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Jodi Arias was sentenced to life behind bars today after a jury failed to reach a verdict on whether to execute her for the murder of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander - causing his distraught sister to break down in tears and wish Arias to 'burn in hell'. The harrowing scene played out in Maricopa Country Superior Court as Judge Sherry Stephens declared a mistrial meaning Arias, 34, would not be able to face the death penalty. Tanisha Sorenson was overcome with grief and held her face in her hand as other members of Alexander's family wept while a shackled Arias looked on impassively as she escaped with her life. Speaking to the media afterwards, a furious Sorensen said, 'The real justice will be in the afterlife when Jodi burns in hell.' It is now up to the judge to decide if Arias gets 25-years to-life with parole or without parole and Stephens told the court she would announce this in April. Scroll Down for Video. Impassive: Jodi Arias watches the jury enter the courtroom for her sentencing phase retrial in Phoenix on Thursday morning. Reaction: Tanisha Sorenson, sister of Travis Alexander, sobs as she hears a hung jury verdict in the Jodi Arias sentencing phase retrial. Agony: Tanisha Sorenson becomes inconsolable after hearing that Jodi Arias has escaped the death penalty. Arias' mother, Sandra, broke down too and received a hug from a friend. It is the second time a jury has failed to decide on life or death for Arias, 34, and under Arizona state law she cannot be tried again - a sore disappointment for the prosecution who have always sought execution. Indeed, it was revealed afterwards that jurors who deadlocked on punishment for convicted murderer Jodi Arias say they were split 11-1 in favor of the death penalty and that they tried unsuccessfully to get the lone dissenter, a woman, kicked off the panel. Fourteen jurors, including at least one alternate and one woman removed from the panel earlier, talked to reporters Thursday after the verdict. None of them would reveal their names. Many of the jurors said Arias lacked remorse and some said she tried to manipulate them. Jurors also said they believed the holdout was biased and that the woman even had an agenda. 'The one holdout had her mind made up from the beginning,' a male juror said according to AZ Central. 'The 11 of us strived for justice, but to no avail,' another juror, who was also not identified, said. 'We absolutely feel the penalty should have been death.' Realization: Sorenson raises her hand to her face as she breaks down in tears after Jodi Arias verdict was announced. The Alexander family released a statement to say they are 'saddened by the jury's inability to reach a decision on the death penalty. However, they understand the difficulty of the decision, and have nothing but respect for the jury's time.' 'Obviously, as I said, during the closing arguments, during the opening statements, and several times during the trial, that the events of June 4, 2008 were a tragedy, and the no verdict ultimately could repair that sadness. I don't think today's victory will repair any sadness or change anything but we hope it can begin the closure process for all those who were affected by that tragedy. Thank you,' Arias' defense attorney Kirk Nurmi told reporters Thursday. 'Travis Alexander's surviving brothers and sisters Gary Alexander, Dennis "Greg" Alexander, Tanisha Sorenson, Samantha Alexander, Hillary Wilcox, Steven Alexander and Allie Iglesias are saddened by the jury's inability to reach a decision on the death penalty. 'However, they understand the difficulty of the decision, and have nothing but respect for the jury's time. They appreciate Deputy Count Attorney's Juan Martinez and appreciate the outpouring of support they have received from the public. 'Without the public's support, it would have been impossible for the family to attend trial over the past many years while the case worked its way through the justice system. 'The siblings request that their privacy be respected. They will not be making any further statements or participate in any interviews at this time.' The controversial decision came after jurors deliberated for five days over the 2008 murder which Arias was found guilty of in 2013. Arias, a 34-year-old former waitress from Salinas, California, was found guilty of the murder in 2013, but jurors at the original trial deadlocked on whether to give her the death penalty. Prosecutors accuse Arias of murdering her ex-partner, Travis Alexander, in a jealous rage, but she says she acted in self-defense. Alexander, 30, was found dead in a shower at his Phoenix-area home. He had been stabbed multiple times, his throat was cut almost from ear to ear, and he had been shot in the face. In closing statements, defense attorney Kirk Nurmi called for Arias' life to be spared, describing her as a remorseful and mentally ill woman who had been abused since childhood. Prosecutor Juan Martinez accused Arias of acting in a cold and calculating way and said there were no factors preventing the jury from giving her the death penalty. On Tuesday, the jury of eight women and four men were told by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens to try harder to come to a decision, after apparently deadlocking. Arias decided not to plead her case directly to the jury at the end of the sentencing retrial after Stephens denied the defendant's request that the courtroom be closed to the public and media during her comments. The original trial in 2013 was broadcast live and drew a large audience with its gruesome crime scene photographs and sexually explicit testimony. Grief stricken:Sorenson cries as she leaves the court house with family and friends on Thursday in Phoenix. Tears for her brother: Family members of victim Travis Alexander wept when the judge said jurors couldn't reach a decision. They sobbed as they left the courtroom. New home: This is the exact bed that Jodi Arias will now be transferred to at Lumley Unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex - Perryville near Goodyear. Lumley Unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex - Perryville near Goodyear: This will be Jodi Arias' new home. Defense attorney Kirk Nurmi pleaded for Arias' (pictured with defense attorney Jennifer Willmott) life during his closing arguments last Tuesday, saying she was physically and emotionally abused by Alexander. On Tuesday, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens denied a request by Arias' attorneys for a mistrial and instead read additional jury instructions to the jury in her sentencing retrial. Defense attorney Kirk Nurmi said in court that jurors were at an impasse, though the judge and prosecutor Juan Martinez never confirmed that in open court. Jurors posed two questions to Stephens, who didn't reveal details. The judge and lawyers held closed-door discussions shortly before jurors were brought into the courtroom. Stephens told them that she didn't intend to force a verdict and said in her instructions that jurors shouldn't weigh evidence based on the views of other jurors. If the current jury can't decide on a sentence, the death penalty would be removed as an option and the judge would decide if Arias serves life in prison or gets a chance for release after 25 years. Last week, Nurmi pleaded Arias' life, saying she was physically and emotionally abused as a child and by former boyfriend Alexander. A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the Jodi Arias sentencing case after a jury deadlocked on whether the convicted murderer should be executed or sent to prison for life for killing her lover in 2008. Tragedy: Arias' 2013 trial became a sensation with its tawdry revelations about her relationship with Alexander and that she shot him in the head and slit his throat so deeply that he was nearly decapitated. Arias stabbed Alexander 30 times, nearly decapitated him when she slit his throat and shot him in the forehead. Alexander's body was found in the shower of his Phoenix home by his friends five days later. Nurmi said Alexander was a conflicted Mormon, who used Arias to satisfy his sexual desires and called her 'soulless'. 'Those words have impact and they got to her,' Nurmi said. Arias cried as prosecutor Juan Martinez displayed gruesome autopsy photographs of Alexander on a large screen during his closing argument. Martinez described Arias as a liar who was trying to trick the jury into believing she was the victim. He then pointed to the photograph of Alexander's decomposed body, covered in stab wounds, his throat cut and a gunshot wound to the forehead. 'That's what she wants you to believe,' he said. 'But actually, in reality, it's this.' Alexander's family and friends sobbed in the courtroom as the gruesome photographs were displayed. So concluded the five-month sentencing phase that was much quieter than the 2013 murder trial that made Arias a cable television and tabloid sensation.
Judge Sherry Stephens was told of impasse on Thursday morning.
Eight women and four men sat on the jury in Phoenix, Arizona.
Jurors voted 11-1 for the death penalty and tried to get the lone dissenter kicked off the panel.
Jury was hung and under Arizona state law Arias cannot be tried again.
She will be sentenced instead to life behind bars and will discover if she gets the option of parole in April.
Arias' attorney pleaded for her life during closing arguments on Tuesday.
They said she was emotionally abused and sexually used by former boyfriend Travis Alexander.
Prosecutor called Arias a liar who was trying to trick jury into believing she was the real victim.
She was convicted of murdering Alexander, who was stabbed 30 times, slit in the throat, and shot in the forehead , in 2008.
Skriv höjdpunkter för denna artikel: Jodi Arias dömdes till livstids fängelse idag efter att en jury misslyckats med att nå en dom om huruvida hon skulle avrättas för mordet på sin ex-pojkvän Travis Alexander - vilket fick hans upprörda syster att bryta ihop i tårar och önska Arias att "bränna i helvetet". Den skakande scenen som utspelades i Maricopa Country Superior Court då domaren Sherry Stephens förklarade att en rättegångsförhandling som innebar att Arias, 34 år, inte skulle kunna ställas inför dödsstraff. Tanisha Sorenson var överväldigad av sorg och höll hennes ansikte i hennes hand som andra medlemmar av Alexanders familj grät medan en fjättrad Arias såg på oförsonligt som hon undkom med sitt liv. När en rasande Sorensen talade till media efteråt sade han: "Den verkliga rättvisan kommer att finnas i livet efter detta när Jodi brinner i helvetet." Det är nu upp till domaren att avgöra om Arias får 25 års livstid med villkorlig frigivning eller utan villkorlig frigivning och Stephens berättade för domstolen att hon skulle tillkännage detta i april. Rulla ner för video. Jodi Arias tittar på när juryn går in i rättssalen för att döma henne i Phoenix på torsdagsmorgonen. Reaktion: Tanisha Sorenson, syster till Travis Alexander, snyftar när hon hör ett hängt juryutslag i Jodi Arias-domens fas omrättning. Agony: Tanisha Sorenson blir otröstlig efter att ha hört att Jodi Arias har undgått dödsstraff. Arias mor, Sandra, bröt också ihop och fick en kram av en vän. Det är andra gången en jury har misslyckats med att besluta om liv eller död för Arias, 34, och enligt Arizona delstatsrätt kan hon inte ställas inför rätta igen - en öm besvikelse för åklagarsidan som alltid har sökt avrättning. I själva verket avslöjades det efteråt att jurymedlemmar som låste in straffet för den dömde mördaren Jodi Arias säger att de delades 11-1 till förmån för dödsstraff och att de utan framgång försökte få den ensamme dissentern, en kvinna, sparkad ur panelen. Fjorton jurymedlemmar, varav minst en suppleant och en kvinna som tidigare avlägsnats ur panelen, talade med reportrar torsdag efter domen. Ingen av dem skulle avslöja sina namn. Många av jurymedlemmarna sade att Arias saknade ånger och vissa sade att hon försökte manipulera dem. Jurors sa också att de trodde att häktningen var partisk och att kvinnan till och med hade en agenda. 'Den ena hållplatsen hade hon bestämt sig för från början', sade en manlig jurymedlem enligt AZ Central. '''Vi 11'' strävade efter rättvisa, men till ingen nytta,'' sade en annan jurymedlem, som icke heller var identifierad. "Vi tycker absolut att straffet borde ha varit döden." Förverkligande: Sorenson höjer handen mot ansiktet när hon bryter samman i tårar efter att Jodi Arias dom meddelats. Familjen Alexander gjorde ett uttalande för att säga att de är "förtätade av juryns oförmåga att nå ett beslut om dödsstraff. De förstår dock svårigheten med beslutet, och har inget annat än respekt för juryns tid.' Som jag sade under slutargumenten, under inledningsanförandena och flera gånger under rättegången var händelserna den 4 juni 2008 uppenbarligen en tragedi, och ingen dom kunde i slutändan reparera denna sorg. Jag tror inte att dagens seger kommer att reparera någon sorg eller ändra något men vi hoppas att det kan börja stängningsprocessen för alla dem som drabbades av den tragedin. Tack, Arias försvarsadvokat Kirk Nurmi berättade för reportrarna på torsdag. 'Travis Alexanders överlevande bröder och systrar Gary Alexander, Dennis "Greg" Alexander, Tanisha Sorenson, Samantha Alexander, Hillary Wilcox, Steven Alexander och Allie Iglesias är ledsna över juryns oförmåga att nå ett beslut om dödsstraff. "De förstår dock svårigheten med beslutet, och har inget annat än respekt för juryns tid. De uppskattar vice greveåklagare Juan Martinez och uppskattar det stöd de har fått från allmänheten. "Utan allmänhetens stöd hade det varit omöjligt för familjen att närvara vid rättegången under de senaste åren medan fallet arbetade sig igenom rättssystemet. Syskonen begär att deras privatliv ska respekteras. De kommer inte att göra några ytterligare uttalanden eller delta i några intervjuer för närvarande.' Det kontroversiella beslutet kom efter att jurymedlemmar överlagt i fem dagar över mordet 2008 som Arias befanns skyldig till 2013. Arias, en 34-årig före detta servitris från Salinas, Kalifornien, befanns skyldig till mordet 2013, men jurymedlemmar vid den ursprungliga rättegången dödläge om att ge henne dödsstraff. Åklagare anklagar Arias för att ha mördat sin före detta partner, Travis Alexander, i svartsjukt raseri, men hon säger att hon agerade i självförsvar. Alexander, 30 år, hittades död i en dusch på sitt hem i Phoenix. Han hade blivit knivhuggen flera gånger, halsen var nästan avskuren från öra till öra, och han hade blivit skjuten i ansiktet. Försvarsadvokat Kirk Nurmi krävde i sitt avslutande uttalande att Arias liv skulle skonas och beskrev henne som en ångerfull och psykiskt sjuk kvinna som hade blivit misshandlad sedan barndomen. Åklagare Juan Martinez anklagade Arias för att agera på ett kallt och beräknande sätt och sade att det inte fanns några faktorer som hindrade juryn från att ge henne dödsstraff. I tisdags fick juryn med åtta kvinnor och fyra män av Maricopa County Superior Court-domaren Sherry Stephens i uppdrag att försöka hårdare komma fram till ett beslut, efter att ha uppenbarligen ha kört fast. Arias beslutade att inte åberopa hennes mål direkt till juryn i slutet av den dömande omgången efter att Stephens nekat svarandens begäran om att rättssalen skulle stängas för allmänheten och media under hennes kommentarer. Den ursprungliga rättegången 2013 direktsändes och drog en stor publik med sina ohyggliga brottsplatsfotografier och sexuellt explicita vittnesmål. Sorenson gråter när hon lämnar hovet med familj och vänner på torsdag i Phoenix. Tårar för hennes bror: Familjemedlemmar av offret Travis Alexander grät när domaren sade jurymedlemmar inte kunde nå ett beslut. De snyftade när de lämnade rättssalen. Nytt hem: Detta är den exakta sängen som Jodi Arias nu kommer att flyttas till på Lumley Unit i Arizona State Prison Complex - Perryville nära Goodyear. Lumley Unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex - Perryville near Goodyear: Detta blir Jodi Arias nya hem. Försvarsadvokaten Kirk Nurmi vädjade till Arias liv under hans avslutande argument i tisdags och sade att hon blev fysiskt och känslomässigt misshandlad av Alexander. På tisdagen avslog Maricopa County Superior Court-domaren Sherry Stephens en begäran från Arias advokater om en missprövning och läste istället ytterligare juryinstruktioner till juryn i hennes dömande förnyad rättegång. Försvarsadvokaten Kirk Nurmi sade i rätten att jurymedlemmarna befann sig i ett dödläge, men domaren och åklagaren Juan Martinez bekräftade aldrig detta i öppen domstol. Jurors ställde två frågor till Stephens, som inte avslöjade detaljer. Domaren och advokaterna höll slutna dörrar diskussioner strax innan jurymedlemmar fördes in i rättssalen. Stephens berättade för dem att hon inte hade för avsikt att tvinga fram en dom och sade i sina instruktioner att jurymedlemmar inte borde väga bevis utifrån andra jurymedlemmars åsikter. Om den nuvarande juryn inte kan besluta om en dom, skulle dödsstraff tas bort som ett alternativ och domaren skulle besluta om Arias avtjänar livstid i fängelse eller får en chans till frigivning efter 25 år. Förra veckan vädjade Nurmi till Arias om livet och sade att hon blev fysiskt och känslomässigt misshandlad som barn och av den före detta pojkvännen Alexander. En domare förklarade en missuppfattning för torsdagen i Jodi Arias-målet efter att en jury kört fast om den dömde mördaren skulle avrättas eller skickas till fängelse på livstid för att ha dödat sin älskare 2008. Tragedi: Arias rättegång 2013 blev en sensation med dess tawdry avslöjanden om hennes relation med Alexander och att hon sköt honom i huvudet och skar halsen av honom så djupt att han blev nästan halshuggen. Arias knivhögg Alexander 30 gånger, nästan halshögg honom när hon skar halsen av honom och sköt honom i pannan. Alexanders kropp hittades i duschen i hans Phoenix hem av hans vänner fem dagar senare. Nurmi sade att Alexander var en konfliktfylld mormon, som använde Arias för att tillfredsställa sina sexuella begär och kallade henne "själlös". "Dessa ord har inverkan och de fick tag på henne", sade Nurmi. Arias grät som åklagare Juan Martinez visade ohyggliga obduktionsfotografier av Alexander på en stor skärm under hans avslutande argument. Martinez beskrev Arias som en lögnare som försökte lura juryn att tro att hon var offret. Han pekade då på fotografiet av Alexanders förruttnade kropp, täckt av huggsår, halsen avskuren och ett skottsår i pannan. "Det är vad hon vill att du ska tro," sade han. Men i verkligheten är det det här. Alexanders familj och vänner snyftade i rättssalen när de ohyggliga fotografierna visades. Så avslutade femmånadersstrafffasen som var mycket tystare än 2013 års mordrättegång som gjorde Arias till en kabel-tv- och tabloidsensation.
Write highlights for this article: Jodi Arias was sentenced to life imprisonment today after a jury failed to reach a verdict on whether to execute her for the murder of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander - causing his upset sister to break down in tears and wish Arias to "burn in hell". The shaking scene set in Maricopa Country Superior Court when Judge Sherry Stephens declared that a trial hearing that meant Arias, aged 34, would not be able to face the death penalty. Tanisha Sorenson was overwhelmed with grief and held her face in her hand as other members of Alexander's family cried while a shackled Arias looked at irreconcilably as she escaped with her life. When a furious Sorensen spoke to the media afterwards, he said, "The real justice will be in the afterlife when Jodi burns in hell." It is now up to the judge to decide whether Arias will receive 25 years of life with parole or without parole and Stephens told the court that she would announce this in April. Roll down for video. Jodi Arias watches as the jury enters the courtroom to judge her in Phoenix on Thursday morning. Reaction: Tanisha Sorenson, sister of Travis Alexander, sobs when she hears a hanged jury verdict in the Jodi Arias judgment's phase remake. Agony: Tanisha Sorenson becomes inconsolable after hearing that Jodi Arias has escaped the death penalty. Aria’s mother, Sandra, also broke down and got a hug from a friend. This is the second time a jury has failed to decide on the life or death of Arias, 34, and according to Arizona state law she cannot be tried again - a tender disappointment for the prosecution who has always sought execution. In fact, it was afterwards revealed that jurors who locked up the sentence for convicted murderer Jodi Arias say they were split 11-1 in favor of the death penalty and that they unsuccessfully attempted to have the lone dissenter, a woman, kicked out of the panel. Fourteen jurors, at least one alternate and one woman previously removed from the panel, spoke to reporters Thursday after the verdict. None of them would reveal their names. Many of the jurors said Arias lacked remorse and some said she was trying to manipulate them. Jurors also said that they believed the detention was biased and that the woman even had an agenda. 'One stop she had decided from the beginning,' said a male juror according to AZ Central. 'We 11' aspired to justice, but to no avail,' said another juror, who was not identified either. "We absolutely believe the punishment should have been death." Realization: Sorenson raises her hand to her face when she breaks down in tears after Jodi Arias's sentence is announced. The Alexander family made a statement to say that they are "restricted by the jury's inability to reach a decision on the death penalty. However, they understand the difficulty of the decision, and have nothing but respect for the time of the jury.' As I said during the closing arguments, during the opening speeches and several times during the trial, the events of 4 June 2008 were obviously a tragedy, and no judgment could ultimately repair this grief. I do not believe that today's victory will repair any grief or change anything but we hope that it can begin the closing process for all those who suffered that tragedy. Thank you, Aria's defense attorney Kirk Nurmi told the reporters on Thursday. 'Travis Alexander's surviving brothers and sisters Gary Alexander, Dennis "Greg" Alexander, Tanisha Sorenson, Samantha Alexander, Hillary Wilcox, Steven Alexander and Allie Iglesias are saddened by the jury's inability to reach a decision on the death penalty. "However, they understand the difficulty of the decision, and have nothing but respect for the jury's time. They appreciate Deputy Count Attorney Juan Martinez and appreciate the support they have received from the public. "Without public support, it would have been impossible for the family to attend the trial in recent years while the case worked its way through the justice system. The brothers and sisters are asking for their privacy to be respected. They will not make any further statements or participate in any interviews at present.' The controversial decision came after jurors deliberated for five days over the 2008 murder that Arias was found guilty of in 2013. Arias, a 34-year-old former waitress from Salinas, California, was found guilty of the 2013 murder, but jurors at the original trial standoff to give her the death penalty. Prosecutors accuse Arias of murdering her former partner, Travis Alexander, in jealous rage, but she says she acted in self-defense. Alexander, 30, was found dead in a shower at his home in Phoenix. He had been stabbed several times, his throat was almost cut from ear to ear, and he had been shot in the face. Defense lawyer Kirk Nurmi, in his closing statement, demanded that Aria's life be spared and described her as a repentant and mentally ill woman who had been abused since childhood. Prosecutor Juan Martinez accused Arias of acting in a cold and calculating manner and said there were no factors preventing the jury from giving her the death penalty. On Tuesday, the jury of eight women and four men was tasked by Maricopa County Superior Court judge Sherry Stephens to try harder to arrive at a decision, having obviously been caught. Arias decided not to invoke her case directly to the jury at the end of the judicial round after Stephens denied the defendant's request for the courtroom to be closed to the public and the media during her comments. The original trial in 2013 was broadcast live and drew a large audience with its gruesome crime scene photographs and sexually explicit testimony. Sorenson cries as she leaves court with family and friends on Thursday in Phoenix. Tears for her brother: Family members of the victim Travis Alexander cried when the judge said jurors could not reach a decision. They sobbed when they left the courtroom. New Home: This is the exact bed that Jodi Arias will now be moved to at Lumley Unit in the Arizona State Prison Complex - Perryville near Goodyear. Lumley Unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex - Perryville near Goodyear: This will be Jodi Aria's new home. Defense lawyer Kirk Nurmi appealed to Aria's life during his closing argument on Tuesday saying she was physically and emotionally beaten by Alexander. On Tuesday, Maricopa County Superior Court judge Sherry Stephens rejected a request from Aria's lawyers for a mistrial and instead read further jury instructions to the jury in her judicial retrial. Defense lawyer Kirk Nurmi said in court that the jurors were in a standoff, but the judge and prosecutor Juan Martinez never confirmed this in open court. Jurors asked Stephens two questions, which did not reveal details. The judge and lawyers held closed doors discussions shortly before jurors were brought into the courtroom. Stephens told them that she did not intend to force a verdict and said in her instructions that jurors should not weigh evidence based on the views of other jurors. If the current jury cannot decide on a sentence, the death penalty would be removed as an option and the judge would decide whether Arias is serving life in prison or getting a chance of release after 25 years. Last week, Nurmi appealed to Arias for life, saying that she was physically and emotionally abused as a child and by former boyfriend Alexander. A judge declared a misconception for Thursday in the Jodi Arias case after a jury stalled if the convicted murderer was to be executed or sent to prison for life for killing his lover in 2008. Tragedy: Aria's 2013 trial became a sensation with its tawdry revelations about her relationship with Alexander and that she shot him in the head and slit his throat so deep that he was nearly beheaded. Arias stabbed Alexander 30 times, nearly beheaded him as she slit his throat and shot him in the forehead. Alexander's body was found in the shower of his Phoenix home by his friends five days later. Nurmi said Alexander was a conflicted Mormon, who used Arias to satisfy his sexual desires and called her "soulless". "These words have an impact and they got hold of her," said Nurmi. Arias cried as prosecutor Juan Martinez showed gruesome autopsy photographs of Alexander on a large screen during his closing argument. Martinez described Arias as a liar who tried to trick the jury into thinking she was the victim. He then pointed to the photograph of Alexander's decomposed body, covered in stab wounds, throat cut and a gunshot wound to his forehead. "That's what she wants you to believe," he said. But in reality, it's this. Alexander's family and friends sobbing in the courtroom when the gruesome photographs were shown. So ended the five-month sentence phase that was much quieter than the 2013 murder trial that made Arias a cable television and tabloid sensation.
Domare Sherry Stephens fick höra om dödläget på torsdag morgon. Åtta kvinnor och fyra män satt i juryn i Phoenix, Arizona. Juror röstade 11-1 för dödsstraff och försökte få den ensamme dissenter sparkad ur panelen. Juryn hängdes och under Arizona delstatsrätt kan Arias inte ställas inför rätta igen. Hon kommer istället att dömas till livstids fängelse och kommer att upptäcka om hon får möjlighet till villkorlig frigivning i april. Arias advokat vädjade för hennes liv under avslutande gräl på tisdag. De sa att hon blev känslomässigt utnyttjad och sexuellt utnyttjad av före detta pojkvännen Travis Alexander. Åklagaren kallade Arias en lögnare som försökte lura juryn att tro att hon var det verkliga offret. Hon dömdes för mord på Alexander, som knivhöggs 30 gånger, skars i halsen, och sköts i pannan , 2008.
Judge Sherry Stephens heard about the standoff on Thursday morning. Eight women and four men were on the jury in Phoenix, Arizona. Juror voted 11-1 for the death penalty and attempted to have the lone dissenter kicked out of the panel. The jury was hanged and under Arizona state law, Arias cannot be tried again. She will instead be sentenced to life imprisonment and will discover whether she will be given the opportunity of parole in April. Aria's lawyer pleaded for her life during closing argument on Tuesday. They said she was emotionally abused and sexually abused by former boyfriend Travis Alexander. The prosecutor called Arias a liar who tried to trick the jury into thinking she was the real victim. She was convicted of the murder of Alexander, who was stabbed 30 times, cut in the throat, and shot in the forehead , in 2008.