kills boy. it wasn t televised but streamed live, long, unfiltered across the internet. people are content to just watch. they want to participate. they are doing research on the players. reporter: arizona republic reporter michael kiever covered the trial and said many i recall ready for their verdicts long before the testimony was over. anyone who takes less than an approach of, well, she deserves the death penalty and deserves it now is considered biased. reporter: and any perception of bias for the defense, even by defense witnesses, could bring a hostile reaction from jodi haters. this all became dangerously interactive. when a therapist testified for the defense, supporting jodi s claim she had been sexually used by travis. and what does he do after he gives her the book of mormon? i tells her he is horny and they have oral sex. she performs oral sex on him.
reporter: while violet s testimony was calmed and measured, the vitamriol was anything about. she was personally attacked and a petition was started to stop her from speaking in conferences and the reason battered women say with their accusers was hit with online mud slinging reviews. she got hundreds and thousands of those kind of remarks over the internet. people calling her office, threatening her, they had to call the police. if i were to walk up her in the halfway of the courtroom and say i don t like your testimony and i may hurt you, and i m going to try to ruin your career, that is a felony. reporter: and she wasn t the only target. michael kiever reported that jodi s lawyer also received threats. jodi also took to social media with a twitter account that drew more than 51,000 followers. she did it through a friend she