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Convicted murderer Jodi Arias is expected to address jurors on Tuesday as they decided whether to sentence her to death or life in prison for brutally killing Travis Alexander, her ex-boyfriend in Arizona five years ago.

Activist and actor Sean Penn appeared on Capitol Hill on Monday, testifying before the subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Global Human Rights and International Organizations. Penn was introduced to the case in part by fellow actor Mark Wahlberg, regarding the case of Jacob Ostreicher, a New Yorker being held in Bolivia.

An Arizona judge on Monday denied a defense attorney's request for a mistrial in the death penalty phase of Jodi Arias' capital murder trial, after a long-time friend declined to testify as a character witness, citing death threats,