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Decision to retry will be the family of victim travis alexander. they openly went in court after hearing the jury was deadlocked. if they decide they've had enough of the courtroom, prosecutors may settle for a life sentence for jodi arias. >> i'm with a lot of people out there, i believe that the only appropriate sentence for jodi is the death penalty. but at this point in the game, i so much would have rather had the jury come back with a life sentence than no sentence at all. >> wolf, one of the jurors as she was walking out of the courtroom, said sorry, to the alexander family. we expected...

>> no, it's not. most states require that the jury make a decision. now, there are a couple of states, like alabama, where a jury may come back and cannot agree on death, and a judge will overrule them. those are rare states. usually the jury decides. >> looking ahead to july, let's say there is another trial, another jury. they can't reach a unanimous decision, all 12 members have to agree, life in prison or the death sentence. if they don't, then we simply go back to life in prison, the death sentence is removed, right? >> no, if they can't agree, it then goes back to the judge, and the judg...