and there has been a potential to negotiate a settlement where prosecutors might take the death penalty off the table to her agreeing to a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of release. very interesting developments, we'll have to see how this plays out, john. >> thank you so much. one reason they may strike a deal like that is to spare family and friends the pain of having to go through this again. we were talking to nancy grace about that earlier. if travis alexander's family were to plead and beg perhaps the court to say don't do this to us again, that might be a factor in causing them to perhaps not retry the penalty phase. >> the issue so interesting, so many aspects of arizona's particular legal system is that, you know, you have to have a unanimous decision either for life in prison or the death penalty. must be unanimous. so you have these jurors who must come to a decision one way or the other. this jury couldn't do it. the nightmare continues for friends and family of travis