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>> 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 the trial. >> they have to blame the victim. they're...

Years since friends discovered travis alexander's dead body crumpled up in his bathroom shower. >> jodi arias killed travis alexander. there is no question about it. the million dollar question is what would have forced her to do it. >> did you kill travis alexander on june 4th, 2008? >> yes, i did. >> but she denied the charge against her that she had planned travis' murder. >> why? >> this is the last time he attacked he. >> 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.

Profusely around the neck. in the foreground is what looks like a woman's pant leg. according to the prosecutor, it could only be jodi's. ryan burns testified telling the court the same story he told us about how jodi visited him in utah, one day after killing travis. >> she got on top of me pretty aggressi aggressively and we were kissing. >> martinez played for the jury powerful video of jodi lying outright to mesa police detective esteban flores just before her arrest. >> why won't you admit to it? >> i just can't. i didn't kill travis. >> you killed him. >> no. >> jodi, you did. >> i did n...

>> 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 the trial. >> they have to blame the victim. they'r...

Charge against her, that she had planned travis' 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 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. >> reporter: the defense's explanation was to blame the victim. >> that's what they have to do in a self-defense case. >> reporter: "in session's" beth karas has...