Jodi Arias Trial Case Latest Update: Death Penalty or Life Sentencing? Dwayne Cates Stirs Humanitarian Jury for a Lighter Penalty

By Staff Writer

Updated: Feb 11 2015, 07:08 AM EST

More court drama unfolds as the defense attorneys representing the case of Jodi Arias refuse to put their defendant on the witness stand during the retrial of her murder case. Is she about to face the worst and prepare herself for a death penalty sentence?

According to reports, it has been a strategy for the defense attorneys of Arias to "humanize" their client to make it even harder for the jury to vote for death penalty. It has already been a struggle to fabricate the feeling of compassion for Arias since she admittedly testified that she was the one responsible for the gruesome death of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander.

According to legal expert Dwayne Cates, the defense team is trying to stir the emotions of the jury. 'We're talking about humanizing her, making her a person for the jury." "Jurors have a hard time putting female defendants to death to begin with, and the more she becomes a person, the harder it will be for them to vote for the death penalty," he added.

Arias is also firm on not entertaining questions as she is being ordered by the court in testifying in front of the public. She plans to address the jury when the trial is over and when she is not required to answer lawyers.

It has been reported in the past that Arias actions was more of a self-defense rather than a plotted murder. She claims that her ex-boyfriend had injured and battered her several times in the past leading her to do the crime back in 2008. On the other hand as Deana Reid, one of Alexander's ex-girlfriend was called to testify on court, she denied that Alexander abused her, physically or emotionally. On the other hand, reports say that Reid refused to answer cross-examinations lawyers unless she was given access to her earlier recorded statement in a transcript.

On the defense, unidentified witnesses claim in seeing it in action that Alexander forcibly restrains and physically abuses Arias during a dispute. It's a battle of who's saying the truth and who are fabricating lies in this long overdue court room real drama.

Life imprisonment with a possibility of parole after 25 years is most likely the sentence the judge will give Arias unless the jury comes with a firm penalty this time.