Jodi Arias trial live video stream: Watch live streaming video as Arias testifies in Phoenix

Jury questions included: Why didn't Jodi Arias ever report accusations of abuse by her lover? How could she so easily grab a gun to shoot him as he attacked her in a fury?
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Posted: 02/04/2013

By: BRIAN SKOLOFF Associated Press

WPTV is LIVE VIDEO STREAMING the Jodi Arias murder trial. CLICK HERE to watch live video throughout the trial. Make sure to bookmark the link.

You can watch LIVE VIDEO of the trial from 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays on wptv.com.

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PHOENIX (AP) -- The woman at the center of a sensational murder trial in Arizona made the surprise move of taking the witness stand in a Phoenix courtroom.

   Jodi Arias is charged with killing her lover in 2008 in what prosecutors describe as a jealous rage. She says it was self-defense against an abusive boyfriend.

   The decision to put the 32-year-old on the witness stand was not expected because she faces the death penalty.

   Arias spoke in a halting voice as she described how an idyllic childhood in California turned abusive when she was about 7 years old. She also says she made false statements early in the investigation about not being at the scene of the crime because she planned to commit suicide and never have a trial.