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Arizona jury foreman says believed Jodi Arias was abused

PHOENIX (Reuters) - The foreman of an Arizona jury that deadlocked over whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for murdering her ex-boyfriend believes she was mentally abused, but said on Friday that had not been enough to excuse her crime.Full story

Jury hung in Arias case, new sentencing trial set

  The penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial ended in a hung jury Thursday when jury members could not unanimously decide whether she deserves the death penalty. Another trial is set for July and a new jury will be chosen. NBC’s Diana Alvear reports.

Mistrial declared in Jodi Arias penalty phase

  The judge in charge of the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial has declared a mistrial after a deadlocked jury could not come to a conclusion over whether Arias would receive the death penalty.

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  Speculation continues to swirl around Arias sentencing

Attorney Jami Floyd and Richard Gabriel, President of Decision Analysis, Inc., discuss whether the jurors will all agree to give Jodi Arias the death penalty.

  Jodi Arias: ‘I’ve had difficult dreams about Travis’

Jodi Arias sits down with Diana Alvear after her day in court, in which she attempted to persuade a jury for a life sentence rather than the death penalty. In this extended interview, she talks about her comments in court and her thoughts of suicide.

  Jodi Arias: Death sentence is ‘revenge, not justice’

As an Arizona jury continues deliberating whether Jodi Arias deserves the death penalty after being convicted of murdering her ex-boyfriend, Arias sat down with NBC’s Diana Alvear.

  Life or death: Which way will the Arias jury decide?

NBC’s Diana Alvear reports from Phoenix, Arizona as the country awaits the decision of life in prison or the death penalty for Jodi Arias; then attorney Jami Floyd and Cornell law professor John Blume discuss what they expect to see from the jury.

  Arias begs for mercy at trial

NBC’s Diana Alvear gives the latest from the Phoenix courthouse where Jodi Arias plead for her life on Tuesday.

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Jodi Arias listens as the verdict for sentencing is read for her first degree murder conviction at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix
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Jodi Arias listens as the verdict for sentencing is read for her first degree murder conviction at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona, May 23, 2013. REUTERS/David Wallace/The Arizona Republic/Pool

Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom before the verdict for sentencing was declared a hung jury for her first degree murder conviction at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix
Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom before the verdict for sentencing was declared a hung jury for her first degree murder conviction at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix

Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom before the verdict for sentencing was declared a hung jury for her first degree murder conviction at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona, May 23, 2013. An Arizona jury weighing whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for the brutal

A friend of the Alexander family reacts as the verdict for the first degree murder conviction of Jodi Arias is declared a hung jury at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix
A friend of the Alexander family reacts as the verdict for the first degree murder conviction of Jodi Arias is declared a hung jury at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix

A friend of the Alexander family reacts as the verdict for the first degree murder conviction of Jodi Arias is declared a hung jury at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona, May 23, 2013. An Arizona jury weighing whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for the brutal murder of her ex-