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Really, a strange defense that the jury would have to accept. so i think most people will be stunned if there is an acquittal in the case. frankly, on the issue of whether its first degree or second-degree murder, the thing that im looking at carefully there is a lot of people think first-degree murder requires a lot of advanced planning. you know, you have to sit down and plan it out and certainly there is evidence of that in this case. but the law doesnt require a whole lot of time. you can co...

Degree conviction will not automatically mean death penalty in the case. >> all right. legal analyst paul callan i want to know, to go back right now to ashleigh banfield in phoenix, arizona. ashleigh? >> reporter: so, jake, let me give you a bit of a scene setter as to what is going on right now. were only five minutes from the announcement of when this verdict is supposed to come down. right now i cap tell yn tell yo arias family have been brought into the courtroom and also tell you that thos...

The so-called jodi arias trial. i had no idea. i came here out of curiosity and ive been able to meet the family and sit and talk with them and theyre such sweet, sweet people and to realize what this woman did to this man is unbelievable. >> reporter: were waiting for the family to arrive. we expect theyll be coming up right along here. this is lisa. she came scurrying down as soon as you heard there was a verdict. you had the day off. you work for the city of mesa. >> chandler. >> reporter: wh...

Canisters and bring it in her car? suggesting that -- suggesting that she didnt want to buy gasoline here in arizona because she didnt want a record that she was here. thats calculation. if the jury believes thats why she did it. it is certainly a very odd thing to buy canisters of gasoline in california and bring them to arizona. >> i just want to reset what were doing here, jeff toobin, as you see on the right-hand side of your television screen, there are hundreds of people who have turned ou...

Discussion for a moment. jodi arias, mark, as i reported is in a holding cell. at what point she -- im only going to assume at this point she is in the courtroom because we are so close to the time that the verdict is to be read. what have her two attorneys been saying to her in advance of this as jeffrey said very profound moment? >> i will tell -- i will echo what jeff just said. ive been in that situation, what seems like 50 or 60 times. you never -- you never get over it. it is the most gut ...

Questionnaire which came up during the trial. they had a conference with the judge in her chambers. this juror took notes like nobody else. she was very dialed into it. the feeling was she was pro prosecution. when she was bounced the alexander family was visibly upset. they were in that hearing in the judges chambers and when they came out two of the sisters were crying because they felt like this juror had been thrown off for the wrong reasons. we dont know specifically on the record why but t...

>> i think its really about the death penalty. this case is about what it takes to get executed in this country. the trial has been very sensational and, look, we havent mentioned it yet, but there was no point in pretending otherwise. theres been a lot in this trial about jodi ariass sex life with the victim in this case. there have been tapes of phone sex between them. obviously that played a big part. but, you know, the death penalty is in a weird moment in the united states right now. it is ...

Cannot get the death penalty for second-degree murder. so the real distinction here is between first-degree murder and everything else. >> let me jump in for a moment. i have a statute. it is different in every state. sometimes you can have wide variances. here in arizona the statute allows in second-degree murder for a sentence of no less than ten years but no more than 22. ive been in jurisdictions where they do allow life imprisonment not without parole. second-degree murder could give her no...

Get under way and then the cameras can widen out and show you the things ive been telling you are going on behind the purview of this lens. that is that the players are taking their seats. jodi arias who has been in a holding cell for most of the day in the courthouse behind me under guard which is not unusual, as you await a verdict, a defendant must be on hand in case there are any kinds of questions, in case there is anything that needs to be adjudicated in open court, anything that needs to ...

I believe she does. >> reporter: you have also been in the courtroom the entire time, every day. >> from the very beginning, yes. all the days i could get in. >> reporter: you live and work in phoenix and you come down here and spend so much time in this courtroom. explain to people what it was specifically about this case that attracted you. >> you know, i watched every case since the o.j. trial. im just a case junkie i guess as far as watching them on tv and when this case started airing on tv...