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Jodi Arias is in the Maricopa County jail in Arizona, awaiting a new sentencing trial which is scheduled to begin in September, 2014. Arias was convicted of premeditated murder on 8 May, 2013 in the 2008 murder of her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander. The jury deadlocked on whether Arias should receive life in prison or death by lethal injection.

Under Arizona law, if there is a mistrial in the sentencing phase of a murder trial, an entirely new jury is selected. They will then hear a "mini" version of the original trial, after which they will again deliberate life or death. If this second jury cannot reach a verdict, Judge Sherry Stephens will sentence Arias either to life in prison without parole, or life with the possibility of parole after 25 years. Numerous motions filed on both sides of the case have forced numerous delays in the start date of the new sentencing phase.

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