Another Hung Jury - Jodi Arias

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abcnews.go.com/US/jodi-arias-trial-jury-reached-verdict/story?id=29226362

The jury could not reach an unanimous verdict in the sentencing of convicted killer Jodi Arias and the judge declared a mistrial.

The verdict, released today, comes after a second jury considered her case because the first jury, which convicted her of murder two years ago, could not agree on whether to sentence her to death.

Arias was found guilty in May 2013 for killing her on-off boyfriend Travis Alexander after a lengthy trial.

Jury Gets Case, Will Decide Punishment for Jodi Arias

Her first case gained national attention as the testimony was live-streamed and she shared extensive, explicit details about her alleged sexual encounters with Alexander that led up to her stabbing him multiple times in the shower at his Arizona home in 2008.

The trial jury found her guilty of first-degree murder but deadlocked on whether to sentence her to life in prison or death.

A second jury, which was handed the case on Feb. 25, was called in for the penalty retrial with cameras prohibited after the spectacle of the first. The judge had ruled that the announcement of the decision would be televised, however.

Another difference from the first trial came in the form of Arias' participation, or lack thereof. The now-34-year-old photographer testified for 18 days during the first trial but she never took the stand in her retrial.

I cannot believe it's another hung jury. But I also couldn't imagine deciding to put someone to death.

[Elsa]

I'm glad she wasn't tiven the DP. She is obv mentally ill. Life in prison is sufficient :/

[underwaterrhymes]

Had I been on the first jury, I would have found her guilty.

But I'm against the death penalty, so I'm certain had I been on the second jury the result would be the same.

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Mar 5, 2015 12:26:38 GMT -5 Elsa said:

I'm glad she wasn't tiven the DP. She is obv mentally ill. Life in prison is sufficient :/

I really don't believe she is mentally ill. All the planning she went through, buying gas cans so she wouldn't have to get gas while in arizona, changing her story THREE TIMES. I am so over invested. I have followed this since the beginning, and I really think it's an act from her

also nuggetbrain she's either getting life with or without parole, that is up to the judge.

I'm glad I don't work downtown, I bet it's insane today.

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I don't buy that she is mentally ill either, I hope she never gets out of that prison

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Mar 5, 2015 12:26:01 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

So what does this mean??

Another article I read said that based on state law, the death penalty is now off the table and the judge will decide between life without parole or life with possibility of parole after 25 years.

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I feel like for the gruesomeness of this case the death penalty is warranted. I mean she Stabbed him TWENTY SEVEN times and then shot him in the head.

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Mar 5, 2015 12:38:27 GMT -5 riffraff said:

I feel like for the gruesomeness of this case the death penalty is warranted. I mean she Stabbed him TWENTY SEVEN times and then shot him in the head.

 and took pictures!