Why The Detective Who Arrested Jodi Arias Called Her Case A Travesty

Publish date: 2024-04-16

According to A&E, the authorities arrested and charged Jodi Arias with first-degree murder in July 2008. The Crime Museum states that her trial began in January 2013, and prosecutors hoped to sentence her to death. ABC News writes that Arias later admitted to murdering Travis Alexander on the stand. She argued that Alexander had been abusive and that she had killed him in self-defense. Prosecutors, on the other hand, contended that Arias killed Alexander out of jealousy for dating other women. Needless to say, the trial was sensational. It brought to light the couple's sexual relationship and Alexander's deep ties to Mormonism.

Another article from ABC News reports that evidence in the trial included a 40-minute sexual phone call between Arias and Alexander. Likewise, Arias openly discussed their sex life while on the stand. And then there were the photos in the camera discovered in the washing machine. Per The U.S. Sun, the images showed Alexander naked in the shower and his bloody body after the killing.

USA Today explains that these risqué details made the murder case incredibly popular in both the news and social media. They portrayed Arias as a beautiful seductress and Alexander as a religious man who had fallen victim to her deceit. Psychologist Patricia Taylor told the publication, "We [the country] love sex." She added, "We love violence, and we love to see people who we see as coming from a higher echelon, we love to see them fall."

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