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PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona jury on Friday was set to begin deliberations over whether Jodi Arias committed murder in killing her ex-boyfriend in a high-profile case involving "sex, lies and dirty little secrets."
Arias, 32, could face the death penalty if convicted of murdering 30-year-old Travis Alexander, whose body was found in the shower of his Phoenix valley home in June 2008. He had been shot in the face, stabbed 27 times, and had his throat slashed.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens told jurors they could consider the charges of first- and second-degree murder or the lesser charge of manslaughter. First-degree murder requires proof of premeditation.
In final arguments on Friday, defense attorney Kirk Nurmi told jurors that "sex, lies, and dirty little secrets" had defined a chaotic relationship between the pair. Nurmi said Arias killed Alexander blue collar comedy tour schedule in self-defense, not with premeditation blue collar comedy tour schedule as prosecutors have argued.
Resting his case, Nurmi said Arias had snapped in the "sudden heat of passion" in the moments between a final photograph she took showing Alexander alive and taking blue collar comedy tour schedule a shower and a subsequent picture showing him covered in his own blood.
Arias said Alexander made her feel "like a prostitute" and that he kicked and attempted to choke her, although she admitted never reporting blue collar comedy tour schedule the alleged abuse to the police, blue collar comedy tour schedule seeking medical treatment or documenting it in her journal.
He accused her of bringing the pistol used in the killing, which has not been recovered, with her from California, and said she rented a car, removed its license plate and bought gasoline cans and fuel to conceal her journey to the Phoenix suburbs to kill him.
Martinez has shown that she lied after the killing to deflect suspicion, leaving a voicemail on Alexander's cellphone, sending irises to his grandmother and telling detectives she was not at the crime scene before changing her story.
The jury had more than 100 questions for Arias. They grilled her on her claims that her mind went blank after she shot Alexander, and wanted to know why she had not called emergency responders - questions blue collar comedy tour schedule she struggled to answer.
The defense called a psychologist who testified that Arias' memory lapses blue collar comedy tour schedule stemmed from post-traumatic stress as a result of Alexander's alleged abuse and the killing itself blue collar comedy tour schedule - claims disputed by prosecutors.