Exposed: The Secret Life of Jodi Arias (29 page)

After Jodi claimed for two years that masked assassins attacked Travis, her lawyers, Kirk Nurmi and Jennifer Willmott, entered a surprise plea of self-defense. (
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Though Jodi’s father’s health prevented him from being in court every day, her mother was there faithfully and her family often walked solemnly to the trial together. (
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During the months of her trial, Jodi was housed in this tiny cell. (
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Of all the things that Travis Alexander’s family had to endure during the trial, the eighteen days during which Jodi was on the stand were likely some of the most difficult. In that time, Travis’s sister Tanisha—pictured here with her husband—and some of Travis’s other siblings had to listen to Jodi’s allegations about Travis’s sexual behavior. (
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Travis’s death crushed his brother Steven, who told the jury during his impact statement that his older brother’s death still haunts his dreams. (
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Samantha Alexander, Travis’s sister, also made an impact statement about the traumatizing nature of her brother’s death and the unspeakable loss they all suffered. (
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Deanna Reid, Lisa Andrews, and Mimi Hall all testified to Travis’s kindhearted nature in their respective relationships with Travis. While Mimi had only wanted her relationship with Travis to be platonic, the stories that all three told were drastically different than the portrait of Travis that Jodi offered in her testimony.

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Domestic violence expert Alyce LaViolette was publicly criticized after speaking in support of Jodi Arias and claiming that Travis committed acts of domestic abuse against her. (
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This diagram depicts the outline of Travis Alexander’s bedroom, where the murder took place, and the bathroom adjacent to Travis’s bedroom where his body was found. (
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Infuriating many people, Jodi often smiled, giggled, and expressed herself with hand gestures while addressing the jury. (
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