Jodi Arias Trial Live Stream: Watch Online Coverage - Case Set to Resume With Final Witnesses, Closing Arguments Scheduled
The Jodi Arias murder trial is set to resume on Wednesday as the murder trial that has captured the attention of the nation draws to its conclusion. The trial coverage can be watched online through free live stream via the player below.
It is still unclear whether prosecutors have done enough to push home a first degree murder conviction, or whether the defense team has convinced the jury members of Arias' claims that she was the victim in the entire incident.
However, soon the nation will find out as closing arguments are scheduled to take place soon and the jury set to deliberate on what verdict they will return.
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On May 1 attorneys will call the remainder of their witnesses, and Judge Sherry Stephens has said that closing arguments will be scheduled for May 2 and May 3. After that, jurors will be given the task to deliberate and to decide Arias' fate.
If Arias is convicted of the first degree murder of ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander then she will face the death penalty. However, she will be hoping that the jurors have believed her account of what happened and that she killed Alexander in self-defense.
If Arias is convicted of manslaughter then she could be sentenced from seven to 21 years in prison, instead of the death penalty for first degree murder.
If she is given a prison sentence then she will also get credit for the 4.5 years she has already spent in jail waiting for her trial to take place.
The defense is hoping to convince jurors that Arias was in an abusive relationship and that as their relationship spiraled out of control she grew increasingly fearful for her life. Things eventually got so bad that Arias had to kill Alexander to save herself, the defense has argued.
Alexander was found dead in his Mesa house, in the bathroom, with 27 stab wounds around his body, as well as a slit throat and a gunshot wound to the head.
Testimony has now been moving forward for three months, and the intensity of the trial has at times shown clearly on the defendant's appearance - she has at times been very emotional, distressed and cried during the proceedings.
Previously in the case a psychologist was presented by the defense, diagnosing Arias with post-traumatic stress disorder and amnesia. The prosecutors in the trial, however, questioned the credibility of the expert, claiming that he had developed a relationship with the accused, and that his relationship with Arias had not made his diagnosis bias.
Psychologist Richard Samuels rebuked the suggestions, saying that he has professionally given his diagnosis based on multiple tests and his more than 35 years of experience.
Prosecutors have said that Arias planned the brutal killing of her boyfriend, and was fully aware of what she was doing. However, Arias has claimed the killing was committed in self defense, and the defense team has tried to portray her as the victim.
They have pointed to Travis Alexander as a type of bully and hypocrite, who had long imposed his own will on Arias and forced her into the killing by making her fear for her own life.
The prosecution has highlighted that Arias has changed her story multiple times. She initially told authorities that she had nothing to do with the killing and was not even with him at the time. However, she later changed that story to blame the death on masked intruders. Finally her defense team admitted that she had killed Alexander but put forward the self defense explanation.
The trial can be watched online through free live stream via the video player below:
