When is arias sentencing

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Politics Covid U. Witnesses, attorneys and both families were harassed by an overzealous social-media audience. The second trial for sentencing was not broadcast, but was reported live over social media.

Trial groupies waited in line every day in the court corridor, hoping to get a seat in the courtroom. And even after the trials, true-crime fanatics binge-watch the newly released videos of the court proceedings with the same rabidness as others watch serials like "Breaking Bad" and "House of Cards. Besides appeals, there are lingering questions about the single holdout juror who saved Arias from death row and about how her name and the names of the other jurors — information usually shielded by law — were released to a hostile public.

The Maricopa County Attorney's Office is vague about whether an investigation is underway and by which agency, if any. At the end of the hearing Monday, Sorenson shouted out "Burn in hell," as Arias left the courtroom. Then the family of Travis Alexander slipped out a back door of the courthouse into a chauffeur-driven black SUV, some reporters said. Facebook Twitter Email. Jury selection is expected to last about three weeks.

The actual trial — argument, testimony and deliberation — may last six weeks to two months. The only thing the jury will decide is whether Arias deserves the death penalty or life in prison. She has already been found guilty of first-degree murder by the first jury, which also determined that the murder was committed in an excessively cruel manner. Under state statute, the cruelty manner of the murder is an aggravating factor that qualifies Arias for death. Jodi Arias is not representing herself in her second trial, although she considered it in an attempt to get Kirk Nurmi, the lead defense attorney, off the case.

Some of the expert witnesses from the first trial have refused to return. Other potential witnesses for Arias have decided it is not worth the threat to their psyche and livelihood.

There will be no live streaming of this trial and no video coverage at all until the trial is over, ostensibly to avoid the reality-TV circus atmosphere of the first trial. Stephens allowed TV cameras, but only to record the proceedings. No video or audio can be aired until the trial is over. Under state law, Arias cannot be tried again and must be sentenced to life in prison.

The holdout juror — Juror 17 — was subsequently outed on social media and harassed to the point of needing police protection. The jurors who voted for the death penalty accused Juror 17 of having an agenda. The Maricopa County Attorney's Office is reportedly "reviewing" the juror's background and the circumstances of how her identity was revealed moments after the mistrial was declared. Facebook Twitter Email. Jodi Arias sentenced to natural life in prison.

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