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A jury found Jodi Arias guilty of first-degree murder yesterday for killing Travis Alexander at his Mesa home in 2008.
Arias’ conviction means she could be sentenced to death for her crime.
See also:
–Jodi Arias Guilty of First-Degree Premeditated Murder
–Psycho Killer: Jodi Arias’ Kinky Death-Penalty Trial
–Jodi Arias’ 10 Most Pathetic Tweets
Now, the trial goes into the “aggravation” phase, in which the jury decides if Arias’ killing of Alexander — complete with cutting his throat, shooting him in the head, and stabbing him a couple dozen times — was heinous, cruel, and depraved.
If they say the “aggravating factor” exists, the case will move on to the death-penalty phase.
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