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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 ds. i think when you have a defendant that gets on the witness stand for 18 days and you get the op...

Amount of media coverage. when you do voir dire, it's not so much have you seen a lot of coverage, it's 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 when you look at the length of the trial, the length of deliberation, how quickly they unanimously...

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, it's 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, it's life in prison. that will be an unusual set of circumstances. they will not relitigate guilt or innocence. t...

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 can't repeat on the air. there is actually a verdict that they have to render. it's not guilty or not guilty. it's different. >> it's proven or not proven. >> that is the standard. >> yes. and there's only one aggravator ever charged. this is the hearing that jean was referring to. heinous, debrave praved or crue. the definition of cruelty jean just read has depravity in it. yet a prior judge sai...

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, it's all about cruelty. this could become key. and if this is a successful motion, that aggravator could effectively go away, and t...