Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander in better times. Phoenix, AZ —The trial of Jodi Arias was an entertainment driven spectacle. It was a lot of things, but a fair trial it was not. The defense lawyers were not up to the task and failed miserably. I suspect that a lot of the sidebar rulings of Judge Stephens contributed to this enormous judicial fiasco. Arias lost confidence in her lawyers but had no way to fire them and bring in new ones. She felt no options but to attempt to take charge. Had she better lawyers I doubt she would have lost confidence. Arias was smart enough to see they could not cut the mustard. As a criminal investigator I specialize in self-defense cases. The use of deadly force is based on the reasonable man standard. Here Arias says she was abused and afraid but seems to have too little evidence to back up that claim. Arias lied to police about the circumstances of Travis Alexander’s death. Most Americ...