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One could argue that a death penalty sentence would potentially carry greater weight in the eyes of would-be offenders of such crimes constituting its invocation if there were a more tangible feel to its being carried out. I can see many of our more narcissistic criminal minds thinking they can...

Let me say that I'm with you; I don't think there was tampering, but I believe the scenario some are wondering about is how a person (e.g., a mitigation specialist) could send a tweet that seemed to foreshadow the actual verdict. Your basic bootstrap agrument. Then throw in that the juror in...

If they've actually reached a verdict, I have to lean towards the DP. I just have trouble seeing a unanimous Life vote, especially since they can't render LWOP with certainty. JMO

There is a good article by Monica Lindstrom on what the jury is deliberating in this phase, including the differences in mitigating factors from the previous mitgating phase in 2013, here. The focus in this phase is on the mitigating factors only. The aggravation phase involves the...

EM: Or it could show Jodi as being looney tunes, which speaks to the mitigating factors.

Wild About Trial 2 ‏@WildaboutTrial2 3m3 minutes ago Whoever is doing Donavan'd hair needs to stop... #jodiarias Wonder if we could impanel a jury to unanimously agree upon that

Dip a cigar in bourbon. Two birds and all that.

Monica Lindstrom ‏@monicalindstrom 42s42 seconds ago I can't think of any other reason to give an impasse instruction (modified or not) than they are at an impasse #JodiArias

Court reporters are required to be present at all takings of pizza orders. Wait, maybe that's Alabama law.

Katie Conner ‏@KatieJConner 59s59 seconds ago Nurmi is now here with Willmott and Maria De La Rosa. No #JodiArias still #TravisAlexander #abc15

Cathy ‏@courtchatter 7s7 seconds ago Willmott, Nurmi and MDLR enter. Willmott is now in appropriate attire. All parties go out in the hallway. #jodiarias

Cathy ‏@courtchatter 21s22 seconds ago Likely that group of jurors is taking another break while they wait for judge and atty's to answer their question/s. #jodiarias

Mike Watkiss ‏@mikewatkiss3tv 1m1 minute ago Judge Stephens just entered court-Martinez present-no defense yet-much anticipation-are there problems?-questions?-stay tuned #jodiarias

Tammy Rose ‏@News20Chopper 8s9 seconds ago Hey guys, we can't film so it's probably just a juror question. If it's a hung jury, we can film. #JodiArias

Jeffrey Evan Gold ‏@jeffgoldesq 1m1 minute ago 7 #JodiArias jurors go down on a break

I don't know that the elections helped push its coverage much; one could actually argue they could have have worked against it, with additional media resources funneled to cover stories more directly linked to the candidates and their platforms. Personally, I think coverage would have been...

If Jodi is as big of an NPD case as I believe her to be, she's much more caught up in all the attention that's been swirling around her for the past five to seven years. It likely hasn't hit her yet that that show is about to be cancelled - though she probably thinks it's going to continue on...

No kidding. I thought our Ohio contingent would have shown up with the cinnamon and chocolate laced recipes by now.

EM: I agree with this. I have trouble seeing what Arias had to gain in uploading the photos from an external source. It certainly doesn't seem to help with her primary objective that day, or the original story she tried using when first questioned about his murder.

EM: I trust I wasn't the only person to note the irony of this statement being used in this particular sub forum..