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Constitutional. the whole idea in a death-penalty case is the jury sees everything, and understands that the crime is so heinous, that the death penalty has to be imposed. but on the issue of the aggravator, you know, i think she's facing a strong probability of a death penalty here. because if this jury wanted to cut her some slack, ashleigh and give her something less, they had a lot of options. they could have come in with second-degree murder, manslaughter, heat of passion situation. and was this a cruel murder? he was stabbed 27 times and shot in the head. he was naked in a shower. i mean...

In prison. those are basically the only two options right now, is that right? >> there is a possibility that if she doesn't get the death penalty she could get 25 years. as i understand the arizona law, the judge would have an option of giving her life in prison, life without parole, or 25 years if she doesn't get the death penalty. but obviously the key task in front of the jury now is to deal with the question of whether she should be executed. >> ashleigh, is there, as well, ashleigh, this has been a dramatic moment. what, three and a half months this trial has been going on. now it's going...

Dramatic material that you hear in this case. because it is no longer, if they decided she's guilty, it is no longer a case of did she, but more a case of is she or isn't she worthy of the death penalty. this is the time when that mitigation specialist who has thus far been essentially silent in this trial becomes very prominent. this is the woman who was visited her i think over a dozen times in prison over the last four and a half years, collecting thoughts, collecting anecdotes, collecting facts about jodi arias' existence on this earth. anything that this jury might hang on to decide, you ...

time will tell. >> and mississippi's governor is under fire. 200 pardons in his final days. new information on who was set free and what these convicted killers are now allowed to do. we also understand that these are unconditional pardons, which means that their constitutional rights are restored. we're going to find out a little bit more about that. apparently, they're going to be able to vote and own guns. >> 2011 was so last year because 2012 got some stocks on a tear. the dow climbing to the highest level since july. what the what? >> we're going to figure all this out with chri...

>> strange, it was five years on the anniversary. digging deeper. a lot of legal experts are following the trial. that includes jean casarez from our sister network true tv. i talked to her for a short time before the program. so, jean, van der sloot was expected to plead guilty today to the murder of stephany flores. he asked for time. is it possible he's going to end up pleading not guilty and go forward with the trial? >> i think it is possible, i really do. originally his attorney had said that he would plead guilty to simple homicide which anderson is like a manslaughter, right? that it w...