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This case, at this point, is that it is unpredictable as every hour moves forward. and we keep going forward in this case. but what we're seeing here is nurmi trying to make strategic moves. here he's saying i want a motion for a mistrial because we have to do everything we can. this is life or death. and this is it. the moment is now. we have to put forth a case in the mitigation phase. how can we do that? we do not have all the witnesses available. because, guess what, the jury, they're going to look and see she doesn't have a family member there. her mother's not testifying. she only has th...

Professional witness, so to speak. and with darryl brewer, he's already testified. he hasn't been on camera yet, but we're not sure why he's not being called at all. if it is the same reason or not. >> it is bizarre. we often find out, i mentioned this earlier in the air, sometimes it takes a little bit of a lag time for seals to become unsealed and information to become public. we may find out more about why darryl brewer is no longer part of this, the sentencing phase, and the mitigation phase anyway. monica, thank you. darren kavinoky, thank you to you as well, as we continue to watch the d...

Bed situation so there would be room for somebody else but she can't, she's essentially in solitary. she sleeps on the bottom bunk and turned the top bunk into some kind of desk where she's got a lot of documents and other food stuffs. i noticed that on the ground there was a magazine that said "the optimist." well i don't know if she's optimistic about her chances at this phase of her trial. they're getting into the mitigation phase. we heard from her attorney that jodi arias is going to take the stand and try to plead for her life and she's got to be wondering what on earth can i say, given ...

Alexander 27 times, slit his throat all the way across and can shot him once in the head. the jury agreed that martinez that she knew exactly what she was doing and intended to inflict as much pain as possible. >> the last thing that mr. alexander felt as he laid there, as he could see up there was this knife, this woman and this bread coming towards him -- this blade coming towards him. and it was only death that relieved that pain. >> reporter: and the whole hearing yesterday lasted about five hours, martha. martha: so what happens today, dan? >> reporter: now the trial moves to the mitigati...

Investigator to show how much blood was around the scene. and the jury heard all this before so it will be nothing new. but the state has to jump over this hurdle. martha: stabbed 27 times and a throat slit from one side to the other may meet that measure. but we'll see what they think. then comes the mitigation where they would try to argue for a live penalty over death. she herself said she would choose death. >> if the state proves beyond a reasonable doubt that there is that aggravating fact over cruelty that's where we get into the mitigation phase. she says she wants the death penalty. d...