recently. look at the travis alexander family. having to go lou 3 1/2 months of a trial plus. now facing another trial on the death penalty again. having to relive it. having to go into court and hear their family member, you know, made to be seen as if he was the villain in the case. here these victims have been held hostage long enough. i would wholeheartedly agree with them, their lawyers, the prosecutors in this case. if this case could be resolved now, by the defendant agreeing to what the most likely result would be at the end of a trial, which is that he will never get out of prison, that s a good result. i am sure they are very relieved. i just want to mention, i got a text from the women s attorney, and he said a statement, a written statement, will be released right after this hearing. of course, we are going to keep an eye on that. mo ivory, does this end tier,
was on there for these 17, 18, whatever number of days, that was that created a familiarity. that breeds contempt usually, but at the same time, obviously it resonated with four people and it resonated, you know, loudly enough that they were not going to impose the death penalty. this whole case frankly points out i think just the ridiculous nature of the death penalty in america and why so many people feel that it should be abolished. because it really it doesn t do anybody the kind of good that they say they want. they want closure but as randi just said, this is the worst possible outcome for the travis alexander family. my little two cents worth. we know the jury, mark, was split 8-4 for death. what does that tell you in the sense that we still don t know how it broke down by gender, for example. interestingly, i think the jury was 8-4 split gender wise as well, which i find
decision to retry will be the family of victim travis alexander. they openly went in court after hearing the jury was deadlocked. if they decide they ve had enough of the courtroom, prosecutors may settle for a life sentence for jodi arias. i m with a lot of people out there, i believe that the only appropriate sentence for jodi is the death penalty. but at this point in the game, i so much would have rather had the jury come back with a life sentence than no sentence at all. wolf, one of the jurors as she was walking out of the courtroom, said sorry, to the alexander family. we expected a decision will be made on whether or not to retry the penalty phase within the next few weeks before an upcoming status hearing scheduled for june 20th. wolf? ted, thank you. we re joined now by a leading trial attorney thomas messero, representing michael jackson back in 2005. tom, thanks very much for coming in. obviously a very emotional
in prison without the possibility of release, and possibly give up right to appeal her conviction. we doan know if jodi would take that deal, we also don t know if the travis alexander family would go along with that. they have endured so much, been through so much, being in that courtroom, seeing the graphic testimony, day after day, for five months, carol. casey wian, live from phoenix this morning. more on that new jury later on in the hour and ask a jury consultant if that deadlocked juror could have become too emotionally invested after serving in such a long trial. let s get to moore, oklahoma, where the community is struggling to get back on its feet and today they are set to bury more tornado victims. brooke baldwin in moore, good morning, brooke. carol, good morning to you. a tough couple of days certainly in moore, oklahoma. let me set the scene. in this neighborhood, day two.
situation for the travis alexander family. what if they don t want to go through more testimony, go through this again? what s the likelihood that a deal that could be brokered that could spare her the death sentence and simply get life in prison? wolf, if the family doesn t want to go through this anymore, that will have a significant impact on the prosecution s decision. i don t see the prosecutors picking a new jury, and essentially retrying the case. i know other people are saying most of this evidence won t come in. i don t believe that. the prosecutor, in a re-hearing, is going to want in bring in all the grisly, disturbing evidence to convince the jury there should be death. the defense by contrast is going to want to bring in every mitigating factor they can, abuse, paranoia, personality disorder, you name it. it s going to go on for months and it s going to be another painful experience for the family to sit there day by day. i think if they plead with the prosecution and sa