family and friends of victim travis alexander fought back tears in anticipation of what was to come. they displayed giant screams of his body enveloping the courtroom. they showed dozens of stab wounds, one so deep it punk cured a vein going into his heart and several to the head that dented his skull. she made sure she killed him by stabbing him over and over and over again and then finishing him off. reporter: then came the most horrific image, a gaping wound to alexander s tloerkts sliced opened for nearly ear-to-ear. it remained on the screen for what seemed like an eternity, some jurors even averted their eyes. martinez argued alexander s murder was especially cruel, a requirement for the death penalty in arizona. you can imagine the absolute terror as he s sitting there
the death penalty in the final stage of her prosecution. those prosecutors argued her victim travis alexander suffered greatly, cruelly, in the minutes before he died and his murder was especially cruel. the jury agreed to it. they captured this-of-picture of jodi arias shackled in what is her temporary jail. the video was taken after 45 minutes after a highly emotional day in court. here s cnn. we the jury upon our oaths do find the aggravating factor especially cruel has been proven. reporter: jodi arias sat solemnly as the jury decided she is eligible for a death svenlts that as thing a dpra rate issing factor phase of the process that will ultimately determine arias sentence. even before prosecutor juan mart fez called his first witness, the county medical examiner,
mitigating circumstances substantially signify that she should live and so that s their burden. and if jodi if i, herself, decides to get up on the stand and ultimately, joey jackson, are you a defense attorney, you are ultimately not the boss, the client is the boss, se can say whatever she wants up there, including what she said to the tv reporter, i want to die, isn t that right? that is absolutely true. at this point, ash leak, the only one that can help the defendant is jodi if i arias. forget about surro gaits, forget about her mother testifying, the nature of her experiences. jodi arias in testifying and trashing this victim and talking about stories and saying she was abused and putting him in the mud and in effect killing him again, she has to come and confront that jury, admit who what she did. accept responsibility,
of the victim to break down. . we re going to play key moments from that testimony for you so you can determine for yourself point by point if what the jury decide that this murder was especially cruel was right on the mark. [ male announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day men s 50+ is a complete multivitamin
by setting his home on fire. and the final phase of jodi arias murder trial begins with jurors ultimately deciding if she receives a sentence of life or death. yesterday they found that arias was exceptionally cruel when she murdered her boyfriend travis alexander, that verdict means she s eligible to receive the death penalty. the prosecution hammered home its case. she made sure that she killed him by stabbing him over and over and over again and then finishing him off. the defense will try to convince jurors that arias should not be executed. she could make a statement asking that her life be spared. the 12-year-old california boy charged with killing his 8-year-old sister remains in custody in the juvenile detention facility this morning. the brother of leila fowler repeatedly told the judge he understood the charges against him. the boy is due back in court on may 29th.