When is arias trial resume

The case went to the panel Tuesday afternoon, and jurors deliberated for about an hour before adjourning for the day. They resumed Wednesday morning. The deliberations come after Arias spoke to jurors in the penalty phase of her murder trial, asking them to spare her life.

She says she'd use her time in prison to bring about positive change, including helping recycle trash and raising money for victims of domestic abuse. Arias later talked to The Associated Press and other media outlets, saying she believes she "deserves a second chance at freedom someday. The same jury earlier this month convicted the former waitress of first-degree murder for killing her lover in Copyright The Associated Press.

All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. That November, he baptized Arias into the Mormon faith, a ceremony Arias said was followed by anal sex. Arias became his girlfriend two months later, she testified, and they dated for less than a year. They broke up in the summer of and Alexander began dating other women. There were claims that Arias would stalk him, peering in his windows at times.

Still he and Arias continued to hang out on several occasions until, disenchanted Arias says, she moved back to northern California. They continued to communicate. Alexander's naked body was found crammed in a stand-up shower after he missed two appointments, prompting friends to go to his house. He had been stabbed 27 times in the back and torso and shot in the head. His throat was slit from ear to ear.

Arias initially told an investigator, "I heard a lot of rumors, and that there was a lot of blood. Deputy Maricopa County Attorney Juan Martinez has accused Arias of playing the victim when, in fact, he alleges she staged the crime scene to make it look like self-defense and has actively sought to profit from the media attention. Prior to Alexander's killing, Martinez said, Arias stole her grandparents'. Finally, according to Martinez's closing argument, after she killed Alexander, she hooked up with an out-of-state romantic interest so she would have an alibi.

Gosh, you can almost hear the violins making their sound as she goes up to him, gives him that first kiss. Isn't that romantic? Defense attorney Jennifer Willmott has said Arias was the victim of a controlling, psychologically abusive relationship and that Alexander considered Arias "his dirty little secret. Before Arias killed her ex in self-defense, Willmott claimed, she was subjected to rough vaginal sex. After she dropped Alexander's new camera, he became violent, the defense said, and had Arias not defended herself, investigators would've found Arias, not Alexander, dead in the bathroom.

She also wants to be an advocate for domestic violence victims. The same jury of eight men and four women convicted Arias of first-degree murder two weeks ago. Arias stabbed and slashed Alexander about 30 times, shot him in the forehead and slit his throat in what authorities said was a jealous rage.

Arias claimed it was self-defence. She spoke to The Associated Press and other media outlets in jailhouse interviews Tuesday night just hours after the jury began deliberations.

She talked out about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team and her belief that she "deserves a second chance at freedom someday. Arias said her lawyers let her down by not calling more witnesses who could have bolstered her claims that she was a victim of domestic violence at Alexander's hands.

Following her conviction last week, Arias told a local TV station that she preferred the death penalty. However, she said Tuesday night that she changed her mind after a tearful meeting with family members, realizing her death would only cause them more pain.

Search Search CP24 X. Deliberations resume in Arias trial following impasse Defendant Jodi Arias looks to her family during closing arguments during her trial on Friday, May 3, at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. The judge cannot sentence Arias to death.

Prosecutors say Arias attacked Alexander in a jealous rage after he wanted to end their affair and planned a trip to Mexico with another woman. Arias has acknowledged killing Alexander but claimed it was self-defense after he attacked her. The trial has been in recess since Oct. Defense attorneys launched a new legal attack Monday when they sought to dismiss the case by alleging that authorities destroyed thousands of files on Alexander's computer -- including files from pornographic websites -- that would have been beneficial in defending Arias.