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Legally Speaking: Q&A after a mistrial in the Jodi Arias retrial leads to many questions

On Thursday Jodi Arias' life was spared after a jury couldn't come to a unanimous decision in the penalty phrase of her retrial.
9 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: Taking you inside the courtroom as the second Jodi Arias mistrial was read

This resulted in a mistrial, a non-verdict, and transferred the responsibility of deciding Arias' fate to Judge Sherry Stephens.
9 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: Post-verdict, Jodi Arias’ life will look like this

While a jury struggles to determine her fate, the possibilities for Jodi Arias' future are clear -- death row at Perryville Prison in Goodyear, Arizona or life in prison. Well, unless they hang. Then her future is either natural life in prison or life with a possibility of parole after 25 years.
9 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: Deadlocked Jodi Arias jury forces judge to read impasse instruction

Tuesday afternoon, Judge Sherry Stephens read the Jodi Arias jury a modified impasse instruction.
9 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: Why are the deliberations in the Jodi Arias case taking so long?

The State v. Jodi Arias jurors finished Day 3 of their deliberations with no verdict. This brings their deliberating time to approximately 16 hours.
9 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: What happens now in State v. Arias?

The State v. Jodi Arias trial entered a new phase Wednesday -- deliberations. These will mark the conclusion of a trial which began back in December 2012.
9 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: Fighting for life or death, closing arguments start in Jodi Arias case

The attorneys in the retrial of the penalty phase in State v. Jodi Arias started their closing arguments.
9 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: The end for the Jodi Arias retrial? Jury instructions coming

Judge Sherry Stephens will read the final jury instructions to the jury on Tuesday morning and then Kirk Nurmi and Juan Martinez will have their last opportunities to convince them to see the case from each of their views.
9 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: Walking away from property debt? Think again

Do you have vacant property and can no longer afford it? Wondering if "walking" on the property would be a better option?
9 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: Decision time coming up for Jodi Arias jury

The end of the Jodi Arias sentencing retrial is in sight and the time is ripe to discuss exactly what punishment she could get.
9 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: Jodi Arias is winning and here’s why

Don't feel sorry for Jodi Arias. Even though she's in jail and on trial for her life, she has racked up many victories. And continues to do so despite the odds.
9 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: What is on tap next in the Jodi Arias case?

In her ruling, Judge Stephens lists all the various pleadings and then goes through the 17 areas the motions to dismiss are based upon.
9 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: Should Jodi Arias go free or should Judge Sherry Stephens hold the course?

A lot has been said and written about Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens, who is at the helm of the State v. Jodi Arias trial.
9 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: Jodi Arias’ request to keep her testimony secret is denied

The Supreme Court of Arizona denied Jodi Arias' request for stay on Thursday. In late October 2014 Judge Sherry Stephens ordered the public and the media be removed from the courtroom for the testimony of a secret witness, who was later determined to be Arias.
9 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: New year, same games in Jodi Arias retrial

The trial in State v. Jodi Arias was scheduled to resume Monday but that didn't happen.
9 years ago
MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

New Year’s resolutions for the players in the Jodi Arias trial

What resolutions should the players in the State v. Jodi Arias trial have? (Besides the obvious one -- ending the never ending saga)
9 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: Court says public can watch Jodi Arias testify

The Arizona Court of Appeals has said it loud and proud: Judge Sherry Stephens was wrong when she excluded the public and the media from the courtroom when convicted murderer Jodi Arias testified.
9 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: The Jodi Arias evidentiary hearing is over and very little should change

Is Jodi Arias going to be another Debra Milke? Will she soon see the world as a free woman?
9 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: Why was convicted murder Debra Milke set free?

People of Maricopa County, and Arizona, are asking the question "what the heck is going on here?"
9 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: Phoenix killing mirrors those by police in Ferguson, New York

Tuesday evening, a Phoenix police officer fatally shot an unarmed 34-year-old man while responding to a resident's call of criminal activity.
10 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: Dismissing death for Jodi Arias could be a reality

The Jodi Arias defense team filed a motion on Thanksgiving eve again asking Judge Sherry Stephens to remove the death penalty as a possible sentence. The reasoning? Arias can’t present a complete defense because the witnesses are too scared to testify. Does the motion have merit? The simple and unpopular answer is yes, yes it […]
10 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: How a grand jury works, and what happened in Ferguson

Monday St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch announced a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri did not find that police officer Darren Wilson should be charged with a crime in the killing of Michael Brown.
10 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: The Jodi Arias trial is a battlefield

Trial resumed Monday in State v. Jodi Arias with the continued cross-examination by prosecutor Juan Martinez of defense expert Dr. Miccio-Fonseca and it was a battle of wits and wills.
10 years ago
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MONICA LINDSTROM, KTAR Legal Analyst, Co-host of The Agenda

Legally Speaking: Drama, drama, drama in Jodi Arias case

There are three dramas going on right now in the State v. Jodi Arias case.
10 years ago