I decided to do option #2 major case observation and analysis. The online case I decided to do my research on was the Jodi Arias case. I believe the reason I picked this case over the others was this case was very interesting to me. Sure the O.J. Simpson case was a big one, but we all know he got away with murder. The George Zimmerman’s case didn’t last that long, and I felt that I would just find the same information in my research. This is because in my other class we had to do a research paper on Zimmerman or James Holmes. I found a lot more info on Holmes, then I did Zimmerman. To get to the case proceeding that I viewed, was the defense closing arguments of the Jodi Arias case. This was on May 3rd, 2013. It was trial day 56, and to me
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If they didn’t think that she was guilty then to 2nd degree murder, and then to manslaughter. There were fifteen jurors on the jury, and they selected three random numbers as a substitute juror. This was so if something happened to one they would replace them with the substitute. I didn’t know that jury number four, is the one responsible for signing and stating the outcome of the verdict. One other thing I didn’t know is each jury member must select what they believe but also, count how many jurors decided premeditated, premeditated and felony …show more content…
As found in my research, “if the twelve cannot unanimously agree, the judge will declare a mistrial, and the defendant will face another long trial in front of a new jury” (Holland, 2006). I believe that they should change this to the majority of the vote. The reason I state this, is some people might believe the person is guilty but don’t want to have on their mind they had an individual’s life taken away. After I learned that there was a mistrial, I searched some more and found that she was retried, and was found guilty of first degree murder. Now they only need to decide if she will get the death penalty or not. The aspect of the court proceeding I will go into further detail, is sentencing.
When Jodi Arias was mistrialed and then trialed again and found guilty of first degree murder one last step needed to be made. To find out if she will be sentenced to death or live in prison the rest of her life without any parole. As we have learned in our previous discussions, getting put on death row is a process. Not only is it a process but a very slow process. This is because the court system wants to make sure that innocent lives are not taken by mistake. There have been a lot of individuals that have been exonerated, because evidence proved their
If they didn’t think that she was guilty then to 2nd degree murder, and then to manslaughter. There were fifteen jurors on the jury, and they selected three random numbers as a substitute juror. This was so if something happened to one they would replace them with the substitute. I didn’t know that jury number four, is the one responsible for signing and stating the outcome of the verdict. One other thing I didn’t know is each jury member must select what they believe but also, count how many jurors decided premeditated, premeditated and felony …show more content…
As found in my research, “if the twelve cannot unanimously agree, the judge will declare a mistrial, and the defendant will face another long trial in front of a new jury” (Holland, 2006). I believe that they should change this to the majority of the vote. The reason I state this, is some people might believe the person is guilty but don’t want to have on their mind they had an individual’s life taken away. After I learned that there was a mistrial, I searched some more and found that she was retried, and was found guilty of first degree murder. Now they only need to decide if she will get the death penalty or not. The aspect of the court proceeding I will go into further detail, is sentencing.
When Jodi Arias was mistrialed and then trialed again and found guilty of first degree murder one last step needed to be made. To find out if she will be sentenced to death or live in prison the rest of her life without any parole. As we have learned in our previous discussions, getting put on death row is a process. Not only is it a process but a very slow process. This is because the court system wants to make sure that innocent lives are not taken by mistake. There have been a lot of individuals that have been exonerated, because evidence proved their