article_snippet: A judge on Tuesday ordered jurors in the Jodi Arias case to keep deliberating after judge lawyers said the panel had reached an impasse on whether to sentence judge to death or life in prison for killing judge lover in 2008.
article_snippet: That jury deadlocked on judge punishment.
article_snippet: Deadlocked: A lawyer for Jodi Arias says jurors at Jodi Arias are at an impasse over whether to sentence the convicted murderer to life in prison or death for the 2008 killing of Jodi Arias lover.
article_snippet: If the current jury can't decide on a sentence, the death penalty would be removed as an option and the judge and prosecutor Juan Martinez would decide if Jodi Arias serves life in prison or gets a chance for release after 25 years.
article_snippet: If the jury reaches deadlock, the death penalty will automatically be thrown out as an option and Judge Sherry Stephens (pictured on Feb 24) will sentence Jodi Arias either to life in prison or life with the possibility of parole after 25 years .
article_snippet: But the trial's jury deadlocked when debating Jodi Arias ultimate fate, requiring a second sentencing phase.
article_snippet: If The new jury of eight woman and four men reach deadlock the death penalty will automatically be thrown out as an option and Judge Sherry Stephens Judge Sherry Stephens will sentence Jodi Arias either to life in prison or life with the possibility of parole after 25 years.
highlights_snippet: If there is no unanimous decision, judge will sentence Arias to life in prison and will decide if judge has the possibility of parole in 25 years .
  