5:38 p.m. ET: Martinez is reminding the jury that Arias lied on the witness stand about returning a gas can to a Wal-Mart in Salinas, California the day before Alexander died.

5:35 p.m. ET: Arias has been in jail since July 2008 on charges for killing Alexander. Martinez is explaining that while in jail Arias handed a visitor a magazine with a secret message in it expressing how the visitor messed up when testifying about Alexander's pedophilia at a pre-trial hearing.

5:31 p.m. ET: Martinez resumed his closing argument, but Nurmi objected. The attorneys are now at another sidebar with the judge

5:27 p.m. ET: The attorneys are at a sidebar with the judge.

5:25 p.m. ET: Martinez began his rebuttal argument with this:

“When the law, you argue the law. When the facts are on your side, you argue the facts. But when nothing is on your side, you just argue.”

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LOL get um Juan!!! Maybe it's a white lie because it's on white paper.

(I like today's tie color.)

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LOL - MBTB!

And boy, those Arizona lawyers are snappy dressers! Juan's suits are impeccable and even Nurmi with his matching shirts and socks!

I love Juan's tie color today too.

I love it when he says "Don't ya know". LOL

Why is Willmott still taking notes? For an appeal?

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That doesn't look like rope; it looks like fringe.

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Wonder why Jodi is writing responses to the accusations to Willmott? She's DONE. No one has to ever hear her lies again!

HAHA - we keep writing the same things!

5:53 p.m. ET:

“I defy anybody, even Alyce LaViolette, to take a look at a photograph and tell you exactly what an individual is thinking. Is there any way to take a look at the photographs of Mr. Alexander or the defendant in whatever pose she’s in, whatever state of undress she’s in, and tell you what she is thinking?”

5:49 p.m. ET: Martinez said mockingly that maybe the jurors should watch the movie "The Secret" which is all about the law of attraction. He says it will help them understand the Arias' gas stations reciepts.

5:47 p.m. ET:

“All of this is nothing but argument that was presented to you, and all of this was presented to you in a way so you could not focus in on the actual issues in this case," said Martinez.

5:45 p.m. ET:

“She had those gas cans so that she wouldn’t be able to be identified anywhere near Mr. Alexander’s home," said Martinez.

5:41 p.m. ET: Arias seems to be paying close attention to Martinez's rebuttal argument. Yesterday she seemed more interested in taking notes. She is also sitting in her regular seat now.

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Exactly what I was thinking - looks like a decorative pillow tassle or a cord to tie the curtains back. They are NOT long enough to be roped around that humongous headboard of his sleigh bed!!

Not that we would have any experience with that sort of thing!

Juan Martinez: "The defendant is a liar and a killer."

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6:02 p.m. ET:

“If you believe what the defendant is telling you, then all of these arguments then do begin to make sense. But where do you draw the line, where do you draw the line and believe this defendant when she’s lied to everybody that she’s come into contact with? And she’s lied in other circumstances, too," said Martinez.

6:00 p.m. ET: Martinez said Arias story is filled with coincidences that just don't add up.

5:55 p.m. ET: Martinez is discussing the issue of the rope the defense claims Alexander tied Arias up with for a sex act on June 4, 2008. Martinez maintains the rope never existed, and therefore there is no reason for the knife to be in Alexander bedroom. Arias brought the knife into the bathroom that day according to Martinez.

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Jodi is looking like reality is dawning on her!


Jodi shaking her head "no" to Martinez saying that Travis never laid a hand on her and for us to believe that, we have to believe her after all her lies.

She looks like she wants to corner Juan in a shower stall.

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6:10 p.m. ET: Alexander was naked and had no weapons when Arias attacked him according to Martinez.

6:08 p.m. ET: Martinez said Alexander never laid a hand on Arias, never abused her. Arias shook her head and seemed to mouth the word no.

“Not once in that lifetime did he ever lay a hand on her. Not once. There is no evidence that he lever laid a hand on her, ever. So a reasonable person where this individual had never ever touched her, because you have to believe her…in order to believe physical force was even necessary at all," said Martinez.

6:07 p.m. ET:

“He was killed in three different ways. The stab wound to the heart would have killed him. Obviously the slitting of the throat would have killed him. And the shot to the face would have killed him. That, all of it, did not happen in one instant," said Martinez

6:05 p.m. ET: Martinez is reminding Arias has lied to everyone, and she is the person telling the jury she killed Alexander in self-defense. He said there is no other evidence that Arias acted in self-defense other than what she said on the witness stand.

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