Appeal claims Arias denied fair trial, alleges over-the-top media coverage, misconduct
By Michael Kiefer | Arizona Republic
Months after the original due date, attorneys for convicted killer Jodi Arias filed their opening brief with the Arizona Court of Appeals in the appeal of her murder conviction and life sentence.
Arias, 37, who was found guilty of the 2008 murder of her sometime boyfriend Travis Alexander, had repeatedly petitioned the court to keep the details of the appeal secret because it was “in the interest of protecting the safety of certain parties.”
Who those parties are is not immediately apparent in the 342-page document filed Friday morning.
