first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and manslaughter. if convicted of first-degree murder arias could get the death penalty but she could also get life in prison without parole or life in prison with the eligibility of parole after 25 years. of course, she could also be found not guilty. prosecutors painted arias as a serial liar and scorned ex-lover who killed travis alexander in a jealous rage. while the defense portrayed alexander as an abusive, controlling, sexual deviant who pushed arias to the edge. arias says she killed her ex in self-defense. that is her story now. she initially offered police several different versiones of what happened the night alexander was killed. first she denied having been there then blamed the attack on home invaders. eventually she said she and alexander were in the middle of a kinky encounter in the shower when she dropped his shower and he launched into a violent rage and she says she shot him in the face and stabbed him nearly 30