( CNN ) Jodi Arias was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the gruesome 2008 murder of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander . Maricopa County Judge Sherry Stephens could have sentenced Arias to life with the possibility of early release after 25 years , but decided the convicted killer should spend the rest of her life behind bars . Before her sentence was handed down , Arias expressed remorse for her actions . `` To this day I ca n't believe that I was capable of doing something that terrible , '' Arias said . `` I 'm truly disgusted and repulsed with myself . I 'm horrified because of what I did , and I wish there was some way I could take it back . '' Earlier , Travis Alexander 's sisters gave their victim impact statements . Hillary Alexander said she 's trying to block her brother from her life . `` I do n't want to remember him anymore , because it hurts too much to remember him alive . ... I remember how he was brutally taken from us and I ca n't handle it . This is what I 've had to do so I can cope , '' she said through tears . Arias , 34 , was found guilty of first-degree murder in May 2013 . The jury that convicted her found the murder was especially cruel , making Arias eligible for the death penalty . However , that same jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision on whether she should live or die . A new jury was empanelled in October 2014 to decide Arias ' fate , but they , too , were unable to reach a unanimous decision . Because a second jury was deadlocked in the penalty phase of Arias ' case , the death penalty was taken off the table , leaving Arias ' sentence up to the judge . Arias will serve her sentence at the Lumley Unit in the Arizona State Prison Complex-Perryville near Goodyear , Arizona .
Jodi Arias is sentenced to life in prison with no possibility for parole . Arias expressed remorse for her actions .