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		</div><h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong> &#8216;I deserve a second chance&#8217; &#8211; Jodi Arias </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Arias wants her conviction in the murder of Travis Alexander overturned</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Tried for her admitted killing of her ex-boyfriend Travis, Arias says the trial was a &#8216;circus&#8217;, &#8211; the prosecutor &#8216;played to the audience&#8217; and the judge failed to control news coverage</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Arias, 37, is serving a life sentence for her first-degree murder conviction in the 2008 death of Travis Alexander at his home in Mesa, Ariz.</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>In the appeal released Friday, Arias&#8217; lawyers said prosecutor Juan Martinez courted news coverage and improperly conducted his case</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>They also said Judge Sherry Stephens let news organizations turn the trial into a &#8216;circus-like atmosphere&#8217; </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Arias, 37, is serving a life sentence for her first-degree murder conviction in the 2008 death of Travis Alexander at his home in Mesa</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Despite her reservations about testifying during the sentencing retrial, Arias had actively courted the spotlight since she was arrested in 2008 </strong></span></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #000000;">The appeal was filed after Arias tried unsuccessfully to bar the public from seeing her appellate brie</span></strong><span style="color: #000000;">f </span></h6>
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<strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-295819" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Jodi-Arias-7.jpg" alt="Jodi Arias 7.JPG" width="672" height="422" />Jodi Arias [photo], who was found guilty of killing her estranged boyfriend has filed an appeal to overturn her conviction</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Jodi Arias is asking an appeals court to overturn her murder conviction in the 2008 death of her former boyfriend, saying a prosecutor&#8217;s misconduct and a judge&#8217;s failure to control news coverage during the salacious case deprived her of the right to a fair trial.<br />
In the appeal released Friday, Arias&#8217; lawyers said prosecutor Juan Martinez improperly questioned witnesses, ignored rulings on evidence and courted news coverage.<br />
They also said Judge Sherry Stephens let news organizations turn the trial into a &#8216;circus-like atmosphere,&#8217; was slow to restrict journalists even when they broke the court&#8217;s media-coverage rules and allowed trial spectators to become emboldened by what they saw on the livestream from the Phoenix courtroom.</p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Travis-Alexander-and-Jodi-Arias-1.jpg?ssl=1&;w=1388" alt="Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias 1.JPG" /><strong>The appellant Jodi Arias seen [right], with the victim, the court heard attacked Alexander [left] in a jealous rage after he wanted to end their affair and planned a trip to Mexico with another woman</strong></h6>
<p class="imageCaption">In the appeal released Friday, Arias&#8217; lawyers said prosecutor Juan Martinez courted news coverage Judge Sherry Stephens let news organizations turn the trial into a &#8216;circus-like atmosphere&#8217;.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;The court admitted that this desire to feed the unusual public interest in the trial caused the media to hound and harass the attorneys, witnesses, jurors and court staff,&#8217; defense attorneys said.</p>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-295817" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Jodi-Arias-4.jpg" alt="Jodi Arias 4" width="682" height="512" />Curiously while unwilling to take the stand and </strong>testify during her sentencing retrial, Arias [photo], she has actively courted the media attention since her arrest. Incarceration has not slowed her down either</h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Arias, now 37, is serving a life sentence for her first-degree murder conviction in the 2008 death of Travis Alexander at his home in Mesa.<br />
Prosecutors said Arias attacked Alexander in a jealous rage after he wanted to end their affair and planned a trip to Mexico with another woman.<br />
Arias has acknowledged killing Alexander but claimed it was self-defense after he attacked her.<br />
The guilt phase of the Travis Alexander murder trial ended in 2013.<br />
The jury convicted Arias but deadlocked on punishment. A second sentencing trial began in late 2014 and stretched into early 2015, also resulting in a jury deadlock. That required Stephens to sentence Arias to prison for life.<br />
The case turned into a media frenzy as salacious and violent details about Arias and Alexander were broadcast live around the world.</p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-295814" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Evidence-from-the-Travis-Alexander-murder-scene.jpg" alt="Evidence from the Travis Alexander murder scene" width="693" height="438" />In the face of a mountain of evidence, Arias has acknowledged killing Alexander but claimed it was self-defense after he attacked her</strong></h6>
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<p>Despite her reservations about testifying during the sentencing retrial, Arias had actively courted the spotlight since she was arrested in 2008.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">She did interviews on TV&#8217;s &#8217;48 Hours&#8217; and &#8216;Inside Edition&#8217; after her arrest and was on the witness stand for several weeks during the trial in which she was found guilty of murder. She also did a series of media interviews after her conviction.<br />
Arias&#8217; attorneys say Martinez courted journalists and spectators, signed autographs and posed for photos during the trial. &#8216;This prosecutor unapologetically &#8216;played&#8217; to the audience outside as well as to those watching the livestream,&#8217; Arias&#8217; lawyers wrote.</p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-295812" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Jodi-Arias-1.jpg" alt="Jodi Arias 1" width="687" height="517" />Arias, seen in court during her trial in 2015, is serving a life sentence for her first-degree murder conviction in the 2008 death of Travis Alexander at his home in Mesa </strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">They also said Martinez made an unfounded accusation that an expert witness for the defense team had an inappropriate relationship with Arias.<br />
They also said Martinez disregarded court rulings by repeating questions after the judge had overruled them.<br />
The appeal was filed after Arias tried unsuccessfully to bar the public from seeing her appellate brief.<br />
The state has until January 4 of next year to respond to the appeal,.</p>
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Arizona woman serving life sentence for killing boyfriend killer wants murder conviction overturned – Jodi Arias says trial was a ‘circus’, prosecutor ‘played to the audience’ and the judge failed to control news coverage
