arias, please take the stand. >> reporter: jodi arias has dominated the witness stand for over a month, answering questions for the defense. >> did you want to kill mr. alexander on june 4th? >> no, that was not a goal of mine. >> reporter: the prosecutor. >> that was a lie? is that what you're saying? >> yes. >> reporter: and even those written by the jury and read by the judge. >> after all the lies you have told, why should we believe you now? >> lying isn't typically something i just do. >> why should we believe you? they want a reason. how do we know you're telling the truth now? that's her problem. that's her problem. not telling the truth time after time after time the jury has scene it. they've heard it. they know that she can sit there and look one hundred percent truthful and be spewing a lie. >> one of the things is you don't lie, right? >> lying, martinez asserted, was easy for jodi. frequent. even if it flew in the face of her mormon faith. >> this is the faith that you tried to follow, right? >> yes. >> and that's what you told the jury, right? >> yes. >> these books that

jodi arias' mouth. >> arias had a lot to explain. like writing the victim a personal note.g it at his memorial. >> you write that "travis, you're beautiful on the inside and out." did you mean that? >> yes. >> this letter and other things she has said and written are mind-boggling. she slaughtered this man. and she almost cut his head off. and she's acting like, oh, i love you, and the world is a better place -- hello! she didn't want anyone else to have him if she couldn't have him. the world's a better place, in her mind, because no other woman can have him now. >> there were other times -- >> then jodi reminded everyone just how violent she says travis really was. >> were you kicked while you were on the ground? >> once i was, yes. >> next, travis alexander's appetite for sex took center stage. >> fantasy or is this reality? >> arias no longer needed to describe the explicit details. >> you got to admit, there's not many guys who would do that. >> travis would speak for himself. >> you cannot say i don't work that booty. oh, honey, the pictures i'm going to take are so h

tonight, jodi arias in the fight for her life. >> as the week began with jodi arias still on the stand, there was a single critical question in play. would her story hold up? >> would you agree that you're the person who actually slit mr. alexander's throat from ear to ear? >> the prosecutor had grilled jodi? >> yes. >> the defense then tried to mitigate the damage. >> did you want to kill mr. alexander on june 4th? >> no, that was not a goal of mine. >> now, it was the jury's turn. the 12 people who would decide jodi's fate submitted hundreds of questions, and the judge read them aloud, one by one. from their sex life. >> did you enjoy having sex with travis? >> for the most part, yes, i did. very much. >> to her unpredictable memory. >> in the moments of stress or fog, how do you recall what happened in those moments if it affects your memory? >> i don't recall clearly what happens in those moments. sometimes i have a general sense of what's going on. and sometimes i don't. >> to the consequences of her actions. >> why were you afraid of the consequences if you killed travis in self

arias? began with a friend of jodi's. >> probably a minimum of once a week we would touch base with each other. she was always very well spoken, a little timid, shy. >> a former boyfriend. >> i know jodi because we were in love. >> and even friends of travis. >> how did travis treat jodi when it was the four of you? >> very well. >> what did he do? >> they just seemed happy to be with each other, very cuddly and very much a couple. >> please be seated. the record will show the presence of the defendant, jury and all counsel. >> reporter: then on the trial's 14th day, a deceptive routinely order from the judge. >> ladies and gentlemen, i'm going to ask you go back to the jury room for approximately three minutes and then return. >> ms. arias, come forward and take a seat please. >> all of a sudden, i see jodi arias walking across the courtroom to the witness stand. >> reporter: minutes later as they file back in, an extraordinary moment for jurors. seeing without warning the accused gazing at

spending 18 days on the witness stand. >> the defense calls jodi arias. >> miss arias please stand to be sworn. >> did you kill travis alexander on june 4th, 2008? >> yes, i did. >> you gave an interview with inside he edition, do you remember seeing that tape? >> yes, i do. >> and in that tape you said that no jury would convict you, something to that effect. do you remember saying that, do you remember saying that? >> yeah, i did say that. i made that statement in september of 2008 and at the time i had plans to commit suici suicide. so i was extremely confident that no jury would convict me because i didn't expect to be here. and and reason that a jury wouldn't convict me, i would have been stripped down and thrown in a padded cell' soy was very confident no jury would convict me because i was planning to be dead probably the most bitter words i'll eat. >> when he began to remove your clothing, was that that surprising to you? >> it was, well, it was a little surprising, but it was more -- i felt apprehensive, but i was going with it. >> what do you mean you felt apprehensive? >> w

i'm happy that jodi arias is more confident now.ut what i really want to know about is the day she slashed and stabbed travis alexander 29 times. topping it all off by capping him in the head with a .25 and left him to die and rot in a wet shower stall. that's what i'm interested in. i'm not really interested in her holding hands in a group and feeti ing feeling confident. i don't care. and let me point out that this week we learned after nearly 20 days on the stand under oath, first we learned on i think day 17 that travis alexander had proposed marriage to her. oops, i forgot after my 17 days on the stand. >> but it still remains that i cannot marry him. i can't put my finger on it, but something is just off with that boy. >> was the subject of marriage previous to january 124th, was that something that you and travis were discussing? >> yes, we discussed it prior to that date. >> and had he ever proposed to you? >> yeah, he did over the phone once. there were times when he said it jokingly, but that one over the phone i believed

spending 18 days on the witness stand. >> the defense calls jodi arias. >> miss arias please stand to be sworn. >> did you kill travis alexander on june 4th, 2008? >> yes, i did. >> you gave an interview with inside he edition, do you remember seeing that tape? >> yes, i do. >> and in that tape you said that no jury would convict you, something to that effect. do you remember saying that, do you remember saying that? >> yeah, i did say that. i made that statement in september of 2008 and at the time i had plans to commit suici suicide. so i was extremely confident that no jury would convict me because i didn't expect to be here. and and reason that a jury wouldn't convict me, i would have been stripped down and thrown in a padded cell' soy was very confident no jury would convict me because i was planning to be dead probably the most bitter words i'll eat. >> when he began to remove your clothing, was that that surprising to you? >> it was, well, it was a little surprising, but it was more -- i felt apprehensive, but i was going with it. >> what do you mean you felt apprehensive? >> w

the defendant jodi arias.n that she done it to is an individual by the name of travis victor alexander. >> jody arias killed travis alexander. there is no question about it the million dollar question is what would have forced her to do it. jodi did not always tell the truth about what happened that night. she was scared. stared about what had happened and scared about what about what she had done. she had no experience with police interrogation before. when she talked to her she wasn't always truthful. >> we went inside went directly to the stairs took the stairs to the top there's a set of double doors to the left which was an entrance to the master bedroom suite and we went through the open door in there and fire personnel went to find the body. it appear to do me he had been deceased and in that position for quite sometime. >> anything unusual? >> other than the neck wound appeared to be dried blood a neck wound from ear to ear. his face was dark black the rest of the body was white. crammed in the bottom

again today arias' defense team tried to prove it was all self-defense.his story of past abuse, of alexander choking her. >> at first i thought of clawing at his face, but then i couldn't -- i couldn't do that. it didn't feel right to gouge his eyes out or something. >> reporter: arias told the court she would have sex with alexander because it stopped his anger from escalating. she says she even tried that on the very day she killed him. >> when he grabbed your arm and bent you over the desk on june 4th, 2008, how did you view that? >> it was a way for him to relieve his anger. >> reporter: citing examples like alexander tying arias to the bed with rope, the defense tried to show alexander controlled her and when he wanted sex, he took it. >> would it be fair to say that he had an all-access pass to your body? >> yes. >> reporter: and what about arias' failing memory the day alexander died? she has testified that she shot alexander first and doesn't remember anything after that. here in court her defense lawyer tried to raise even the slightest doubt tha

jodi arias lied to her own shrink, to her own psychologist. now, i've averaged out the time that he spent with her, he has spent on the average four treatments a year with her. he has seen her four times a year. and for about half that time she lied to him in her own defense using that ridiculous ninja theory that a man and a woman dressed as ninjas all in black broke into travis alexander's home and killed him and let her go after reciting her information off her driver's license, of course. she stuck with that story for about half the time that she was with this shrink for the defense. so that narrows it down to about six sessions in all six meetings in all in life, and he has come up with her having transient global amnesia? i'd be interested to find out if she's being treated for this condition. i don't think she is. it must have been a one-time occurrence. coincidentally when she murdered travis alexander. çoçñ i have low testosterone. there, i said it. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i figured low testosterone would decrease

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>> jodi arias, charged with killing her lover. at first, she said she wasn't there, until this picture turned up. >> it looks like me. >> then another story. intruders killed him. >> i think i got knocked out. >> finally, her new defense, self-defense. >> you're the one that did this, right? >> yes. >> tonight, the stories you haven't heard from her friends. >> that's not the jodi i know. >> and his. >> he would joke about it, if i ever show up dead, you know why. >> i'm lester holt and this is "dateline." ♪ o, holy night, the stars are brightly shining ♪ >> reporter: a beautiful woman is singing a beautiful song, about sin and salvation. ♪ long lay the world in sin and error pining ♪ >> reporter: at one time she said she wanted to dedicate her life to god. she had met a man who wanted to live without sin. and she believed he alone held all the salvation she needed. this story is about sin. about god. about love. about truth. and about lies. it doesn't lead to happily everafter. not even close. >> something terrible must have happ

tonight, the jury has more tough questions for jodi arias. by the sound of them, it's not looking good for the defense. the latest from inside the courtroom, and nancy grace, mark geragos, and jeffrey toobin mix it up. >> also, my exclusive with speak court justice sonia sotomayor. she went back to the grade school that helped make her what she is today and nurtured so many other kids but is now being closed down. we'll talk to her about that, but we begin tonight with breaking news. >> some solace, however small, for the family of dianna hanson. a short time ago, the fresno county coroner said the 24-year-old woman died quickly after she was attacked by a 350-pound lion and she didn't suffer. she died of a broken neck and other neck injuries the preliminary autopsy shows. she was an intern at the wildcat sanctuary where she died. she was working toward a certification that would have qualified her for her dream job working at a zoo one day. her family said she loved animals, especially big cats. you're going to hear from them in a moment. th

that's jodi arias.'s the person that they're posing these questions to and so therefore, they're trying to get at the truth. what actually happened. was there anybody else who knows about your memory? was there anyone else who witnessed his anger? what exactly occurred in the bathroom? in the shower? and so, they're trying to get at it to determine whether or not justification, that is legally speaking, self-defense was really proper here or did she just murder him. so i think they're really getting to the heart of it and i think this jury focused and looking to ensure justice is served. >> she is very poised and in control when answering these questions. do you suppose that might override what she does and doesn't say? in other words how she even answers the questions, is it kind of overshadowed by her phase cal demeanor? >> what we have to keep in mind is that she's had over four and a half years to think about this. now, of course, the juror questions were not posed then, but you can certainly antici

and what about arias' failing memory the day alexander died?tified she shot alexander first and doesn't remember anything after that. here in court, her defense lawyer tried to raise even the slightest doubt that it was arias who stabbed alexander nearly 30 times and sliced his throat so deep his head was nearly cut off. >> do you have any memories of slashing mr. alexander's throat? >> no. >> when you were asked on cross-examination if you did that, do you recall telling us that you did? >> yes. >> was that a recollection or a logical assumption on your part? >> it was definitely not a recollection. >> reporter: the jury also wanted to know this. >> why did you place travis' body back in the shower? >> i could only speculate because i don't remember. >> reporter: and this. >> why is it that you have no memory of stabbing travis? >> i can't really explain why my mind did what it did. maybe because it's too horrible. >> reporter: when the jury's questions were done, arias' defense lawyer stepped in yet again to try to repair the damage. >> so, j

and what about arias' failing memory the day alexander died? testified she shot alexander first and doesn't remember anything after that. here in court, her defense lawyer tried to raise even the slightest doubt that it was arias who stabbed alexander nearly 30 times and sliced his throat so deep his head was nearly cut off. >> do you have any memories of slashing mr. alexander's throat? >> no. >> when you were asked on cross-examination if you did that, do you recall telling us that you did? >> yes. >> was that a recollection or a logical assumption on your part? >> it was definitely not a recollection. >> reporter: the jury also wanted to know this. >> why did you place travis' body back in the shower? >> i could only speculate because i don't remember. >> reporter: and this. >> why is it that you have no memory of stabbing travis? >> i can't really explain why my mind did what it did. maybe because it's too horrible. >> reporter: when the jury's questions were done, arias' defense lawyer stepped in yet again to try to repair the damage. >> s

>> reporter: for once, even jodi arias seemed too flustered to respond. kaye, cnn, phoenix, arizo arizona. >> let's dig deeper. our legal panel is joining me, analyst jeffrey toobin and defense attorney mark geragos, author of "mis-trial." the prosecutor made a lot of the 62 seconds that the crime would have had to have been committed in, saying it was basically impossible. why is that such an important point? >> well, because it's the key to her whole story. she has an explanation as to how the crime unfolded, and the photographs, weirdly -- i mean, that's just one of the weirdest things about this case -- are basically a timestamped version of how the case unfolded. her version doesn't seem to make sense. i thought martinez was so effective in pointing out how absurd it is that she could have done all of that in 62 seconds. >> mark geragos, what did you think of the expert that the defense had, talking about memory loss? i just want to play some of what he said for our viewers who didn't watch it. >> people who suffer from stress-producing trauma will f

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jodi arias, including the time alexander described being robbed at gun point, and arias didn't seemou first met jodi, your internal alarms went off. what do you mean by that? >> she had a very spooky kind of like a seductive style energy when she walked into the room. you know, when you looked her in the eye, she had an empty like there was no soul behind those eyes. >> and jacob, the woman you see on the stand, is that the way you remember her back then? >> if you mean the lying, manipulating jodi, absolutely. the one that she's trying to portray to the rest of the world like she's some meek, you know, honest person that just wants the best for people, you know, this battered woman that she's trying to portray, absolutely not. that's, you know, theperson she's trying to portray is not who i see on the stand. the lying, manipulating jodi she's always been is definitely who where see on the stand. >> holly, do you agree with that. even the way she looks, the meekness she's trying to project, is that at odds with the way you remember her? >> she was never meek or quiet or reserved the

arias returns to the stand on monday. defense team in just a moment. >>> venezuelan president hugo chavez is said to be fighting for his life, this as the opposition takes to twitter, accusing the government. meantime the supporters held a mass in the chapel of the venezuelan military hospital where chavez is said to be receiving cancer treatments. >> all right. back here in the u.s., intense fear in florida that a growing cinchhole could swallow a second home. the hole opened under a bedroom yesterday, and it sucked a man right into the ground. cnn's john zarrella joining us live from the neighborhood where the ground is too unstable to try to recover the body. so, john, what can be done in the area to try to secure things? >> reporter: efforts are being made to determine the dimensions of the sinkhole and the materials around it. they determined that the sinkhole underneath the house was 25, 30 feet and perhaps deepening, as well as widening outbeyond the 30 feet that already existed as of last night. and because of wha

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arias says she and alexander continued to have sex.t the only one alexander was seeing. now the state has painted her as jealous and obsessive. but here in court, arias portrayed herself as unfazed by the other woman. she even asked alexander about her. >> i didn't want to be confrontational. i wanted to throw it out there let him know it's okay if you're dating someone, let me know, i'm going to be cool about that. >> reporter: again the couple's sex life on full display. the defense worked to convince the jury it was alexander, not arias, the more experienced sexually. listen to this recording of the couple' phone sex played in court. >> you cannot say i don't want that booty. we've had two, three hour sessions many times. >> reporter: there was also this question about an encounter of oral sex in the car. >> did he do anything to make you believe this wasn't his first encounter of this nature? >> yes. he flipped the visor down and angled the mirror so he could have an additional visual vant annual point. >> reporter: what about the

to dispute that, arias' defense lawyer offered a show and tell.

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