Jodi Arias, the woman who was convicted for murdering her former boyfriend Travis Alexander in a case that captured imaginations of Americans thanks to the explicit sexual details revealed in court, will be returning to court this afternoon as Judge Sherry Stephens is expected to finally set a date for a sentencing retrial, according to ABC News.

After an extremely long trial, Arias was on the stand for 18 days, a jury convicted Arias of stabbing Alexander close to 30 times, slitting his throat and shooting him in the head. The jury decided that the crime was gruesome enough to warrant the death penalty but when it came time to sentence Arias the jury could not come to an agreement.

In many states this would have meant that Arias would have been given life in prison and they would end things there. In Arizona the state has the option to retry the sentencing phase one time. If the retrial ends in a hung jury Arias will be given life in prison.

Defense attorneys working for Arias have been attempting to delay the start of the retrial since Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery made it clear that the state was going to continue to pursue the death penalty for the 33-year-old convicted killer. The defense has cited scheduling conflicts as one need for a delay. They have also said that they will need until early next year to be able to find and prepare witnesses to testify in Arias' behalf, according to CNN.

Arias' defense attorneys, Kirk Nurmi and Jennifer Wilmott, filed a motion on Thursday to ban live television coverage of the retrial. They argue that the coverage of the initial trial caused to witnesses testifying for the defense to receive death threats. The defense also contended that extended media coverage may hurt Arias' chances at receiving a fair trial, according to CNN.

It was the second motion filed last week by the defense in an effort to shape the retrial. Earlier in the week the defense filed a motion with Judge Stephens asking that any potential jury members reveal whether or not they have a Twitter account citing the possibility of people contacting jurors through social media in an effort to influence the case, according to CNN.

It is still not known if Judge Stephens will rule on the two motions during today's court session.

A live stream of today's proceedings can be seen here.