It's official: the Jodi Arias trial is about to come to an end.
The final arguments are set for Thursday May 2, and the jury will be left alone to decide whether Arias will or will not get the death penalty for killing boyfriend Travis Alexander.
Arias, who is charged with first-degree murder for killing Alexander in his Arizona home in 2008, was called as a witness for the defense. Arias changed her testimony several times, first saying that Alexander was killed by a burglar who entered the home and then saying that she killed him in self-defense.
When her change of heart was pointed out, she plead memory problems. The defense portrayed Alexander as an abusive liar who had tight control over Arias.
The case attracted a lot of media attention, and a Lifetime movie is even in the works.
Defense attorney Mark Geragos said it was unusual for a trial to go to the lengths the Jodi Arias one did. He said that Arias' testimony, which lasted for over two weeks, was not the norm.
"In 30 years of practice, I had never seen it. There is something to that. It's tougher to just put somebody to death when you've gotten to know them. Even if you don't necessarily like them, it's still somebody you know, and it's a little tougher to do," he added.
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