new camera so she had to fight back.
Kirk Nurmi showed that Jodi was not obsessed with Travis she had a relationship with other men.
She had nothing to cover for her trip to Mesa, AZ because she rented a car at the airport in Redding, California where security cameras and security are all around.
She could buy cans of gas by cash so she could leave without a trace.
She certainly lied but it was not the reason for that trial.
6. I think the jury should verdict Jody Arias’ case as manslaughter because the following reasons:
She confessed she killed Travis.
She did not prove the abuse. She did not prove it through police reports of prior abuse. Her family and friends did not testify about Travis’s abuse in the
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