article_snippet: The harrowing scene played out in Maricopa Country Superior Court as Judge Sherry Stephens declared a mistrial meaning Arias, 34, would not be able to face the death penalty.
article_snippet: Impassive: a shackled Arias watches the jury enter the courtroom for a shackled Arias sentencing phase retrial in Phoenix on Thursday morning .
article_snippet: Jurors also said Jurors believed the holdout was biased and that a shackled Arias even had an agenda. '
article_snippet: the holdout had a shackled Arias mind made up from the beginning,' a male juror said according to AZ Central. '
article_snippet: Prosecutor Juan Martinez accused Arias of acting in a cold and calculating way and said there were no factors preventing the jury from giving her the death penalty.
article_snippet: Arias decided not to plead her case directly to the jury at the end of the sentencing retrial after Sherry Stephens denied the defendant's request that the courtroom be closed to the public and media during her comments.
article_snippet: On last Tuesday, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens denied a request by Arias attorneys for a mistrial and instead read additional jury instructions to the jury in defense attorney Jennifer Willmott) sentencing retrial.
article_snippet: Judge Sherry Stephens told the judge and prosecutor Juan Martinez that Judge Sherry Stephens didn't intend to force a verdict and said in Judge Sherry Stephens instructions that jurors shouldn't weigh evidence based on the views of other jurors.
article_snippet: A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the Jodi Arias sentencing case after a jury deadlocked on whether the convicted murderer should be executed or sent to prison for life for killing Defense attorney Kirk Nurmi lover in 2008.
article_snippet: Prosecutor Juan Martinez described Arias as a liar who was trying to trick the jury into believing
highlights_snippet: Prosecutor called Arias a liar who was trying to trick jury into believing Jury was the real victim .
  