Jodi Arias Trial VIDEO: Accused Murderess Questioned by Jurors, Grilled With Over 200 Questions on Travis Alexander Slaying
When questioning was opened up to jurors in the trial of accused murderer Jodi Arias, they made it clear that they thought a few areas of her story didn't add up.
Arizona is one of a few states that allows jury questioning. The questions are submitted in writing by the jury to be read aloud by the judge.
The jury slammed Arias with over 150 questions they had accumulated over the course of the trial. Arias admits to killing her sexual partner Travis Alexander in 2008, but swears the act was in self-defense. Alexander's body (where Arias allegedly put it) was found in the shower of his Mesa, Ariz. apt with nearly 30 stab wounds, a gunshot to the head and a slit throat.
Over the course of Wednesday and Thursday, Arias was asked questions such as:
- Why did you put Travis Alexander's camera in the washing machine after the attack?
- How did she stand on shelves to retrieve Alexander's gun from a closet when nothing in the closet seemed to be disturbed?
- Why didn't she run after she shot Alexander?
- Why didn't she call police?
Arias was also questioned about the lurid sexual encounters she described having with Alexander, with several of the jurors questions coming off as attacks on Arias promiscuity.
- How many men was she willing to be involved with at one time?
- Why would she engage in sodomy if she didn't like it?
- Why did she continue to see Alexander if she did not intend to marry him?
The jurors tried to make Arias slip up with questions about the attack and her subsequent actions. Arias claims to have no memory of the time of the attack or after but that didn't stop jurors from asking if she was mad while stabbing Alexander. They also asked why she moved the body and if she cleaned up the scene, hoping to get Arias to admit something she hadn't said previously.
Arias has admitted to lying about details earlier in the case and defense attorney Kirk Nurmi asked Arias perhaps the most pointed question of the day after juror questions concluded.
"Why should anybody believe you now?" Nurmi said.
The tone and amount of questions that the jury asked Arias does not bode well for her. It seems that many members of the jury do not believe Arias contentions that she can't remember the events of the day or that the accused is telling them the truth.