Crime stories inundated "the headlines in 2013 like no year in recent history," according to The Huffington Post. "In the past 12 months, we've seen the Boston Marathon bombing, the release of three kidnapped women who were held in Cleveland, and the verdict of George Zimmerman,"
Convicted murderer Jodi Arias will return to court on Monday afternoon in Maricopa County, Arizona on Monday, in which Judge Sherry Stephens is expected to set a date for her sentencing phase retrial.
Jodi Arias and her attorneys are returning to court on Tuesday in an effort to throw out the jury's finding that made her eligible for the death penalty. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder on May 8 in the stabbing and shooting death of Travis Alexander in Mesa Arizona. About two week ago, the jury that found her guilty of killing Alexander failed to reach a unanimous decision on whether to sentence Arias to life in prison or receive the death penalty.
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.
