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World this hour. there are new details now emerging from this nightmare that happened to these women in cleaver land. >> yeah. were learning more about the horrifying ordeal of those three women held captive for a decade. also the man accused of kidnapping and raping them, well, hes appeared in court. >> the other big story, jodi arias preferring death to life in prison. that in phoenix. jurors are beginning to determine her fate today. yesterday they found her guilty of first-degree murder for ...

Side of the courtroom where i was sitting were openly sobbing and relieved. they were very happy this verdict was reached. they did not make any effort to hold back their emotions, lots of tears, lots of sighs of relief. you look at jurors as they exited the courtroom, they were stone faced, expressless. all of them walked right past me. i looked every one of them in the face, you could see that they were very serious still. thats because they have a lot of work ahead of them tomorrow as this ag...

The other big story tonight is the arias verdict and the jury found her guilty of the first-degree murder of her ex-boyfriend and now they will decide whether she will get the death penalty. casey wian is in phoenix for the latest. casey, no great surprise that she was found guilty, but the big question now, will she get the death penalty, and that may be decided tomorrow. >> it could be decided as early as tomorrow, but from what i am hearing, it may take a couple of days. the prosecution has t...

Being sentenced to the death penalty. frankly, ive had these cases and clients have always told me, id rather have the death penalty than life without parole for a variety of reasons. you get a lot more resources when youre sentenced to death. its part of the reason that the death penalty machinery is broken in america, and why this case was such an exaggerated form and hyperbolic example of the death penalty machinery being broken. >> this next phase for the defense. is it all about trying to f...

Her for years. now, for our other big story, one of the most salacious trials that we can remember and of course the question following, will jodi arias live or die? the arizona jurors convicted her yesterday of first-degree murder. theyre now returning to court today. >> thats right. and its called the aggravation phase of the trial, thats the legal terminology. what it is is an important step in deciding whether to sentence the 32-year-old woman to death for killing her ex-boyfriend. now, le...

Arizona against a woman hasnt happened since then 1930s. the court and the lawyers have to be very, very careful and clear they follow all the procedures, both steps. there is an aggravating factor? >> sure. the jury could find she was debraved and cruel and inhuman, and then aggravating factors versus mitigating. ing a dpra v-8 is bad, mitigating is good things. if if the aggravating outweigh the mitigating the juries supposed to sentence her to death. the judge can overrule the jury in a death...

To our legal eagles, rebeca and faith. 27 times he was stabbed, shot in the head. slit from ear to ear. sounds like aggravating to me and she should get the death penalty. >> i dont think this jury is going to deliberate very long in this phase, was it deapproved and heinous and cruel? theres no doubt in my mine, when they put the medical examiner up and show these occupies autopsy photos -- >> you think it was aggravating -- >> absolutely. she killed him three times, as the prosecutor said. >> ...

When she was stabbing him she was committing a felony. and because he died during that felony, she can be charged with felony murder. the state charged it was two ways. >> bill: that doesnt matter. premeditated murder puts her on death row. >> thats right. >> bill: there arent any extenuating circumstances at all. its up to the judge now or does the jury have a say in whether she is executed? >> bill, its the jury. they now come back tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. to start the aggravation phase. what it ...

Going to happen, shes going spend the rest of her life in prison minimum. >> at a minimum. that leads me to my next question. weigh in on the technicalities of what comes next. there is a sentencing phase, and it is broken into two distinct phases itself. start with the first one. >> its very unique. that is what will be today, the aggravation phase. and there was a pretrial hearing, so the prosecution can only try to prove one agravator, and it is extreme cruelty. not just cruelty, but extreme ...

When she was stabbing him she was committing a felony. and because he died during that felony, she can be charged with felony murder. the state charged it was two ways. >> bill: that doesnt matter. premeditated murder puts her on death row. >> thats right. >> bill: there arent any extenuating circumstances at all. its up to the judge now or does the jury have a say in whether she is executed? >> bill, its the jury. they now come back tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. to start the aggravation phase. what it ...