Defendant Jodi Arias pauses as she testifies in her murder trial in Judge Sherry Stephens' Superior Court, on Wednesday.  Arias, 32, is accused of stabbing and slashing Travis Alexander, 27 times, slitting his throat and shooting him in the head in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. She initially denied any involvement, then later blamed it on masked intruders before eventually settling on self-defense. Photo: AP