Jodi Arias will return to court Thursday, in a meeting between the prosecution and the defense that will occur behind closed doors.
Media will not be allowed in the courtroom, where both sides of legal representation will discuss a potential retrial on Arias' penalty phase, My Fox Phoenix reported.
More than four months after a jury convicted Arias guilty of first-degree murder in the death of boyfriend Travis Alexander, the court ruled she was eligible for the death penalty. But the jurors could not decide unanimously whether she should be sentenced to death. Prosecutors and Arias' defense lawyers have been working out a settlement that could potentially close the case since then.
According to AZ Family, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery reported that the state will still try to sentence Arias to the death penalty, but has agreed to resolve the case without another trail, following meetings with the victim's family.
"The state is always willing to discuss possible resolutions to the case," county attorney spokesperson Jerry Cobb wrote in a statement released last month.
If both sides settle, Arias will receive either life in prison with the option of parole after 25 years served, or natural life in prison, which gives no choice for parole. If no agreement is reached, the death penalty will still be an option, and the court will have to set a date for new trail.
Arias posted on Twitter Wednesday that she'd started a website where the public could give donations to help pay for her appeal.
"Donations are now being accepted for my appeals at https://www.Justice4Jodi.com," she tweeted.
The website, hosted by the JAA Appellate Fund, explained the trust was for "payment of the beneficiary's legal expenses related to the appeals of her pending criminal case, including without limitation; attorney fees, investigator fees, expert-witness fees, transcript and filing fees."
