waste the time, the resources, to go after them again if this jury leaned to wards life. sonny, will the prosecutors check in with travis alexander s family? there s no question about it. and that hasn t happened yet. this just happened. the veshlgt came down today. the prosecutors have to speak to the family. we know this family has been with this family day in and day out. it s premature to say that this will go to a new penalty phrase. phase. i agree with mark a hundred percent. and i suspected that this is the kind of case that could very well end in some sort of plea deal where jodi arias plead guilty without the possibility of parole and weighs her appeals.
say you one and all? yes. now, remember this is the same jury that took less than two hours to decide that arias was exceptionally cruel when she killed travis alexander. arias stabbed him 29 times, slit his neck from ear to ear, shot him in the face. now, in the penalty phase, arias took the stand, pleaded for her life. she told jurors she could make a difference in prison. the 12 jurors needed to reach a unanimous decision. obviously they could not. let s talk about now with cnn legal analyst and former prosecutor sonny hostin. and also mark geragos. let s start with cnn s ted rollins and what was it like? it was an incredibly emotional scene inside the courtroom. two of the female jurors were
oaths unanimously find having considered all of the facts and circumstances that the defendant should be sentenced no unanimous agreement. signed foreperson. is this your true verdict, so say you one and all? yes. now, that took less than two hours to decide that arias was exceptionally cruel. arias stabbed him 29 times, slit his neck from ear to ear, shot him in the face. now, in the penalty phase, arias took the stand, pleaded for her lives. she told jurors she could make a difference in prison. we ll talk about it now with cnn legal analyst and former prosecutor sonny hostin. mark is the author of the book, mistrial, how the criminal justice system works. and sometimes doesn t. let s start, though, with cnn ted rollins who was in the phoenix courtroom and ashley
now, that took less than two hours to decide that arias was exceptionally cruel. arias stabbed him 29 times, slit his neck from ear to ear, shot him in the face. now, in the penalty phase, arias took the stand, pleaded for her lives. she told jurors she could make a difference in prison. we ll talk about it now with cnn legal analyst and former prosecutor sonny hostin. mark is the author of the book, mistrial, how the criminal justice system works. and sometimes doesn t. let s start, though, with cnn ted rollins who was in the phoenix courtroom and ashley banfield who is also on location in phoenix. ted, reaction of the verdict? what was it like? well, it was an incredibly emotional scene inside the courtroom. two of the female jurors were crying as the jury was read.
for me and my team to remember. every house had a family living in it and they need a helping hand. more about how to help the recovery effort in oklahoma. visit cnn.com. that s all for us tonight. anderson cooper starts now. good evening, everyone. we ve got some incredible stories to share with you of what we ve seen here today. but first breaking news in the jodi arias trial. we just learned that county does plan to retry the penalty phase. this comes hours after the jury charged with deciding whether arias should live or die, told the judge they were deadlocked. this is how it went down. state of arizona versus jodi anne arias. sentencing verdict. we the jury duly sworn upon our oaths unanimously find having considered all of the facts and circumstances that the defendant should be sentenced no unanimous agreement. signed foreperson. is this your true verdict, so