Jodi Arias: Should She Have Received the Death Penalty?

Laci Peterson, a 27-year-old wife who was eight months pregnant, disappeared on December 24, 2002. When the body of the California woman and her unborn child were found four months later, her husband, Scott, was charged with two counts of murder. Detective Craig Grogan gave a sworn statement that he had probable cause to believe Mr. Peterson committed two counts of the crime of 187 Penal Code, homicide, on or about December 23 or 24 of 2002, in the county of Stanislaus. April 17, 2003 the Judge of the Superior Court in Stanislaus County, California issued a warrant for the arrest of Scott Lee Peterson. The court found that the District Attorney’s office did, in fact, have probable cause to bring Scott Peterson in. The Judge specifically

Despite this evidence, Jodi denied murdering Travis; however, she admitted to being present at his residence the day of the murder. When she was questioned the first time, she stated to detectives that Travis was attacked by masked men as she looked on from a distance. As the trial began, Jodi offered a second defense, stating to the court that she killed Travis, but acted in self-defense after repeated abuse by the victim (Owens, 2013). The trial of Jodi Arias is still active and the prosecution is seeking the death penalty due to the heinous nature of the crime.

Travis Alexander’s mutilated body was discovered on June 9, 2008 in the shower of his home in Mesa, Arizona by his friends after not hearing from him for several days. The body had multiple knife wounds, a slit throat, and a gunshot wound to the head, which were inflicted five days prior to his discovery. The perpetrator, Jodi Arias, age 32, was charged with Travis’ murder on July 9, 2008 and put on trial in early January of the following year. Before her trial, Ms. Arias originally denied having any involvement with the crime, which she changed to claiming they were attacked by two intruders who let her live after they killed Travis. While on trial, she then stated that she had ‘killed Travis out of self-defense’ when she was attacked by him

On July 5, 2000, cab driver Angel DeJesus suffered multiple fatal gunshot wounds during a robbery while his taxi was parked at the intersection of Kittatinny and Hummel Streets in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. DeJesus’s fiancé Vivian Martinez testified that he had purchased a pouch to keep in his taxi to hold his money, a couple of days before the murder. Martinez believed there was about $250.00 in DeJesus’s possession around 2:45 am on the day of the murder.

Jodi Arias was charged with murdering her ex-boyfriend in 2008. Five days after he was murdered his body was found in the shower of his Arizona home by friends on June 9, 2008. He had been shot in the head and stabbed more than two dozen times, and his throat had been slit from ear to ear.

Attached you will find a Statement on how Celena Cuellar told a different story about what really happened on July 5,2015 .There is a Video that Fresno Police Department has that captures the truth about what happened that day .Based on the Video the charges were dropped the very same day . Unfortunately we been playing phone tag with the evidence room . I am hoping that I will get it by the time we appear in court

What: Jodi and Travis were dating on and off and she became obsessive very quickly. She would stalk him, break in his house, follow him and slash one of his girl friends tires. One day she came over to Travis’ house and while he was showering, she stabbed him 27 times, slit his throat and shot him in the temple. She left a lot of evidence, including hair and a bloody handprint on the wall.

According to Arizona state law there are a few relevant criteria which must be met in order for someone to be eligible for the death penalty. The one that is of most interest to this case states that the crime must be committed in a way that is inhumane or doesn't take into account the suffering of the individual (ProCon).The death of Travis Alexander was thought to take up to two minutes as he was stabbed continuously, and his throat was slit. Could Jodi Arias possibly be gaining anything from the fact that she is not an unattractive woman? Although up to 70% of people living in American believe that juries are able to effective in criminal prosecution, 50% of people realize that jurors own personal prejudices can get in the way of fairly corroborating justice ("Reduce Jury Bias" A12). It is possible that her looks have could possibly sway a member of the jury, or cause a hesitance to convict her for the full strength of the sentence she may be facing. Even though Travis Alexander was shot in the face and then stabbed twenty-nine times, the jury was not entirely convinced that she deserved the death penalty. This would be seen as absurd to Wendy Murphy, who is a former child-abuse prosecutor and now an ad-junct professor. She was featured on HLN with Jane Velez-Mitchell and was quoted as saying, “Really, in the history books, there aren't many crimes more vile, more evil, more gruesome,more intentional, and more planned than

Arias killed Alexander and left him in his stand-up shower seen to be naked. According to CNN.com,“If the prosecution cannot prove premeditation, Arias could still be convicted of second-degree murder, commanding 10 to 22 years in prison.” In other words if no one can prove Arias

On 02-23-18 at approximately 1700 hours, I was traveling north on Raymond Avenue approaching Bellevue Drive. I saw a male Hispanic, later identified as Suspect Ramon Richard Arvizu riding a bicycle west on Bellevue Drive at Edmondson Alley. I immediately recognized Arvizu from prior police contacts in the field.

Arias drove to Arizona from Northern California with the intentions of murdering Alexander. Arias stole her

At approximately 1915 hours, Pasco sheriff’s E. Reagan arrived to the office and took over the investigation. A copy of the video surveillance was saved in a thumb drive, and a photo of the suspect which was obtained from Ms. Austin’s Facebook and provided to Pasco sheriff’s Deputy E. Reagan to further investigate this

After reading the article in the book and doing some of my own research online; I found that there was 4 main points that was an advantage to the prosecution during the Odin L. Lloyd case. During the trial, the defense was stating that Hernandez was only at the scene of the crime when one his accomplices, Carlos Ortiz or Ernest Wallace, shot and killed Lloyd. The first evidence that was a strong point for the prosecution’s behalf showing Hernandez not only being at the scene but committing the murder, was the surveillance footage. The footage was taken from Hernandez’s home, showing that he was not only holding a gun but also shows him handing his daughter to one of his accomplices. The second piece of evidence that the prosecution gave was

Since the foundation of our nation the Death Penalty has been a way to punish prisoners that have committed heinous crimes, however since the turn of the 20th century the practice of Capital Punishment has been questioned on its usage in America and the world as a whole. The Death Penalty is used in America to punish criminals who have committed murders, or taken the life of an innocent person, and while the death penalty seems like it is doing justice to those who have killed others it is actually being used improperly in most situations, while also hindering our economy and is a means of ending more lives than necessary. The Death Penalty can be a valid source of punishment for criminals in the US however due to the misuse of this power by the government it is a huge detriment to our nation and the people that inhabit it. Because of the fact that Capital Punishment is used unfairly, and ineffectively in our nation it is an obsolete form of punishment and should have no place in the United States justice department.

In the following hours and days the FBI uncovered evidence through various personal electronic devices, online accounts and social media linking the couple to the terrorist organization ISIS. (NBCNEWS, 2016) Family and friends were shocked and are in a state of disbelief to learn of their actions and that they could be motivated by and connected to terrorist organizations. Unfortunately not all of the suspects’ electronic devices could be accessed and searched for evidence and many pieces of the puzzle remain missing.