article_snippet: Most of other jurors said other jurors believed the holdout was biased and opposed to giving the death penalty.
article_snippet: other jurors asked the judge on Tuesday if her could be replaced with an alternate, but the request was denied and jury was told to keep deliberating.
article_snippet: One male juror said on Thursday that One male juror became angry when the holdout indicated the death penalty would be a form of revenge. '
article_snippet: the holdout had her mind made up from the beginning,' a male juror said according to AZ Central. '
article_snippet: The 11 of us strived for justice, but to no avail,' another juror, who was also not identified, said. '
article_snippet: the jury deliberated for about 26 hours over five days.
article_snippet: the jury said the jury started with about half of the members voting for the death penalty, eventually reached the 11-1 vote then got stuck.
article_snippet: the jury described having knots in the jury stomachs and problems sleeping at night during the trial.
article_snippet: However, Tanisha Sorenson, Samantha Alexander, Hillary Wilcox, Steven Alexander and Allie Iglesias understand the difficulty of a decision on the death penalty, and have nothing but respect for the jury's time.
article_snippet: a furious Sorensen brothers and sisters said in a statement that His brothers and sistersare saddened by the jury's inability to reach a decision on the death penalty, however, His brothers and sisters understand the difficulty of the decision, and have nothing but respect for the jury's time.'
highlights_snippet: Eight women and four men sat on the jury in Phoenix, Arizona .
  
highlights_snippet: Jurors voted 11-1 for the death penalty and tried to get the lone dissenter kicked off the panel .
  
highlights_snippet: Jurors asked the judge on Tuesday if the woman could be replaced, but the request was denied and Jury was told to keep deliberating .
  