The jury deliberating the fate of Jodi Arias have not been able to reach a decision about whether or not Arias should live or die, they are deadlocked.
Jodi Arias was back in court today to hear that the jury has deadlocked over her fate. The judge presiding over the trial, Sherry Stephens, instructed the jury to return to deliberation and attempt to make a decision.
"I do not wish or intend to force a verdict," the judge said. "Each juror has a duty to consult with one another, to deliberate with a view to reaching an agreement if it can be done without violence to individual judgment."
The judge gave further instructions to the jury hoping they would be able to reach a decision the second time around. The judge told the jury to follow their convictions and not make a decision just for the sake of making a decision.
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According to Yahoo in the state of Arizona if a jury is hopelessly deadlocked a new jury will be seated in order to reach a decision about the punishment.
After Jodi Arias was convicted of murder, she went on TV and said she would prefer the death penalty. When it came time to address the jury, before they were excused to deliberate, Arias changed her tune begging for life so her family would not be put through any more pain.
Arias told the jury if she were given a second chance she would become what the Miami Herald described as a "model prisoner." Arias said she would teach illiterate inmates to read and speak Spanish. She also said she would begin a prison recycling program and donate her hair to charity in order to make wigs for cancer patients.
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