Jodi Arias Trial Livestream Recap of Cross-Examination, Travis Alexander Pedophile Claims Questioned (WATCH VIDEO)
Jodi Arias faced tough questioning from prosecutor Juan Martinez on Thursday, the first day of his cross-examination.
Martinez strategically called out Arias inconsistencies about several stories she testified on the witness stand since she gave her first testimony on Feb. 4. At times Martinez raised his voice at her, prompting Arias to say she has memory problems when "men like you are screaming at me."
Martinez bluntly asked Arias, "Do you have a problem with memory?"
Martinez referred to her testimony on Wednesday when she said she does not remember how she stabbed 30-year-old Alexander 27 times and slit his throat after she shot him on June 4, 2008 in his Mesa, Ariz. home.
Martinez questioned her about the damaged left ring finger she said was caused by Alexander in January of 2008. The prosecutor was trying to prove that it was injured the day she killed Alexander.
Martinez asked Arias to hold her hand up to the jury to show them the injury. He then told the jury that Arias told Ryan Burns, on the same day that she kissed him (the day after she killed Alexander), that she sustained the injury at a "Margaritaville" restaurant.
"The injury to your finger happened on June 4, 2008, not January 22 of 2008, did it?" Martinez asked Arias.
"That's not correct," she replied.
Martinez then pointed out Arias' journal entry where she wrote on Jan. 28, 2008, that there was nothing "worth writing about." He then reminded the jury that Arias testified that Alexander broke her finger on Jan. 22, 2008.
"Nothing new happened," Martinez told the jury.
He then pointed out that Arias went skiing days after Alexander allegedly smashed her finger. The prosecutor played a video of when she told a lie to Detective Flores about how she had hurt her left ring finger. It was different from her testimony where she said that Alexander caused it in January of 2008.
Martinez also poked at holes in her testimony about witnessing Alexander masturbating to an image of a little boy in January 2008. Martinez referred again back to her journal entry written on Jan. 28, 2008, where she wrote there was "nothing noteworthy to mention."
"Ma'am, you had a lot of memory for a lot of events involving sexual instances with Mr. Alexander, but you seem to be having problems with your memory here today," Martinez told her.
Arias' first-degree murder trial will resume on Monday, Feb. 25. If she is convicted of the murder that she has confessed to, she will likely face the death penalty and become the fourth woman in Arizona's history to die by lethal injection.
Watch the video of Arias being cross-examined about her "broken finger" testimony from Arizona's KPNX 12 News.
