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A jury convicted Jodi Arias of murdering her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, stabbing him 27 times and slashing his throat. Facing the death penalty, Arias testified in the trial’s sentencing phase. As the sole witness in defending her life in the penalty phase, she still claimed Alexander physically abused her and she acted in self defense. Read Lawyers.com’s full article and watch the video, which shows Arias’s plea for life imprisonment. Take our Lawyers.com poll, asking if Arias should be sentenced …

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 …

Closing arguments wrapped up on May 20 in Floyd v. City of New York, the first trial to spotlight New York City’s controversial “stop and frisk” law enforcement program, which plaintiffs say amounts to unconstitutional racial profiling.   Data Indicated Problems Stop and frisk is a program used by the NYPD to stop, pat down, and question people who police believe are acting suspiciously. The stops peaked in 2011 at 700,000, according to ABC News, but dropped off in 2012 …

  Lawyers.com Editor-in-Chief Larry Bodine appeared on KCTV, the CBS-affiliated TV station serving Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan. discussing your legal rights when you move. Forty million Americans move each year, and this month marks the busiest moving season of the year. As one out of five moves involves a claim for damages, Larry explains some basic ground rules. Property Damage If  your property is damaged in the move, an honest mover will build insurance coverage into the …

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 …