It was reported that, jurors failed to reach a verdict on convicted killer Jodi Arias as Judge declared a mistrial. It was said that the jury had to decide if they are going to sentence her to death or life in prison for the murder of her the-then boyfriend Travis Alexander.
It was reported that one but all juror refused to sentence Arias to death sentence leading to an impasse and hung jury. Law experts said, this rules out any death sentence for Arias and now the Judge Sherry Stephens has to decide if Arias is going to face life in prison or life term with a possibility of a parole after 25 years.
In an audio news conference one of the juror said, “Eleven of us strived for justice for Travis, but to no avail. We absolutely thought [the punishment] should be death”. Another female juror said, “I think she came in and expected to see a monster in there because of what she saw on TV and the news and when she came in and saw it wasn’t” while describing why there was a hold up for reaching an verdict.
One male juror said, “I feel that the one holdout had her mind made up from the beginning and what angered me was the biggest thing that she eluded that the death penalty would be a form of revenge”.
It was also confirmed that, the juror sent a note to the judge to consider an alternate to remove the hold out, but the judge denied it. The juror said, they were not committed to pass a death sentence from the beginning. They said, they were actually split in the middle. But with time all but one reached for the support of capital punishment.
Jurors were breaking into tears during mid-sentence and news conference. One female juror said, “We really feel like we made a huge effort into trying to get what we believe was deserved, and I cannot say enough how sorry I am”. Another member said, “I was emotionally struggling for five months. “We’ve had nightmares,” one female juror said. “I think every single one of us has had nightmares and I hope they go away”.