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We, the jury, find the defendant, as to count one first Degree Murder, guilty. [cheering] Narrator Jodi arias, who brutally murdered her lover, was facing a possible death sentence. Interviewer did you ever think that she would do what she did . Who would think that . Narrator it was a steamy story of sex. We hang out, we have sex. Narrator lies. Shes able to tell a lie. She believes the lie. Narrator and murder. He attacked me and i defended myself. Narrator after one of the most sensational an...

carolina family found guilty onl on all counts in the murder trial of his wife and son. a panel of 12 jurors returned a guilty verdict after fewer than three hours ofit w deliberationass. and it was so quick to quick. in fact, the judge didnt even offer him dinner. e now, according to reporters insy the room, his only living son , buster, sat in the gallery shaking his head in disbelief. but he did not appear to shed a tear. now, the trial really took thats turn after the jury saw a ke...

>> jodi became traviss drug. he very much recognized how bad she was for him. but she kept showing up in his life, and just like a drug addict he kept letting her right back in the door. >> her trial riveted the country. >> we the jury find the defendant as to count one, first degree murder, guilty. >> jodi arias, who brutally murdered her lover, was facing a possible death sentence. >> did he ever think that she would do what she did? who would think that? >> it was a steamy story of ...

>> it was a steamy story of sex. >> wed hang out, wed have sex. >> lies. >> shes able to tell a lie. she believes the lie. >> and murder. >> he attacked me and i defended myself. >> after one of the most sensational and bizarre trials ever, hear the chilling details from her friends. >> did you see any cuts on her? >> tiny. little cuts. >> and his. >> he was very afraid of her. but every time he tried to break things off with jodi shed threaten to kill herself. >> inside the jodi arias...

Ronald Sullivan Jr. is the head of the Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard University and worked with Jose Baez to win the acquittal of Former New England Patriot, Aaron Hernandez, in his double murder trial. Jacksonville attorney, Patrick Korody, a former federal prosecutor, also joined Gardner's defense team.

And that is to make it look s like there were two separate killers sos. tated. so that means it was premeditated. he planned it in advance. puse those two weapons, fired multiple shots into the bodiesih of his wife and son with two different weapons as some sortdp of plan to putut the crimeon on someone else and make himself look innocent. mark, just really quickly, if he hadnt taken that gamblebh in taking the stand, murdaugh, in your mind, would it have changed the outcome at all? angeno, he h...

>> yes. >> and whose desire was for that to take place? >> his. >> defense expert alyce laviolette who co-authored a book about battered women, suggested e-mails from traviss friends to jodi show travis took advantage of women. >> they advised her to move on from the relationship, that mr. alexander has been abusive to women -- >> that testimony, heard by millions and the jury, was stricken by the judge. jodis defense lawyers never called to the stand the authors of those e-mails, chris and skye...

Videotape yourself while having sex? >> yes. >> and whose desire was for that to take place? >> at his. >> defense expert alice violet who co-authored a book about battered women suggesting emails from travis friends to jodi showed travis took advantage of women. >> they advised her to move on from the relationship, that mr. alexander has been abusive to women. >> reporter: that testimony, heard by millions, and the jury, was stricken by the judge. jodis defense lawyers never called to the stand...

Says to her husband. but that does not -- its an interesting phenomenon. more and more in these high-profile cases, not regular murder cases but the ones that are high profile, you see a lot of character about usually a male defendant coming into play. you saw it first in the scott peterson trial. its really interesting that younger generations with these selfies and posting their thoughts about -- opinions about abortion, things like that. and they must be aware on some level it can come back t...

Profile of a suspect, the accused, what does the social networking tell you? where do you go with it? what are you looking for? >> well, youre looking for any information that can give you leads to the case. some of these are stored locally on the phone. some are stored in the cloud at the network where the application is housed. we try to go through the computers and find any types of chats that might be remaining, even if theyve been deleted. as far as cell phones, sometimes those deleted chat...