CONVICTED MURDERER, AND 34 YEAR OLD SALINAS NATIVE, JODI ARIAS, WILL REPRESENT HERSELF IN HER NEW TRIAL. YESTERDAY, (MONDAY) ARIZONA JUDGE SHERRY STEPHENS GRANTED ARIAS’ REQUEST TO REPRESENT HERSELF IN THE SENTENCING TRIAL SCHEDULED TO BEGIN SEPTEMBER 8TH. ARIAS WAS CONVICTED LAST YEAR OF MURDERING HER EX-BOYFRIEND (IN PHOENIX) BUT THE JURY WAS DEADLOCKED ON WHETHER TO GIVE HER LIFE IN PRISON OR THE DEATH PENALTY.
