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May 15 (Reuters) – An Arizona jury found on Wednesday that
Jodi Arias, a California woman convicted in a sensational trial
of brutally murdering her ex-boyfriend, inflicted extreme
cruelty on her victim and is thus eligible for the death
penalty.
The same jury found Arias guilty last week of first-degree
murder in the death of 30-year-old Travis Alexander, whose body
was found slumped in the shower of his Phoenix area home five
years ago. She had stabbed him 27 times, slashed his throat and
shot him in the face.
The jury will next weigh additional evidence to decide
whether to actually sentence Arias to death or to life in
prison.
(Reporting by Brad Poole; Writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by
Cynthia Johnston)
