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Much Maligned Murderess To Represent Herself In Death Penalty Case
This is probably a very bad decision on her part.
I do not believe it is in your best interest … I strongly urge you to reconsider.
— Judge Sherry Stephens, shortly before she granted Jodi Arias’s request to represent herself during the second penalty phase of her murder trial. In April 2013, Arias was convicted of murdering her ex-boyfriend.
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