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Scheduled the death phase to begin so quickly, particularly with the weekend coming up. normally you would give the defense the opportunity to digest a very, very unpalatable verdict for them and to prepare to shift gears because in the death phase, you essentially have to admit the crime. you have to acknowledge responsibility for it and you need time to be able to shift. so i'm not surprised that there's been a delay. it's a good thing. >> okay. we'll find out next wednesday. >> we don't know, however, if the delay was one the defense wanted. >> we have to leave it there. sorry. thank you bo...

Reaction to how long a jury takes. it is just all about the internal dynamics and it doesn't tell you one way or another which way they're leaning. shorter deliberations can lead to guilty or not guilty verdicts. i think until we hear from the jurors about what they were thinking, we just can't draw any conclusions at all about the deliberations. >> so on the table we're looking at the screen, possibly first degree murder, maybe second degree, maybe manslaughter. i was reading about all this a couple of days ago because obviously number one is whether or not she's convicted of first degree mur...

To list the mitigating factors. why she shouldn't be put to death, her family life, she's never had any priors, a lot of different evidence like that. and if they don't believe that, then she proceeds to the death phase and that's it. she's given the death penalty. if they do agree that there are mitigating factors, she does not get the death penalty and the judge makes the decision. >> if it is first degree, you have the back and forth prosecution, whether or not death is on the table and then move on past that. >> exactly. a lot to consider. this jury sits through all three phases so they're...

Happening in the death phase. >> maybe a lot more tears at that time, as well, because that's when you really have to get through to jurors that this is a life worth saving. we're not there yet. we have a long way to go at this point. thank you to both of you. i want to replient our viewers that you can tune in and watch the jodi arias trial. it's live on hln. in the meantime, michael jackson may be dead, but another case lives. who employed the doctor who's in jail for killing him? and there may be someone who knows a lot about lihis day to y life. his personal body guard to spent a lot of ti...