When Jodi Arias murdered Travis Alexander in his Arizona home in 2008, it wasn't just a murder, it was overkill. There isn't that much rage,anger and jealousy inside you that you have to stab this man 30 times and then shoot him in the head.
Jodi Arias trial was a big media fiasco in January 2013. The trial went on for five months, and it cost the residents of Arizona a whooping $2.5 million. Now with the penalty phase trial, that number will keep growing and the people are just upset about the whole thing. They just want this whole thing to go away.
I believe that Jodi Arias should be sentenced to life without parole and not the death penalty. Many people do want her to die, because we have to keep in mind, we live in a country that believes in an eye for an eye. Or to put it more bluntly, revenge. I don't like this about our country. Yes, she did a horrific crime that should be punishable, but who are we to make a judgment if you live or die.
I never understood why we practice this cruel punishment in the United States. It's like once someone is murdered we are quick to say as a society, give them the needle. Wrongfully or rightfully convicted, I'm totally against the death penalty. I hope that changes will be made in congress to eliminate this in the future. But do I think they'll stop it anytime soon, not at all.
The prosecution is pushing for the death penalty, but in the first trial the jury was deadlocked. If the newly selected jurors can't make a decision this time, the judge will make his determination of either life in prison or to be eligible for release after 25 years.
This woman doesn't belong on the streets ever again. She should die in prison for the crime she committed. I wouldn't be surprised if they gave her life in prison, just because of the cost of the trials and the frustration of the taxpayers. Protective custody is where she'll likely spend the rest of her life. Jodi Arias couldn't survive a day in general population.
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