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Jodi Arias convicted of premeditated boyfriend of murder Jodi Arias convicted of premeditated boyfriend of murder
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A California woman has been found guilty of premeditated murder in the shooting and stabbing death of her boyfriend in his Arizona home in 2008.A California woman has been found guilty of premeditated murder in the shooting and stabbing death of her boyfriend in his Arizona home in 2008.
A jury said Jodi Arias, 32, had planned the killing of Travis Alexander, 30, a motivational speaker and salesman.A jury said Jodi Arias, 32, had planned the killing of Travis Alexander, 30, a motivational speaker and salesman.
Prosecutors said Arias was manipulative and had meticulously planned the crime.Prosecutors said Arias was manipulative and had meticulously planned the crime.
Initially blaming the killing on an intruder, Arias later said she had killed him in self defence after he attacked her. Initially blaming the killing on an intruder, Arias later said she had killed him in self-defence after he attacked her.
Arias, who testified in her own trial for 18 days, wept quietly as the verdict was read. Arias faces either life in prison or the death penalty.
The trial, with testimony of sex and violence, has gained an outsized media interest in the US. The jury deliberated for 15 hours over three days after hearing closing arguments on Friday.
Testifying for 18 days in her own defence, Arias said she was too scared and ashamed to tell the truth at the time of the killing but insisted she was not lying to jurors. She has spent four years in prison.
Arias wept quietly as the verdict was read.
The trial, with testimony of sex and violence, has gained an outsized media interest in the US since it began in January.
The case now enters a second phase, with the same jury deciding whether the murder was "especially cruel, heinous and depraved".
The outcome of that portion of the trial will affect Arias' sentence.