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How specific does evidence of threat to a witness have to be? And what about an atmosphere of threat? Nurmi could have shown the judge hundreds of threatening web postings, directed at both potential mitigation witnesses. With research time, he could produce thousands. Aren't threats on the...

Some of JW's cases have already been delayed, possibly because of the overly long Arias trial. And JW is representing clients in cases of import - including child molestation, and a heavyweight gang/drug case where she's representing one of four or five defendants. She's also the lawyer of a...

I believe AZlawyer answered this previously, saying the judge would schedule a final court date to announce the sentence. This so the families can be in court to hear the decision.

AZlawyer -- do you know if they've replaced Martinez as prosecutor on the new case he was supposed to try? If so, that would indicate they're going to proceed with a new penalty phase for Arias; if not, it would signal they're going to drop the death penalty. Any new rumors floating around...

Death row inmates are placed in maximum custody. Here's a description: http://www.azcorrections.gov/dr_faq.aspx Prisoners sentenced to life generally serve two years in maximum custody, then three years in "close" custody before they are eligible for medium custody. (per Barrett Marson...

RE: Nurmi and Willmott's statement to The Arizona Republic yesterday - http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/20130604arias-lawyers-respond-to-montgomery.html “If the diagnosis made by the State’s psychologist is correct, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office is seeking to impose...

Isn't that no-parole-board setup ripe for legal review? If by law a sentence has a specific range, isn't the state required to have a mechanism in place to insure that lesser sentences than the maximum are sometimes doled out? Have there been any legal challengers to no-parole hearings...

What about statements like these (as recent as today?) "Too bad foreman Z would never admit that he could never impose any death penalty but lied to get on case." "It’s too bad he can’t be sanctioned. Looks like he already had his mind made up when they started deliberations that he was...

AZlawyer, even if parole was reestablished, isn't it extremely unlikely she'd get parole after 25 years? Aren't the chances of a first parole on a capital case slimmer then none? Isn't 40 or 50 years a more likely minimum for someone convicted of premeditated-aggravated homicide? I still...

Dear AZlawyer - This may be OT and outside your legal expertise but could the jury foreman sue people for the slanderous comments they're making about him? I feel sorry for this man. He donated months of his life, as a good American citizen, performing a public service -- voting guilty for...

From news article by Michael Kiefer, today in The Republic/azcentral.com: It's up in the air if Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery will retry the penalty phase or negotiate a plea with Arias's lawyers for a life sentence...

From Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery's press converence today, discussing what's ahead. http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/free/20130530arizona-arias-case-prosecutor-death-penalty.html Although he said "at this point" his office planned to go ahead with the retrial, he also...

RE: possibility of parole after 25 years, etc.. sorry, a niggling question.. if the possibility is re-established, will Arias get credit for the 5 years time already served? So that she'd be eligible for review in 2033, or thereabouts?

Maybe he asked something like that last time -- Are there transcripts of the previous voir dire available? The problem for Martinez will remain, however. Arias's main mitigation is abuse. That evidence comes in. Those 'abusive' tapes of Travis's voice and email transcripts are REAL. They can...

RE THIS:1. Yes, failure to sequester a jury can be a successful appeal issue. In this case, I don't think so, though. It may not be an issue in the automatic appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court in the event of a death penalty verdict -- but no matter what the verdict I think there's a chance...

AZlawyer, is there even going to be a retrial? Isn't it in everybody's best interest at this time for the state to withdraw the death penalty and let the judge decide on life or LWOP? By 'everybody' I mean the citizens of Arizona who will be paying for another six or eight weeks of court...