By Michael Kiefer | The Arizona Republic
(Editor’s note: Rose Law Group Founder Jordan Rose serves HLN-CNN as a trial commentator for the Jane Valez Mitchell show.)
Judge Sherry Stephens of Maricopa County Superior Court told the Jodi Arias jury that the guilt-and-innocence phase of the four-month-long murder trial will end a week from Friday and that the jury will begin deliberating then.
Arias, 32, is charged with the June 2008 killing of her secret lover, Travis Alexander, who was found shot and stabbed in his Mesa home. Her trial, which began Jan. 2, has been salacious fodder for TV and Internet audiences. It has spawned an industry of trial coverage and inflamed passions of viewers in several countries.
This week, The Arizona Republic learned that the trial has even led to death threats against at least one defense attorney and one key witness for the defense.
