A judge has denied a mistrial motion in the trial of an Arizona woman accused in the shooting and stabbing death of her boyfriend.
Jodi Arias' defense lawyers asked for the mistrial Thursday after accusing a prosecution witness of perjury.
The motion was denied and the trial is scheduled to resume Monday.
The 32-year-old Arias could become the fourth female on Arizona's death row if she's convicted in the June 2008 killing of 30-year-old Travis Alexander in Mesa.
Authorities say Arias shot Alexander in the face, stabbed him 27 times and slit his throat, then left him in a shower in his Mesa home.
Arias claims the killing was in self-defense. Prosecutors argue the actions were those of a jealous woman who brutally attacked Alexander after he tried to end their relationship.
hamguy posted at 8:37 pm on Thu, Jan 10, 2013.
No person should be given a pass for a legal technicality. If she is guilty, she needs to hang but if not, she needs to walk with compensation for her time.
mikedurham posted at 9:25 pm on Thu, Jan 10, 2013.
A characteristic of homicide investigations is to be able to challenge one theory of how a homicide occured with another. It's a nature of the work to elicit truth from evidence while the killer lies and basks in the protection of the 5th Amendment.