this morning on world news now a double life. learning new details about kidnapping suspect ariel castro, musician, bus driver and friend of the neighbod rhookids. all the while, police say, torturing three women inside his house of horrors. plus, life or death. why convicted murderer, jodi arias prefers death over life in prison after her murder conviction. just hours before her sentencing hearing. setting sail. a huge new luxury liner that sets itself apart from the rest of the competition of cruise ships. we ll have that, and an expert on travel and leisure is going to take us on a tour coming up. and love life intervention. who wanted to put the brakes on miley cyrus engagement and why. that s coming up in the skinny on this thursday, may 9th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez.
she couldn t kill the american justice system. reporter: after the verdict, arias gave this exclusive interview to ksav from jail and has been placed on suicide watch. the worst outcome for me would be natural life. i would much rather die sooner than later. longevity runs in my family, and i don t want to spend the rest of my natural life in one place. reporter: 38 witnesses testified during the four-month trial, including arias, who spent an unbelievable 18 days on the stand. i don t remember. reporter: she tried convincing the jury she killed alexander in self-defense, stabbing him 27 times and shooting him in the head. but arias told police three different versions of what happened back in 2008. i can t really explain why my mind did what it did. reporter: arias claims she was abused by alexander. she simply snapped. reporter: but the jury didn t buy it, and neither did the victim s family. we d rather have travis back, but we can t have travis back. with that
this morning on world news now a double life. learning new details about kidnapping suspect ariel castro, musician, bus driver and friend of the neighborhood kids. all the while, police say, torturing three women inside his house of horrors. plus, life or death. why convicted murderer, jodi arias prefers death over life in prison after her murder conviction. just hours before her sentencing hearing. setting sail. a huge new luxury liner that sets itself apart from the rest of the competition of cruise ships. we ll have that and expert on travel and leisure will take us on a tour coming up. and love life intervention. who wanted to put the brakes on myly cyrus engagement and why. that s coming up in the skinny on this thursday, may 9th. announcer: from abc news,
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