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Arizona jury foreman says believed Jodi Arias was abused
ReutersBy David Schwartz PHOENIX, May 24 (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...Tags: Lawyers, Punishment, Witnesses, Trials, Prosecution
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Jury in Arias case gives up after no consensus
PHOENIX (AP) — As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim's family, mouthing...
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Jury deadlocks again on life term or death for Jodi Arias
PHOENIX—The judge in the Jodi Arias murder trial declared a mistrial in the penalty phase Thursday after the jury reported for a second time that it was deadlocked on whether to sentence her to life in prison or death for killing her one-time...Tags: Prosecution, Television Industry, Prisons, Boy Scouts of America, Punishment
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James Holmes' attorneys again challenge law on insanity pleas
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — With the stakes for their client literally life or death, defense attorneys for James E. Holmes on Thursday again challenged the constitutionality of Colorado's law governing insanity pleas. Holmes, 25, is accused in the July...Tags: Lawyers, U.S. Supreme Court, Criminal Laws, Mental Illness, Punishment
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Arias jury remains deadlocked over death sentence
ReutersPHOENIX (Reuters) - Convicted killer Jodi Arias feels betrayed by an Arizona jury that found her guilty of murdering her ex-boyfriend, according to an interview aired on Wednesday shortly before that same jury became deadlocked over whether to sentence...Tags: Prosecution, Justice System, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Criminal Laws
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Lawyers in Colorado shooting case to challenge insanity defense law
ReutersDENVER (Reuters) - Public defenders representing James Holmes, accused of killing 12 moviegoers in Colorado last summer, will return to court on Thursday to challenge the state's insanity defense law in a bid to try to avoid the death penalty for their...Tags: Lawyers, Shootings, Judges, Punishment, Trials
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Arizona jury resumes weighing death penalty in Arias murder case
ReutersBy Tim Gaynor PHOENIX, May 23 (Reuters) - An Arizona jury, weighing whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to death or life in prison for the murder of an ex-boyfriend five years ago, resumed deliberations Thursday, a day after the panel said it was...Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Criminal Laws
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Colorado governor grants reprieve to quadruple killer on death row
ReutersDENVER (Reuters) - Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper granted a reprieve on Wednesday to the state's longest-serving death row inmate, ordering his execution blocked indefinitely in a move that infuriated prosecutors and victims' families. "It is a...Tags: Government, Lawyers, Bipolar Disorder, Punishment, Behavioral Conditions
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CORRECTED-Colorado governor grants reprieve to quadruple killer on death row
Reuters(Corrects surname spellings to Cherner, Brauchler and Suthers in paragraphs 12-13, 17-18 and 22) By Keith Coffman DENVER, May 22 (Reuters) - Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper granted a reprieve on Wednesday to the state's longest-serving death row...Tags: Lawyers, Government, Bipolar Disorder, Punishment, Behavioral Conditions
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Jodi Arias jury due to resume death penalty deliberations in Arizona
ReutersBy Tim Gaynor PHOENIX, May 22 (Reuters) - A jury weighing the fate of murderer Jodi Arias is set to resume deliberations on Wednesday on whether she should be sentenced to death or spend her life in prison for the brutal slaying of her ex-boyfriend....Tags: Prosecution, Prisons, Justice System, Television Industry, Crime, Law and Justice
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Jodi Arias expected to address jury as it considers death penalty
ReutersBy Tim Gaynor PHOENIX, May 21 (Reuters) - Convicted killer Jodi Arias is expected to address jurors on Tuesday as they weigh whether to sentence her to death or life in prison for brutally killing her ex-boyfriend in Arizona five years ago. Arias, 32,...Tags: Prosecution, Justice System, Prisons, Television Industry, Criminals
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Gov. Rick Scott speeds up warrants for Death Row inmates
Miami HeraldGov. Rick Scott has accelerated the pace of signing death warrants in Florida by lining up three executions over the next few weeks, the most in such a brief period of time in more than two decades. Scott and his chief legal adviser say they are doing...Tags: Government, Lawyers, Rick Scott, The Miami Herald, Religion and Belief
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