Jodi Arias told a jury Tuesday that she reconsidered her past statements on preferring the death penalty for her murder conviction, saying she hopes to contribute to society if allowed to live, by starting literacy, recycling and other programs in prison.

Arias addressed the jury in the penalty phase of her trial as the panel considers whether to sentence her to life in prison or execution.

"Life in prison is most appealing outcome I could think of," she said inside the Phoenix courtroom Tuesday afternoon. "I can't in good conscious ask you to sentence me to death."
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Arias' voice wavered with emotion as she read from a sheet of paper with Alexander's family looking on in the gallery. She said she didn't kill herself after Alexander's death because of her love for her own family.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/21/jod...lty-for-murder/

I thought that earlier she claimed that she wanted the death penalty. What changed her mind?

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Jodi Arias told a jury Tuesday that she reconsidered her past statements on preferring the death penalty for her murder conviction, saying she hopes to contribute to society if allowed to live, by starting literacy, recycling and other programs in prison.

Arias addressed the jury in the penalty phase of her trial as the panel considers whether to sentence her to life in prison or execution.

"Life in prison is most appealing outcome I could think of," she said inside the Phoenix courtroom Tuesday afternoon. "I can't in good conscious ask you to sentence me to death."
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Arias' voice wavered with emotion as she read from a sheet of paper with Alexander's family looking on in the gallery. She said she didn't kill herself after Alexander's death because of her love for her own family.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/21/jod...lty-for-murder/

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Instead of just two current options, Life or Death--I suggest some more intelligent variations.

Life with very hard labor.
Life with the option of reinstitution of Death, for misconduct.

Death, slowly and painfully.

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I thought that earlier she claimed that she wanted the death penalty. What changed her mind?

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Quote: Olivia wrote in post #1

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Jodi Arias told a jury Tuesday that she reconsidered her past statements on preferring the death penalty for her murder conviction, saying she hopes to contribute to society if allowed to live, by starting literacy, recycling and other programs in prison.

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Hoping for the ninjas to show up and spring her.

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It's my view at the 16:50 mark she reveals she thought she would be found not guilty

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Anybody catching "Beyond the Headlines" on Lifetime right now? They're doing a really good documentary on Arias. It repeats again in the next hour.

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Anybody catching "Beyond the Headlines" on Lifetime right now? They're doing a really good documentary on Arias. It repeats again in the next hour.

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