the trial of jodi anne arias has finally come to a dramatic end. >> state of arizona versus jodi anne arias, verdict, count one. we, the jury, find the defendant as to count one, first-degree murder, guilty. >> it was a trial that transfixed the nation. >> this is a case, this is a story, this is a criminal defendant unlike any other we've ever met before. jodi arias, beautiful, young woman, accused of brutally murdering her ex-boyfriend, travis alexander, a young guy, seemingly had this great, sexual relationship. but then she stabs him 29 times, almost decapitates him, shoots him in the head. >> it's a verdict that delivered justice for travis alexander. >> i think justice worked. i listened to the same evidence that the 12 jurors listened to. ives convinced. jodi arias wasn't attacked, no, no, no, travis alexander was the one who was attacked, slaughtered and killed. >> this tale of passion gone wrong cost travis alexander his life. now, it could cost jodi arias hers. she faces the death penalty. >> i think the evidence in this case was overwhelming about her obsession and her fata

. >> the trial of jodi ann arias has finally come to a dramatic end. >> the state of arizona versus jodi ann arias, verdict, count one. we, the jury, find the defendant as to count one, first-degree murder, guilty. >> it was a trial that transfixed the nation. >> this is a case, this is a story, this is a criminal defendant unlike any other we've ever met before. jodi arias, beautiful, young woman, accused of brutally murdering her ex-boyfriend, travis alexander, a young guy, they seemingly had this great, sexual relationship. but then she stabs him 29 times, almost decapitates him, shoots him in the head. >> justice for travis! >> it's a verdict that delivered justice for travis alexander. [ cheers and applause ] >> i think justice worked. i mean, i listened to the same evidence that the 12 jurors listened to. i was convinced. jodi arias wasn't attacked, no, no, no. travis alexander was the one who was attacked, slaughtered and killed. >> this tale of passion gone wrong cost travis alexander his life. now the jury had to decide whether it would cost jodi arias hers. jodi made an unusual

. >> certainly the best times -- >> the trial of jodi ann arias has finally come to a dramatic end. >> state of arizona versus jodi ann areas count one. we the jury find the defendant as to count one first degree murder, guilty. >> it was a trial that transfixed the nation. >> this is a case, this is a story, this is a criminal defendant unlike any we've ever met before. jodi arias, beautiful young woman, accused of brutally murdering her ex-boyfriend travis alexander, a young guy, seemingly had this great sexual relationship, but then she stabs him 29 times, almost decapitates him. shoots him in the head. >> it's a verdict that delivered justice for travis alexander. >> i think justice. i listened to the same evidence that the 12 jurors listened to. i was convinced. jodi arias wasn't attacked. no, no, no. travis alexander was the one who was attacked. slaughtered, and killed. >> this tale of passion gone wrong cost travis alexander his life. now it could cost jodi arias hers. she faces the death penalty. >> i think the evidence in this case was overwhelming about her obsession and he

. >> the trial of jodi ann arias has finally come to a dramatic end. >> the state of arizona versus jodi ann arias, verdict, count we, the jury, find the defendant as to count one, first-degree murder, guilty. >> it was a trial that transfixed the nation. >> this is a case, this is a story, this is a criminal defendant unlike any other we've ever met before. jodi arias, beautiful, young woman, accused of brutally murdering her ex-boyfriend, travis alexander, a young guy, seemingly had this great, sexual relationship. but then she stabs him 29 times, almost decapitates him, shoots him in the head. >> justice for travis! >> it's a verdict that delivered justice for travis alexander. [ cheers and applause ] >> i think justice worked. i mean, i listened to the same evidence that the 12 jurors listened to. i was convinced. jodi arias wasn't attacked, no, no, no. travis alexander was the one who was attacked, slaughtered and killed. >> this tale of passion gone wrong cost travis alexander his life. now, it could cost jodi arias hers. she faces the death penalty. >> i think the evidence in this

. >>> state of arizona versus jodi ann arias. sentencing verdict. we the jury duly impanelled and sworn in the above entitled action upon our oath unanimously find having considered all of the facts and circumstances that the defendant should be sentenced -- no unanimous agreement. signed, foreperson. is this your true verdict, so say you one and all? >> yes. >> a hung jury in phoenix, arizona. i'm ashleigh banfield reporting live with this breaking news that the jury that was set to decide the fate of jodi ann arias, life or death, has been unable to answer that question. they had to be unanimous on life or death, and they just could not do so. so the judge has declared a mistrial for the penalty portion of this case. but in a unique circumstance to arizona law, a brand new jury is set to be brought in and that is supposed to get under way on july 18th. a whole new set of deliberations over whether she should live or die with a brand new set of people who will need to learn a lot about this case. i want to bring in my colleague ted rowlands who was

. >> the trial of jodi ann arias has finally come to a dramatic end. >> the state of arizona versus jodi arias, verdict, count one. we, the jury, find the defendant as to count one, first-degree murder, guilty. >> it was a trial that transfixed the nation. >> this is a case, this is a story, this is a criminal defendant unlike any other we've ever met before. >> jodi arias, beautiful young woman, accused of brutally murdering her ex-boyfriend, travis alexander, a young guy, and seemingly had this great, sexual relationship. but then she stabs him 29 times, almost decapitates him, shoots him in the head. >> justice for travis! >> it's a verdict that delivered justice for travis alexander. [ cheers and applause ] >> i think justice worked. i mean, i listened to the same evidence that the 12 jurors listened to. i was convinced. jodi arias wasn't attacked, no, no, no, travis alexander was the one who was attacked, slaughtered and killed. >> this tale of passion gone wrong cost travis alexander his life. now, it could cost jodi arias hers. she faces the death penalty. >> i think the evidence

. >>> the state of arizona versus jodi ann arias, indictment. degree murder, premeditated murder. >> it's been more than four years since friends discovered travis alexander's dead body crumpled up in his bathroom shower. >> jodi arias killed travis alexander. there is no question about it. the million-dollar question is what would have forced her to do it? >> after telling two different stories about her innocence jodi now admitted under oath she was the killer. >> did you kill travis alexander on june 4th, 2008? >> yes, i did. >> but she denied the charge against her, that she had planned travis's murder. >> why? >> the simple answer is that he attacked me and i defended myself. >> she pled not guilty, claiming self-defense, that she was forced to kill travis. >> in just those two minutes jodi had to make a choice. she would either live or she would die. >> in a death penalty case you want sympathy. you need an explanation for the defendant's actions and what they did. >> the defense's explanation was to blame the victim. >> that's what they h

. >>> the state of arizona versus jodi ann arias, indictment. count one, first degree murder, premeditated murder. >> reporter: it's been more than four years since friends discovered travis alexander's dead body crumpled up in his bathroom shower. >> jodi arias killed travis alexander. there is no question about it. the million-dollar question is what would have forced her to do it? >> reporter: after telling two different stories about her innocence jodi now admitted under oath she was the killer. >> did you kill travis alexander on june 4th, 2008? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: but she denied the charge against her, that she had planned travis's murder. >> why? >> the simple answer is that he attacked me and i defended myself. >> reporter: she pled not guilty, claiming self-defense, that she was forced to kill travis. >> in just those two minutes jodi had to make a choice. she would either live or she would die. >> in a death penalty case you want sympathy. you need an explanation for the defendant's actions and what they did. >> reporter: the de

>>> the state of arizona versus jodi ann arias, indictment count i, first-degree murder, premeditatedder. >> it's been more than four years since friends discovered travis alexander's dead body crumpled up in his bathroom shower. >> jodi arias killed travis alexander. there is no question about it. the million-dollar question is what would have forced her to do it? >> after telling two different stories about her innocence, jodi now admitted under oath she was the killer. >> did you kill travis alexander on june 4th, 2008? >> yes, i did. >> but she denied the charge against her, that she had planned travis's murder. >> why? >> the simple answer is that he attacked me and i defended myself. >> she pled not guilty, claiming self-defense, that she was forced to kill travis. >> in just those two minutes jodi had to make a choice. she would either live or she would die. >> in a death penalty case, you want sympathy, you need an explanation for the defendant's actions and what they did. >> the defense's explanation was to blame the victim. >> that's what they have to do in a self-defense ca

u >>> arizona versus jody ann arias, count one, we the jury dually impaneled do upon our oaths do find the defendant as to count one guilty of murder in the first degree. >>> jodi arias found guilty of first-degree murder and she said she would prefer to die sooner as opposed to later. and should she get the death penalty or not? joining me is travis' former roommate and also garsissy who knew him. >> well, there was no question that she had done it, and the fact that she found her guilty was not a surprise, but i would find it surprising if she got the death penalty. what happened was that she was responsible for, he was partly responsible for her snapping the way she did. >> but when you say partly responsible, i mean, no one surely is responsible for somebody shooting and stabbing them repeatedly and murdering them in that brutal fashion. why do you say that? >> i agree with that part. but, again, she was being abused by him. we know that. we know it from the e-mails back and forth between other parties that have shown up in court. we know it from my own personal experience, which i

jodi arias. >> premeditated murder requires that the defendant and we can personalize it, jodi ann arias, causedlled trads. yeah. she put that knife good in his chest and slit his throat and shot him in the face. she did do that. did jodi ann arias intend or know that she would kill travis victor, alexander, absolutely. that's why she went through the throat. there was argument she would have to aim. no, she didn't. you will be able to open your door, swim out to higher ground and just hang onto something that you can and wait to be rescued. >> incredible situation. we know have you your hands full. the san antonio fire department. thank you so much. looking at various images here from our affiliate in the area of san antonio seeing this flash flooding and what it has resulted in. we're talking about swollen creeks, rivers, and also roads and that have been just submerged by this water that comes as a result of about 10 inches of rain and kara is going to join us right after the short break to give us an idea what might be next for the folks here in san antonio. hmm, it says here that cheerios h

. >>> state of arizona versus jodi ann arias, verdict, count one. we the jury duly impanelled and sworn in the above entitled action upon our oaths do find the defend as to count one first degree murder, guilty. jurors -- jodi arias found guilty of first degree murder. she says she would prefer to sign sooner than later. should she get the death penalty or not? with me now is travis' friend and former roommate and gus, who worked with jodi arias. let me start with you, gus. what is your reaction to the verdict today? >> well, i mean, there's no question that she had done it. so the fact that they found her guilty isn't such a surprise. what i would be disappointed on is if they did actually do the death penalty. because there was culpability involved here, even though he didn't deserve to die, he was partially responsible for her snapping the way she did. >> but when you say partly responsible, i mean, no one surely is responsible for somebody shooting and stabbing them repeatedly and murdering them in that brutal fashion. why do you say that? >> i a

. >> the state of arizona versus jodi anne arias, verdict, count one. >> they were the words the familye of first degree murder, guilty. >> reporter: travis' family broke down in turns. for the woman convicted, jodi arias barely flinched. it was almost as if she knew it was coming. immediately after the verdict, arias spoke to the fox affiliate in phoenix with this message for the victim's family. >> i hope that now that a verdict has been rendered that they're able to find peace, some sense of peace. >> reporter: arias also said she was surprised by the verdict. >> it was unexpected for me, yes. because there was no premeditation on my part. i can see how things look that way. but i didn't expect premeditation. >> reporter: outside the phoenix courthouse, the crowd erupted as word spread this state's most notorious defendant was a convicted killer. >> she's evil. and i love when evil people go down. >> i don't want to hear about her ever again. >> reporter: travis' closest friends, chris and skye hughes sat down with abc news just after the verdict. >> skye and i were best friends with

. >> the state of arizona versus jodi ann arias, verdict, count one.jury duly impanelled and sworn in the above entitled action upon our oath do find the defendant as to count one, first degree murder, guilty. five jurors find premeditated. zero find felony murder. seven find both premeditated and felony. signed, foreperson. is this your true verdict so say you one and all? >> yes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the clerk is now going to ask each of you a question. please answer yes or no. >> jury number one, is this your true verdict? >> yes. >> jury number two, is this your true verdict? >> yes. >> juror number three is this your true verdict? >> yes. >> juror number four is this your true verdict? >> yes. >> juror number six is this your true verdict? >> yes. >> juror number seven is this your true verdict? >> yes. >> juror number nine is this your true verdict? >> yes. >> jury number 12 is this your true verdict? >> yes. >> juror number 13 is this your true verdict? >> yes. >> juror number 14 is this your true verdict? >> yes. >> juror number 16 is this

jodi arias. >> state of arizona versus jodie ann arias, sentencing verdict.e the jury duly impanelled and sworn in the above entitled action upon our oath unanimously find having considered all of the facts and circumstances that the defendant should be sentenced to -- no unanimous agreement signed foreperson. >> this is your true verdict so say you one and all? >> yes. >> the bailiff will ask -- i'm sorry, the clerk will ask each of you a question. please answer yes or no. >> juror number one. is this your true verdict? >> yes. jury number two? >> yes. jury number three? >> yes. juror number four? >> yes. juror number five? >> yes. juror number six? >> yes. juror number seven? >> yes. juror number eight? >> yes. juror number 13, is this your true verdict? >> yes. juror number 14? >> yes. juror number 16? >> yes. juror number 18, is this your true verdict? >> yes. >> we are going to declare a mistrial as to the penalty phase. a retrial on the penalty phase for july 18th in this division. there will be a conference status in this decision. matters for june 0th

. >> this individual, the defendant, jodi anne arias, killed travis alexander.r stabbing him over and over again, and even after slashing his throat from here to here, and then even after taking a gun, shooting him in the face, she will not let him rest in peace. but, now, instead of a gun, instead of a knife, she uses lies. and she uses these lies in court when she testified. she's an individual who is manipulative. sh is an individual who wants to play the victim. >> juan martinez closing arguments, clear theme. manipulation. the jodi arias manipulates everybody, including the members of the jury. by lying to them. lying to travis. lying to investigators. that's a theme throughout. >> then, it was the defense's term with kirk nurmy making their case. >> it's not even about whether or not you like jodi arias. nine days outs of ten, i don't like jodiarias. >>. >> what you want to play is obviously their story of self defense. that something happened in the heat of passion between these two people. who, at one time, were linked as love everies. >> jodi arias says

jodi arias trial. here's the verdict. >> the state of arizona versus jodi ann arias. we, the jury, do swear unanimously find having considered all of the facts and circumstances that the defendant should be sentenced -- no unanimous agreement, signed foreperson. is this your true verdict, so say you one and all? >> yes. >> hung jury forced the judge to declare a mistrial in the sentencing phase of the case after the jury could not reach a unanimous decision on life or death. they had about 14 hours of deliberations. arias was convicted of the murder of her boyfriend. the trial was unprecedented in length. almost five monkts long. if the prosecution tries to retry the sentencing part of the case, a new jury will be asked to determine her fate. she is determined guilty of first-degree murder. the new jury would only decide life or death. it sounds rather by sar, and it is unusual. ashley, so much about this shocking to many. here, even more bizarre. >> yeah, you know what, bizarre or not, it's statute in arizona. period. so, yes, a mistrial, but only a partial mistrial.

. >> "outfront" next, president >> the state of arizona versus jodi ann arias. we, the jury, do swear unanimously find having considered all of the facts and circumstances that the defendant should be sentenced -- no unanimous agreement, signed >> we the jury in the entitled action upon our oath unanimously find having krrd all of the facts and circumstance that's the defendant should be sentenced to -- no unanimous agreement signed foreperson. >> is this your true verdict? >> yes. >> the bailiff will ask each -- i'm sorry, the clerk will ask each of you a question. please answer yes or no. >> jury number one, is this your true verdict? >> yes. >> number two? >> yes. >> we want to bring in ashleigh banfield. >> you can't avoid it. i mean, honestly, this jury that's empanelled can't avoid hearing something about it. we can't go for lunch without hearing the wait staff arguing over what this woman deserves. it's -- it's the saturation in this community. but that's the issue. the new jury, without question, has been exposed to a fair amount of media coverage. when

to the other breaking news story we are following tonight, jodi arias found guilty of premeditated murder. >> the state of arizona versus jodi annas, we the jury duly empanelled and sworn upon our oath do find the defendant as to count one, first degree murder guilty. >> it took a jury of eight men and four women, just over 15 hours to convict arias of the 2008 murder of her former boyfriend. tonight we are hearing from her. right after the verdict she spoke. this is also pretty shocking. in an interview with a local affiliate, the guilty verdict was unexpected and she's already preparing for a possible death sentence. >> i said years ago i would rather get death than life, that is still true today. i believe death is the ultimate freedom. so i'd rather just have my freedom as soon as i can get it. >> arias will begin a sentencing phase tomorrow. she could face death by lethal injection. ashleigh banfield is live outside the courthouse tonight. i was watching you get ready for this. jodi arias was found guilty of premeditated murder. the defendant took the stand for 18 days. why so much time and focus. >> a lot of material and a

. >> state of arizona versus jodi anne arias. we the jury duly sworn upon our oaths unanimously find having considered all of the facts and circumstances that the defendant should be sentenced -- no unanimous agreement. signed foreperson. is this your true verdict, so say you one and all? >> yes. >> now, that took less than two hours to decide that arias was exceptionally cruel. arias stabbed him 29 times, slit his neck from ear to ear, shot him in the face. now, in the penalty phase, arias took the stand, pleaded for her lives. she told jurors she could make a difference in prison. we'll talk about it now with cnn legal analyst and former prosecutor sonny hostin. mark is the author of the book, mistrial, how the criminal justice system works. and sometimes doesn't. let's start, though, with cnn ted rollins who was in the phoenix courtroom and ashley banfield who is also on location in phoenix. ted, reaction of the verdict? what was it like? >> well, it was an incredibly emotional scene inside the courtroom. two of the female jur

jodi arias trial. >> how does she get to tweet from behind bars? >> jody arias speaks out. >> reporter: the trial of jodi annwoman america loves to hate. a 32-year-old femme fatale with made-for-tv looks, accused of slashing, stabbing and shooting to death her ex-boyfriend, travis alexander, a young, up-and-coming businessman active in the mormon church. five years after the crime, the secrets of that bathroom have finally bubbled to the surface. some written in blood. some captured by photograph. others from the mouth of an admitted killer. >> did you kill travis alexander on june 4th, 2008? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: a story breathlessly told by correspondents. >> it's all anybody in this town is talking about. >> reporter: local minstrels with jodi-inspired ballads. ♪ now jodi is a narcissist in the nth degree ♪ >> reporter: and even internet parodies. >> miss areas, do you have a problem with your memory? >> i don't remember. >> reporter: but just two days ago, the verdict. >> we the jury do find the defendant, as to count one first degree murder, guilty. >> reporter: eight men and four women who listen

. >> state of arizona versus jodi ann arias, sentencing verdict.jury duly impanelled and sworn in the above entitled action upon our oaths unanimously find, having considered all of the facts and circumstances, that the defendant should be sentenced -- no unanimous agreement. signed foreperson. is this your true verdict, so say you one and all? >> yes. >> the vote came down 8-4 in favor of sentencing arias to death. it had to be unanimous, though. joining me is one of the jurors who voted for the death penalty. mary lou allen kugen. thank you so much for being with us. five months of your life was consumed by this trial. i can't imagine what that is like, listening to all the details of this. what -- i mean, how do you describe it? what did you go through? >> it was an intense experience. heart-wrenching. i don't really -- i haven't recovered enough quite to put a label on it yet, but it was extremely intense, very heart-wrenching. >> as you were in the jury room and as all of you were weighing whether or not to support the death penalty or not, di

. >> state of arizona versus jodi anne arias. sentencing verdict. we the jury duly sworn upon our oaths unanimously find having considered all of the facts and circumstances that the defendant should be sentenced -- no unanimous agreement. signed foreperson. >> is this your true verdict, so say you one and all? >> yes. >> now, remember this is the same jury that took less than two hours to decide that arias was exceptionally cruel when she killed travis alexander. arias stabbed him 29 times, slit his neck from ear to ear, shot him in the face. now, in the penalty phase, arias took the stand, pleaded for her life. she told jurors she could make a difference in prison. the 12 jurors needed to reach a unanimous decision. obviously they could not. let's talk about now with cnn legal analyst and former prosecutor sonny hostin. and also mark geragos. let's start with cnn's ted rollins and what was it like? >> it was an incredibly emotional scene inside the courtroom. two of the female jurors were crying as the verdict was read by the court clerk. the judg

. >>> state of arizona versus jodi ann arias, verdict count one. ury, duly impanelled and sworn in the above entitled action do find the defendant as to count one, first degree murder, guilty. >> jodi arias, guilty of first degree murder, but should she be executed for murdering her ex-boyfriend? back now with alan dershowitz. gloria allred. let's get to you first, linda, let's get to what the full scale of this man, castro is capable of doing. you have covered many sex crimes over the last few decades. what do you think of what we're learning? >> it is incredibly heinous. we have seen abductions in which the kids have survived for all the years of this occurring and as john walsh said, that the resilience of the young women and coming out completely unable to cope, and yet it is the coping skills to help them survive what this torture was, chains, ropes, tied to walls and pregnancies and miscarriages and come out in this case supported re really lovingly which helps enormously by the families and supported by the public, and there is going to be a

. >> state of arizona versus jodi ann arias, count one. , duly sworn, do find the defendant as to count 1, first-degree murder, guilty. >> there you have it. earlier today jodi arias was convicted. first-degree murder in the brutal shooting and slaying of her ex-boyfriend. she was accused shooting him in the head, stabbing him up to 30 times, slitting his throat back in 2008. one of they are claims were that her actions were in self-defense. after 67 days in court, 217 juror questions, and she was found guilty of first-degree murder. tonight at 10:00 p.m. on the record we will air an exclusive interview with arias that was done after the verdict. joining us is mark furman. from the camera, this is a no-brainer. a palm print was there, she changed the story, she lied, denied it, admitted to it and then said it was self-defense. there was no question in my mind she was going to be found guilty. >> none in mine, either. i know you are shocked. but the funny thing is, this is a serious case -- >> i had a 50-350 chance of being right. >> but i t

. >>> there are fewer and fewer mornings now that jodi ann arias is being awakened in the astoria jaild in prison stripes and bussed over. that's exactly what's happened this morning and her days are now numbered. in the courtroom anyway. we are waiting to find out what exactly miss arias is going to do in this courtroom in less than an hour. she has an opportunity to try to save her own life and appeal to these jurors as to why she is a life worth saving. called mitigation, folks. and it is never easy. it's made even tougher when you don't know if the client is going to say save me or kill me. and at this point we don't know what jodi is going to tell this jury. in a death penalty case it does not get more serious, but we just don't know what this woman is going to do. herm mitigation is going to konlt. like i said less than an hour now whether she testifies or -- i'll be back live with you here at 2:00 p.m. eastern for continuing coverage of the maricopa county courthouse. i'm ashleigh banfield reporting live in phoenix. "around the world" is next. >>> welcome to "around the world."