Jodi Arias Guilty Of Criminal Evidence

Is Jodi Arias guilty of murdering her boyfriend? (hook) Many people say that she is guilty of murder. (Thesis) The evidence,(Blueprint 1) what was said about their relationship (Blueprint 2), Jodi’s testimony (Blueprint 3) and the trial (Blueprint 4) are the points that are going to be covered. The prosecution was trying to make is look like Jodi was the victim of an abusive relationship. The defence was trying to make it look like Jodi was a person who killed Travis out of jealousy and rage. The jury was very confused on what and who to believe when it can to the evidence that had been show.

The evidence crime scene investigators gathered was substantial. First there was evidence involving blood. Blood spatter was on the the walls, in between

The first of Jodi’s stories was she said to the police that she was not at Travis’ house (Ryan, 2013). Then she said two men who acted as a couple came into the house to kill Travis Alexander. The last story was the story she stuck with throughout the whole trial. The story she stuck with was Jodi acted in self-defence and killed Travis (Elliott, 2013). Jodi said the reason why she acted in self-defence was because after Jodi dropped Travis’ new camera he became violent. If she didn’t act in self-defence and killed him then she would be the one dead and not Travis. When she acted in self-defence she ran to Travis’ closet and grabbed the .25m caliber gun and shot him (Gail, 2015). During her testimony Jodi also said the she was a liar. Arias said “Lying is something I do and the lies that I told were to protect Travis’ reputation (David, 2013).” Jodi was questioned about the messages on the answering machine and she said that the messages were to try to lead any suspicion away from her. After she told the jury about the messages on the machine, Jodi claimed that she had memory loss (David, 2013), but she could remember that the shooting was before the stabbing (“Jodi…,confession” 2013). This proved that she was there. Jodi couldn’t back out of what she was saying and go back to the first testimony which was Jodi claimed that she was not

The trial consisted of many different parts. First thing that happened with the trial was the prosecution was trying to convince the jury that Jodi was the victim. Aris tried to make the crime scene look like the struggle was in self-defence. The jury was not convinced. Jodi told the jury and the court about when she dropped Travis’ camera and then he attacked her. This was a lie. The friends and family of Travis’ testified that Jodi was stalking Travis and she wouldn’t leave him alone (Elliott, 2013). The defence said that Jodi was trying to keep the murder a secret. Jodi interned turned off her cell phone to avoid getting tracked by police while she was planning and committing the act of murder (Elliott, 2013). During the murder of Travis, Jodi acquired cuts on her hands and she testified that she got the cuts by working at a restaurant. There was no records of Jodi working at a restaurant (Ryan, 2013). In Jodi's’ testimony she said in court was she got rid of the gun that she has. With these two pieces of evidence show in court makes it looks really suspicious and it also brings up the theory up that she must of committed the murder (David, 2013). In court the crime scene investigators said there was mostly blood everywhere you look. Mostly the investigators talked about the blood pooling and that splatters. Along with the Blood splatters Jodi left her bloody handprint on the wall (“Jodi…, Graphic details” 2013). At the end of