then asked the judge to withdraw from the case and ultimately say they're not going to call any witnesses to defend arias' character, but we may still hear from the convicted murderer herself tomorrow as jurors consider whether to sentence her to death. in a post conviction interview she looked at death as the ultimate freedom. diana alvear will explain what went down in the last hour. >> reporter: a lot happened very quickly in a matter of minutes and this is what happened. a childhood friend of jodi arias was supposed to take the stand on her behalf to serve as a character witness and how arias had an abusive childhood and that the jurors should think about sparing her life. she felt that she'd been intimidated and she felt there were threats on her life and she felt conflict about it. this is something that she told nbc news directly. she said she felt there was a