Lawyers

• Jodi Arias to represent herself in the second penalty phase of her murder trial facing possible death sentence verdict

  An Arizona judge allowed convicted murderer Jodi Arias to represent herself on the second penalty phase her murder case in September, Latin Post reported. Jurors will then decide whether Arias will be sentenced to death or life imprisonment.

• Jodi Arias: Convicted Murderer's Retrial Date Concerning the Penalty Phase Expected to be Announced Monday (Video)

  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: Convicted Murderer Pleads to Jury To Give a Life Sentence (Video)

  Jodi Arias, the 32-year-old woman who was found guilty on May 8 of first-degree murder for the 2008 of Travis Alexander, pleaded for a life sentence to jurors on Tuesday, asking them not to punish her family. In her testimony, Arias referred to the family of her one -time lover and victim Travis Alexander, saying “I never meant to cause them pain.” Alexander was found dead in his Mesa Arizona home, having been shot in the head and stabbed nearly 30 times with his throat slit.

• Jodi Arias Trial: Defendant Expected to Address Jury in Final Testimony (Live Video)

  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.

• Jodi Arias Trial: Judge Stephens Denies Mistrial for Death Penalty Hearing; Defendant Expected To Testify Tuesday

  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,

• Jodi Arias Trial: Defendant's Lawyers Wanted To Withdraw From Case But Judge Denied Them; Travis Alexander's Siblings Describe Their Pain to Jury (Video)

  Attorneys for Jodi Arias asked to step down from the case after their client was convicted of first -degree murder, but a judge denied the request. Attorneys Kirk Nurmi and Jennifer Willmott reportedly asked a judge for permission to withdraw from the case, but were denied.

• Arias Death Penalty Option: Trial Reconvenes To Determine if Convicted Murderer Will Receive Death Penalty or a Life Sentence

  Prosecutors, led by Juan Martinez, tried to convince jurors that Jodi Arias should be eligible for the death penalty, saying Travis Alexander suffered tremendous pain as he fought for his life while Arias stabbed and slashed him nearly 30 times. The trial resumed with a new phase to decide whether Arias should be eligible for the death penalty. The same jurors who convicted Arias a week ago befan deliberations to determine whether Alexander's murder was done in a "cruel, depraved and heinous" manner leading to his death

• Jodi Arias: 'Death is the Ultimate Freedom' (Full Interview)

  After being convicted for first degree murder charges for the killing of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, Jodi Arias told FOX-10 Phoenix that she prefers the death penalty over a life in prison.

• Jodi Arias Trial Update: Jury Goes into Deliberations (Video)

  The Jodi Arias jury began its first full day of deliberations on Monday, the Huffington Post reported. Arias is accused of stabbing the 30-year-old Travis Alexander nearly 30 times, shooting him in the head and cutting his throat in his Mesa, Arizona home on June 4, 2008.

• Jodi Arias Trial Update: Closing Arguments Begin (Live Video)

  Lawyers in the 5-month-old Jodi Arias trial will make their closing arguments, which has become one of the most widely publicized, lewd and tawdry U.S. trials in history.

• Jodi Arias Trial Update: On Day 53, Closing Statements are Imminent and Jury 8 Has Been Dismissed (Video)

  Dr. Kevin Horn, the Maricopa County Medical Examiner officer, who was among the first witnesses to testify for the prosecution of the Jodi Arias, is expected to stand trial before the closing arguments of the trial are made next week.

• Jodi Arias Trial Update: Psychotherapist Alyce LaViolette Vs. Prosecutor Juan Martinez (Live Video)

  Jodi Arias' psychotherapist Alyce LaViolette and Arizona prosecutor Juan Martinez have been at each other throats in the past week. The prosecution has put her techniques and professional opinions under a microscope. Monday was the psychotherapist's Alyce LaViolette's seventh day on the witness stand and her second day of cross examination. The Maricopa County prosecutor again called out LaViolette's method for determining Arias was a victim of domestic violence.

• Jodi Arias Trial Update: Prosecutor Juan Martinez Calls Defense Scenario 'Impossible' (Live Video)

  Jodi Arias appeared on the witness stand for the 18th day on Wednesday to describe how she got to kill her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, which she claimed was done in self-defense.

• Jodi Arias Trial Update: Jurors Question Defendant, Express Skepticism In Testimony (Live Video)

  The jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial asked more than 100 questions to the defendant on Wednesday, Accused of vengefully murdering her boyfriend Travis Alexander, the jury's questions were put to Arias by Judge Sherry Stephens.

• Jodi Arias Trial Update: Sobbing Arias Asked Whether She Cried While Killing Travis Alexander

  Defendant Jodi Arias was reduced to tears today on Thursday, and was unable to answer pointed questions when shown a photo of her dead ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, prompting prosecutor Juan Martinez to ask mockingly whether she also cried while killing him him.

• Jodi Arias Trial Update: Arias Talks the Day of the Murder of Travis Alexander in Day 18 of Trial [LIVE VIDEO]

  Jodi Arias, the woman accused of the brutal stabbing, shooting and killing of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, resumed on Tuesday after a 5-day absence. On Wednesday, for the first time, she began describing the day she killed him, claiming it was out of self-defense.

• Jodi Arias Trial Resumes Tuesday (WATCH LIVE STREAM)

  Jodi Arias, the woman accused of the brutal stabbing, shooting and killing of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, has resumed on Tuesday. Arias' first-degree murder trial has been postponed canceled since last Thursday when the presiding judge Sherry Stephens fell sick.

• Jodi Arias Update: Raunchy 40-Minute Phone Call Aired During Testimony; Trial Delayed Due to Judge Sherry Stephens' Illness [VIDEO]

  The first degree murder trial of Jodi Arias has been postponed until next Tuesday According to a courthouse spokesman, Arizona trial judge Sherry Stephens is recouperating from an illness, reported by The Huffington Post.