article_snippet: Arias was convicted in 2013 of killing her lover, 30-year-old Travis Alexander, but the jury in Phoenix, Arizona also deadlocked on her punishment, prompting the sentencing retrial that began in October.
article_snippet: Arias 2013 trial became a sensation with Arias' 2013 trial tawdry revelations about her relationship with Alexander and that her shot Arias in the head and slit Arias throat so deeply that Arias was nearly decapitated .
article_snippet: other jurors did not elaborate but during Arias' 2013 trial, defense lawyers said Alexander had used Arias, a 34-year-old former waitress from Salinas, California, to quench Arias sexual urges, called her demeaning names and told her her was soulless.
article_snippet: Prosecutors say Arias' killed Alexander as revenge because Alexander wanted to date other women and was planning a trip to Mexico with Alexander latest love interest.
article_snippet: Authorities said Arias' shot Alexander in the head and stabbed and slashed Alexander nearly 30 times then left Alexander body in Alexander shower at Alexander suburban Phoenix home, where friends found Alexander about five days later.
article_snippet: Arias' stabbed Alexander 30 times, nearly decapitated Alexander when Jodi Arias' slit Alexander throat and shot Alexander in the forehead .
article_snippet: Alexander's body was found in the shower of Alexander Phoenix home by Alexander friends five days later .
article_snippet: Arias initially courted the spotlight after her arrest, granting interviews to '48 Hours' and 'Inside Edition.'
article_snippet: her testified for 18 days at her first trial, describing her abusive childhood, cheating boyfriends, relationship with Alexander and her contention that Alexander was physically abusive.
highlights_snippet: the woman was convicted of murdering boyfriend Travis Alexander, who was stabbed 30 times, slit in the throat, and shot in the forehead , in 2008 .