One of the Murder Cases I Have Been Following

is the one involving former Yreka, California, resident Jodi Arias, accused in the June 2008 shooting and stabbing death of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander. There have been delays and delays, with the latest scheduled trial date set for February 1 and likely to be pushed back another year at least. She has been having trouble with her defense; she should have simply pleaded insanity and been done with it. Now she faces a possible death sentence, which translated means she will likely die in prison of old age considered capital punishment is such a travesty.

There is no doubt at all she committed the crime. Unlike Alexander's friends, I do hold him responsible in a way because he encouraged her by wanting to use her for sex, yet he didn't think she was suitable enough to be a possible wife. Arias was unstable to be sure, but Alexander was playing with fire. Of course he didn't deserve the hideous death, but his tragedy is a cautionary tale to guys who think they can use and discard women like so much dirty Kleenex.

Arias has some defenders:

On Tuesday, Arias' younger sister, Angela Arias, said her sister's statements during the "48 Hours" interview were lies, and that Alexander's death was an act of self-defense on her sister's part during an incidence of domestic violence.

"She was not under oath when she spoke on TV and yes, she lied," Angela Arias wrote on Facebook after The Huffington Post sent her a request for comment. "But, it was because she was so in love with that man she did not want people to know what a monster he really was. She wanted everyone to believe that he was as amazing as they thought he was."

Nope. And no she's not "crazy like a fox" as Nancy Grace and others seem to think. That interview on 48 Hours, plus the recollection of several of Alexander's friends, show Arias has some serious mental problems that aren't faked.

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