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Jodi Arias returns to the witness stand

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    Alicia Acuna reports from Denver

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When the journal of accused -- -- areas is now at the center of her trial.

Police say that she planned the attack on her ex boyfriend Travis Alexander in -- jealous rage and earlier she was asked about their relationship history.

Dean.

Were you aware.

Mr.

Alexander.

Engaging and other sexual behavior.

At the same time with the other individuals at the same time that he was engaging in sexual behavior with you.

-- -- -- -- Anytime.

Yes.

There's a picture Marius and she was dating Alexander.

And on the right is turn now in just a second you'll see that she has repeatedly changed her story about his death she first said it should not gonna do that.

And then she blamed it on masked intruders before she finally settled on self defense only sick union is live in Denver with more.

Just this morning -- -- up.

Hi good morning mark that stand -- moment yesterday when dirty areas was on the stand when her defense attorney after.

Why alleged violent incidences with Travis Alexander we're less left out of her journal.

And she testified that she didn't want to solidify bad things by putting them on paper and that this was all part of what she called the law of attraction.

Areas also revealed -- just yesterday for the first time that she was made to tear pages out of her journal take a listen.

Another reason is that.

-- Lake Travis for every day in the past he maybe -- some negative things I've written about him.

So.

I didn't want to put.

More things on paper that -- negative about him I just want to focus on his good qualities.

Not his -- and.

There was also an entry from September of 2007.

That was introduced as evidence to -- -- -- from that.

And it said quote a Travis Alexander I love Travis Victor Alexander he makes me sick he makes me happy he makes me sad.

And miserable.

And of quote Martha.

So the defense team and we got a little bit of wind of this in question that we played right before we came to you they're working really to paint him.

As as sort of a sexual deviant I.

Right in this is really -- part of the strategy to paint -- areas.

As more of the victim here and the person she killed.

As Margaret -- here and -- court yesterday they replay.

A phone call the dirty areas -- recorded between her and Alexander and it was quite explicit and it doesn't contain much that we can really on television but it doesn't really make him look good and that's the point here also areas insists that she discovered.

Alexander was -- to child pornography something his family and friends deny and there has been no evidence introduced in court to show that.

It's true what -- you know -- stabbing 27 times shot him and slit his throat.

And she's trying to impress upon a jury that she did that out of some sort of self defense we'll see if they buy at -- thank you very much.