After being convicted for first degree murder charges for the killing of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, Jodi Arias told FOX-10 Phoenix that she prefers the death penalty over a life in prison.
An Arizona jury Wednesday found Jodi Arias guilty of first-degree murder for killing Travis Alexander in June 2008, CNN reported. The conviction means Arias could face the death penalty. In the next phase of the case, prosecutors will have a chance to present additional evidence and jurors to decide whether Alexander's death was caused in a cruel manner.
Joan Orie Melvin, a former state Supreme Court Justice, was sentenced Tuesday to house arrest and community service in soup kitchen, as well as ordered to send handwritten apologies for her crimes on photographs of herself in handcuffs in the state. Melvin was sentenced to three years of house arrest, followed with two year on probation.
Oreck Corporation, the Nashville-based manufacturer of upright vacuums and cleaning products, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and could reach an agreement to sell its assets in a few days, court filings revealed, as reported in The Tennessean. A Chapter 11 filing will allow Oreck to consolidate its assets and restructure its finances as part of an effort to sell the business, the company said in a statement released Tuesday
