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Jodi Arias Trial: Five Things to Watch for Between Now and July 18

Jodi Arias coverage has been in the doldrums since the May 23 non-decision by the jury on the death penalty. Some news media outlets are digging up crumbs leftover from the trial. Nancy Grace and CNN resorted to interviewing Arias' fellow jail inmates; Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced l ... More >>

Reporters Ask No Tough Questions of "Sex Kitten" Jodi Arias on Eve of Sentencing

Just watched the interview of Jodi Arias by Mark Curtis of Channel 12 (KNXV-TV), Troy Hayden of Channel 10 (KSAZ-AZ) and Ryan Owens of ABC News. In what may be one of the last TV interviews of Arias, since prison interviews aren't normally allowed, Curtis and Hayden -- who'd been invited by Arias - ... More >>

Meet the Three Women Currently on Arizona's Death Row

While a jury's apparently having a tough time deciding whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for killing Travis Alexander, we'll point out that Arias would join just a few other women on death row, if that's where the jury decides to send her.There are only three Arizona women in the custody of ... More >>

Jodi Arias Asks Jury to Spare Her Life So Her Family Isn't Hurt; No Apology to Victim's Family, No Tears

Jodi Arias asked the jury in her long-running murder trial to spare her life, contradicting previous statements that she preferred the death penalty to life in prison. She failed to apologize for killing ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in her highly anticipated statement to the jury today. See bel ... More >>

Jodi Arias Jury Begins Deliberation on Sentence; Arias Attorney Tells Jury to "Find Mercy"

Jury members in the Jodi Arias trial have begun deliberating whether to sentence the cold-blooded killer to execution. The jury was dismissed just after 3 p.m. to begin their decision-making. With nearly five months of their lives invested in this trial, jury members probably can't wait to finish u ... More >>

Jodi Arias Jury Nears Final Decision on Death Penalty; Court Resumes Today for Penalty Phase of Trial

The jury in the sensational trial of boyfriend-slayer Jodi Arias is expected to hear testimony today from Arias' defense attorneys, who'll try to argue that Arias doesn't deserve execution. Arias has said she prefers life in prison. As we reported last week, state officials say Arias could be execu ... More >>

Jodi Arias Could Be Executed in Just Four Years — if Her Death Wish Isn’t Another Lie

Jodi Arias's Kinky Murder Trial in Arizona Continues

Jodi Arias Back in Court Today as Death Penalty Looms; Victim Statements, Mitigation Arguments Precede Jury's Final Decision

The engrossing saga of convicted slasher Jodi Arias is wrapping up after the jury took about an hour on Wednesday to decide her fatal attack on Travis Alexander was "especially cruel." Next up in the marathon trial that's gone on since January 2nd: impact statements by Alexander's family and the pe ... More >>

Jodi Arias Could be Executed in Just Four Years -- If Her Wish for Death Isn't Another Lie

In an exclusive post-conviction interview, boyfriend-killer Jodi Arias insisted that she didn't plan to kill 30-year-old Travis Alexander in 2008. But now that she's been convicted of premeditated murder, she'd "prefer to die sooner than later." Arias went on to say to Channel 10's Troy Hayden, "L ... More >>

Jodi Arias Heads Toward Probable Death-Penalty Sentence; Says She Prefers It to Life Sentence

Chances seem slim-to-none that Jodi Arias will escape a death sentence. The Maricopa County jury which today found Arias guilty of first-degree murder is scheduled to begin hearing the aggravation, or penalty, phase of the trial tomorrow starting at 1 p.m. Witnesses will likely be called for this p ... More >>

Travis Alexander's Family Agrees With Verdict, Plans to Sue Arias

The family of Travis Alexander agrees with the first-degree murder jury verdict against Jodi Arias, and plans to sue Arias in the near future, the family's lawyer said today.. Jay Beckstead, the family's lawyer, announced the planned wrongful death suit against Arias today on the steps of the Maric ... More >>

Jodi Arias Trial: Jury Deciding Arias' Fate; Announcement to Come in Hour or Less After Jury Makes Decision

The jury in the Jodi Arias murder trial huddled at 9 a.m. this morning on its big decision following about an hour of deliberations on Friday. The panel's decision will be announced about an hour or less after it's made, court staff tells us this morning. Whether individual jury members feel Arias ... More >>

Jodi Arias Is on Twitter, @Jodiannarias

Here's something that's totally normal: You can follow America's favorite murder defendant on Twitter. Seriously.There aren't too many tweets up there, but the story associating Arias with this account seems to check out.See also:-Psycho Killer: Jodi Arias' Kinky Death-Penalty Trial

Jodi Arias Trial: Judge Requests Defense Request to Sequester Jury; Damning Video of Arias' Parents; Booted Juror Watches Trial From Courtroom

The most interesting developments in the sensational trial of man-killer Jodi Arias this week had nothing to do with the boring, skepticism-inducing testimony by a domestic-violence expert. Two other key events had the public's attention: The booting of Juror #5 from the jury panel and her subseque ... More >>

Jodi Arias Trial: Defense Counters Attacks on PTSD Doc's Credibility; We Talk to Expert Who has Doubts on Amnesia Story

The capital murder trial of Jodi Arias continued with several delays today, focusing on the testimony of a local doctor who claims Arias' alleged amnesia seems real. The theory of Scottsdale psychologist Richard Samuels was tarnished badly by deputy Maricopa County Attorney Juan Martinez, as we det ... More >>

Richard Samuels, A.K.A. Doctor Fog, Hammered by Juan Martinez Over Jodi Arias' Alleged Memory Loss

Prosecutor Juan Martinez hammered a local psychologist over his evaluation of murder defendant Jodi Arias today, at one point asking him if he had memory problems. Richard Samuels, who has an office in Scottsdale, evaluated Arias while she was in jail following her 2008 slaying of ex-boyfriend Trav ... More >>

Psycho Killer: Jodi Arias' Kinky Death-Penalty Trial

Jodi Arias Trial: Prosecutor Juan Martinez's "Meltdown" With Murder Suspect; Plus, KY or Baby Oil?

The Jodi Arias trial took another turn for the nutty today with a "meltdown" by prosecutor Juan Martinez and, to some extent, the justice system. Arias, who claims she shot, stabbed and nearly decapitated her ex-boyfriend in self-defense, said in her third day of being cross-examined that Martinez ... More >>

Jodi Arias Live Blog: Cross-Examination Continues Into Arias' Admitted Lies and Alleged Truths

Juan Martinez begins the day by asking Jodi Arias if she lies to her benefit. Seems like as good a way as any to start. Martinez tries to play an excerpt from Arias' police interview, when she was still sticking to the story that two masked intruders came in and attacked her ex-boyfriend, Travis Al ... More >>

Jodi Arias Live Blog: Arias Grilled Under Cross-Examination by Prosecutor Juan Martinez

It's 10:30 a.m. at the Jodi Arias murder trial. Every seat is full today because Arias is preparing to answer questions from prosecutor Juan Martinez, in his cross-examination. Martinez displays a picture of Arias and her younger sister, Angela, taken on May 10 of 2008. He tells her that she tape-r ... More >>

Rick Romley Says Police Union's Under Investigation in the Chrisman Murder Case

Richard Chrisman, Phoenix P.D.'s Killer Cop, Wants New Grand Jury

Officer Richard Chrisman is accused of murdering an unarmed domestic violence suspect and his dog.​Lawyers for the Phoenix police officer accused of killing an unarmed man -- and his dog -- want a new grand jury to take a look at the officer's case.Officer Richard Chrisman was indicted for second- ... More >>

Doug Grant Gets Five Years After Slain Wife’s Sister Pressed for His Conviction Based on a Dream

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, April 23, 2009

Doug Grant Did "Everything Wrong"

The jury forewoman in the "Mormon Murder Trial" speaks out after the manslaughter verdict.

Hate For Doug Grant: Despite Scant Evidence That Grant Killed His Wife, the Jury Convicted Him Anyhow

THIS JUST IN: Mormon Murder Trial Ends With Manslaughter Conviction Against Doug Grant

Sports nutritionist Doug Grant was convicted of manslaughter in the bathtub-drowning death of his wife, Faylene, by a Maricopa County Superior Court jury a few minutes ago. The so-called Mormon murder case (Doug and Faylene Grant, pictured, were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ... More >>

UPDATE: Doug Grant Murder Case Jury Deliberation Finally in Home Stretch?

It's been exactly two weeks since the jury in the Doug Grant murder case began to deliberate his fate. The panel returned to work this morning, and some close to the case suspect that a verdict finally may be near. The basis for that belief are questions the jury has had i ... More >>

Prosecutor Calls Doug Grant "Black Angel of Death" in Closing Argument

Closing arguments started Tuesday in the closely watched trial of former Phoenix Suns nutritionist Doug Grant, and prosecutor Juan Martinez immediately went for the defendant's throat -- proverbially, of course. We'll be writing a postmortem about this remarkably weird trial when (and if) ... More >>

Crazy Goings-On at the Doug Grant Mormon Murder Trial in Downtown Phoenix

It's finally in the homestretch at the closely watched first-degree murder trial of former Phoenix Suns nutritionist Doug Grant, and the whole thing almost caved in Monday. Many of you reading this have been following this weird murder case, which we reported on in great detail ... More >>

Stop The Presses! There's Slipshod Reporting in Mormon Murder Case

Reasonable minds may differ on whether Doug Grant's guilty of killing his wife, Faylene, by drugging and drowning her at the couple's Gilbert home back in September 2001. It's an understatement to call this case complex and odd. I mean, the county Medical Examiner couldn't even call it homic ... More >>

Tense Testimony Tendered In Mormon Murder Trial

Prosecutor Juan Martinez tried to paint murder defendant Doug Grant's current wife Hilary as a co-conspiring, manipulative, slutty, cold-blooded, gold-digging, backstabbing floozy during hours of tense testimony Wednesday.   Doug Grant, a onetime nutritionist for the Phoenix Su ... More >>

Medical Examiner At Mormon Murder Trial: "I Have No Evidence To Support This Being A Homicide."

The county pathologist who performed the autopsy on alleged murder victim Faylene Grant in 2001 told a rapt jury yesterday afternoon that he could find "no evidence to support this being a homicide."   Dr. Arch Mosley, a former Maricopa County assistant medic ... More >>

Cockfighting, Home-Invading, Kidnapping and Robbery Charges Still Pending in Phoenix Tire Store Case, Police Say

This tire shop at 10th Street and Broadway Road still appeared to be open for business when we drove by a couple of weeks ago, despite the heavy criminal charges police say are still pending against the owner, Manuel Torres. We wrote previously about meeting several employees at the shop the day af ... More >>

The Outcome of the "Serial Shooter" Case Seems Certain, While the Doug Grant Mormon Murder Trial Is Anything but That

Key Prosecution Witness in Doug Grant Mormon Murder Trial Refutes State's Theory

  Let's cut to the chase on Wednesday's testimony at Doug Grant's first-degree murder trial in downtown Phoenix: Grant (pictured) certainly has some major issues, or we (and a slew of national media types) probably wouldn't be sitting in court watching this proceeding slowly unfo ... More >>

Key Prosecution Witness Finally Finishes Testifying In Mormon Murder Case

Jenna Stradling -- the 18-year-old stepdaughter of murder defendant Doug Grant (the smiling guy in the photo) and a key prosecution witness in the high-profile case -- finally finished testifying a few hours ago after several tense days on the stand. The Brigham Young University freshman ... More >>

Key Witness at Mormon Murder Trial Still on Stand

Jenna Stradling, the daughter of alleged victim Faylene Grant, returns to the witness stand later this morning as testimony continues in the wacky and tragic Doug Grant murder case. Stradling, an 18-year-old student at Brigham Young University, faced a barrage of questions from prosecutor Juan Mart ... More >>

Dramatic Testimony Heard In Mormon Murder Case

Jurors and a packed courtroom heard riveting, often heartbreaking, testimony today as the prosecution opened its first-degree murder case against former Phoenix Suns nutritionist Doug Grant. Actually, Jenna Stradling, who is alleged murder victim Faylene Grant's 18-year-old daughter, is on the st ... More >>

Prosecutor Takes First Shots in Mormon Murder Case

A Gilbert Detective Crossed the Line to Turn Doug Grant’s Wife’s Bathtub Drowning Into a Murder Case

Mormon Widower Doug Grant Wasn’t Counting on a Murder Rap When He Followed His Late Wife’s Instruction to Marry His Ex-Lover

Chimi Eat World

Arizona's deepest-fried mystery is smothered in cheese, guacamole and sour cream

Justice Delayed

Star prosecutor finds himself on the defensive over fast-track flap

The Big Sleep

Court of Appeals upholds conviction of 'Sleepwalking Murderer'

Silent Witness

The bombshell never exploded in the state's most-watched murder trial

Wake-Up Call

That's what the jury gave Scott Falater, convicted of killing his wife in the Sleepwalker Murder Case

A Killer Sleep Disorder

Scott Falater, a mild-mannered Mormon family man, inexplicably stabbed his wife 44 times, then drowned her in the family pool while a neighbor watched. His defense? He was sleepwalking.