Mistrial in Jodi Arias Case after Jury Deadlocks on Sentence
March 5, 2015
AP


A judge has declared a mistrial in the Jodi Arias sentencing retrial after jurors deadlocked on whether the convicted murderer should be executed or sent to prison for life for killing her lover in 2008.

The decision on Thursday removes the death penalty as an option and leaves the judge to sentence Arias to either life in prison or a life term with the possibility of release after 25 years.





It marked the second time a jury has deadlocked on her punishment - a disappointment for prosecutors who argued for the death penalty during the nearly seven-year legal battle against Arias.

The 2013 trial of Arias was broadcast live and became a sensation with its tawdry revelations about her relationship with victim Travis Alexander and that she shot him in the head and slit his throat so deeply that he was nearly decapitated.

http://www.aol.com/article/2015/03/05/mistrial-in-jodi-arias-case-after-jury-deadlocks-on-sentence/21150102/?

All because of one stubborn juror who refused to even deliberate with the others. This woman already had her mind made up and she couldn't even articulate her reasons.

The judge now has the choice to make of 25years or life in jail. Is that the set up. I don't understand, first wasn't life in jail or the death penalty. Now it a choice of 25 years or life in jail. Seems too many options when the first one doesn't goes through. At this rate, Jodi probably doesn't what she gets. A cold killer she is .

The judge now has the choice to make of 25years or life in jail. Is that the set up. I don't understand, first wasn't life in jail or the death penalty. Now it a choice of 25 years or life in jail. Seems too many options when the first one doesn't goes through. At this rate, Jodi probably doesn't what she gets. A cold killer she is .
The judge now has two options:
1. life in prison with the chance of parole after 25 years.
2. life in prison with no possibility of parole.

Sheeez just fry this b@tch

Sheeez just fry this b@tch
NO! Not America's sweetheart Jodi Arias!
Miss Sweetie is going to start a recycling program in prison! What ever would the world do without her? :rolleyes: :lol:

that a total shame...too awful for words...

what gets me is how absolutely mousy, meek, nerdy, and normal Jodi looks. She looks like the girl in the movies who is a shy wallflower, and then gets made over into this stunning Vixen.....

what gets me is how absolutely mousy, meek, nerdy, and normal Jodi looks. She looks like the girl in the movies who is a shy wallflower, and then gets made over into this stunning Vixen.....

She didn't have this "mousy, nerdy" look at all before she went on trial for murder.

Jodi Arias Sentenced to Natural Life in Prison
by Michael Kiefer, The Arizona Republic
April 13, 2015


Jodi Arias, who was convicted in 2013 for the 2008 murder of her lover, Travis Alexander, was sentenced Monday to natural life in prison after two juries could not reach an unanimous decision on whether to sentence her to death.

Monday's ruling ended one of the more dramatic and notorious murder trials in recent Arizona history.

After Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens announced the sentence, the victim's sister, Tanisha Sorenson, shouted, "Burn in hell!" Stephens had the option of giving Arias natural life or life in prison with the possibility of release after 25 years.





In Arias' final plea to the judge, she acknowledged what she had done and the pain it had caused.

"I wish there was something I could do to take it back," she said.



Arias' mother made a plea for a lighter sentence.

"I know that she is not the monster she is made out to be," Sandy Arias said.



And Arias' attorney, Jennifer Willmott, asked that the judge "not base this on what a mob on social media says."

Willmott said Arias is "repulsed by what she did, she really is. If she cries, people call them fake tears, if she doesn't cry they say she's evil," the defense attorney added.





Alexander's family spoke earlier in the hearing. Sorenson said to Arias: "Stop murdering my brother again and again by smearing his name."

Another of his sisters, Hillary Wilcox, reminded the courtroom of what Alexander and his family lost. "He wanted to get married, he wanted a family," she said. "I am married. I have a family, a family he will never get to meet."

Stephens listened intently to both sides, then sentenced Arias to the harsher penalty.





The crime "was especially cruel," the judge said. "It involved substantial planning and preparation. ... The defendant destroyed evidence ... and went to great lengths to conceal her involvement."

She said she saw no reason for leniency.





Arias probably will appeal her conviction, as her attorneys made a detailed record of their allegations of misconduct against prosecutor Juan Martinez over the course of two trials.

And the criminal defense community, meanwhile, is assembling a dossier on Martinez with the intent of filing a complaint to the State Bar of Arizona regarding his conduct in the Arias case and others.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/13/jodi-arias-sentencing/25691575/

All because of one stubborn juror who refused to even deliberate with the others. This woman already had her mind made up and she couldn't even articulate her reasons.Ya thats a problem when you rely on others!

What is "natural life" ? This is a new term?

What is "natural life" ? This is a new term?

A life sentence means you're eligible for parole after serving 25 years.

Natural life means you're in prison until dead.

I wonder if anyone has been under house arrest for life?

I wonder if anyone has been under house arrest for life?


Yeah me! Um, it's called being a housewife ! :lol: :D


All kidding aside, looking at the picture of how she looked before she purposely went all frumpy and mousy for the court's sympathy. She was a really hot looking girl! Ok I understand she was really into Travis, but he didn't feel the same for her. Time to move on, as pretty as she was she could have easily found someone else. But obviously she has mental issues. Killing someone in the manner she did, complete overkill! WOW!!! It's really hard to comprehend! :( :confused:

Like Aaron Hernandez, Jodi Aries really completely messed her life up! They deserve what they get, but it is hard to believe young people that could have had really good lives would go down a path like this! :(