Jurors get case in Arias murder trial

PHOENIX — Jurors were given final instructions Friday in the trial of Jodi Arias, who is charged in the stabbing and shooting death of her one-time boyfriend in Arizona.

They got the case after hearing closing arguments from both sides, with Arias’ lawyer imploring them to take an impartial view of his client and prosecutors describing Arias as a manipulative liar who meticulously planned the attack.

Defense lawyer Kirk Nurmi on Friday asked the jury to take an unbiased look at the case and his client — even if they don’t like her — as the murder trial neared an end after four mon...