Is there a real possibility the infamous Jodi Arias case could be retried due to missing evidence and alleged misconduct?
For the first time in years, Jodi Arias is publicly addressing that question herself.
Arias was convicted of murdering her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in 2008 after stabbing and shooting him in the shower. She is currently serving a life sentence. Now, more than a decade later, Arias has begun writing about her case again — and this time, her focus is not prison life, but the integrity of the investigation and prosecution that put her behind bars.
Through her attorneys, Arias has filed a post-conviction relief request. From inside Perryville Prison, she responded to investigative reporter Tammy Rose regarding the possibility of an interview related to that filing.
Until now, Arias’ “Just Jodi” prison blog has largely avoided the details of her criminal case, focusing instead on daily life behind bars.
But a new post titled “Hello, 2026” marks a significant shift. In it, Arias makes serious allegations, claims misconduct, and states she is seeking new legal counsel to pursue them.
In the post, Arias accuses investigators and prosecutors of withholding, losing, or destroying exculpatory evidence. She specifically names former lead detective Steve Flores, now retired, and former prosecutor Juan Martinez.
“Important, exculpatory evidence in my case has been lost or destroyed,” Arias writes. “Where is my proof? I’m working on that.”
She also alleges her current legal representation has dismissed her concerns, claiming her attorneys minimize her claims while continuing to bill the county.
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Adding to the controversy, both attorneys from Arias’ original trial were later disbarred. Former prosecutor Juan Martinez was disbarred for misconduct following the trial , and Arias’ defense attorney, Kirk Nurmi, was also disbarred after writing a book about his client while her case was still active — a move widely criticized as unethical.
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Court documents also reference requests for information regarding a book Martinez allegedly began writing during Arias’ first trial, raising additional concerns about potential conflicts of interest.
Prosecutor Juan Martinez also allegedly worked on a book related to the case during the first trial. #ad
So the question remains: do these claims — combined with documented misconduct surrounding key figures in the case— give Jodi Arias a legitimate path toward a new trial?
For now, the courts will decide whether her allegations warrant further review. But for the first time in years, Jodi Arias is no longer avoiding the case – she’s confronting it head-on.
Convicted murderer Jodi Arias could be closer than ever to a second shot at freedom — and her legal team is betting that former prosecutor Juan Martinez’s book could be the crack in the fortress. Martinez allegedly began writing “Conviction: The Untold Story of Putting Jodi Arias Behind Bars” during her first trial — long before it was published — and now Arias’ lawyers are demanding business records from the agent he originally hired (but never used), hoping the files will expose whether he planned to profit off her case while still prosecuting her. If those records show ethical lapses or conflicts of interest, her team argues, it could prove the trial was tainted — potentially giving Arias a path to post‑conviction relief and a fresh shot at freedom.
A judge has given her until September 2, 2026 to file — and if the records reveal misconduct, this could be her game‑changer.
And Arias isn’t alone — past cases have shown that when misconduct truly cracks a case, the system can — rarely — correct itself. For example:
• In the case of Curtis Flowers, the same prosecutor tried him six times for the same murders. Four separate convictions were overturned by appeals courts because of repeated prosecutorial misconduct and racial bias in jury selection. Ultimately, the charges were dropped and Flowers was freed — showing that even long‑standing verdicts can be undone when the justice system fails.
• Another example is James Alan Gell, who spent years on death row for a murder he didn’t commit. Prosecutors had withheld critical exculpatory evidence. His conviction was overturned, he was acquitted in a second trial, and went free.
These cases show — loud and clear — that prosecutor misconduct isn’t just shady behavior: sometimes it has real power to reverse life‑changing convictions. Arias’ team believes Martinez’s book — and the hidden documents behind it — could be the evidence that tips this case into that rare category.
👉 Bottom line (for now): With the clock ticking toward the 2026 PCR deadline, Arias’ lawyers are gambling that what’s sitting in those business records could rewrite her fate — and maybe rewrite history.Court records reveal the shocking details – click below to read!
Jodi Arias hasn’t filed her post-conviction relief yet — and now we know why. Her lawyers just asked the court to cancel oral arguments connected to business records from Folio Literary Management and Steve Troha. These might be tied to Juan Martinez’s 2016 book. After they review the records, Arias could finally move forward with her PCR, and it looks like the filing deadline has been pushed back.
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UPDATE: Prosecutor Juan Martinez was fired from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and disbarred. The attorney agreed to give up his law license to avoid a public hearing on multiple charges of sexually harassing female co-workers and leaking sealed information to a blogger.
The fiery prosecutor who became famous for putting Jodi Arias behind bars is now facing some serious accusations himself. The State Bar of Arizona confirms another ethics complaint was filed against Maricopa County Attorney Juan Martinez. According to Freelance Reporter Tammy Rose, the complaint was filed on February 24, 2017 after text messages surfaced between trial blogger, Jen Wood, and herself indicating the attorney may have outed one juror while having an inappropriate relationship with another during the Arias sentencing retrial in October 2014.
Rose says the explosive 25-page bar complaint reads like the book, ’50 Shades of Grey’. Wood talks about a steamy romance she had with the prosecutor to Rose over numerous forms of communication.
Incriminating messages also indicate Wood was privy to sealed information, such as juror names including Juror 17 who was the lone holdout for a life sentence. According to Rose, Wood told her that Juan asked her to find dirt on Juror 17 two days before the jury hung so that he could get her kicked off the panel. In a sealed meeting on March 3, 2015, Martinez learned from a series of juror questions who the holdout was and according to Wood’s text messages went into panic mode.
3/3/2015 1:35:36 PM(UTC-7), “He texted me what happened” (Jen Wood) 3/3/2015 1:37:02 PM(UTC-7), “PIO said juror questions can’t roll” (Tammy Rose) 3/3/2015 1:37:41 PM(UTC-7), “It’s one person who refuses to deliberate or look at pics or evidence (Jen Wood) 3/3/2015 9:58:20 PM(UTC-7), “Any chance of this ending tomorrow?” (Tammy Rose) 3/3/2015 10:02:00 PM(UTC-7), “I couldn’t help. I was bummed. So maybe.” (Jen Wood) 3/3/2015 10:02:33 PM(UTC-7), “Unless they sway her the other way it could happen.” (Tammy Rose) 3/3/2015 10:02:51 PM(UTC-7), “Yes and maybe this has scared the shit out of her” (Jen Wood) 3/3/2015 10:02:56 PM(UTC-7), “She was brought into chambers.” (Jen Wood)
Wood told Rose she found some suspicious activity on the holdout’s social media sites. At a sealed hearing the next day, Martinez targeted Juror 17 with a motion to strike. Juan attached screenshots of Juror 17’s Facebook page but apparently, it wasn’t enough for the judge to dismiss the juror so the trial hung for a second time.
Martinez is also accused of violating rules of professional conduct with regards to another juror who was dismissed. In a recorded conversation with Rose and in other exchanges with Wood, this juror admitted to talking to Martinez on his personal cell phone multiple times before the jury hung. She informed Rose that Juan used the word ‘deepthroat’ in their conversations with each other which she took as a subtle hint he may be romantically interested in her and sent Martinez a nude photograph of herself on his personal cell phone. According to this juror, Juan asked her information about two other women jurors who were still empaneled on the jury.
2/13/2015 8:49:40 PM(UTC-7) “Juror ___ has the hots for Juan.” (Jen Wood) 2/13/2015 8:49:54 PM(UTC-7), “She called him at his office.” (Jen Wood) 2/13/2015 8:49:55 PM(UTC-7), “U got nothing to worry about.” (Tammy Rose) 2/13/2015 8:50:24 PM(UTC-7), “Omg it’s weird. She’s like all over it and said she hopes I’m not seeing him like the rumors say because she feels Over the moon that he talked to her.” (Jen Wood) 2/13/2015 8:52:32 PM(UTC-7), “He better not go for her” (Jen Wood) 2/14/2015 7:49:18 AM(UTC-7), “I need to warn him. I had a bad feeling all night.” (Jen Wood) 2/14/2015 7:53:52 AM(UTC-7), “I’m meeting friend Sunday so I will check on the status.” (Jen Wood) 2/28/2015 5:11:40 PM(UTC+0), “Fucking ______ was blowing up My friend’s phone at 8:30 this morning.” (Jen Wood) 2/28/2015 5:12:32 PM(UTC+0), “He said he’s stopping it after the verdict. He didn’t answer her calls either. I said I’m worried about her telling people anything he has said and he said he’s not worried. He hadn’t said anything to worry about.” (Jen Wood)
Karen Clark, an attorney representing Arias’ interests filed the complaint which alleges a pattern of unethical conduct by the prosecutor. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in May 2013 for killing her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in 2008. However, the jury was hung on the sentencing phase so Martinez ordered another trial seeking the death penalty which resulted in a second hung jury. This is the sixth bar complaint filed against Martinez since 2015 of which five have been dismissed.
Rose who says she knew about the affair between Wood and Martinez turned over her phone records voluntarily to the bar and an attorney investigating the holdout juror’s leak, after she suspected it may have had something to do with Juror 17’s information mysteriously appearing online as well as other jurors. All of these text messages between Jen Wood & Tammy Rose were forensically verified by Karl Epps with Epps Forensic Consulting in Scottsdale, AZ.
Martinez, Wood & another unidentified woman who allegedly had an affair with the prosecutor have all denied any unethical misconduct.
