her for years. now, for our other big story, one of the most salacious trials that we can remember and of course the question following, will jodi arias live or die? the arizona jurors convicted her yesterday of first-degree murder. they re now returning to court today. that s right. and it s called the aggravation phase of the trial, that s the legal terminology. what it is is an important step in deciding whether to sentence the 32-year-old woman to death for killing her ex-boyfriend. now, let s watch her call it a stoic reaction to the verdict and the reaction from the crowd outside the courthouse. the state of arizona versus jodi ann arias verdict count one. we the jury, dually impanelled and sworn in the above entitled action upon our oaths do find the defendant as to count one first-degree murder, guilty. [ cheers and applause ] quite a sensational trial.
of blood. her family has been notified. jodi arias returns to court as the penalty phase of her murder trial begins. yesterday, after 15 hours of deliberations, the arias jury returned a verdict. we, the jury, dually impanelled and sworn, finds the defendant as to count one, first degree murder, guilty. after the verdict, jodi arias told a phoenix tv station that she would rather get the death penalty than life in prison. that prompted authorities to put her on suicide watch. ted rowlands live in phoenix. reporter: good morning. hard to believe her attorneys allowed her to do that interview. she said she was surprised by the interview and would rather be executed than live the rest of her life in prison. as to count one, first degree
aggravated assault and guilty of two counts of leaving the scene of a serious accident. record believed she had failed noor. i truly felt i had failed her at that point. you did? i did. i did. do you think the jury got it wrong? yes. i do. and i m not going to say i respect their opinion, respect their verdict. what did you vote initially? i initially voted first-degree murder. you thought this was premeditated. jeff was the jury foreman. how many of the others in the jury room agreed with you. i think it was about six and six on murder one versus couldn t agree with murder one. why did you flip. in order to get a verdict out. went to step down to see if we could come to a resolution on a
sentence because they labeled it an honor killing? people do stupid things every day. but what would a jury think? a question of honor continues after the break. does your phone give you all day battery life ?
insists noor al-malecki was the victim of an honor killing but the fact she was not able to convince a jury of that has not stopped her. just the opposite. she has been invited across the country to talk about a practice she fears is taking hold in america. what brings you to new york city. seven weeks after the sentencing we caught up with her in new york where she was addressing a conference on the growing number of honor killings by muslim men here in america and the west. i remember we when we spoke in phoenix you said you believe you had failed. yes. do you still feel that way? i do. i feel like we failed noor by not getting the first-degree murder conviction. why does she move you so much? because she was abandoned and she had so much potential. and to see her whole family turn against her for this ridiculous notion of honor.