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In spite of a jailhouse interview that suggested Jodi Arias would ask her jury for the death penalty, the convicted murderer pleaded for a life sentence today in a Phoenix courtroom. As the lone defense witness in the sentencing phase of her trial, Arias described the good works she would pursue from behind bars if her life is spared. Though she did not offer any apologies for the murder in her testimony, Arias recognized that her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander was …

Jodi Arias was expected to testify on her own behalf today in the sentencing phase of her first-degree murder trial, but the proceedings ended early after defense attorneys declined to call any witnesses. Arias is now expected to be the only witness to testify in her defense when the hearing resumes tomorrow. Defense attorney Kirk Nurmi kicked off the hearing by requesting a mistrial, alleging witness intimidation against Arias’ childhood friend Patricia Womack. According to the mistrial motion, Womack began …

A hitchhiker who gained nationwide fame earlier this year for using a hatchet to break up a bizarre attack is back in the headlines. But this time, instead of being heralded as a hero, he’s being charged with murder. Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, known as “Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker” ever since his television news interview became a viral video sensation, was arrested at a Philadelphia bus station Thursday and charged with the murder of 73-year-old Joseph Galfy, Jr. Authorities say McGillvary …

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev allegedly left a note implicating his involvement in the attack, according to CBS News. The discovery of the note could prove critical to the case against Tsarnaev, as questions remain about whether a court will ever see statements he wrote from his hospital bed before he was read his Miranda rights. The note was scrawled on the interior wall of the boat Tsarnaev was hiding in when he was captured, and it said the …

California’s top lawyer has filed a suit against JPMorgan Chase for fraudulent and unlawful debt collection practices. Attorney General Kamala Harris accused the lender of burying California courts in thousands of debt collection lawsuits without verifying the validity of the suits or even serving the defendants with court papers. The suit specifically alleges a widespread practice of robosigning — signing hundreds of pages of legal paperwork without reading them — in JPMorgan Chase’s credit card collection efforts. JPMorgan Chase was …