Jodi Arias Returns to Court
COSTELLO: Jodi Arias could find out today when a new jury will decide her fate. Arias and her attorneys will be back in court where a judge could set a date for the sentencing phase of her trial. Back in May, as you well know, Arias was convicted of first degree murder in the death of her boyfriend Travis Alexander. But that first jury could not reach a decision over whether Arias should be put to death. Ted Rowlands is live in Phoenix to tell us more. Good morning, Ted.</s>TED ROWLANDS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol. Today's hearing is twofold. First, a date set for the retrial and there's also a chance that the judge could limit the television coverage during the retrial because the defense says the first time around it got out of hand.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We, the jury, duly empanelled and sworn in the above entitled action upon our oath do find the defendant as to count one first degree murder, guilty.</s>ROWLANDS (voice-over): After listening to four months of testimony, it took three days for the first jury to find Jodi Arias guilty of first degree murder. But they couldn't decide between the death penalty or life in prison.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No unanimous agreement.</s>ROWLANDS: Arizona law allows prosecutors one more chance at death. If a new jury still can't decide, Arias will get life in prison and a judge will determine whether or not she's eligible for parole. The new trial won't be as long because the original first-degree guilty verdict still holds.</s>DWANE CATES, ARIZONA ATTORNEY: This new jury isn't going to have nearly the information that the old jury did. And the jury that made this decision saw every gruesome detail, saw all the lies, saw everything.</s>ROWLANDS: Finding new jurors who haven't heard of the Arias case will be difficult given the intense media coverage of the first trial. Finding witnesses that will stand-up for Jodi Arias will also be tough.</s>ALYCE LAVIOLETTE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITNESS: Mr. Martinez, are you angry at me?</s>ROWLANDS: Defense domestic violence expert, Alyce LaViolette says after she testified, she was inundated with online abuse, including death threats. She has no intention of going through that again, even though her testimony could make a difference. (on camera): Why don't you want to go back?</s>LAVIOLETTE: Threats to my life. Threats to my family. My family doesn't want me to go back.</s>ROWLANDS: In the end, Jodi Arias may end up being her own best chance for avoiding the death penalty.</s>JODI ARIAS, CONVICTED FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER: Either way, I'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison, either a life that is shortened or not. If it's shortened, the people who will hurt the most are my family. I'm asking you, please, please don't do that to them.</s>ROWLANDS: Arias pled for her life during the penalty phase of her first trial this after spending 18 days on the witness stand during the trial. What, if anything, she says to the new jury may determine if she lives or dies.</s>ROWLANDS: And, Carol, in the defense motion to limit the amount of television coverage they cite Alyce LaViolette saying she's not coming back because of the abuse she encountered. We should find out today which way the judge will rule -- Carol.</s>COSTELLO: All right. Ted Rowlands reporting live from Phoenix this morning. Still to come in the</s>NEWSROOM: the chemical weapons crisis in Syria. Inspectors move in, shots rang out, and the United States says its military options are open.