that she did kill travis alexander but it happened in the heat of passion during an argument that erupted quickly and that travis alexander actually played a role and may have been the cause of that argument and the final option is not guilty. they could return a verdict of not guilty, even though jodi arias has admitted she killed travis alexander the jury could find that she did it in self-defense. the defense has been trying to raise that argument. all of the focus has been on jodi arias in this case. some frensd and supporters of traveling violation sis alex sand of travis alexander and his family held a candle light vigil last night. they want people to remember the victim that has been dragged through the mud in this trial. reporting live from phoenix this morning. who knew there were so many believers in the middle east. details on why security had to jump in and protect justin
intruders, and then she said she did kill him. admitted once photos emerged showing him with the dead body. but she claimed she did it because he had become physically abusive and to set the court up today is adam housley. reporter: you set it up pretty well. this case has been one of those murder trials that captivated many people. and right now, alice laviolette, what alice is trying to do scott peterson not scott peterson but that he basically tried to, he beat her and caused her to cause her to have the issues which allowed jodi arias to kill travis alexander and basically what she s doing is setting the whole defense you have to say that travis alexander was an abusive guy and that s why jodi arias killed him.
drunk driving crash he caused killing a man. the polo tycoon made headlines by then adopting his girlfriend heather hutchens, accused of doing that shielding his fortune for a settlement in the accompanying civil lawsuits against him. the appellate court ruled that goodmantted fraud by not giving enough notice of the adoption to the mother of his children. and today s kelly s court is back in session. on the docket, new testimony in the murder and trial of a woman who shot her boyfriend, stabbed him 27 times and slashed his throat in self-defense. a domestic violence expert testifying today in arizona where jodi arias faces a possible death sentence if she s convicted of murdering travis alexander. at first she told investigators she had nothing to do with his death and then she said it was armed
in at least a hung jury if not an acquittal. jon: what about the gas cans? she filled up a couple of gas cans apparently to take road trip after the murder. the prosecution says, that proves pre, that she had preplanned her escape? right. jon: where does it fit in? they will argue in closing arguments when they wrap the case up all together, this case has gone on for many, many weeks at this point so they want to hone in and focus on facts that support their case. they will argue, listen, this was all planned. she didn t want to purchase gas in the area to have any receipts to show she was in the area and she purchased the gas to travel with it. it was all part of a premeditated plan to kill travis alexander. jon: you say the gas cans in the southwest jon, i m a tried and true new yorker. i m used to go have a gas station on the corner. all i can say when i graduated law school my brother and i took a trip through grand canyon, we drovely utah, arizona,
i wished to remember. reporter: another week, another sex tape. this time, the defense played mainly alexander s voice, an effort to paint him as the more experienced sexually. you cannot say i don t work that booty. we have what he two and three-hour sessions many times. reporter: the defense did all it could to clean up arias image, even trying to explain away the text message arias sent alexander, suggesting she d dress up like a dirty little school girl. the idea of the school girl outfit, was that something that that you were interested in or was it something you were doing to please him? um, it would be more for his pleasure because just being with him was enough for me, but he enjoyed that kind of stuff. reporter: by midweek exit was the jury asking the questions. more than 200 in all, delivered by the judge. they started with this zinger. why did you put the camera in