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Jodi an arias, count one first degree murder. >> it's been more than four years since friends discovered travis alexander's body crumpled up in his shower. >> jody -- jodi arias killed travis alexander. there is no question. it's what caused her to do it? >> jodi admitted under oath, she was the killer. >> did you kill travis alexander on june 4th, 200? -- 2008? >> yes, i did. >> why? >> the simple answer is that he attacked me and i defended myself. >> she pled not guilty claiming self-defense, that she was forced to kill travis. >> in just those two minutes,

Alexander. there is no question about it. the million-dollar question is what would have forced her to do it? >> reporter: after telling two different stories about her innocence jodi now admitted under oath she was the killer. >> did you kill travis alexander on june 4th, 2008? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: but she denied the charge against her, that she had planned travis's murder. >> why? >> the simple answer is that he attacked me and i defended myself. >> reporter: she pled not guilty, claiming self-defense, that she was forced to kill travis. >> in just those two minutes jodi had to make a...

>> the simple answer is that he attacked me and i defended myself. >> she pled not guilty, claiming self-defense, that she was forced to kill travis. >> in just those two minutes jodi had to make a choice. she would either live or she would die. >> in a death penalty case you want sympathy. you need an explanation for the defendant's actions and what they did. >> the defense's explanation was to blame the victim. >> that's what they have to do in a self-defense case. >> "in session's" beth karas has been in the courtroom every day of the trial. >> they have to blame the victim. they're saying,...

>> the simple answer is that he attacked me and i defended myself. >> she pled not guilty, claiming self-defense, that she was forced to kill travis. >> in just those two minutes jodi had to make a choice. she would either live or she would die. >> in a death penalty case you want sympathy. you need an explanation for the defendant's actions and what they did. >> the defense's explanation was to blame the victim. >> that's what they have to do in a self-defense case. >> "in session's" beth karas has been in the courtroom every day of the trial. >> they have to blame the victim. they're saying,...

Against her, that she had planned travis's murder. >> why? >> the simple answer is that he attacked me and i defended myself. >> she pled not guilty, claiming self-defense, that she was forced to kill travis. >> in just those two minutes jodi had to make a choice. she would either live or she would die. >> in a death penalty case you want sympathy. you need an explanation for the defendant's actions and what they did. >> the defense's explanation was to blame the victim. >> that's what they have to do in a self-defense case. >> "in session's" beth karas has been in the courtroom every day of t...