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Jury deciding between life, death for convicted killer Jodi Arias

By Amy R. Connolly
A jury is deciding between life in prison or the death sentence for Jodi Arias, convicted in 2013 of killing her boyfriend. File Photo by Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic/Pool
A jury is deciding between life in prison or the death sentence for Jodi Arias, convicted in 2013 of killing her boyfriend. File Photo by Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic/Pool | License Photo

PHOENIX, March 3 (UPI) -- A jury is continuing its deliberations Tuesday to determine whether convicted killer Jodi Arias should spend her life in prison or face the death penalty in the 2008 murder of her ex-boyfriend.

Arias, 34, was convicted in the homicide of Travis Alexander in 2013, but has been in legal limbo since jurors in the initial trial were deadlocked in the penalty phase. The sentencing retrial with 12 jurors is in its third day.

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If jurors fail to reach a decision this time, state law says she would spend her life in prison. A judge will decide if she is eligible for parole after 25 years.

Alexander was found dead in the shower of his Mesa, Ariz., home. He had been shot in the head and his throat slashed. Arias said she killed him in self-defense. Her first trial was a media circus, with swarms of reporters closely covering the case.

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