The retrial of convicted murderer Jodi Arias began in October and came to an abrupt stop earlier this week, but resumed Thursday.

Rounding Up The Happenings Of The Jodi Arias Retrial

Arias' defense team had expert witness Dr. L.C. Miccio-Fonseca on stand for quite a few days now, providing information about Travis Alexander's struggle over who he was.

The retrial resumed Thursday, Nov. 20, after an "emergency situation" popped up on Monday, Nov. 17. Dr. Miccio-Fonseca remained on stand for cross-examination in which the prosecution, Juan Martinez, really dug into her.

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AZ Central reported that Martinez handed documents over to Miccio-Fonseca that she claimed she never saw before. This was only the start of the boxing match between the defense and Miccio-Fonseca vs. Martinez.

The report claims that every few words out of Martinez's mouth were followed by objections from the defense. Then, Miccio-Fonseca said she could not answer questions with "yes" or "no" without explaining and said Martinez wasn't giving her a chance to answer.

At another point in the cross-examination, Martinez handed her a document of an interview with Carl Arias, Jodi's brother, but Miccio-Fonseca confused him with Bill Arias, Jodi's father. That led to Martinez stating, "You seem to be having problems with your memory."

Miccio-Fonseca read through messages between Alexander and Jodi while on stand. She insisted Jodi was a compliant participant in the relationship since she stayed with him even though in various messages he called her a "whore," among other degrading things.

Furthermore, the cross examination will continue Monday, Nov. 24.

Now, the issues over deleted pornography continue in court on Friday, Nov. 21. Jodi's defense team of Kirk Nurmi and Jennifer Willmott alleged on Nov. 10 that misconduct was committed, but Martinez countered that by saying his office reanalyzed the computer of Jodi's ex-boyfriend, which proved the defense's claims were false. Martinez said that if anything, porn would have come from the viruses found on the computer.

Then Thursday, as reported by AZ Central, Willmott filed a response motion, saying that the anti-virus program was something downloaded free from the Internet and that the computer owner, presumably Alexander, used it to clean up afterward, without the desired results.

"There were thousands of pornography site hits found on Mr. Alexander's computer," Willmott wrote in her response. "Some were caused by viruses and some were accessed prior to viruses being downloaded onto his computer."

USA Today also reported that Willmott said in her response motion, "A disturbing pattern of damaged and missing evidence is emerging after a recent review of multiple items that have been held in state custody over the past 6 years."

The jury will not be present Friday for the issue of pornography.

Outside of the court, Jodi's parents have taken to YouTube to thank those who have donated to fund their daughter's legal team and have asked for further donations. The video can be seen below.

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