An Arizona judge is expected to sentence Arias to life in prison after she was convicted of killing her boyfriend.
Jodi Arias in February
Cheryl Evans / AP
A judge is expected to sentence Jodi Arias to life in prison on Monday after she was convicted of stabbing and shooting her former boyfriend to death in 2008.
The sentencing will cap a sensational trial that has spanned years.
Maricopa County Superior Court judge Sherry Stephens is expected to decide whether to sentence Arias to natural life in prison or life in prison with a possibility of release after 25 years, AzCentral.com reported.
The death penalty was removed as an option for Arias after a jury last month was unable to reach a verdict in her sentencing retrial.
Arias, 34, was convicted of first-degree murder by another jury in 2013. She shot her former boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in the head and stabbed him nearly 30 times in what prosecutors described as a jealous rage. The 30-year-old's body was found in the shower in his Phoenix home with his throat slit. Prosecutors said Arias murdered him because he wanted to break up with her.
After initially denying her involvement, Arias later admitted that she killed him in self-defense. The four-month trial in 2013 became a tabloid spectacle as media outlets and the public devoured details of Arias and Alexander's sex life.
The jury that convicted her was unable to reach a verdict on whether to sentence her to death or life in prison, leading to a sentencing retrial last year.
The second jury also became deadlocked when they voted 11 to 1 in favor of the death penalty. The holdout juror was accused by the other 11 of having an agenda and her objectivity was in question after she watched a Lifetime movie about the Arias case and had "liked" local TV stations on Facebook, the Associated Press reported.
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