Cole Hill
The 19 weeks of testimony, judging Jodi Arias' contradictory stories, the graphic tales of violence and sex, returning a guilty verdict; all of it paled in comparison to the "gut-wrenching" process of determining whether Arias deserved the death penalty, according to three now-dismissed jurors from the trial.
The worst is far from over for Jodi Arias. While the jury was expected to return a sentencing verdict this week, Judge Sherry Stephens announced a mistrial in the penalty phase of the trial Thursday after jurors could not agree whether Arias deserved the death penalty or life in prison.
If you thought this was going to be clean and easy, you haven't been paying attention. In an early sign that the Jodi Arias trial jury may have deadlocked in deliberating her sentencing, jurors asked Judge Sherry Stephens what they should do if they could not agree on a verdict.
Jodi Arias, the same woman who once bragged that a jury would never convict her of murder and said she preferred the death penalty to serving a life sentence, found herself begging jurors to spare her life in an Arizona courtroom Tuesday.
Is there any hope left for Jodi Arias? As Arias makes her final plea in court Tuesday, she has a seemingly unsurmountable task: convince the same jurors who found her guilty of murder that she is still worthy of life despite the heinous crime she has admitted to committing.
Jodi Arias will take the stand Monday in a desperate attempt to save her life after a jury convicted her of first-degree murder in the killing of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, and ruled that she was eligible for the death penalty last week.
When Jodi Arias murdered Travis Alexander, she didn't just rob the young man of his life, she turned his family's reality into a "nightmare," the victim's brother revealed in court Thursday, bringing many in the jury to tears.
Jodi Arias asked to be executed after she was convicted of first-degree murder, and 12 jurors might just grant her wish Thursday as the murder trial moves into its sentencing phase following the jury's ruling that she is eligible for the death penalty.
After a jury found her guilty of premeditated first-degree murder last week, Jodi Arias enters the "aggravation phase" of her trial Wednesday where her victim's family, and a medical examiner will testify among others as jurors determine whether Arias acted "cruelly" and if she deserves the death penalty.
With much of Jodi Arias' fate resting on the argument that she was domestically abused and psychologically damaged, a voicemail left by Arias prior to her guilty verdict may be brought into evidence by the prosecution to influence the jury's sentencing decision, according to legal experts.
The salacious tales of sex Jodi Arias' defense based much of its case on may come back to haunt her sooner than they imagined. The defense's prurient focus could have undermined any hope of saving Arias from the death penalty, according to some experts.
As the Jodi Arias trial prepared to enter its "aggravation phase" Thursday, court was unexpectedly delayed following a bomb threat and word that Arias had been put on suicide watch.
Found guilty of first-degree murder and facing life in prison or execution, Jodi Arias is asking for the death penalty.
Jodi Arias is ready to break. As jurors continue deliberation for a fourth day Wednesday, the accused murderer has admitted she's contemplating suicide and would have gladly accepted a plea bargain "years ago."
The lurid tales of raunchy sex and accusations of pedophilia; the stories of abuse and cold manipulation; Jodi Arias' numerous admitted lies and inability to keep her own testimony straight; the lack of evidence backing up the defense's claims. What will matter most to the 15 jurors deciding Arias' fate?
