4 Insane Details from the Weirdest Murder Trial Ever

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Arias' Alibi Was That Ninjas Did It

When she was first brought in for questioning for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, Arias' go-to answer was that she hadn't seen Alexander in months, so of course she didn't do it. After the police presented her with DNA and nude pictures taken on the day of the killing that suggested otherwise, Arias said something to the effect of "Just kidding, it was ninjas. Ninjas killed him."

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She'd have had better luck blaming it on Jeffrey Dahmer (and he's dead).

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The Accused Ran a Twitter Account from Behind Bars

Thanks to a friend (and convicted arsonist) with computer access, Arias has a Twitter account with 75,000 followers. During the trial, Arias would come up with tweets that ranged from literary quotes to insults about the prosecutor's height, which she'd relay to her friend via phone calls at night. Before you knew it, Arias' account was reading like a mix between fortune cookie sayings and the wisdom of a 13-year-old girl who couldn't pass language arts but had supreme confidence in herself anyway.

Twitter
"See me after class, Jodi. And please stop sharpening those pencils."

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And She Sells Terrible Art That People Are Buying

Speaking of 13-year-old girls, have you ever been to a middle school art show? They're tough on everyone involved, but you can replicate the experience by looking at Arias' "art" gallery. Behold:

Jodi Arias

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She Calls Herself a "Survivor"

As previously mentioned, the grand finale of Arias' failed defense was a claim that she only killed her boyfriend in self-defense, that he was abusing her all along. So in a final twist of the metaphorical knife that was literally used to murder another person, she claims to be a survivor of domestic abuse, not a perpetrator of homicide, which you can imagine has real domestic abuse survivors properly pissed, especially when Arias started selling "Survivor" shirts on her website.

Never mind that she claims she's donating the profits to unnamed domestic abuse organizations and that victims' groups want nothing to do with her murder money or that she straight up ripped off the design from cancer survivors ...

Jodi Arias / Nikki Nelson / WENN.com

.... the true tragedy here was a missed opportunity. Seriously, if you're selling a "Survivor" T-shirt and painting cat eyes without referencing "The Eye of the Tiger," you don't deserve anyone's sympathy.