article_snippet: Arizona state law Arias was sentenced to life behind bars today after a jury failed to reach a verdict on whether to execute Jury for the murder of Jury ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander - causing Arizona state law Arias distraught sister to break down in tears and wish Arias to 'burn in hell'.
article_snippet: It is now up to the judge to decide if Arizona state law Arias gets 25-years to-life with parole or without parole and Judge Sherry Stephens told Maricopa Country Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens would announce this in April.
article_snippet: It is the second time a jury has failed to decide on life or death for Arias, 34, and under Arizona state law a shackled Arias cannot be tried again - a sore disappointment for the prosecution who have always sought execution.
article_snippet: Arias, a 34-year-old former waitress from Salinas, California, was found guilty of the 2008 murder in 2013, but jurors at the original trial deadlocked on whether to give her the death penalty.
article_snippet: Prosecutors accuse Arias of murdering her ex-partner, Travis Alexander, in a jealous rage, but her says her acted in self-defense.
article_snippet: If the jury in her sentencing retrial 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.
highlights_snippet: Jury was hung and under Arizona state law Arias cannot be tried again .
  
highlights_snippet: Arias attorney pleaded for Jury life during closing arguments on Tuesday .
  