Instead, the Judge read an instruction to the jury:

Instead, [Judge}Stephens simply told jurors the woman was supposed to testify about Arias' "abusive environment she grew up in and abuse as an adult," but was now unavailable to appear in court.

That hardly seems like an adequate or appropriate instruction. Wasn't the witness under subpoena? Couldn't the judge have required her to testify and closed the courtroom so only the jury heard her testimony? If she wasn't under subpoena, was that error on the part of the defense? Who just counts on witnesses to show up, especially in a death case? (Since I haven't been following the case, I don't have the answers.)

Some news reports say Arias did not show remorse. Other reports say she did:

To this day I can hardly believe I was capable of such violence. But I know that I was, and for that I'll be sorry for the rest of my life, probably longer. "I was horrified by what I'd done and I'm horrified still."

I hope the jury returns a life verdict.