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Form. count four, no statutory mitt gators and both aggravators are proven, and the defendant is sentenced to death, sunny. >> death penalty verdict. >> death for the monster who slaughtered the connecticut doctors family. >> and tonight, a connecticut jury has done something rare. >> they have recommended death for steven hayes. he is convicted of raping and murdering a mom, jennifer hawke-petit and her two daughters haley and mikayla. >> the verdict was devastating. steven wanted the death ver...

Clerk is reading the verdict form. count four, no statutory mitt gators and both aggravators are proven, and the defendant is sentenced to death, sunny. >> death penalty verdict. >> death for the monster who slaughtered the connecticut doctors family. >> and tonight, a connecticut jury has done something rare. >> they have recommended death for steven hayes. he is convicted of raping and murdering a mom, jennifer hawke-petit and her two daughters haley and mikayla. >> the verdict was devastating...

Placed upon their shoulders. im glad im not in that room. >> yep. >> never get those pictures out of their heads for the rest of their lives. >> you know, it has been very traumatic for everyone. >> this is a case that has just rattled people. a lot of people say that if there is a case that warrants the death penalty, this is it. wait a minute i want to read you something that we are getting -- we are getting word on and you might be able to explain it to us. the jurors are standing and the cle...

Get to decide whether someone like jodi arias is eligible for the death penalty. jenna: do they have a case or not? >> i dont think they have a case for getting rid of the penalties, but lets talk practicalities about the prosecution. jenna: well, we can, but about the crime, especially cruel, doug, if any rational person looks at this case, whoever murdered this person -- which they found to be jodi arias -- did it in an especially cruel way. >> absolutely. >> lets step back a minute. you have ...

>> mid wynwin, theres a child involved as well. what does that do in trumping up the degree, the severity of what these allegations are suggesting? >> well, i certainly think that its an aggravator. youre talking about child abuse charges, kidnapping, false imprisonment and whenever you have a child involved, obviously i think the criminal justice system society at large is a lot more interested in making sure that whoever the defendant is, is really going to pay for what theyve done or at least...

O.j. simpson, you can probably empanel a jury for jodi arias phase 3, round 2. >> ashley has been covering this wall-to-wall. joining me now, paul callan, sonny hostin and martin gerigos, criminal defense attorney. so you all can tell everybody single side of this. let me just start off, though, with sonny. were you surprised by this when you look at the length of the trial, the length of deliberation, how quickly they unanimously decided the aggravator, that it was cruel. >> i was not surprise ...

Amount of media coverage. when you do voir dire, its not so much have you seen a lot of coverage, its can you be fair and unbiassed. if you can empanel a jury for o.j. simpson, you can probably empanel a jury for jodi arias phase 3, round 2. >> ashley has been covering this wall-to-wall. joining me now, paul callan, sonny hostin and martin gerigos, criminal defense attorney. so you all can tell everybody single side of this. let me just start off, though, with sonny. were you surprised by this w...

Case, a new jury will be asked to determine her fate. she is determined guilty of first-degree murder. the new jury would only decide life or death. it sounds rather by sar, and it is unusual. ashley, so much about this shocking to many. here, even more bizarre. >> yeah, you know what, bizarre or not, its statute in arizona. period. so, yes, a mistrial, but only a partial mistrial. and they will get another crack at the death penalty. in most other states, if you have a hung jury, its life in pr...

By debasement, corruption, perversion, or deterioration. do you know that jodi arias used the word debasement when she was talking to travis in that sex tape? >> and a whole lot of other words that we cant repeat on the air. there is actually a verdict that they have to render. its not guilty or not guilty. its different. >> its proven or not proven. >> that is the standard. >> yes. and theres only one aggravator ever charged. this is the hearing that jean was referring to. heinous, debrave prav...

We have come to learn there is still a motion that is alive in this case, and it is a motion to dismiss the aggravator based on testimony from back in february of one of the detectives on this case. a detective who said that he had spoken with the m.e. as to the order in which those injuries were actually inflicted upon the victim in this case, and there is a discrepancy. and because the motion is so important with regard to aggravating circumstances in this case, its all about cruelty. this cou...