welcome back to outfront. we start the second half of our program tonight with stories where we focus on our reporting from the front lines. there is a lot of breaking news tonight including a jury reaching a verdict in the second phase of the jodi arias murder trial. it only took an hour and a half for them to find that arias was cruel when she stabbed, shot, and nearly decapitated her ex-boyfriend, travis alex ander in 2008. that word cruel was crucial. they had to agree on that and do so unanimously to open up the possibility of a death sentence. now they ve done. that they can choose death. that is the next phase of the trial. but our senior legal analyst says the next stage is a lot more complicated challenge for the prosecution because they have to show arias deserves no mercy. that last phase is expected to go on for about a week.
program tonight with stories where we focus on our reporting from the front lines. there is a lot of breaking news tonight including a jury reaching a verdict in the second phase of the jodi arias murder trial. it only took an hour and a half for them to find that arias was cruel when she stabbed, shot, and nearly decapitated her ex-boyfriend, travis alex ander in 2008. that word cruel was crucial. they had to agree on that and do so unanimously to open up the possibility of a death sentence. now they ve done. that they can choose death. that is the next phase of the trial. but our senior legal analyst says the next stage is a lot more complicated challenge for the prosecution because they have to show arias deserves no mercy. that last phase is expected to go on for about a week. today marks exactly one month since the boston marathon bombing and while it was day of remembrance, a new controversy is brewing. 13 deputy fire chiefs say their chief didn t show leadership that day. today
for a fifth day in the jodi arias murder case. she claims self-defense in the stabbing and shooting death of her boyfriend, travis alexander. lead prosecutor juan martinez has been hammering away at arias many different versions of whatyesterday picking apart e glaring contradictions in how arias has described her relationship with alexander. listen. you were talking in very fond terms about that experience in this clip that we just played, weren t you? yes. and it was because it was fun, right? yes. and it was something that you enjoyed, right? yes. so when you tell us that you felt like a prostitute, it really does, it seems to be contradicted by what s on exhibit 490, right? not if you understand why i said that. jon: adam houseley is life from our los angeles live from our los angeles newsroom with more on this case. adam? reporter: yeah, jon, for anybody who has interest in