Arias attorneys work to overcome cross-examination

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PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias testified Monday in her Arizona death penalty case that she chose to take the witness stand, despite knowing that prosecutors would chip away at her numerous lies to police and her efforts to cover her tracks to avoid being caught in the killing of her lover.

“Were you forced to testify?” defense attorney Kirk Nurmi asked Arias.

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