Jodi Arias Takes the Stand and Says She Killed Travis Alexander, Planned Suicide

	Jodi Arias Takes the Stand and Says She Killed Travis Alexander, Planned Suicide Jodi Arias Tells Jury She Killed Alexander, Planned to Kill Herself Jodi Arias took the stand today and quickly told the jury that she killed her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in a bloody attack in 2008. And in a surprise, Arias told the jury that she also planned to kill herself. "Did you kill Travis Alexander?" defense attorney Kirk Nurmi asked Arias immediately after she took the stand. "Yes," Arias said softly, turning to look at the jury. "Why?" "The simple answer is that he attacked me and I defended myself," she said. Arias, 32, also explained why she said in a news interview, "No jury would ever convict" her of murdering Alexander. At the time, she said it was because she was innocent, but on the stand today she said she made that statement because she had plans to commit suicide after the interview. The interview took place in September 2008, three months after the killing. "I was very confident that no jury would convict me because I was sure I'd be dead," she said. "Those are probably the most bitter words I'll ever eat." Arias is on trial for murdering Alexander by stabbing him 27 times, slashing his throat, and shooting him in the head twice. She could face the death penalty if convicted. Nurmi questioned Arias extensively about her early childhood. She said that she was subjected to frequent, violent beatings by her mother and father, who used belts, a wooden spoon, and their hands to discipline her and her siblings. See Jodi Arias Trial Videos "My brother <b>...</b>	From: BilafNewsTV Views: 0 0 ratings
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