If at some point in the future we were to hear the name "Jodi Arias" and it didn't ring a bell, the woman who killed Travis Alexander would finally get what she deserves. If in the future the convicted murderer's name does not come up, at all — ever
PHOENIX (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the Jodi Arias sentencing case after a jury deadlocked on whether the convicted murderer should be executed or sent to prison for life for killing her lover in 2008.
Jodi Arias in effect may get out of prison, rather than die by lethal injection, because she was born a white woman. This is the consequence of inequity and mass incarceration. It skews our juries, and thus alters the process our nation relies upon for
Lawyer Kirk Nurmi put the Arias photo album on display as he urged jurors to spare her life. He called it a monumental decision as he asked jurors: "Would you kill Jodi Arias for what she's done?" "In some ways, the choice before you is simple, right
Defense attorney Jennifer Willmott, left,) and Jodi Arias listen to final arguments during the sentencing phase of her retrial at Maricopa County Superior Court, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Mark Henle, Pool) (The