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Post by Admin on Oct 20, 2013 6:03:47 GMT
After Jodi Arias is found guilty of stabbing her lover Travis Alexander 29 times, shooting him in the head and slashing his throat from ear to ear, the convicted killer opens up to the cameras in a tell-all TV tour. Jodi Arias has announced on her website that she will be releasing 100 “limited edition” prints of her latest jailhouse painting, “Sailing at Sunset.” The romantically themed drawing — currently offered for $1,500 with the limited prints available for $39 each — is the most recent of the 33-year-old’s work, which includes other landscapes and portraits of Elizabeth Taylor and Frank Sinatra, according to her website, jodiarias.com.  Her website announced this painting, 'Sailing at Sunset,' is on sale for $1,500 with prints available for $39. “She’s able to have access to paper and purchase color pencils, and if she wants to release her property to someone outside, she can,” Chris Hegstrom, spokesman for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office — which oversees the woman’s incarceration — told ABC News. The Twitter account under Arias' name recently sent a message saying Arias was bankrupt. She also tweeted that her parents and aunt and uncle were bankrupt, but deleted the latter messages from the account shortly thereafter. |
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Post by Admin on Oct 24, 2013 6:00:36 GMT
 Earlier this month, convicted murderer Jodi Arias announced on Twitter that she wanted to file for bankruptcy, and now she’s accepting donations. Arias tweeted, “Donations are now being accepted for my appeals at www.Justice4Jodi.com.” Jodi, who admitted to killing ex boyfriend Travis Alexander in 2008, is facing a redo of the penalty phase of her trial. Justice4Jodi.com explains, "This trust is for payment of the beneficiary's legal expenses related to the appeals of her pending criminal case, including without limitation; attorney fees, investigator fees, expert-witness fees, transcript and filing fees. Please note: any donations made are not tax-deductible." |
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Post by Admin on Dec 5, 2013 6:43:11 GMT
An Arizona judge is refusing to require jurors in the next phase of the Jodi Arias trial to reveal their Twitter usernames so their accounts can be monitored for communications about the case. Arias’ defense has argued it needs the Twitter usernames of new jurors to ensure they’re not being influenced by outside elements. However, Judge Sherry Stephens ruled that she’s not going to presume there will be juror misconduct. Stephens also says some prospective jurors might refuse to serve if they believe the proposed disclosure requirement would violate their privacy rights.  Defendant Jodi Arias listens during her trial at Maricopa County Court in Phoenix in this Jan. 3, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Cheryl Evans, Pool, File) |
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Post by Admin on Aug 10, 2014 14:54:15 GMT
Jodi Arias bathed in the spotlight soon after her arrest for the killing of her ex-boyfriend, and she remained there for years, offering jailhouse interviews, using Twitter from behind bars and spending 18 days on the witness stand during her murder trial.  After having faded from the spotlight for months while awaiting the second penalty phase in her case, Arias again is back in it, this time serving as her own attorney after a judge approved her request Monday to represent herself. Experts say the move might not be such a bad idea given the gruesome nature of the crime. Arias, 34, admitted killing Travis Alexander at his suburban Phoenix home in 2008 but said it was self-defense. He was stabbed nearly 30 times, had his throat slit and was shot in the forehead. Prosecutors argued it was premeditated murder carried out in a jealous rage when Alexander wanted to end their affair.  She was found guilty of first-degree murder last year but jurors couldn't reach a decision on sentencing. Under Arizona law, while Arias' murder conviction stands, prosecutors have the option of putting on a second penalty phase with a new jury in an effort to secure the death penalty. Arias will have the task of arguing a death penalty case just four weeks from now despite having no legal experience and no college degree or high school diploma. Arias got her GED in jail. Alexander's family, who lauded her conviction after spending every day of the trial sitting in the front row of the gallery, often sobbing and looking away from horrific crime scene photographs, will now have to see Arias argue her own case in an attempt to save her life.  Her defense lawyers will remain on as advisory council. They declined to comment on the latest developments. Prosecutors also declined comment. Arias has long clashed with her defense attorneys and tried to fire them previously. The feud only intensified after she gave a series of media interviews following her May 2013 conviction. Her lawyers also have tried to withdraw several times, but the judge rebuffed their requests. |
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Post by Admin on Mar 6, 2015 13:20:27 GMT
In the end, the jury voted 11-1 in favor of death — not enough to send Arias to death row in the case that became a global sensation with its tawdry revelations about her sexual relationship with the victim and that she had slit his throat so deeply that he was nearly decapitated.  The deadlock took the death penalty off the table and left a judge to decide whether to sentence Arias to life in prison or to life with the possibility of release after 25 years. That decision is expected at an April 13 hearing. Arias was convicted in 2013 of killing her lover, Travis Alexander, but that jury also deadlocked on her punishment, prompting the sentencing retrial that began in October.  Most of the jurors said they believed the holdout was biased and opposed to giving the death penalty. The other jurors asked the judge on Tuesday if the woman could be replaced with an alternate, but the request was denied and jury was told to keep deliberating. One male juror said Thursday that he became angry when the holdout indicated the death penalty would be a form of revenge. Jurors also note that the woman had acknowledged seeing a cable TV movie about the Arias case. Jurors apologized to the Alexander family for the deadlock and said they felt Arias was trying to manipulate the jury. Arias will begin serving her sentence in a 12-by-7 foot cell in a maximum-security unit at the Perryville prison for women, west of downtown Phoenix. If officials deem her behavior is good over time, she could be moved to a medium security unit. Nearly $3 million of taxpayer money was spent during both trials. Arias' court-appointed attorneys billed the state for $2.7 million. Prosecutors say they spent more than $132,000 on expert witnesses, transcripts, travel expense and other costs, though that figure doesn't include the salary of the prosecutor. |
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