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In america. >> reporter: trayvon martin was unarmed the night he was shot and killed by george zimmerman. but a week before, he seems to be trying to sell an automatic pistol and apparently turns down an off of $150. >> our david mattingly jones us now from atlanta. david, im only assuming that prosecutors are staying tight-lipped as they normally do. this isnt necessarily good. they can suppress the evidence. are they indicating anything yet? >> reporter: well, right now, the prosecution isnt s...

But what about implications of drug use? was there a toxicology report? was there any indication he was intoxicated and maybe enraged as a part of the self-defense, the defense will raise. i think this will be a tough one. but id be surprised if all of the things we now know will come into evidence and i do hope that there will be a gag order so that there will not be as we get close to selecting a jury in this matter. thats what im most concerned about. >> maybe they will be able to cherry-pick...

Comes down and judge hatchet will agree, it comes down to moevenlt you have to provide housing, transportation, food, entertainment, that sort of thing. so i actually think its going to be very difficult. we know in florida that was a huge consideration in the casey antony trial. the judge, in particular, i spoke to him about this. thats certainly a consideration. so im not sure that this jury will be sequestered. i do, however, ashleigh, think it should be sequestered given the amount of media ...

Jodi. >> beth, youre a former prosecutor. and i know that jean just referenced the victims bill of rights here, but how much does the wishes of the victims family and friends factor into a decision by the county attorney, the people who prosecute these cases, how much weight is given to what the family wants? meaning, if the family says we just cant go through anymore, please strike a deal and send her away for life, is that really effective? >> well, im sure the county attorney will take their ...

Jodi arias is the her own worsen my when she reached out to the detective and spinning him with lice, awaiting this penalty phase decision. she just keeps talking. its in her best interest to stop. however, the sheriff is not look out for her best interest. he is looking out for himself. programs its time to stop letting this now convicted first-degree murderer tell her tales in front of the cameras. so i dont think he will lift it, but its always a possibility. >> so stay tuned on that. beth ka...

A retrial of this penalty phase, but the xun is the saturated with this case. i mean, its local reporters that got in to interview jodi arias. it is front paenl of the newspaper every day. i have talked to some people, though, that say, i dont watch it. i cant watch it. i dont want to hear all of the gruesome facts, those people, maybe they dont know about it. but they would fought be good jurors. >> beth, the jodi arias goes, once again, back to where she has been staying quite some time the co...

Evidence in the case. thats why its brought in as evidence. its prejudicial it shows or leads to evidence of guilt, at least on the prosecutors side. judge hatchet, exactly that potent, when they open this case, they will zoo say, he was going to get skittles and iced taechlt look at that defendant over there, arent they now opening the door for the defense attorneys to have that right to say, if you are bringing the prejudice up already, dont we have the right to defend that image that are you ...

Some came through. im very, very proud of my peers and my jurors that were with us because they did a fantastic job of holding it together. >> and our thanks go out to that jury foreman and the other jurors in that trial for the tremendous sacrifice they made in their lives over the last five months to sit in judgment in this case. i want to bring in hlns legal correspondents jean casarez and beth karas and also criminal defense attorney jose baez who joins us as well from florida. jose, let me ...

Violence. theyre entitled to their opinion. >> did you kill travis alexander? >> i absolutely did not kill alexander. i didnt harm him in anyway. >> well, the jury in this case may not have seen many of those early interviews and they certainly were told they were not to be seeing of the current interviews during the trial. nonetheless, they saw a lot of jodi, 18 days of her on the stand. at least the jury foreman told abc abcs "good morning america" eight in favor of the death penalty, four in ...

Beth, its always interesting to hear what jurors say what they are thinking when they reach their decisions, be you the fact that if juror said he wasnt aware of all these television interviews jodi had been giving during the trial, any panel that comes in at this phase, any new panel, they would have been privy to all of it. they live here, they watch television. they hadded no amod inments from any judge. >> yes. but thats not the point in picking a few jury. whether they heard about the case ...