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Wanting to be put to death was really just to influence or manipulate the jury in some fashion. >> shep: when you look at aggravating and mitigating, these are item which is are spell out and it appears to most court observers that the aggravating circumstances are there. >> yeah. i think that this is a clear case where the cruel, heinous and depraved nature are just overwhelmingly present and i think that the jury is going to come back pretty quickly on the aggravating phase. its interesting, a...

Justice center every day you dont hear a lot of scuttlebutt in the hallways. this could be as important a phase to the trial as the guilty phase of the trial because we will see a lot of people testify on his behalf, people that thought he was a good person, a good doctor, and it may be very helpful. he has a constitutional right to testify or not to testify. when it comes to the mitigation phase, he may do well to testify and let the people humanize him and avoid the harshest penl pmt i think w...

Freedom, i would rather have my freedom as soon as i can get it. >> ted rowlands joins us from outside the courtroom with ashleigh banfield. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> hi. ted, i want to start with you. what will happen in court today? >> well, were starting the penalty phase, carol and it will start with the question to the jurors, was this cruel? was this cruel enough under arizona law to make jodi arias eligible for the death penalty? we expect a fairly shot hearing on that, three ...

Done, they have to take a vote on that. then they go to the mitigation phase. and i would imagine that the defense will, as they say, put on a full court press. karen, what do you think? do you think this verdict are going to -- sorry. this judge is going to uphold the potential for a death penalty in this case? >> well, martin, we know that death penalties against females are very, very rare. most people do not like to kill other people no matter what the circumstances. and depending on what ...

There are phases. theres the guilt or innocence phase. after that there may be an aggravation phase where we have to find out whether or not there were aggravating factors. phase three, will she get the death penalty or not? the mitigators role is to develop the humanity of this advent. theyre more like social workers. they have to interview people and ask very personal, very uncomfortable questions about this defendants history. they are absolutely critical, constitutionally required and the fa...

canada, millions in americas southeast corner are thankful it wasnt much worse. >> and hurricane irene first made landfall yesterday and northern new england, where the brunt of the storm just left theyll remember irene for the rain. 16 inches or more in some spots. with tidal surges battering beaches, inundating roads and bridges and in cases whole communitiesants more than 4 million are without electricity today. from florida to connecticut 19 deaths blamed on irene. among them an 11...

Orders. boeing had a good month at the paris air show. you can always watch whats happening at foxbusiness.com and fox business news, fox business network. but right now dow off 79 points. jenna? jenna: adam, thank you. jon: right now the sentencing phase in the trial of james holmes is entering a critical period. defense attorneys are making their case that holmes should get life in prison for the deadly attack inside a colorado movie theater. and theyre expected to call his mother to the stand...