Jodi Arias was found guilty for the second time on Wednesday- for murdering her ex-lover Travis Alexander in a "cruel manner" as the next scheduled court session is hours away set to kick off at 1pm EST today.

Arias was found guilty the first time for murder in the first degree on May 8 for the 2008 killing.

The verdict was reached during the second phase of her trial- the aggregation phase- on May 15 several hours after prosecutor Juan Martinez called in medical examiner Dr. Kevin Horn who proved that Alexander died in a "cruel manner." "Cruel manner" is when a victim suffered physical and or mental pain, according to Arizona law.

Dr. Horn testified that Alexander was alive for every single stab wound he suffered and passed away when she slit his throat from ear to ear which nearly decapitated him. The medical examinder explained that if Arias shot Alexander in the head first, he would have lost consciousness within seconds so he did feel the pain from the stab wounds she inflicted.

According to the autopsy report, Arias stabbed her victim almost 30 times, slit his throat from ear to ear and shot him in the forehead. The report showed that some of Alexander's stab wounds included cuts on his hands which were caused when he tried to prevent Arias from stabbing him repeatedly.

Prior to Dr. Horn's testimony, Martinez revisited exactly how the gruesome murder was committed step-by-step in detail by displaying images of Alexander's dead body, according to HLNTV. During this time Arias sobbed repeatedly and turned her head away.

"The last thing he saw before he lapsed into unconsciousness ... was that blade coming to his throat," Martinez said, according to ABC News. "And the last thing he felt before he left this earth was pain."

"He goes toward the sink....When he gets of to the sink he is already hurting," Martinez said. "He has blood coming from his hands and his chest. As he stands and looks in the mirror he can see himself bleeding...As he endured that horrific punishment. He decided to flee," Martinez added. "It was only death that relieved that pain."

The case moves into the sentencing phase today. The jury will deliberate for a third time to decide if Arias will receive the death penalty or if she should be sentenced to life in prison.

Watch the live court session on Thursday, May 16 when it begins at 1pm EST.

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