Dalia Dalia's 'Murder for Hire'

Dalia flatly denied ever hiring a hitman to kill her husband, maintaining it had all been a scheme to get a reality television deal. She insisted that she only went along with it because Mohammed Shahada had threatened to hurt her and her family otherwise. Also claimed the text messages sent from her phone to her ex-boyfriend, Mike Stanley, had actually been sent by Michael Dipelito. On December 13, the jury deliberated for the entire day, but failed to reach a unanimous decision. The next day, they remained deadlocked, prompting Judge Kelly to declare a hung jury. A mistrial was announced, and Dalia was once again reminded on house arrest pending a third