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Raped. all three of them were raped vaginally, thats what they reported. multiple, repeated times, against their will, under threat of physical harm, is what they related. >> thank you. >> your honor, the state would next present detective andrew of the cleveland sex crimes unit. >> all right. i want to clue you into exactly whats going on. and i have my panel of experts here to help me do that. and paige pate, ill start with you. the prosecution is putting a series of witnesses on the stand to ...

Zero. >> how bizarre was this whole sentencing hearing today in the scheme of things? and youve heard and watched a lot of these kinds of hearings. >> well, what was really unusual was how much evidence the prosecution put on, even before one of the victims testified. there were fbi agents, there were psychiatrists. i mean, this was almost like a mini trial. and i think it served several purposes. in part, it was to make the proceedings completely appeal-proof, but also, i think, to show the com...

Today and having my privacy has helped immensely. i ask everyone to continue to respect our privacy and give us time to have a normal life. >> shepard: the three survivors released a statement through their legal team today saying amanda gina and michelle are relieved by todays plea. satisfied resolution of the case and looking forward to having these legal proceedings draw to a close in the near future. garrett continue any is continueny is live in our new york newsroom in a minute garrett? >> ...

Bit ago in atleboro, massachusetts, former new england patriots star aaron hernandez was in court for a probable cause hearing in his first degree murder case. this was him arriving just a short time ago. we know the prosecution issued a continuance of that hearing on specifically that. that didnt happen. what does this mean? well get to it in a second. the prosecutors trying to lay out evidence here against this former nfl star in the death of his friend, odin lloyd, back in mid-june. we also l...

On appeal, that her first-degree murder conviction issing did to be reversed. i dont see her ever waiving that right to appeal. i think shes going to say no. go ahead, try to kill me because its all coming back, anyway. >> this is a very unusual and rare process in arizona. different from most other state, at least i know. >> yeah. >> how do you go about getting a jury to rehear just the facts about whether she ought to get the death penalty. >> whats going to happen is the state and the defense...

The phase. >> they have to do a mini trial again to get jurors up to speed? >> you have to do a voer deer and jury selection that could take weeks to find death penalty authorized jurors to sit there then you go through a mini trial. you have the opening statement. >> it could take months and months? >> yeah, from here. we are not going to do that. >> if the jury is hung again the judge cannot give a death sentence. it will be a life sentence. >> the judge could also decide parole possibly down ...

There could be a verdict on this sometime during "studio b." the jury will get th likely in the next couple of minutes and they could return a verdict very quickly. if there is not an aggravating factor, thats it. the jury will then be excused and jodi arias will then be sentenced sometime in the next 30 to 60 days. if there is an aggravating factor, the very same jury will come back and as early as late today, begin the penalty phase into jodi arias, kind of like a mini trial where the families...

As this aggravation phase begins. theyre going to have to determine whether jodi arias killed alexander in an extremely cruel way. were going to hear a medical examiner testify tomorrow about that, we may see some of those graphic photos again that have been displayed earlier of the dozens of stab wounds of the bullet hole through his head, and the most graphic of all, his throat slashed wide open. we could go through all of that again. >> i know this starts tomorrow afternoon, do you have any s...

Afternoon, do you have any sense of how long the sentencing phase will go? >> i know that uninimity is required for any kind of death penalty verdict? >> thats right. we dont have a sense of how long its going to take. they describe it as a mini-trial. our understanding is that the prosecution in addition to the medical examiner can call up members of travis alexanders family, friends, witnesses. theres going to be closing statements from both sides. if the jury decides that the prosecution has ...

>> okay, okay, danny and sunny hostin, thank you. again, that happens in less than two hours, this mini trial, penalty or death phase beginning in phoenix. well take you there. back in cleveland, as one of the kidnapping victims recovers at home, her grandmother spent all these years wondering is my baby alive. coming up next, youll hear the emotional message to amanda berry. >> amanda, you hang in there, honey. you be strong. im praying for you. and i love you. where tonight weve switched the...