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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Jodi Arias revealed few new details in closed-door testimony

Two months ago, convicted murderer Jodi Arias went in front of jurors and pleaded to be spared the death penalty for the brutal killing of her ex-boyfriend.

However, a judge's ruling allowed her to testify in secret and sealed her words from the public.

Transcripts of that testimony were released Tuesday, weeks after an appeals court threw out a judge's decision to bar the public from the courtroom while Arias was on the stand.

At the time, the judge explained the witness, whose name was then kept secret, was skittish and wouldn't testify in public. The release of the transcripts came after news organizations protested the closure.

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